Students who successfully complete this course will meet the following learning
objectives:

A basic understanding of the history of urbanization in the Western world.

An understanding of how and why cities take different forms over time, and an
ability to detect different layers of urban form in an urban landscape.

An understanding of the ways in which technologies of energy, transportation and
finance shape both changing opportunities for urban growth and decline and
competition amongst cities for economic development.

An appreciation of the importance of immigration and racial segregation for the
character, form, and economic base of U.S. cities, as well as an ability to
distinguish between the effects of different waves of migration on U.S. cities.

An ability to identify the influence of different models of governance and planning
on the development of U.S. cities.

This course meets the following General Education Abilities by accomplishing the
specific learning objectives listed below:

Communicate effectively through writing. This is met by a series of writing
assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.

Communicate effectively through speech. This is met by oral presentations,
discussion leading, and classroom participation.

Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty
electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments.

Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and is
developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-
based learning efforts.

Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores
linkages among human behaviors, economic development, differential cultural norms,
and globalizing forces. Moral reasoning is developed through lectures, writing
assignments, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning activities.

An Introduction to Urban Geography                                                  
                                                            
The Origins and Development of Cities                                               
                                                            
The Evolution of the American Urban System                                          
                                                       
  from The Urban Revolution by H. Lefebvre*                                         
                              
  from The Image of the City by K. Lynch*                                           
                                 
Urban Landscape                                                                   

Cities in the Developed World                                                       
                                                              
Cities in the Less Developed World                                                  
                                                           
Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form                                     
                                                  
Globalization and the Urban System                                                  
                                                             
An Introduction to the Information Age by M. Castells* 
Telecommunications and the City                                                     
                                                            
Urban Land Use: The Changing Functions of Central Business Districts and 
    Suburbanization 
Landscapes of Production                                                            
                                                                 
The Urban Process under capitalism: A Framework for Analysis by D. Harvey*          
         
The Urbanization of Labor: Living Wage Activism in Los Angeles by A. Merrifield* 
Slicing the Urban Pie. Models of Social Geography                                   
                                                  
Urban Housing. Blight, Sprawl and Regeneration                                      
                                                  
Segregation, "Race," and Urban Poverty                                              
                                                        
The Racial Origins of Zoning in American Cities by C. Silver* 
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism                                                
                                                         
Identity, Difference, and the Geographies of Working Poor Women’s…..M. Gilbert*
Critical Considerations of Poverty
Introduction to Partners for a Prosperous Athens                                    
                   
Partners for a Prosperous Athens Project
Metropolitan Governance and Fragmentation                                           
                                               
Planning the Better City