From deal making and patronage to how bridges are built and why they are allowed to decay, the class focuses on the institutions and people who contribute to the success and failings of the complex urban environment. Requires two full days each week . Explores racial and ethnic issues in a changing urban America. Through readings, debates, discussions, reporting, and writing assignments, students analyze racial and ethnic complexities and gain a greater ease in grappling with these issues. New York City and its environs are the focus, providing topics, settings, resources, and personalities.
Course includes guest speakers and field trips.
Criminology Examination of various theories of crime, exploring their philosophical assumptions, their policy implications for criminal law, empirical studies, and findings that arguably support or refute them and their leading contemporary exponents. See course description on page 15 08D0C9EA79F9BACE118C8200AA004BA90B020000000800000006000000410034003100310032000000 . Planning A4151 Foundations of Urban Economic Analysis Examination of basic concepts and methods of urban economics, with a major emphasis on location and land-use economics. Covers both equilibrium-based models and the new critical models derived from analyses of the production process and spatial organization. An understanding of housing in its social and economic aspects.