The class will go on field trips to Pittsburgh communities that epitomize current urban problems and issues. This seminar will be offered every Summer Term. In this course students will learn and apply a set of basic research and communication skills relevant to work in urban settings. After active participation in the course, students will be able to locate data, analyze in thorough and theory based fashion, and present clearly and persuasively. Skills include defining a research question, questionnaire design and interviewing, finding and interpreting secondary data, using PC based spreadsheet, database and presentation software and participating on a team.
Coursework is organized around real world problems.
This class will be offered every Fall Term. This course gives the Urban Studies major the opportunity to get off of the campus and into the community. Prior to the term in which the field placement is taken the student and the Urban Studies adviser plan a placement which is best suited to the student's talents and interests. This seminar will be offered every term.