Review issues and topics related to contemporary urban life. Identify major urban challenges, and identify how urban institutions attempt to resolve these issues. This course will consist of lectures by the instructor, supplemented by guest lectures, films, and class discussion. Students are expected to complete all readings assigned for each topic before the class session is held. Occasionally, there will be handouts in class.
Students are responsible for all assigned readings, films, and videos.
There are 4 required assignments. Include information on your family's ethnicity or nationality, where you and your family were born, and when, why, and how they came to Cleveland, what family members do for a living, and what they hope for in the future. This is worth 15 percent of the final course grade. Interview at least one person. Essay length need not be more than 5 pages.