435 Urban Economics Topics include the urbanization process, the city as an economic system, location analysis, poverty, housing, pollution, transportation, and public finance. ECO 200 or 211. An historical analysis of American urban structures including the commercial city, the industrial city, the suburbs and the edge city. These structures will be seen as metaphorical theatrical stages upon which ethnic, racial, gender and economic groups create social and cultural formations.
Students specialize in their own governments.
SOC 351 Urban Sociology Urban theory and research techniques emphasizing the demography, ecology, and social organization of American cities and the sociological aspects of urban planning and redevelopment. An examination of the process of urbanization and the impact it has on various cultures. Considers the dynamic growth of urbanization in third-world countries and the significant increase in global urbanization, emphasizing the evolution of cities over time, space, and vastly different social, political, and cultural environments. Fulfills World Perspectives requirement.