Summer 2018 - URB 695 G100
Selected Topics in Urban Studies (4)
Class Number: 7055
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 7 – Jun 20, 2018: Mon, Wed, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Patrick Smith
psmith@sfu.ca
1 778 782-7821
Office: HC 2119
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
This course provides an opportunity for students to study one or more urban studies topics that lie beyond the scope of the other courses. This course will normally provide a more research-intensive experience than other graduate urban studies courses.
COURSE DETAILS:
The focus of this course is an examination of the links between differing theoretical perspectives and concepts currently used in the study of public policy and an understanding of public policy analysis and policy making in local, urban, city, regional, metropolitan and local-multilevel governance. Through an assessment of approaches to understanding the public policy process,, an examination of actual urban policy cases and involvement in working on current public policy dilemmas, the contributions of existing policy theory to explanations of urban policy processes, policy outcomes and urban-city-regional governance will be evaluated.
Students in this course will be expected to confront practical public policy dilemmas in Greater Vancouver, BC and other Canadian and comparative urban settings, and to develop policy options that might provide solutions to such predicaments. These will be discussed in initial class seminar meetings and involve interaction with actual public policy practitioners.
Grading
- Article Critique 20%%
- Memorandum + ‘Media Bits’ 35%%
- Briefing Note 25%%
- Seminar Participation 20%%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Studying Public Policy, by M. Howlett, M. Ramesh, A, Perl, (Toronto: Oxford Univ Press, 2009) 3rd edition
Graduate Studies Notes:
Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.
Registrar Notes:
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