Spring 2019 - URB 635 G100

Urban Inequality and the Just City (4)

Class Number: 7516

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Tue, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines the forces that have created and perpetuated urban social inequality, along with its political, economic, and cultural impact on cities. Explores the social movements, planning efforts, and policy initiatives that have tackled urban poverty and social exclusion in the struggle to create just cities.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course examines the forces that have created and perpetuated urban social inequality, along with its political, economic, and cultural impact on cities. The course also explores the social movements, planning efforts, and policy initiatives that have tackled urban poverty and social exclusion in the struggle to create just cities.   While students will read and write about cities across North America in this course, most weeks we will take a closer look at the topic at hand through an in-depth investigation of a related issue or event in and around the Lower Mainland.

Grading

  • Participation 20%
  • Argument-driven Papers 30%
  • Facilitation 20%
  • Case Study 30%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Susan Fainstein, The Just City (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010).  

Additional course materials will be available through the SFU Library or Canvas.

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:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS