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URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Urbs 1001W/Urbs 3001W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Interdisciplinary course, ranging across spatial, historical, economic, political, and design perspectives, among many others.

URBS 3001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Urbs 1001W/Urbs 3001W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Interdisciplinary course, ranging across spatial, historical, economic, political, and design perspectives, among many others.

URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Links academic learning to actual urban problems/issues. Focuses on specific topic using local community as laboratory. Field work, contact with local institutions/agencies. prereq: instr consent

EPSY 3264 - Basic and Applied Statistics (MATH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EPsy 3264/EPsy 5261
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Introductory statistics. Emphasizes understanding/applying statistical concepts/procedures. Visual/quantitative methods for presenting/analyzing data, common descriptive indices for univariate/bivariate data. Inferential techniques.

EPSY 5261 - Introductory Statistical Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EPsy 3264/5231/5261/5263
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

EPSY 5261 is designed to engage students in statistics as a principled approach to data collection, prediction, and scientific inference. Students first learn about data collection (e.g., random sampling, random assignment) and examine data descriptively using graphs and numerical summaries. Students build conceptual understanding of statistical inference through the use of simulation-based methods (bootstrapping and randomization) before going on to learn parametric methods, such as t-tests (one-sample and two-sample means), z-tests (one-sample and two-sample proportions), chi-square tests, and regression. This course uses pedagogical methods grounded in research, such as small group activities and discussion. Attention undergraduates: As this is a graduate level course, it does not fulfill the Mathematical Thinking Liberal Education requirement. If you would like to take a statistics course in our department that fulfills that requirement, please consider EPSY 3264.

GEOG 3511 - Principles of Cartography

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3511/Geog 5511
Typically offered:	Every Fall

GEOG 3511/5511 is a basic introduction to cartography?the art, science, and technology of maps and map making. Our primary emphasis will be on map making, with lesser emphasis on cartographic research and the history of cartography. Lectures will focus on modern cartographic design principles, how they were developed, and how they might be changing. Lab assignments help develop skills using digital tools for producing effective maps. The course has several specific learning objectives: ? use software to create maps that communicate their subjects appropriately and effectively using sound cartographic design principles ? acquire or produce a base map that is appropriate in scale, projection, and generalization ? select and aggregate data appropriately to represent on a map using a suitable symbolization strategy ? gain an understanding of how current changes in technology impact maps and map making ? understand how fundamental design decisions might differ for printed maps and web/mobile maps ? understand how contemporary GIS and cartography are interrelated, including the use of GIS becoming ubiquitous and map making becoming increasingly available to anyone ? gain an appreciation for the 3,500+ year history of maps! prereq: 3 cr in geog or instr consent

GEOG 3531 - Numerical Spatial Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3531/5531
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

"Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." The First Law of Geography proposed by Waldo Tobler implies the complex yet fascinating nature of the geospatial world. Spatial analysis in order to understand geographic numbers is becoming increasingly necessary to support knowledge discovery and decision-making. The objective of this course is to teach the fundamental theory and quantitative methods within the scope of geospatial analysis. The course starts with basic statistics, matrix, the background of spatial analysis, and exploratory spatial data analysis. Then, we will dive into the special nature of our spatial world, with fundamental geographic ideas and theories being introduced. The focus will be on numerical methods and models including descriptive statistics, pattern analysis, interpolation, and regression models. Finally, some advanced topics regarding spatial complexities and spatial networks will be introduced to arouse further interest in this realm. To sum, this is an introductory course that makes use of quantitative analytics such as linear algebra, statistics, and econometrics for spatial data analysis. By taking this course you will: -quantitatively understand critical concepts behind geospatial processes, such as scale, spatial weights, spatial autocorrelation, spatial dependence, spatial pattern. -learn key methods of analyzing spatial data: e.g., point pattern analysis, spatial autocorrelation statistics, spatial prediction, and spatial regression. -examine the lectured methods/models with data from geographic scenarios using Python and related programming packages. (Prereq: high-school algebra; Basic stats and linear algebra recommended)

PA 5031 - Statistics for Public Affairs

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Basic statistical tools for empirical analysis of public policy alternatives. Frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, elementary probability/probability distributions, statistical inference. Estimation/hypothesis testing. Cross-tabulation/chi-square distribution. Analysis of variance, correlation. Simple/multiple regression analysis.

POL 3085 - Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (MATH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

POL 3085 teaches students how to study politics scientifically and introduces them to how to use quantitative analysis to answer political questions. The first part of the class covers how to formulate a theory (a possible answer to a question), specify testable hypotheses (what you would see if the theory is correct or incorrect), and set up a research design to test those hypotheses. In the second part of the class, we cover quantitative data analysis, beginning from preliminary statistical analysis to multivariate linear regression. There is no mathematical or statistical background required for this course. By the end of the class, students should be able to ask and answer political questions using quantitative data and fluently evaluate statistical analyses of political phenomena in the media and many academic articles.

PSY 3001W - Introduction to Research Methods (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Psy 3001W/Psy 3001V/3005W
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Concepts/procedures used to conduct/evaluate research, especially in social sciences. Benefits/limitations of traditional research methods. Evaluating scientific claims. prereq: [1001, [2801 or 3801 or equiv]] or dept consent

SOC 3801 - Sociological Research Methods

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F

SOC 3811 - Social Statistics (MATH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course will introduce majors and non-majors to basic statistical measures and procedures that are used to describe and analyze quantitative data in sociological research. The topics include (1) frequency and percentage distributions, (2) central tendency and dispersion, (3) probability theory and statistical inference, (4) models of bivariate analysis, and (5) basics of multivariate analysis. Lectures on these topics will be given in class, and lab exercises are designed to help students learn statistical skills and software needed to analyze quantitative data provided in the class. prereq: Undergraduates with strong math background are encouraged to register for 5811 in lieu of 3811 (Soc 5811 offered Fall terms only). Soc Majors/Minors must register A-F.

STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis (MATH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AnSc 3011/ESPM 3012/Stat 3011/
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Standard statistical reasoning. Simple statistical methods. Social/physical sciences. Mathematical reasoning behind facts in daily news. Basic computing environment.

STAT 3021 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	STAT 3021/STAT 3021H
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This is an introductory course in statistics whose primary objectives are to teach students the theory of elementary probability theory and an introduction to the elements of statistical inference, including testing, estimation, and confidence statements. prereq: Math 1272

FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources (TS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Spatial data development/analysis in science/management of natural resources. Data structures/sources/collection/quality. Geodesy, map projections, spatial/tabular data analysis. Digital terrain analysis, cartographic modeling, modeling perspectives, limits of technology. Lab exercises. Both onsite and fully online options for course enrollment. prereq: Soph or jr or sr or UHP fr

GEOG 3561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3561/ Geog 5561
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to study of geographic information systems (GIS) for geography and non-geography students. Topics include GIS application domains, data models and sources, analysis methods and output techniques. Lectures, readings and hands-on experience with GIS software. prereq: Jr or sr

GEOG 5511 - Principles of Cartography

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3511/Geog 5511
Typically offered:	Every Fall

GEOG 3511/5511 is a basic introduction to cartography?the art, science, and technology of maps and map making. Our primary emphasis will be on map making, with lesser emphasis on cartographic research and the history of cartography. Lectures will focus on modern cartographic design principles, how they were developed, and how they might be changing. Lab assignments help develop skills using digital tools for producing effective maps. The course has several specific learning objectives: ? use software to create maps that communicate their subjects appropriately and effectively using sound cartographic design principles ? acquire or produce a base map that is appropriate in scale, projection, and generalization ? select and aggregate data appropriately to represent on a map using a suitable symbolization strategy ? gain an understanding of how current changes in technology impact maps and map making ? understand how fundamental design decisions might differ for printed maps and web/mobile maps ? understand how contemporary GIS and cartography are interrelated, including the use of GIS becoming ubiquitous and map making becoming increasingly available to anyone ? gain an appreciation for the 3,500+ year history of maps!

GEOG 5562 - GIS Development Practicum

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites:	GIS 5571 or #
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Algorithms/data structures for digital cartographic data, topological relationships, surface modeling, and interpolation. Map projections, geometric transformations, numerical generalization, raster/vector processing. Hands-on experience with software packages. prereq: GIS 5571 or instr consent

GEOG 5563 - Advanced Geographic Information Science

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Advanced study of geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include spatial data models, topology, data encoding, data quality, database management, spatial analysis tools and visualization techniques. Hands-on experience using an advanced vector GIS package. prereq: B or better in 3561 or 5561 or instr consent

STAT 3022 - Data Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Practical survey of applied statistical inference/computing covering widely used statistical tools. Multiple regression, variance analysis, experiment design, nonparametric methods, model checking/selection, variable transformation, categorical data analysis, logistic regression. prereq: 3011 or 3021 or SOC 3811

STAT 4101 - Theory of Statistics I

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Random variables/distributions. Generating functions. Standard distribution families. Data summaries. Sampling distributions. Likelihood/sufficiency. prereq: Math 1272 or Math 1372 or Math 1572H

STAT 4102 - Theory of Statistics II

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Estimation. Significance tests. Distribution free methods. Power. Application to regression and to analysis of variance/count data. prereq: STAT 4101

STAT 5021 - Statistical Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Intensive introduction to statistical methods for graduate students needing statistics as a research technique. prereq: college algebra or instr consent; credit will not be granted if credit has been received for STAT 3011

STAT 5201 - Sampling Methodology in Finite Populations

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Simple random, systematic, stratified, unequal probability sampling. Ratio, model based estimation. Single stage, multistage, adaptive cluster sampling. Spatial sampling. prereq: 3022 or 3032 or 3301 or 4102 or 5021 or 5102 or instr consent

STAT 5401 - Applied Multivariate Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Bivariate and multivariate distributions. Multivariate normal distributions. Analysis of multivariate linear models. Repeated measures, growth curve, and profile analysis. Canonical correlation analysis. Principal components and factor analysis. Discrimination, classification, and clustering. pre-req: STAT 3032 or 3301 or 3022 or 4102 or 5021 or 5102 or instr consent Although not a formal prerequisite of this course, students are encouraged to have familiarity with linear algebra prior to enrolling. Please consult with a department advisor with questions.

STAT 5421 - Analysis of Categorical Data

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Varieties of categorical data, cross-classifications, contingency tables. Tests for independence. Combining 2x2 tables. Multidimensional tables/loglinear models. Maximum-likelihood estimation. Tests for goodness of fit. Logistic regression. Generalized linear/multinomial-response models. prereq: STAT 3022 or 3032 or 3301 or 5302 or 4051 or 8051 or 5102 or 4102

CEGE 3101 - Computer Applications I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Computer tools and computational methods for solving civil, environmental, and geo- engineering problems. Solving systems of linear/nonlinear equations, parameter estimation and engineeringmodel fitting, numerical differentiation/integration, numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. prereq: MATH 1372, PHYS 1301, CSE or instructor consent

GEOG 5564 - Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Core concepts in urban geographic information science including sources for urban geographical and attribute data (including census data), urban data structures (focusing on the TIGER data structure), urban spatial analyses (including location-allocation models), geodemographic analysis, network analysis, and the display of urban data. prereq: 3561 or 5561

HIST 3001 - Public History

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AmIn 3001/AmSt 3003/Hist 3001
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Interpretations of collective past as produced in public venues, including museum exhibitions, films, theme parks, websites. Intellectual and political issues in history produced for public audiences. Career opportunities.

PA 5022 - Applications of Economics for Policy Analysis

Credits:	1.5 -3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Application of economic reasoning to a wide range of contemporary public policy issues. The following topically-focused courses also fulfill the MPP economics requirement: PA 5431: Public Policies on Work and Pay, PA 5503: Economics of Development, PA 5521: Development Planning and Policy Analysis, PA 5722: Economics of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, and PA 5805: Global Economics. prereq: 5021 or equiv

PA 5271 - Geographic Information Systems: Applications in Planning and Policy Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to GIS. Applications in public planning and policy analysis. Operational skills in GIS software. Mapping analysis of U.S. Census material. Local/state government management/planning. Spatial statistical analysis for policy/planning. prereq: Major in urban/regional planning or instr consent

GEOG 3401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3401W/5401W
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Geographic patterns, dynamics, and interactions of atmospheric, hydrospheric, geomorphic, pedologic, and biologic systems as context for human population, development, and resource use patterns.

GEOG 5401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3401W/5401W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Geographic patterns, dynamics, and interactions of atmospheric, hydrospheric, geomorphic, pedologic, and biologic systems as context for human population, development, and resource use patterns. prereq: grad student or instr consent

GEOG 5563 - Advanced Geographic Information Science

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Advanced study of geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include spatial data models, topology, data encoding, data quality, database management, spatial analysis tools and visualization techniques. Hands-on experience using an advanced vector GIS package. prereq: B or better in 3561 or 5561 or instr consent

HIST 3001 - Public History

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AmIn 3001/AmSt 3003/Hist 3001
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Interpretations of collective past as produced in public venues, including museum exhibitions, films, theme parks, websites. Intellectual and political issues in history produced for public audiences. Career opportunities.

MKTG 3011 - Marketing Research

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course focuses on managing the entire marketing research process, which involves collecting and analyzing relevant, timely, and accurate information to gain customer insights and drive effective marketing decision making. Students learn fundamental techniques of data collection and analysis to solve specific marketing problems. The class offers hands-on learning-by-doing opportunities through group projects for students to practice every stage of marketing research. prereqs: 3001 and BA 2551 or SCO 2550 or equivalent statistics course

PA 4101 - Nonprofit Management and Governance

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Managing/governing nonprofit/public organizations. Theories, concepts, real-world examples. Governance systems, strategic management practices, effect of different funding environments, management of multiple constituencies.

PA 5221 - Private Sector Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Roles of various participants in land development. Investment objectives, effects of regulation. Overview of development process from private/public perspective.

PA 5511 - Community Economic Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Contexts/motivations behind community economic development activities. Alternative strategies for organizing/initiating economic development projects. Tools/techniques for economic development analysis/planning (market analysis, feasibility studies, development plans). Implementation at local level. prereq: Grad or instr consent

PA 5521 - Development Planning and Policy Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Techniques of development planning/policy analysis at national, regional, and project levels. Effects of external shocks and government interventions on national/regional economies. Macroeconomic modeling, input-output analysis, social accounting matrices/multipliers, project evaluation. prereq: 5031 or equiv recommended or instr consent

WRIT 4573W - Writing Proposals and Grant Management (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This advanced-level Writing Studies course introduces students to the activities, responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities that characterize proposals for nonprofits and/or research/business. Students analyze unique proposal writing situations, including audiences (customers, reviewers, and teammates) and resources (collaborators, templates, and time). Students practice the entire process of proposal and grant writing: 1) describing the problem in context; 2) identifying sponsors and finding a match; 3) designing, writing, revising, and completing all proposal components; 4) conceptualizing and using persuasive visual elements; and 5) presenting and responding to stakeholders and sponsors.

ARCH 3412W - Architectural History Since 1750 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Examples of the built environment from the Enlightenment to the present are studied within a broad social, cultural, and political context. Major architectural movements and their associated forms and designs. prereq: Soph or above

DES 3331 - Street Life Urban Design Seminar

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Des 3331/DesI 3050
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The street as part of network of urban systems/fragments: sidewalks, private interiors, curbs, terraces, boulevards, parking lots, bus stops, public institutions, urban architectures, utility lines, storm/sewer systems, groundwater, satellite communication systems, gardens, and lighting. Readings in urban studies, geography, design, economics and art history. Students review case studies, envision possible transformations of streets/street life.

GEOG 3161 - Europe: A Geographic Perspective (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3161/GLoS 3921
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

It is impossible to think about the contemporary world without the lasting impact Europe has had on it. But what are the deeper reasons for Europe to emerge as a dominant region from the late Middle Ages onwards? Why has Europe recently found itself in profound economic and political, even existential crisis? Historical geography provides answers. Divided by landscape, language, religion, and war, European empires imposed the state-form, capitalism, and their cultures on the rest of the world. European societies even became the supposed standard for how all humanity is meant to live. But there have always been cracks in this success story. The project of the European Union promised peace and prosperity for half a billion people but faces unprecedented challenges, from Brexit, the Ukraine war, and the return of state racism to climate change and covid. This course will guide you through Europe?s general historical characteristics to understand how it shaped globalization.

GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to cities and suburbs as unique crossroads of cultural, social, and political processes. Competing/conflicting visions of city life, cultural diversity, and justice. Focuses on the American city.

GEOG 3373 - Changing Form of the City (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Urban origins, ancient cultures/cities, the medieval city, rediscovery of planning, colonial cities. Industrialization and urban expansion. Speculative cities, utopian cities, planning triumphs/disasters. Cities as reflections of society, culture, the past.

GEOG 3973 - Geography of the Twin Cities (SOCS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 1973/3973
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The University of Minnesota sits in the middle of a fascinating city, and in this class you will explore parts of that city in-depth. You will learn about the human geography of the Twin Cities, how they have developed in the past, and how they are changing. You will examine the settlement, economic change, social practices, and political events that have shaped the Twin Cities, learning how to look at this place through multiple and contesting perspectives. Through a combination of in-depth field work, applied research, readings, and discussion, you will learn about urban concepts like immigration, Native populations, poverty, homelessness, segregation, redlining, suburbanization, shifts in retail and jobs, zoning, transit, metropolitan governance, urban renewal, and more. The goal is to foster your critical reflection on important, contemporary challenges facing our metropolitan region, and develop a new way to look at your present home.

URBS 3861 - Financing Cities

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The most critical question in government is how you are going to pay for something. There is a plethora of good ideas but only so much money. This class looks at how cities are funded. It looks at tax systems, fee systems, grants, special revenues, private development funding and other ways that we pay for cities. It provides practical knowledge on how city activities are funded.

URBS 3871 - A Suburban World

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Suburbs as sites of urgent battles over resources, planning practices, land use, and economic development. How suburban life shapes values, political ideals, and worldviews of its populations.

URBS 3896 - Urban Studies Internship Seminar

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Weekly seminar integrates internship experience with academic program. prereq: Sr, internship placement, dept consent, instr consent

URBS 3955W - Senior Paper Seminar (WI)

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Methods/resources for research. Substantial writing. prereq: dept consent

GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to cities and suburbs as unique crossroads of cultural, social, and political processes. Competing/conflicting visions of city life, cultural diversity, and justice. Focuses on the American city.

PSY 3001W - Introduction to Research Methods (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Psy 3001W/Psy 3001V/3005W
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Concepts/procedures used to conduct/evaluate research, especially in social sciences. Benefits/limitations of traditional research methods. Evaluating scientific claims. prereq: [1001, [2801 or 3801 or equiv]] or dept consent

URBS 3001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Urbs 1001W/Urbs 3001W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Interdisciplinary course, ranging across spatial, historical, economic, political, and design perspectives, among many others.

URBS 3955W - Senior Paper Seminar (WI)

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Methods/resources for research. Substantial writing. prereq: dept consent

WRIT 4573W - Writing Proposals and Grant Management (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This advanced-level Writing Studies course introduces students to the activities, responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities that characterize proposals for nonprofits and/or research/business. Students analyze unique proposal writing situations, including audiences (customers, reviewers, and teammates) and resources (collaborators, templates, and time). Students practice the entire process of proposal and grant writing: 1) describing the problem in context; 2) identifying sponsors and finding a match; 3) designing, writing, revising, and completing all proposal components; 4) conceptualizing and using persuasive visual elements; and 5) presenting and responding to stakeholders and sponsors.

PSY 3001V - Honors Introduction to Research Methods (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Psy 3001W/Psy 3001V/3005W
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Concepts/procedures used to conduct/evaluate research, especially in social sciences. Benefits/limitations of traditional research methods. Evaluating scientific claims. prereq: [1001, [2081/3801 or equiv]]or dept consent, PSY major, honors student

AFRO 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S.

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4231/Afro 4231/AmIn 4231/C
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Examination of structural or institutional conditions through which people of color have been marginalized in public policy. Critical evaluation of social theory in addressing the problem of contemporary communities of color in the United States.

AFRO 5910 - Topics in African American and African Studies

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Topics vary by instructor.

AMIN 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, & Chicanos in the U.S.

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4231/Afro 4231/AmIn 4231/C
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Structural or institutional conditions through which people of color have been marginalized in public policy. Critical evaluation of social theory in addressing the problem of contemporary communities of color in the United States.

AMIN 4511 - Indigenous Political Economies

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer

Sources, nature, consequences of social/economic development/change in Indian communities. Precontact Indian communities. Effect of European contact. Social movements into 20th century, including phenomenon of urban Indian communities. prereq: 1001

CHIC 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S.

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4231/Afro 4231/AmIn 4231/C
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Examination of the structural or institutional conditions through which people of color have been marginalized in public policy. Critical evaluation of social theory in addressing the problem of contemporary communities of color in the United States.

CHIC 4275 - Theory in Action: Community Engagement in a Social Justice Framework (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Theoretical frameworks of social justice and community engagement for work outside classroom with/in Latina/o community. Worker issues/organizing. Placements in unions, worker organizations. Policy initiatives on labor issues. Students reflect on their own identity development, social location, and position of power/privilege.

COMM 3451W - Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Theories of and factors influencing intercultural communication. Development of effective intercultural communication skills. prereq: Planning an intercultural experience

COMM 5451W - Intercultural Communication Processes (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Theory and research on cultural differences in values, norms, behaviors, and perceptions that affect communication across cultures internationally and domestically.

GEOG 3374W - The City in Film (AH, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3374W/3374V/5374W
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Cinematic portrayal of changes in 20th-century cities worldwide including social and cultural conflict, political and economic processes, changing gender relationships, rural versus urban areas, and population and development issues (especially as they affect women and children).

HIST 3821 - United States in the 20th Century to 1945 (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

American politics and society in the progressive era, the 1920's, the Great Depression and World War II. Economic reform at home, the challenges of world war abroad, and social change affecting the status of women and racial minorities.

HIST 3822 - Making America Modern: 1945 to Present

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

American politics and society in the postwar era, the diplomacy of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, cultural clashes in the 1960's, Watergate, the conservative resurgence, and the end of the Cold War.

HIST 3865 - African American History, 1865 to Present

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3865/Hist 3865
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

History of African American men and women from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Discussion of internal migrations, industrialization and unionization, The Great Depression, world wars, and large scale movements for social and political change.

HIST 3872 - American Indian History: 1830 to the Present (HIS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AmIn/Hist 3872
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Focus on the impact of federal Indian policy on American Indian cultures and societies, and on American Indian culture change.

PA 5290 - Topics in Planning

Credits:	0.5 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Selected topics.

PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Nature/extent of poverty/inequality in the United States, causes/consequences, impact of government programs/policies. Extent/causes of poverty/inequality in other developed/developing countries. prereq: Grad or instr consent

PA 5601 - Global Survey of Gender and Public Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Introduction to the key concepts and tools necessary for gender policy analysis. Survey of the major findings in the field of gender and public policy in policy areas such as poverty alleviation, health, international security, environment and work-family reconciliation. Scope includes local, national, and global policy arenas as well as exploration of gender and the politics of policy formulation.

POL 3462 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the United States, South Africa and Cuba

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Is it true that since the election of Donald Trump, the United States is more racist than ever? Is racism on the rise elsewhere in the world? Consistent with the goals of liberal education, this course helps students navigate their way through what is often seen as one of the most perplexing and intractable problems in today's world?racial and ethnic conflicts. It supplies a set of theoretical tools that can be utilized in the most diverse of settings?including, though to a lesser extent, gender. Rather than looking at these conflicts, as the media and popular knowledge often does, as centuries-old conflicts deeply set in our memory banks, a script from which none of us can escape, the course argues that inequalities in power and authority?in other words, class?go a long way in explaining racial and ethnic dynamics. To support this argument, the course examines the so-called ?black-white? conflict in three settings, the U.S., South Africa, and Cuba. While all three share certain similarities, their differences provide the most explanatory power. Most instructive is the Cuba versus U.S. and South Africa comparison. Specifically, what are the consequences for race relations when a society, Cuba, attempts to eliminate class inequalities? The course hopes to show that while we all carry with us the legacy of the past, we are not necessarily its prisoners.

PSY 3201 - Introduction to Social Psychology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Overview of theories/research in social psychology. Attitudes/persuasion, social judgment, the self, social influence, aggression, prejudice, helping, and applications. prereq: 1001 or instr consent

SOC 3451W - Cities & Social Change (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Soc 3451W/Soc 3451V
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

The core themes of this class will provide an essential toolkit for approaching broad questions about social justice, culture, work, housing and service provision on multiple levels and across the globe. This course will have units on economic development, inequality, the interaction between design and human action, inclusive and exclusive cultural formations, crime and cultures of fear, social control and surveillance. prereq: 1001 recommended, Soc majors/minors must register A-F

SOC 4108 - Current Issues in Crime Control

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring & Summer

Selected current criminal justice policies from perspective of courts, legislature, community, and interest groups. Impact of criminal justice policy changes on society and on social control agencies. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F

SW 5101 - Historical Origins and Contemporary Policies in Social Welfare

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Contemporary policies and programs in social welfare are examined in light of their historical origins and evolution. A framework is then developed for analysis of concepts and principles in contemporary social policy for social welfare programs and services. The emergence of the profession of social work also examined.

APEC 3611W - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Concepts of resource use. Financial/economic feasibility. External effects, market failures. Resource use, environmental problems. Measuring impacts of resource development. Economics of alternative resource programs, environmental strategies. prereq: 1101 or ECON 1101 or 1101H or ECON 1101H

APEC 5321 - Regional Economic Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Development patterns. Role of resources, transportation, and institutional constraints. Migration, investments in growth and change. Economic information in investment and location decisions. Economic development policies and tools. Economic impact analysis. prereq: 3006 or ECON 3102 or instr consent

ECON 4821 - Public Economics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Econ 3801/Econ 4828/Econ 4821
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Competing views on proper role of government in economy. Effects of tax/spending policies, taking into account private agents' response to government actions/ways government officials may use powers. Optimal policies. Applications primarily to U.S. government. prereq: (ECON 1101 or ECON 1165, APEC 1101), (ECON 1102 or APEC 1102), ECON 3101, ECON 3102, MATH 1271 or equivalent courses approved by the Economics Department

GEOG 3331 - Geography of the World Economy (SOCS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3331/GloS 3231
Typically offered:	Every Fall

An invisible, not-quite-dead, not-quite-alive entity?the coronavirus?forced us, rudely and tragically, to reckon with space. As we try and maintain social distance from other bodies, wear masks to disrupt the virus? pathways of diffusion, confront shortages in grocery stores, home supply outlets, and car dealerships, adjust to interruptions in many services, and either choose to, or are forced to stay at home, in our cities, in our countries, we are thinking and acting spatially. And we are reminded that ?stuff??food, medicines, toilet paper?reaches us often through geographically extensive and logistically intricate webs of economic production and distribution. We will learn what it means to think geographically about the capitalist economy as a spatial, relational formation. In doing so, we will challenge dominant ways of understanding and analyzing the economy, and of what counts as economic. We will also examine two simultaneous aspects of the world economy?fixity and flow. On the one hand, the economy propels and is propelled by flows?of goods, of services, of people, of labor, and of finance. On the other hand, physical infrastructures are rooted in place on the earth. After all, even the digital worlds of Facebook, Google, and Amazon are enabled by vast server farms. The course will also highlight the production and proliferation of inequalities?between social groups, states, countries, and regions?in and by the world economy. In fact, we will ask: Is economic unevenness a mere byproduct of capitalist economic growth, or the condition of possibility for it? Finally, we will discuss the relationships between global phenomena and local events. Crises like global climate change, overflows of waste matter, COVID19, and the 2008 financial meltdown make it clear that the global and the local are intimately entangled. Not only do global events impact individual livelihoods, including yours and mine, but economic jitters in one place can escalate, sending shockwaves across the world.

HSG 5463 - Housing Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hsg 5463/PA 5261
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Institutional/environmental settings that make up housing policy in the United States. Competing ideas about solving housing problems through public intervention in the market. Federal/local public sector responses to housing problems. prereq: [[2401 or DHA 2401], [2463 or DHA 2463]] or instr consent

PA 4200 - Urban and Regional Planning

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamental principles of urban/regional land-use planning. Introduction to planning theory and its applications. Political-economic context of urban/regional planning.

PA 5004 - Introduction to Planning

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

History/institutional development of urban planning as profession. Intellectual foundations, planning theory. Roles of urban planners in U.S./international settings. Scope, legitimacy, limitations of planning/planning process. Issues in planning ethics/settings of diverse populations/stakeholders. prereq: Major/minor in urban/regional planning or instr consent

PA 5013 - Law and Urban Land Use

Credits:	1.5 [max 1.5]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Role of law in regulating/shaping urban development, land use, environmental quality, local/regional governmental services. Interface between public/private sector. prereq: Major or minor in urban/regional planning or instr consent

PA 5211 - Land Use Planning

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Physical/spatial basis for land use planning at community/regional level. Role of public sector in guiding private development. Land use regulations, comprehensive planning, growth management, innovative land use planning/policies. prereq: Major or minor in urban/regional planning or instr consent

PA 5221 - Private Sector Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Roles of various participants in land development. Investment objectives, effects of regulation. Overview of development process from private/public perspective.

PA 5261 - Housing Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hsg 5463/PA 5261
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Institutional/environmental setting for housing policy in the United States. Competing views of solving housing problems through public intervention in the market. Federal/local public sector responses to housing problems. prereq: Grad or instr consent

PA 5290 - Topics in Planning

Credits:	0.5 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Selected topics.

PA 5421 - Racial Inequality and Public Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Historical roots of racial inequality in American society. Contemporary economic consequences. Public policy responses to racial inequality. Emphasizes thinking/analysis that is critical of strategies offered for reducing racism and racial economic inequality. prereq: Grad or instr consent

PA 5511 - Community Economic Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Contexts/motivations behind community economic development activities. Alternative strategies for organizing/initiating economic development projects. Tools/techniques for economic development analysis/planning (market analysis, feasibility studies, development plans). Implementation at local level. prereq: Grad or instr consent

POL 3477 - Political Economy of Development (SOCS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

How can the vast disparities of wealth between countries be explained? Why have some countries in the post-colonial world, in particular, those of East Asia, experienced stunning economic growth, while those in other parts have not? We will explore inequality among nations through an engagement with competing explanations from multiple disciplines. Do free markets, the legacies of colonialism, state power, culture, or geography offer the most persuasive account of current patterns of global inequality? The course also examines what we mean by "development" and exposes students to cutting-edge debates in contemporary development studies. By the end of the course, students will have a better understanding of the causes of and possible solutions to global inequality.

POL 3462 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the United States, South Africa and Cuba

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Is it true that since the election of Donald Trump, the United States is more racist than ever? Is racism on the rise elsewhere in the world? Consistent with the goals of liberal education, this course helps students navigate their way through what is often seen as one of the most perplexing and intractable problems in today's world?racial and ethnic conflicts. It supplies a set of theoretical tools that can be utilized in the most diverse of settings?including, though to a lesser extent, gender. Rather than looking at these conflicts, as the media and popular knowledge often does, as centuries-old conflicts deeply set in our memory banks, a script from which none of us can escape, the course argues that inequalities in power and authority?in other words, class?go a long way in explaining racial and ethnic dynamics. To support this argument, the course examines the so-called ?black-white? conflict in three settings, the U.S., South Africa, and Cuba. While all three share certain similarities, their differences provide the most explanatory power. Most instructive is the Cuba versus U.S. and South Africa comparison. Specifically, what are the consequences for race relations when a society, Cuba, attempts to eliminate class inequalities? The course hopes to show that while we all carry with us the legacy of the past, we are not necessarily its prisoners.

URBS 3771 - Fundamentals of Transit

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Importance of transit to an urban area. Issues surrounding development/operation of transit. Defining various modes of transit, evaluating why/where each may be used. Making capital improvements to transit system. Finance, travel demand forecasting, environmental assessment, scheduling, evaluation of effectiveness/accessibility.

URBS 3861 - Financing Cities

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The most critical question in government is how you are going to pay for something. There is a plethora of good ideas but only so much money. This class looks at how cities are funded. It looks at tax systems, fee systems, grants, special revenues, private development funding and other ways that we pay for cities. It provides practical knowledge on how city activities are funded.

URBS 3871 - A Suburban World

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Suburbs as sites of urgent battles over resources, planning practices, land use, and economic development. How suburban life shapes values, political ideals, and worldviews of its populations.

APEC 3611W - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Concepts of resource use. Financial/economic feasibility. External effects, market failures. Resource use, environmental problems. Measuring impacts of resource development. Economics of alternative resource programs, environmental strategies. prereq: 1101 or ECON 1101 or 1101H or ECON 1101H

ARCH 3711W - Environmental Design and the Sociocultural Context (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 3711W/Arch 3711V
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Designed environment as cultural medium/product of sociocultural process/expression of values, ideas, behavioral patterns. Design/construction as complex political process. prereq: Soph or above

ARCH 4701W - Introduction to Urban Form and Theory (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Urban form, related issues of design/theory/culture. Thematic history of cities. Lectures, discussions, assignments. prereq: [3411, 3412] or instr consent

ARCH 5672 - Historic Building Conservation

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Historic building materials, systems, and methods of conservation. Discussion of structural systems, building repair and pathology, introduction of new environmental systems in historic buildings, and conservation of historic interiors. Research on historic building materials and techniques using primary and secondary resources and on documentation of a specific historic site through large-format photography and measured drawings. prereq: 3412, 5671 or instr consent

ARCH 5673 - Historic Property Research and Documentation

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Philosophy, theory, methods of historic building research. Descriptive analysis of buildings, building documentation, historical archaeology, architectural taxonomy. prereq: [3412, 3641, 4671, 5671, 4672 or 5672] or instr consent

ARCH 5711 - Theory and Principles of Urban Design

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Seminar. Debate on dominant theories/paradigms informing city design from renaissance to 21th century. Critical issues central to current debates. prereq: M Arch major or LA grad major or grad student or instr consent

CEGE 3201 - Transportation Engineering (TS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Applying laws of motion to vehicle performance, determining constraints for highway designs. Traffic flow principles, their relation to capacity and level of service. Geometric design, traffic control, pavement design, transportation planning. prereq: PHYS 1301, (CEGE 3101, CEGE 3102 can be taken concurrently)

CEGE 5211 - Highway Design & Traffic Operations

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CEGE 4211/CEGE 5211
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Principles of vehicle/driver performance as they apply to design and operation of highways. Highway alignment and roadside design. Intersection design and traffic control devices. Capacity/level of service. Trip generation and traffic impact analysis. Safety studies and safety impacts of design and operational decisions. prereq: CEGE 3201, CEGE 3102 or equivalent, Grad Student

CEGE 5212 - Transportation Policy, Planning, and Deployment

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CEGE 5212/PA 5232
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Techniques of analysis and planning for transportation services. Demand-supply interactions. Evaluating transportation alternatives. Travel demand forecasting. Integrated model systems. Citizen participation in decision-making. prereq: 3201 or equiv, upper division CSE, or grad student

ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Normative/professional ethics, and leadership considerations, applicable to managing natural resources and the environment. Readings, discussion.

ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3245/ESPM 5245
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Policies affecting land use planning at local, state, and federal levels. Ecosystem and landscape scale planning. Collaborative and community-based approaches to planning for ecological, social, and economic sustainability. Class project applies interdisciplinary perspectives on planning and policy, including information gathering techniques, conservation planning tools, and evaluation of planning options.

ESPM 3251 - Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3251/ESPM 5251/LAS 3251
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

International perspectives on resource use and sustainable development. Integration of natural resource issues with social, economic, and policy considerations. Agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, non-timber forest products, water resources, certification, development issues. Global case studies. Impact of consumption in developed countries on sustainable development in lesser developed countries.

LA 3003 - Climate Change Adaptation

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	LA 3003/LA 5003
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course will study nations, regions, cities, and communities that have adapted or are undergoing adaptation to climate change. The course will examine different approaches in planning, policy, economics, infrastructure, and building design that increase the adaptive capacity of human settlements. These approaches will vary in scale from the construction of new neighborhoods to the implementation of storm water gardens. The course will emphasize multi-functional strategies which couple climate change adaptation with other urban improvements. Learning Objectives: To understand role of climate adaptation in the reconfiguration of human settlements. To apply design thinking to the issue of climate adaptation in the context of an urban society.To apply knowledge to challenge-based coursework on managing climate risk, decreasing climate vulnerability, and building resilience to climate change.

LA 3501 - Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Dynamic relationships between environmentally designed places and biological/physical contexts. Integration of created place and biological/physical contexts. Case studies, student design.

LA 5204 - Metropolitan Landscape Ecology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Theories/principles of holistic landscape ecology. People, nature, and environmental stewardship in metropolitan landscapes. Urban areas, rural areas that provide food, water, energy, and recreation. prereq: BED accelerated status or LA grad student or instr consent

LA 5401 - Directed Studies in Emerging Areas of Landscape Architecture

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

tbd prereq: instr consent

PA 5013 - Law and Urban Land Use

Credits:	1.5 [max 1.5]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Role of law in regulating/shaping urban development, land use, environmental quality, local/regional governmental services. Interface between public/private sector. prereq: Major or minor in urban/regional planning or instr consent

PA 5212 - Managing Urban Growth and Change

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Theory/practice of planning, promoting, and controlling economic growth/change in urban areas. Economic development tools available to state/local policymakers, historic context of their use in the United States. legal, social, and economic implementation constraints. Interactions among economic, social, and demographic trends. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

PA 5231 - Transit Planning and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CEGE 5213/PA 5231
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Principles/techniques related to implementing transit systems. Historical perspective, characteristics of travel demand, demand management. Evaluating/benchmarking system performance. Transit-oriented development. Analyzing alternative transit modes. System design/finance. Case studies, field projects. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

PA 5232 - Transportation Policy, Planning, and Deployment

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CEGE 5212/PA 5232
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Development of transportation policy, making of transportation plans, deployment of transportation technologies. Lectures, interactive case studies, role playing.

PA 5722 - Economics of Environmental Policy

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to economic principles and methods as they apply to environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, and water quality. Course will cover benefit-cost analysis, methods of environmental valuation, as well as critiques of market-based solutions to environmental challenges.

SUST 4004 - Sustainable Communities

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Students synthesize multiple disciplinary perspectives and integrate insights gained from various approaches/methods. Concepts/scholarship related to sustainability. Applying knowledge/experience to real sustainability problems. prereq: [3003 or GLOS 3304, [jr or sr] in sustainability studies minor] or instr consent

URBS 3751 - Understanding the Urban Environment (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Examine links between cities and the environment with emphasis on air, soil, water, pollution, parks and green space, undesirable land uses, environmental justice, and the basic question of how to sustain urban development in an increasingly fragile global surrounding.

URBS 3771 - Fundamentals of Transit

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Importance of transit to an urban area. Issues surrounding development/operation of transit. Defining various modes of transit, evaluating why/where each may be used. Making capital improvements to transit system. Finance, travel demand forecasting, environmental assessment, scheduling, evaluation of effectiveness/accessibility.

AFRO 3433 - Economic Development in Contemporary Africa (SOCS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3433/ApEc 3061
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Major socio-economic challenges that confront post-independence sub-Saharan African countries in quest for sustainable economic development/growth. Causes of persistent poverty/inequality, role of institutions/multinational agencies. Growth in 21st century. prereq: APEC 1101 or ECON 1101

ARCH 4674 - World Heritage Conservation

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Design/planning options for conservation of historic buildings/cultural heritage sites. Case studies link current practices, methods/solutions with expert preservationists, site conservationists, local communities in development/design of conservation proposals. prereq: Jr or sr or instr consent

ARGN 3009 - Argentina: Stereotypes and Identity

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Intercultural perspectives on Argentina. How others perceive Argentines and how Argentines perceive themselves, through literature, humor, art, music, and history. prereq: 1004

CHIC 3352 - Transborder Theory: Global Views/Borderland Spaces

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Demographic realities, political/economic shifts, cultural exchanges that characterize U.S.-Mexico borderland spaces in global economy. Historically contextualized, transnational approach to cultures, politics, and economics of U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. Dynamics of borderland spaces.

GEOG 3331 - Geography of the World Economy (SOCS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3331/GloS 3231
Typically offered:	Every Fall

An invisible, not-quite-dead, not-quite-alive entity?the coronavirus?forced us, rudely and tragically, to reckon with space. As we try and maintain social distance from other bodies, wear masks to disrupt the virus? pathways of diffusion, confront shortages in grocery stores, home supply outlets, and car dealerships, adjust to interruptions in many services, and either choose to, or are forced to stay at home, in our cities, in our countries, we are thinking and acting spatially. And we are reminded that ?stuff??food, medicines, toilet paper?reaches us often through geographically extensive and logistically intricate webs of economic production and distribution. We will learn what it means to think geographically about the capitalist economy as a spatial, relational formation. In doing so, we will challenge dominant ways of understanding and analyzing the economy, and of what counts as economic. We will also examine two simultaneous aspects of the world economy?fixity and flow. On the one hand, the economy propels and is propelled by flows?of goods, of services, of people, of labor, and of finance. On the other hand, physical infrastructures are rooted in place on the earth. After all, even the digital worlds of Facebook, Google, and Amazon are enabled by vast server farms. The course will also highlight the production and proliferation of inequalities?between social groups, states, countries, and regions?in and by the world economy. In fact, we will ask: Is economic unevenness a mere byproduct of capitalist economic growth, or the condition of possibility for it? Finally, we will discuss the relationships between global phenomena and local events. Crises like global climate change, overflows of waste matter, COVID19, and the 2008 financial meltdown make it clear that the global and the local are intimately entangled. Not only do global events impact individual livelihoods, including yours and mine, but economic jitters in one place can escalate, sending shockwaves across the world.

GEOG 3373 - Changing Form of the City (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Urban origins, ancient cultures/cities, the medieval city, rediscovery of planning, colonial cities. Industrialization and urban expansion. Speculative cities, utopian cities, planning triumphs/disasters. Cities as reflections of society, culture, the past.

GEOG 3379 - Environment and Development in the Third World (SOCS, ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3379/GloS 3303
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Inequality in the form of extreme wealth and poverty in our world are major causes of environmental degradation. In addition, development failure as well as certain forms of economic growth always led to environment disasters. This course examines how our world?s economic and political systems and the livelihoods they engender have produced catastrophic local and global environmental conditions. Beyond this, the course explores alternative approaches of achieving sustainable environment and equitable development. prereq: Soph or jr or sr

GEOG 3388 - Going Places: Geographies of Travel and Tourism (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Are you wondering whether you will be able to travel as you did a few years ago? One of the largest industries, tourism is in a profound crisis. This course understands tourism in relation to other kinds of mobility, like shopping, colonialism, trafficking, migration, and pilgrimage. As the negative environmental and health impacts of tourism have become obvious, significant demands have emerged on its practices and policies. Investigating the landscapes and economies of cars, planes, beaches, parks, malls, and museums, we come to appreciate the unique challenges tourism poses for global citizenship and the planet. To gain a critical geographical understanding of mobility we engage a range of ethical frameworks such as human rights, feminism, social justice, and utilitarianism. Our final destination is an informed and critical ethics of travel in the age of pandemics and climate change.

GEOG 5385 - Globalization and Development: Political Economy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Nature/scope of modern world system (capitalism), its impact on regional development processes. Roles of state and of international financial institutions. prereq: Sr or grad or instr consent

GLOS 3145 - Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	GloS 3145/GloS 3415H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course provides an introductory overview of core theories and concepts that prepare students for successful completion of the Global Studies curriculum. In this half of the Global Studies core course sequence, students will investigate questions pertaining to the emergence of global modernity, capitalism, and the nation-state, with particular focus on theoretical concepts and institutional forms. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary sources including critical theory, philosophy, and texts from the social sciences, these questions may include: How did reason and culture emerge as key concepts in modernity, and how were they associated with transformations in time and space? How did the nation-state become a dominant political unit in the West, and how do postcolonial African states challenge its structure? What is the relationship between the Western liberal tradition, secularity, and violence? What are the histories and internal dynamics of the capitalist economy? Students will meet twice a week for lecture and attend a weekly recitation section, with assignments that include short writing exercises, a group project, and midterm and final examinations. This course will contextualize and trouble aspects of the global that are easily abstracted and taken for granted, while giving students the conceptual vocabulary and critical skills to prepare for subsequent Global Studies courses. Prereq: soph, jr, or sr Units: 3.00

GLOS 3231 - Geography of the World Economy (SOCS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3331/GloS 3231
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Geographical distribution of resources affecting development. Location of agriculture, industry, services. Agglomeration of economic activities, urbanization, regional growth. International trade. Changing global development inequalities. Impact on nations, regions, cities.

HIST 3066 - Prehistoric Pathways to World Civilization (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 3009/Anth 8009/Hist 3066
Typically offered:	Every Spring

How did complex urban societies first develop? This course addresses this question in ten regions of the world, including Maya Mesoamerica, Inca South America, Sumerian Near East, Shang Civilization in East Asia and early Greece and Rome.

HIST 3402W - Modern Latin America 1825 to Present (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3402W/LAS 3402W
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

National and contemporary period 1825 to present, with emphasis on social, cultural, political, and economic change.

HIST 3415 - Migrations in Modern Global History (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This is a liberal education course that emphasizes particular learning outcomes while developing students? historical and global perspectives. The purpose of HIST 3415 is dispel the impression, common among students, that North America is in some sense unique in its long history of international migrations. The course examines a history of human mobility that stretches from the earliest days of human life on earth down to the present and that begins in Africa before extending to case studies of migrants living and adapting to new social, cultural, and physical environments in every part of the world. Along the way, it introduces students to the intersection of history, humanities and social sciences as ways of knowing about the past and analyzing the present and encourages students to encounter, evaluate, and interpret the past through the use of primary sources.

PA 5561 - Gender and International Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Women and men are affected differently by development and participate differently in policy formulation and implementation. Gender-sensitive perspective. Historical, political context. Global South. Policy, practice, and experience (theory and measurement; international, national, local stakeholders; effects of policy and practice on development). prereq: Grad or instr consent

PA 5880 - Exploring Global Cities

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring & Summer

Study abroad offered in cities across globe. Opportunities to study policy/planning issues in varied contexts from comparative/inter-cultural perspective. Study/work with practitioners/peers in field. Tanzania odd years/Austria even years. Additional countries may be added in future.

POL 3451W - Politics and Society in the New Europe (GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

The devastation of Europe through two World Wars put the deadly results of ultra-nationalism on full display. To avoid such destruction again, a group of European technocrats and leaders embarked on a mission of incrementally deepening economic and later, social partnerships between an ever-expanding number of European countries. These efforts culminated in the birth of the European Union in the late 20th Century. From its inception, the Union has found obstacles in the forms of a weak institutional structure and authority, deep skepticism of a central European authority, financial crisis, ethnic anxiety, and resurgent nationalism. Yet, the continuation and strengthening of the Union is seen as the antidote to the rise of anti-democratic and authoritarian tendencies on the continent. Some of the key questions that we will engage in are: What are the ideological and historical roots of the European Union? What are the structural flaws of the Union? What are the obstacles to a stronger Union? Is the Union still or even more essential than ever? What are the ways the Union could collapse from within and from the intervention of outside forces?

POL 3464 - The Politics of Economic Inequality (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Distributional issues are at the core of the study of politics. This is because while democracy is premised on formal political equality, if wealth and property can shape political power then equal rights do not mean equal influence. This class meets the UMN "Race, Power, and Justice in the US" Liberal Education theme by engaging the question of the tension between democracy and economic inequality. What policies increase or decrease inequality? What are the political consequences of rising inequality - in general and particularly for ethnic and racial minorities? The course focuses on the USA but puts American politics in global perspective. To do so, the course explores how dominant socio-economic groups in the US have historically shaped political institutions and attitudes to generate, perpetuate, and defend inequality. We will also explore the extent to which and why white and non-white citizens have bought into the concept of the "American Dream," undermining efforts to redress social injustice.

POL 3462 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the United States, South Africa and Cuba

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Is it true that since the election of Donald Trump, the United States is more racist than ever? Is racism on the rise elsewhere in the world? Consistent with the goals of liberal education, this course helps students navigate their way through what is often seen as one of the most perplexing and intractable problems in today's world?racial and ethnic conflicts. It supplies a set of theoretical tools that can be utilized in the most diverse of settings?including, though to a lesser extent, gender. Rather than looking at these conflicts, as the media and popular knowledge often does, as centuries-old conflicts deeply set in our memory banks, a script from which none of us can escape, the course argues that inequalities in power and authority?in other words, class?go a long way in explaining racial and ethnic dynamics. To support this argument, the course examines the so-called ?black-white? conflict in three settings, the U.S., South Africa, and Cuba. While all three share certain similarities, their differences provide the most explanatory power. Most instructive is the Cuba versus U.S. and South Africa comparison. Specifically, what are the consequences for race relations when a society, Cuba, attempts to eliminate class inequalities? The course hopes to show that while we all carry with us the legacy of the past, we are not necessarily its prisoners.

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