Courses of Study 2015-2016 
    
    Jun 17, 2024  
Courses of Study 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

COMM—Communication

  
  • COMM 4650 - Mobile Communication in Public Life

    (crosslisted) INFO 4650  
    (CA)      
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: COMM 2450 /INFO 2450 .

    L. Humphreys.

    Mobile technology is an increasingly prominent tool for modern communication. This course critically explores the role of mobile communication and its impact on public life. The course is divided into three main areas: social and political uses of mobile communication, mobility and sense of place, and mobile social software.

  
  • COMM 4660 - [Public Communication of Science and Technology]

    (crosslisted) STS 4661  
    (SBA)      
    Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: COMM 2850 , or COMM 3020 , ENGRC 3500 , or permission of instructor.

    B. Lewenstein.

    Explores the structure, meanings, and implications of “public communication of science and technology” (PCST). Examines the contexts in which PCST occurs, looks at motivations and constraints of those involved in producing information about science for nonprofessional audiences, and analyzes the functions of PCST. Ties existing ideas about PCST to general communication research, and leads to developing new knowledge about PCST. Format is primarily seminar/discussion.

  
  • COMM 4700 - [Data and Algorithms in Public Life]

    (crosslisted) INFO 4700  
    (CA)      
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: COMM 2450 /INFO 2450  or COMM 3200 /INFO 3200 . Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors or graduate students. Co-meets with COMM 6700 /INFO 6700 .

    Staff.

    Large-scale data and the algorithms that we use to navigate them are the newest communication technologies, and have become critically important in structuring how we communicate, how we understand, how we buy, how we predict, and how we participate in public life. This course will examine the contemporary role of data, algorithms, and information institutions. Our starting point will be that “big data” may be merely the latest phase in some century-long changes, that the questions that must be asked about how public life is being reshaped by data and algorithms are much older. We will examine contemporary debates around big data, social media, and algorithmic culture, informed by this long view understanding. For the graduate student course, each week we will expand on the questions being grappled with in the undergraduate course, by exploring them with a set of theoretical tools, traditions, and debates.

    Outcome 1: The contemporary debates around data and its place in public functions such as politics, journalism, entertainment, and science are marked by an array of claims and justifications that require critical unpacking. This includes claims made in the scholarly research about these shifts and their import. Students will weigh competing arguments about these changes, and draw their own conclusions; in writing assignments they will explore examples of their own and bring these analytical perspectives to bear.

    Outcome 2: Writing assignments will require research of their own, as students will gather primary and secondary materials about contemporary and past debates, and determine how to best assemble a cogent and thoughtful argument. The final assignment will include writing an op-ed style statement about a specific case, which means particular thought about the ethics and tactics involved in addressing a public audience, in ways that can have real world consequences.

  
  • COMM 4760 - Population Health Communication


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: COMM 2820 .

    J. Niederdeppe.

    This senior-level undergraduate seminar provides an overview of theory and research on communication related to population health, including strategic efforts to impact health behavior and structural environments that support health, media portrayals of health issues, and news coverage of health and social policy with impacts on the health and distribution of health in populations. Topics include theories of behavior change and message effects, campaigns to improve behavioral and structural determinants of health; the intersection of health and politics; and implications of changes in media platforms for population health campaigns and research.

    Outcome 1: Understand major theories that try to explain variation in (a) health-related behavior among individuals and larger social units, and (b) responses to health-related messages designed to promote behavior or policy change.

    Outcome 2: Analyze the implications of those theories for the potential role of public health communication in changing behavior.

    Outcome 3: Evaluate the credibility of the evidence for the effectiveness of prominent, historical examples of public health communication programs in the US and abroad.

    Outcome 4: Evaluate evidence for effects of other forms of public communication relating to health (advertising, news coverage, media programming) on health and policy outcomes.

    Outcome 5: Synthesize knowledge and skills learned in outcomes (1) through (4) to develop a systematic review of research in an area of interest.

  
  • COMM 4860 - Risk Communication


    (SBA)      
    Fall. 3 credits.

    K. McComas, staff.

    Every day we face known and unknown risks to our own health and safety and risks to the environment. In many cases we not only misperceive these risks, but we frequently make decisions that put us at even greater risk. Communicating the likelihood of harm based on complex, incomplete, and uncertain science is a challenge. This course uses case studies to illustrate theories of risk communication, and practical in-class exercises to demonstrate how theories apply to specific situations.

  
  • COMM 4940 - Special Topics in Communication


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 1-3 credits, variable.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Study of topics in communication not otherwise provided by a department course and determined by the interest of faculty members and students. Please check department website for most up-to-date offerings.

  
  • COMM 4960 - Communication Internship


         
    Fall or spring. 1 credit (may be repeated for credit). S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: COMM majors or minors. Work component and variable. Minimum 60 hours.

    Staff.

    Students receive a structured, on-the-job learning experience under the supervision of communication professionals in cooperating organizations. A minimum of 60 hours of on-the-job work is required; the number of work hours beyond 60 is left to the discretion of the intern and the supervising company. A final project linking communication theory to practical work experience is required. All internships must be approved by the internship coordinator before the work experience segment. All COMM 4960 internship courses must adhere to the CALS guidelines at cals.cornell.edu/academics/student-research/internship.

  
  • COMM 4970 - Individual Study in Communication


         
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable (may be repeated for credit).

    Enrollment limited to: sophomores, juniors and seniors with a 3.0 GPA. Students must register using CALS Special Studies form available online.  Maximum of 3 credits can be applied to major credits.

    Staff.

    Individual study under faculty supervision. Work should concentrate on locating, assimilating, synthesizing, and reporting existing knowledge on a selected topic. Attempts to implement this knowledge in a practical application are desirable.

  
  • COMM 4980 - Communication Teaching Experience


         
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable (may be repeated up to 6 credits).

    Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: juniors or seniors with a 3.0 GPA (2.7 if teaching assistant for skills development course). Intended for undergraduates desiring classroom teaching experience. Students must register using CALS Special Studies form available online.

    Staff.

    Periodic meetings with the instructor cover realization of course objectives, evaluation of teaching methods, and student feedback. In addition to aiding with the actual instruction, each student prepares a paper on some aspect of the course.

  
  • COMM 4990 - Independent Research


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-3 credits, variable (may be repeated for credit).

    Enrollment limited to: sophomores, juniors and seniors with a 3.0 GPA. Students must register using CALS Special Studies form available online.  Maximum of 3 credits can be applied to major requirements.

    Staff.

    Permits outstanding students to conduct laboratory or field research in communication under appropriate faculty supervision. The research should be scientific: systematic, controlled, empirical. Research goals should include description, prediction, explanation, or policy orientation and should generate new knowledge.

  
  • COMM 5660 - Science Communication Workshop


         
    Fall, spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Graduate standing required.

    B. Lewenstein, staff.

    This weekend workshop trains researchers in the sciences (including natural sciences, engineering, experimental social sciences, etc.) to communicate effectively with nonscientists such as policy makers, political stakeholders, the media, and the general public. Training activities may include role-play, reading/discussion, writing press releases and other outreach materials, and discussion with invited speakers.

    Outcome 1: Students will be aware of multiple opportunities for communicating with public audiences.

    Outcome 2: Students will be aware of multiple skills used in communicating with public audiences.

    Outcome 3: Students will have acquired basic tools for writing and speaking for public audiences.

  
  • COMM 5665 - Sci Comm Practicum: Developing Science Communication Tools


    (CU-CEL)     
    Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    COMM 5660  suggested but not required.

    L. Chambliss.

    In social science, science and technology fields, the ability to translate complex issues into compelling messages is an increasingly important career skill. Graduate students in STEM fields, especially, need practice developing user-friendly content to convey information to multiple audiences, including policymakers, newsmakers and the voting public. Effective communication requires knowledge of information dissemination, audience response, quality writing and presentation. In this course, science and technology students will receive hands-on practice developing several critical forms of information communication for nonscientists. Students will receive individualized attention, critique and editorial support. Creating an effective abstract, press release, writing for the Internet, using visual information and slide presentation will be covered. Students will use their own research – or research in their field – for all assignments. This 1-credit weekend workshop has significant out-of-class work, including readings and video viewing prior to the workshop, a one-on-one editorial review session and a revision of a class assignment after the session. This will allow students time to digest edits and comments by instructor and revise the material. Communicating about politically and socially sensitive topics will be addressed.

    Outcome 1: Students will learn to present complex information – their own research – with clear and compelling writing, data visualization, and other forms of communication utilizing new and traditional media formats.

    Outcome 2: Students will understand prominent theories of science communication and complexities of communicating to non-science audiences, including general public and policy makers. Course will also touch on communicating politically and socially sensitive topics.

    Outcome 3: Students will develop knowledge of and practice with narrative forms of science communication.

    Outcome 4: Students will practice and improve oral presentation skills and learn how to connect with diverse audiences.

  
  • COMM 6100 - [Seminar in Social Networks]


         
    Spring. Offered even years. 3 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

    C. Yuan.

    Reviews theories and research on communication and social networks in groups, organizations, and communities. Students will learn how to collect, analyze, and interpret social network data using UCINET.

  
  • COMM 6180 - [Media Influence and Persuasion]


         
    Spring. Offered even years. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: COMM 2200 . Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

    S. Byrne.

    This graduate seminar covers classic, influential, and disruptive theories of media influence and mediated persuasion. Readings include cutting-edge empirical tests of those theories across communication contexts. Students develop skills in operationalizing theoretical concepts in preparation for empirical test.

  
  • COMM 6210 - [Advanced Communication and the Environment]


    (CU-SBY)     
    Spring. Next offered 2016-2017 (offered odd years). 3 credits.

    K. McComas.

    Students investigate how values, attitudes, social structure, and communication affect public perceptions of environmental risk and public opinion about the environment. A primary focus is mass media’s impact on public perceptions of the environment, how the media portray the environment, and discussion of the implications of public consumption of environmental content. Lectures concurrent with COMM 3210 ; graduate students should enroll in COMM 6210.

  
  • COMM 6211 - [Information, Technology, and Society]

    (crosslisted) INFO 6210  
         
    Spring. Next Offered 2016-2017. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students. Satisfies MPS requirement.

    S. Jackson.

    For description, see INFO 6210 .

  
  • COMM 6310 - Behavior and Information Technology

    (crosslisted) INFO 6310  
         
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students or permission of instructor. Satisfies MPS requirement.

    M. Jung.

    For description, see INFO 6310 .

  
  • COMM 6400 - [Advanced Human-Computer Interaction Design]

    (crosslisted) INFO 6400  
    (SBA)      
    Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor or graduate standing required.

    G. Gay.

    Focuses on the design of computer interfaces and software from the user’s point of view. The goal is to teach user interface designs that “serve human needs” while building feelings of competence, confidence, and satisfaction. Topics include formal models of people and interactions, collaborative design issues, psychological and philosophical design considerations, and cultural and social issues.

  
  • COMM 6450 - Computer-Mediated Communication

    (crosslisted) INFO 6450  
         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Permission of instructor or graduate standing required. Co-meets with COMM 4450 /INFO 4450 /INFO 5450 .

    S. Fussell.

    Focuses on reading and evaluating the theories and research methodologies used to investigate communication via computer systems. Assignments include student collaborations using electronic conferencing and other advanced communication technologies, as well as reflections on and evaluations of these collaborations in light of current theories and research findings. Topics include virtual teams, videoconferencing, and others as they emerge.

  
  • COMM 6460 - [Mediated Interpersonal Communication]


         
    Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate standing.

    N. Bazarova.

    This course is designed to provide an in-depth overview of theory and research in interpersonal communication. The purpose of this course is to give students opportunities to engage with foundational interpersonal communication theories and explore their utility as they apply to computer-mediated contexts. To this end, we will read seminal research in interpersonal communication and newer articles that extend this research to mediated contexts. We will be covering a variety of theories and topics, including the nature of interpersonal communication, relational approach to communication, social-cognitive aspects of interpersonal communication, relationship development and maintenance, as well as ways of theorizing about interpersonal communication and conducting interpersonal research.

  
  • COMM 6500 - [Language and Technology]

    (crosslisted) INFO 6500  
         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate standing or permission of instructor.

    J. Hancock, staff.

    Graduate-level readings and research supplementing COMM 4500 /INFO 4500 . Examines how new communication technologies affect the way we produce and understand language and modify interactions with one another. Focuses on the collaborative nature of language use and how Internet technologies affect the joint activities of speakers and listeners during the construction of meaning in conversation.

  
  • COMM 6660 - [Public Engagement in Science]

    (crosslisted) STS 6661  
         
    Spring. Offered even years. 3 credits.

    B. Lewenstein.

    In recent years, the scientific community has increasingly referred to “public engagement in science.” This seminar explores the scholarly literature addressing that move; the links between “public engagement” and earlier concerns about sciences literacy, public understanding of science, and outreach; and the intersections between literature in communication and in science studies on issues involving the relationships among science(s) and public(s).

  
  • COMM 6700 - [Data and Algorithms in Public Life]

    (crosslisted) INFO 6700  
    (CA)      
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: COMM 2450 /INFO 2450  or COMM 3200 /INFO 3200 . Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors or graduate students. Co-meets with COMM 4700 /INFO 4700 .

    Staff.

    Large-scale data and the algorithms that we use to navigate them are the newest communication technologies, and have become critically important in structuring how we communicate, how we understand, how we buy, how we predict, and how we participate in public life. This course will examine the contemporary role of data, algorithms, and information institutions. Our starting point will be that “big data” may be merely the latest phase in some century-long changes, that the questions that must be asked about how public life is being reshaped by data and algorithms are much older. We will examine contemporary debates around big data, social media, and algorithmic culture, informed by this long view understanding. For the graduate student course, each week we will expand on the questions being grappled with in the undergraduate course, by exploring them with a set of theoretical tools, traditions, and debates.

    Outcome 1: The contemporary debates around data and its place in public functions such as politics, journalism, entertainment, and science are marked by an array of claims and justifications that require critical unpacking. This includes claims made in the scholarly research about these shifts and their import. Students will weigh competing arguments about these changes, and draw their own conclusions; in writing assignments they will explore examples of their own and bring these analytical perspectives to bear.

    Outcome 2: Writing assignments will require research of their own, as students will gather primary and secondary materials about contemporary and past debates, and determine how to best assemble a cogent and thoughtful argument. The final assignment will include writing an op-ed style statement about a specific case, which means particular thought about the ethics and tactics involved in addressing a public audience, in ways that can have real world consequences.

  
  • COMM 6710 - [Revolutions of the Mind: Media, Technology and Epistemological Change]

    (crosslisted) INFO 6710  
    (KCM)      
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: seniors (with instructor permission) and grad students.

    D. Schrader.

    Revolution: a change in organizational structure or power balance; turn-around; modification of an existing constitution. Current technologies and media are revolutionizing the way we think, what we know, and what we do. This course examines what it means to “think about knowledge differently” and “change your mind” by looking at the dynamic interaction between how people and society transform and are transformed by various forms of information and new media technologies. Examples from education (e.g., MOOCs), entertainment, virtual reality, and connective media contextualize this investigation into epistemological development, thought and action, and ethics of change. (graduate students; advanced undergraduates with permission)

    Outcome 1: Students will be able to reflect on their own epistemology (what they think counts as knowledge, good evidence, and good decisions/actions).

    Outcome 2: Students will be able to identify how others think about knowledge and information, and will work through examples of how contexts, decisions, and actions influence thought.

    Outcome 3: Students will be able to critically evaluate theories of epistemology, noting that both the theories themselves, and the practice of how people make sense of (and use) information are socio-culturally influenced.

    Outcome 4: Students will generate examples of the dynamic, mutual impact of educational, technological, connective and entertainment media on ‘how we think.’

    Outcome 5: Students will be able to identify ethical issues of equal access to information, and will understand that differential access to information and different epistemological perspectives have an impact on society. Specifically, students will examine connective and social media’s influence on thought and sociality (social engagement/disengagement, education, prosocial behavior, etc.)

    Outcome 6: Students will engage in ongoing dialogue and group leadership in the seminar and write a proposal and final paper for the course

  
  • COMM 6750 - Research Methods for Social Networks and Social Media


         
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

    D. Margolin.

    This course will train students to deploy network methods and computational techniques with the goal of using data to advance communication theory. Students will enter with a theoretical question that they believe can be tested with either social network data or data drawn from social media archives. They will learn relevant issues of research design, methods of data acquisition and appropriate methods of statistical analysis for data of this kind. Students will use this knowledge to produce a paper reporting the results of data analysis that addresses their question.

    Outcome 1: Students will gain the ability to evaluate social science research that uses social network methods. This will be achieved through reading and discussion of social scientific research papers with attention to a) whether variables have appropriately operationalized theoretical constructs, b) whether knowledge claims are justified by the data analysis presented.

    Outcome 2: Students will improve their ability to do independent research using network analysis and social media data by producing a completed research paper using these methodologies.

    Outcome 3: Students will learn to convert qualitative observations and theoretical hypothesis about social relationships and social interactions into quantifiable ideas which can be tested with communication network data or other behavioral data drawn from social media.

    Outcome 4: Students will improve their speaking and writing skills, in particular in regard to articulating theoretical ideas about collective social behavior - conversations, the evolution of groups, the diffusion of ideas – in quantifiable ideas that can be tested with data. Students will be engaged actively in oral discussions in class. The final paper will be of quality appropriate to submit to a conference.

    Outcome 5: Students will work on “lab” assignments. Some lab assignments will be collaborative and require students with diverse skills (e.g. those with a strong theory background can work with those with strong data extraction and analysis skills) to work together.

  
  • COMM 6760 - Public Health Communication


         
    Fall. Offered even years. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: one graduate-level research methods course.

    J. Niederdeppe.

    Provides an overview of theory and research on public communication related to health behavior and policy change. Topics include theories of behavior change and message effects; formative and evaluative research; campaigns related to cancer, AIDS, obesity, smoking, nutrition, and drug use; and heterogeneity in campaign effects between populations.

  
  • COMM 6800 - Studies in Communication


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor or communication graduate students required.

    S. Fussell.

    Reviews classical and contemporary readings in communication, including key concepts and areas of investigation. Explores the scope of the field, the interrelationships of its various branches, and examines the role of theory in the research process.

  
  • COMM 6810 - Advanced Communication Theory


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: COMM 6800  or graduate standing and permission of instructor.

    M. Shapiro.

    Development of, and contemporary issues in, communication theory. Discusses the interaction between communication and society, social groupings, and mental processing.

  
  • COMM 6820 - Methods of Communication Research


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: familiarity with basic statistical concepts recommended.

    P. McLeod.

    Analyzes methods of communication research based on a social science foundation. Goals are to understand processes and rationales for qualitative, textual, survey, and experimental methods. Students gain experience with some of these methods through modest individual or group research projects and critiques of selected contemporary communication studies.

  
  • COMM 6830 - Qualitative Research Methods in Communication


         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: COMM 6820 . Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

    L. Niederdeppe.

    Reviews qualitative methods used in communication research, including interviews, focus groups, fieldwork (ethnography), and case studies. Students practice the various methods so they can learn to apply them to their own research. Students also discuss how researchers analyze qualitative data and build theories from their observations.

  
  • COMM 6840 - [Theory and Research in Group Communication and Decision Making]


         
    Fall. Offered odd years. 3 credits.

    P. McLeod.

    Graduate seminar focusing on theory and research in communication and decision-making in small groups. Emphasis is on task-oriented groups. Topics include information exchange, decision-making processes, types of tasks, social influence, group development processes, group support systems, intergroup processes, and leadership. Special attention is given to methodological challenges in group research.

  
  • COMM 6860 - Risk Communication


         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    K. McComas.

    Examination of theory and research related to the communication of scientific information about environmental, agricultural, food, health, and nutritional risks.

  
  • COMM 6910 - [Seminar: Topics in Communication]


         
    Fall, spring. No credit. S-U grades only.

    Y. C. Yuan.

    Scholars from a wide variety of fields present varied topics in theory or research as they relate to communication.

  
  • COMM 6940 - Special Topics in Communication


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 1-3 credits, variable.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Study of topics in communication not otherwise provided by a department course and determined by the interest of faculty members and students. Please check department website for most up-to-date offerings.

  
  • COMM 6950 - Structural Equation Modeling Techniques in Social Science Research


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: course in multiple regression. Graduate standing required.

    C. Yuan.

    This is an advanced research methods class for social-science graduate students.  The class will cover both the basic principles and practical applications of different structural equation modeling techniques using PRELIS and LISREL.  Sample topics include confirmatory factor analysis, structural regression models, multi-group analysis, and growth curve models.

  
  • COMM 7220 - [Seminar in Psychology of Entertainment]


         
    Fall. Offered odd years. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: graduate courses in communication or psychology. Permission of instructor required.

    M. Shapiro.

    Graduate seminar in the psychology of entertainment. Specific topics will vary.

  
  • COMM 7800 - [Seminar in Sociology of Communication]


         
    Spring. Offered alternate years. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate standing.

    L. Humphreys.

    This seminar explores core theoretical and conceptual approaches within the sociology of communication. It breaks the field into 5 Schools of Thought: Chicago, Columbia, Frankfurt, Birmingham, and Toronto. Graduate students will read key historical works from each school, critiques of them, as well as recent scholarship in these areas.

  
  • COMM 7940 - Seminar in Communication Issues


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 1-3 credits, variable. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Small group study of topical issue(s) in communication not otherwise examined in a graduate field course.

  
  • COMM 7970 - Graduate Independent Study


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 1-3 credits, variable. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    Individual study concentrating on locating, assimilating, synthesizing, and reporting existing knowledge on a selected topic.

  
  • COMM 7980 - Communication Teaching Laboratory


         
    Fall, spring. 1-3 credits, variable (may be repeated for credit). Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

    Staff.

    Designed primarily for graduate students who want experience in teaching communication courses. Students work with an instructor in developing course objectives and philosophy, planning, and teaching.

  
  • COMM 7990 - Graduate Research


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 1-9 credits, variable. Letter grades only.

    Appropriate communication graduate course work or permission of instructor.

    Staff.

    Small-group or individual research based on original, empirical, data-based designs regarding topical issues in communication not otherwise examined in a graduate field course.

  
  • COMM 8900 - Master’s-Level Thesis Research


         
    Fall, spring. 1-6 credits, variable (may be repeated up to 6 credits). S-U grades only.

    Permission of committee chair required.

    Staff.

    Thesis research for M.S. (communication) students.

  
  • COMM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Dissertation Research


         
    Fall or spring. 1-12 credits, variable (may be repeated up to 9 credits). S-U grades only.

    Permission of committee chair required. Prerequisite: completion of “A” exam required.

    Staff.

    Dissertation research for Ph.D. candidates.


CRP—City & Regional Planning

  
  • CRP 1100 - The American City


         
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Staff.

    Introductory course on the evolution of urban problems and opportunities facing the majority of this country’s population as we enter the first decade of the 21st century. Readings, discussions, and brief papers explore topics ranging from suburban development to central city poverty, from environmental threats to downtown revitalization, and from municipal finance to the new position of women in the urban economy.

  
  • CRP 1101 - The Global City


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    This course introduces students to contemporary urbanization processes, patterns and trends with a focus on cities of the Global South. It examines the demographic, economic and historical processes that create cities. Attention is given to the role of the state, market, non-governmental actors and communities in shaping cities. The course investigates the most pressing problems facing cities. Possible topics may include poverty and inequality, access to shelter and infrastructure, and environmental degradation.

  
  • CRP 2000 - The Promise and Pitfalls of Contemporary Planning


    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: CRP 1100 .

    Staff.

    Introduction to the historical origins and evolution of city and regional planning. Students acquire a deeper understanding of professional practice, theoretical foundation, core values, primary methods, and key challenges facing contemporary planners through lectures, readings, films, in-class exercises, individual and team-based research, and observation of public meetings. The course provides an overview of successes and failures in the history of planning, as well as opportunities and tensions that will shape the future of cities and city and regional planning. 

  
  • CRP 2010 - People, Planning, and Politics in the City


    (CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: CRP 1100  and CRP 1101 .

    Staff.

    Seminar examining various bases of political and professional power. What do professionals who want to serve the public need to know about power and decision-making processes in the institutional settings in which they operate? How and why can professionals make a difference when facing problems characterized by great complexity and severe inequalities among affected groups? The course addresses these and others questions.

  
  • CRP 2610 - [Fieldwork in Urban Archaeology]

    (crosslisted) ARKEO 2610 LA 2610  
    (CU-CEL)     
    Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.

    Three 8-hour Sat. field labs required; students choose three Sat. from seven offered.

    S. Baugher.

    For description and learning outcomes, see LA 2610 .

  
  • CRP 3011 - Ethics, Development, and Globalization


    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall or spring. Offered alternate years. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with CRP 6011 .

    Staff.

    This seminar surveys some of the most important recent contributions to the literatures of development ethics and global ethics and examines their power to illuminate such issues as the nature of development, poverty and human rights, globalization and local autonomy, environmentalism and consumerism, and humanitarian intervention and just wars.

  
  • CRP 3072 - Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop


    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Fall or spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with CRP 5072 .

    Staff.

    Land Use and Environmental Planning workshop courses focus on the forces and actions that directly affect the physical character, transformation, rehabilitation, and preservation of natural landscapes, cities, and regions. Participants provide technical assistance to communities, and have the opportunity to work with communities in resolving critical planning issues. Topics may include development of land use and natural conservation plans, community redevelopment plans, design and analysis of public spaces, and strategies for making communities more environmentally and economically sustainable.

  
  • CRP 3090 - Community Development Seminar

    (crosslisted) DSOC 3090  
    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with CRP 5090 /DSOC 5090 .

    Staff.

    Introduction to the theory, method, and practice of contemporary community development. Topics include the role community-based organizations play in promoting sustainable development; enhancing the organizational capacity of community-based organizations; and the interplay between neighborhood-based community development activities and regional economic development policy-making.

  
  • CRP 3106 - Structural Barriers to Equity in Planning I


         
    1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Staff.

    This seminar will take a critical look at structural barriers to equity. Through this course students will explore their own experiences with inequality, understand the structures that reproduce them and social justice opportunities within planning. Issues investigated include race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. This course will be shaped by specific readings, but will be primarily driven by class discussion and participation.

  
  • CRP 3107 - Structural Barriers to Equity in Planning II


         
    1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Prerequisite: CRP 3106 , or permission of instructor. Co-meets with CRP 5107 .

    Staff.

    In a continuation of CRP 3106 , this seminar will continue to critically look at structural barriers to equity. Through this course students will explore their own experiences with inequality, understand the structures that reproduce them and social justice opportunities within planning.  Issues investigated include race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. This course will be shaped by specific readings, but will be primarily driven by class discussion and participation.

  
  • CRP 3201 - Qualitative Research and Design Methods


         
    Fall or spring. Offered alternate years. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with CRP 6201 .

    Staff.

    This course focuses on theoretical and practical dimensions of qualitative research design and methods. The course covers qualitative designs, ethics including Cornell University’s Committee on Human Subjects (UCHS), data-gathering methods including interviews, focus groups, surveys, field observation, and archival research, sampling rationales, data analysis procedures, quality criteria, representation, and reporting.

  
  • CRP 3210 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Public Policy


    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: Introductory statistics and principles of economic analysis at the level of ECON 1110 .

    Staff.

    This course provides an introduction to several methods for analyzing policies and situations that require a policy response. The methods considered-systems modeling, queuing modeling, benefit-cost analysis, decision analysis, multi-criteria analysis, urban and regional analysis-are widely used by planning practitioners and policy analysts (e.g., economists, budget analysts, public administrators, and civil engineers) and embody modalities of thought that often structure the ways that issues are framed for public discussions and policy decisions. Students who complete this course satisfactorily will obtain working knowledge of the methods considered, and become educated consumers of studies in which these methods are employed. CRP 3210 is a “second course” in quantitative reasoning, meaning that students should have a good command of high school algebra and have successfully completed courses in introductory statistics and principles of economic analysis.

  
  • CRP 3270 - Regional Economic Impact Analysis


    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with CRP 6270 .

    Staff.

    This course defines the context of a regional economy, taking a systems approach to sustainable development planning. Students will be introduced to the techniques of input-output analysis and will learn how to use social accounting models to evaluate social and environmental impacts. We will use international datasets and will also learn IMPLAN, a software and database designed to quantify the impact of exogenous forces on U.S. regions. Examples of exogenous forces include out-migration of population, natural disasters, financial flows, or the introduction of new activities. The course methods enable practicing professionals to integrate environmental and social dimensions of planning into the framework of economic impact analysis.

  
  • CRP 3310 - Social Justice and the City: Preparation for Urban Fieldwork


    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    Land Use and Environmental Planning workshop courses focus on the forces and actions that directly affect the physical character, transformation, rehabilitation, and preservation of natural landscapes, cities, and regions. Topics of study include, among others, development of land use and natural conservation plans, design and implementation of “smart growth” policies, evaluation of infrastructure requirements, strategies for making cities more environmentally sustainable, design and analysis of public spaces, and strategies for increasing housing opportunities.

  
  • CRP 3393 - Environmental Issues Affecting Real Estate Investments


         
    Fall (second seven-week session). 1.5 credits.

    Prerequisite: Open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Co-meets with CRP 6393 .

    Staff.

    This course examines the investment risks caused by climate change, paying particular attention to water and electricity supply issues that face a growing portion of the U.S. The course prepares students to work in real estate investment and portfolio management, real estate private equity, and real estate investment banking in regions experiencing increases in operating costs from environmentally related stresses.

  
  • CRP 3430 - Affordable Housing Policy and Programs


         
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with CRP 6430 .

    Staff.

    Overview of federal, state, and local policies and programs to deliver affordable housing to low-income people; public housing, vouchers, inclusionary zoning, rent control, and much more. Lectures, debates, short papers, and term paper.

  
  • CRP 3506 - Environmental Planning Seminar: Wilderness and Wildlands


    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall or spring. 2-3 credits, variable.

    Co-meets with CRP 6506 .

    Staff.

    This course deals with current topics in environmental planning. Wilderness and wildland resources have been under assault by the Congress, the “Wise Use” movement, property-rights activists, pollutants, and the actual users. This seminar considers historical and philosophical foundations and political factors that affect decisions about environmental policies, planning, acquisition, protection, and management. The roles of government, professional planners and managers, organized special interests, the legal system, citizens, and user groups are examined.

  
  • CRP 3600 - Pre-Industrial Cities and Towns in North America

    (crosslisted) ARKEO 3600 , LA 3600  
         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Counts as Urban History, Society, and Politics for URS students. Co-meets with CRP 6660 /LA 6660 .

    S. Baugher.

    For description and learning outcomes, see LA 3600 .

  
  • CRP 3601 - Museum and the Public


    (CU-CEL)     
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with CRP 6601 .

    Staff.

    Evaluates different types of museums (art, science, history, arboreta, etc.), and their constantly evolving missions in contemporary societies. The material is addressed through site visits, lectures by faculty and guests, readings, case studies and a team semester-long project. Issues covered include the nature of collections; the audience; the purpose and role of museums; political and cultural questions about collecting, history and interpretation; governance and management. It also discusses the core ethical and intellectual values and positions implied or expressed by the institutions. Students will undertake a comprehensive planning project for a local museum, to be presented to the client at the end of the semester.

  
  • CRP 3610 - Seminar in American Urban History


         
    Fall or spring. 3 credits.

    Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with CRP 6610 .

    Staff.

    Seminar in the historical evolution of the American city. Emphasizes factors in urban growth, the process of urbanization, the urban reform movement, and intellectual and social responses to the city.

  
  • CRP 3720 - Contemporary Italy: Politics and Society


    (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: Cornell in Rome participants only. Offered in Rome. URS majors must take course for letter grade; S-U grading-basis available only to non-majors.

    Staff.

    This course provides background on contemporary Italian politics and society, as an essential foundation to students with various disciplinary interests, from planning to architecture, from the fine arts to sociology and anthropology. This course provides a comprehensive survey of Italian society today, starting with Italy’s geography and the historical forces that shaped the nation. It examines tensions between north and south, and such broad features of Italian social life as community structure, urban development, and family forms. The course also reviews selected institutional issues, such as gender, the system of education, problems of criminality and justice, economic reform, social class, religion, and politics.

  
  • CRP 3723 - European Cities


    (CU-ITL)     
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: Cornell in Rome participants only. Offered in Rome. URS majors must take course for letter grade; S-U grading-basis available only to non-majors.

    Staff.

    The course will focus on European Cities and the challenges they are facing in a globalized economy. Introducing the main characteristics of European cities and their role in the European integration process, the student will achieve a critical understanding of different forms of government and governance, and modalities that European cities have chosen in order to face the challenge of the contemporary city.

  
  • CRP 3750 - Nilgiris Field Learning Center (NFLC) Preparatory Seminar


         
    Fall. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    This course is required for students participating in the NFLC semester in the spring semester.
     

    Staff.

    The seminar is designed to prepare students who will be living and working in the Nilgiris Field Learning Center.  NFLC faculty and guest speakers introduce various topics to students.  Students who will be spending a Study Abroad year in India are also welcome to attend. 

  
  • CRP 3820 - Introduction to Physical Planning


    (CU-SBY)     
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    Physical planning involves planning the physical dimensions of the built environment at the site, district, city, and metropolitan scale: where buildings are constructed, infrastructure is placed, and land use allocated. This course provides a broad overview of physical planning.

  
  • CRP 3840 - Green Cities


    (CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with CRP 5840 .

    Staff.

    Cities are centers of innovation, economic growth, social mobility, and they provide economies of scale in the provision of infrastructure and social services. However, cities are also sites of growing socio-economic inequalities and environmental problems. Do cities provide the opportunity to address environmental problems, or are they rather the source of pollution and environmental degradation? Are cities the appropriate scale at which to address environmental problems? Are these really urban issues or do cities just cluster resource use and problems so they are more visible? What role does the built or physical environment have in impacting our behavior and decision making? This course examines social, economic, cultural, political and environmental dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development in urban areas.

  
  • CRP 3850 - Special Topics in Planning


         
    1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    Topics vary each semester.

  
  • CRP 3851 - Special Topics in Design


         
    1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of design. Topics vary each semester.

  
  • CRP 3852 - Special Topics in Urban History, Society, and Politics


    (CU-SBY)     
    1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of urban history, society, and politics. Topics vary each semester. 

  
  • CRP 3853 - Special Topics in Land Use and Environment


         
    1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of land use and environment. Topics vary each semester.

  
  • CRP 3854 - Special Topics in Regional Development and Globalization


         
    1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester.

  
  • CRP 3855 - Special Topics in Planning Methods


    (CU-CEL, CU-UGR)     
    1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of planning methods. Topics vary each semester.

  
  • CRP 3900 - City and Regional Futures: Planning Practice, Policy and Design


         
    Fall, Spring. 1 credit.

    Co-meets with CRP 7850 .

    Staff.

    This colloquium brings domestic and international experts to Cornell to talk about research and practice aimed at shaping the future of communities and regions. It includes an array of topics that span urban policy, planning practice and research, design, and applied research on technology and society. Course can be repeated for credit.

  
  • CRP 3901 - Seminar on International Planning


         
    Spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Staff.

    The international planning lecture series sponsors lectures by visiting scholars or professionals in the field of international development and planning. The only formal requirement for the course is a brief evaluation of the series at the end of the semester.

  
  • CRP 4040 - Urban Economics


         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: Microeconomics course.

    Staff.

    This course introduces the concepts and methods used by economists to study not only cities, regions and their relationships with each other, but, more generally, the spatial aspects and outcomes of decision-making by households and firms. Areas examined include determinants of urban growth and decline, land and housing markets, transportation issues, segregation and poverty, and the allocation and distribution of urban public services. 

  
  • CRP 4080 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized the way we manage, analyze, and present spatial information. This course focuses on GIS in the social sciences. Many of the exercises and examples are based on planning issues, but the concepts can be applied to many other disciplines such as government, economics, natural resources, and sociology. Some of the issues covered include fundamentals of spatial analysis; overview of GIS technology and applications; designing a GIS project; gathering and analyzing data; and creating thematic maps.

  
  • CRP 4120 - Devolution, Privatization, and the New Public Management

    (crosslisted) AEM 4330  
         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ECON 1110  or equivalent. Co-meets with CRP 6120 .

    Staff.

    Addresses devolution and decentralization of government services in a national and international context and then focuses on the local public-sector response in the United States. Privatization, intermunicipal cooperation, and internal restructuring are reviewed, including changing roles for the private sector, nonprofit sector, and unions. Implications for policy, program design, public advocacy, and citizen involvement are addressed. A special topic may include welfare reform. Graduate students are expected to write a major research paper in addition to short papers throughout the semester.

  
  • CRP 4160 - Rome Workshop


    (CU-ITL)     


    Spring. 6 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: Cornell in Rome participants only. Offered in Rome. URS majors must take course for letter grade; S-U grading-basis available only to non-majors.

    Staff.

    This course focuses on the city as a system through the analysis of (1) a set of neighborhoods and (2) issues affecting these neighborhoods. We will consider the relationship of these neighborhoods and issues to the functioning of the contemporary city of Rome and the wellbeing of its residents. During the first half of the semester, students work in groups to learn about a particular neighborhood through a variety of methods. For the second half of the semester, student groups select and analyze a policy issue based on their neighborhood studies. The course will consider issues relating to infrastructure, provision of services, urban design, social inclusion, economic development and governance.   

    Readings will orient students to the main theoretical issues, provide background for fieldwork in the neighborhoods, and prepare students for the major field trips.

    The structure of this course will emphasize fieldwork and experiential learning that is supported with readings, class discussions and lectures.  Field activities will take place during scheduled class times plus supplemental hours that are scheduled informally for an average of 12 hours per week, in addition to time spent on reading, writing, and the field trips. Students should expect to spend 20-25 hours per week total on the workshop.

  
  • CRP 4170 - Economic Development: Firms, Industries, and Regions


         
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with CRP 5170 .

    Staff.

    Economic development describes the sustained, purposeful actions of policy makers and community leaders to improve the standard of living and economic health of a city or region. Economic development action arenas include development of human capital, critical infrastructure, industry competitiveness, and social inclusion. This comparative course introduces basic concepts and draws on cases from a variety of industries and national contexts. Particular attention is paid to economic development issues and policies in  the United States.

  
  • CRP 4440 - Resource Management and Environment Law

    (crosslisted) NTRES 4440 
    (CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: junior, senior, or graduate standing. Co-meets with CRP 5440 .

    Staff.

    Introduces the application of legal concepts and processes to the management of natural resources and natural-resource areas. Explores the role of the common law, statutory law, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions in managing these resources. Particular focus is given to the management of wildlife, wetlands, and critical resources on public lands, and to the conflicts inherent in government attempts to regulate important natural resources on private lands.

  
  • CRP 4590 - Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning


         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Co-meets with CRP 5590 .

    Staff.

    Survey of leading cases and legal concepts in land-use planning, with particular attention to zoning, subdivision control, condemnation, and growth-control issues.

  
  • CRP 4770 - Seminar on Issues in African Development


         
    Fall, spring. 2 credits. S-U grades only.

    Co-meets with CRP 6770 .

    Staff.

    Examines a broad range of critical concerns in contemporary Africa including food production, human resource development, migration, urbanization, environmental resource management, economic growth, and policy guidance. The weekly presentations are made by invited specialists. Students are required to write a term paper.

  
  • CRP 4900 - Student-Faculty Research


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-4 credits, variable. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: U.R.S. students.

    Staff.

    Research, reading, and/or writing project in which a student and faculty member choose a topic related to urban and regional studies.

  
  • CRP 4920 - Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: U.R.S. students who have been selected as honor students by department faculty.

    Staff.

    Each selected student works with his or her thesis advisor.

  
  • CRP 4930 - Undergraduate Honors Thesis Writing


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: CRP 4920 .

    Staff.

    Each selected student works with his or her thesis advisor.

  
  • CRP 4940 - URS Internship


         
    Fall or spring. 1-2 credits, variable. S-U grades only.

    Staff.

    Unpaid internships at a minimum of 160 hours for 2 credits; 80 hours for 1 credit. For one credit student must produce a 10 page paper, and for 2 credits a 20 page paper due to adviser in the semester following the internship. Employer must confirm number of hours worked via email or letter to adviser.

  
  • CRP 4970 - Independent Study


         
    Fall or spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: junior or senior standing.

    Staff.

  
  • CRP 5000 - Modular Course


         
    0.25-1.5 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    Skill-acquisition based or topical issue mini-courses, organized by department faculty, visitors or groups of students with a faculty sponsor.

  
  • CRP 5040 - Urban Economics


         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: Microeconomics course.

    Staff.

    This course introduces the concepts and methods used by economists to study not only cities, regions and their relationships with each other, but, more generally, the spatial aspects and outcomes of decision-making by households and firms. Areas examined include determinants of urban growth and decline, land and housing markets, transportation issues, segregation and poverty, and the allocation and distribution of urban public services. 

  
  • CRP 5071 - City and Regional Planning Workshop


         
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    City and Regional Planning workshop courses focus on planning issues and problems that combine several of the topics undertaken in the various workshop categories. Topics may include public policy issues regarding land use, transportation, public space, municipal services, environmental impact, housing and economic development, and public participation.

  
  • CRP 5072 - Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop


    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Fall or spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with CRP 3072 .

    Staff.

    Land Use and Environmental Planning workshop courses focus on the forces and actions that directly affect the physical character, transformation, rehabilitation, and preservation of natural landscapes, cities, and regions. Participants provide technical assistance to communities, and have the opportunity to work with communities in resolving critical planning issues. Topics may include development of land use and natural conservation plans, community redevelopment plans, design and analysis of public spaces, and strategies for making communities more environmentally and economically sustainable.

  
  • CRP 5073 - Historic Preservation Planning Workshop


         
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    Historic Preservation Planning workshop courses take students into the field to engage in a range of problems, from conducting a historic resources survey working in a city, town, or village in the region, to developing a scheme for revitalization of an entire neighborhood, to a site-specific economic analysis for the renovation of a surplus school.

  
  • CRP 5074 - Economic and Community Development Workshop


         
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    Economic and Community Development workshop courses focus on the economics of neighborhoods, cities, and regions with the intent of producing more informed and effective economic development policy. Topics of study include, among others, the application of analytical tools needed to produce first-rate economic development plans, the special needs of excluded, poor and segregated communities, use of quantitative and qualitative methods to address social inequalities, the politics of planning, relationships between economic development and community development.

  
  • CRP 5075 - Real Estate Project Workshop


         
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    Student are asked to undertake the preparation of reports analyzing various aspects of real estate activity. Individual and team working relationships are required. A range of types of problems that may be encountered in the real estate field are addressed, including project feasibility, marketing, planning and design, legal constraints and concerns, and others. Projects focus on real-world case studies and require professional-level reports suitable for oral and written presentations.

  
  • CRP 5076 - International Planning and Development Workshop


         
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    The workshop exposes students to the complexity as well as the nuances of planning with poor communities in the Global South. It places a strong emphasis on an engaged model of learning, research and planning practice. An important part of the workshop is building effective working relationships across cultures, disciplinary perspectives and professional orientations. The workshop emphasizes the use of diverse sources of data and information, and effective communication of deliverables. Because the workshop responds to the needs of international collaborators and stakeholders, the substantive focus of the workshop and the deliverables changes from one year to the next. In recent years the workshop has focused on issues related to poverty, water, shelter and participatory planning.

  
  • CRP 5080 - Introduction to GIS for Planners


         
    Fall or spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required.

    Staff.

    This course is designed to provide students with a conceptual understanding of geographic information systems (GIS) and sciences, practical hands on experience with GIS software, and understanding of how GIS can be applied to planning practice and research. Students will be introduced to the basic concepts, structures, and functions of GIS as well as their applications and limitations.  By the end of this course students should be familiar with a range of available tools and methods to address planning related problems and issues, and be able to conceive of and manage a GIS project. This involves a) identifying a planning analysis/research problem that requires GIS data and spatial analysis to address/analyze the problem; and b) collecting, processing, and analyzing spatial data to interpret the findings.

  
  • CRP 5090 - Community Development Seminar

    (crosslisted) DSOC 5090  
    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with CRP 3090 /DSOC 3090 .

    Staff.

    Introduction to the theory, method, and practice of contemporary community development. Topics include the role community-based organizations play in promoting sustainable development; enhancing the organizational capacity of community-based organizations; and the interplay between neighborhood-based community development activities and regional economic development policy-making.

  
  • CRP 5106 - Structural Barriers to Equity in Planning I


         
    1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Staff.

    This seminar will take a critical look at structural barriers to equity. Through this course students will explore their own experiences with inequality, understand the structures that reproduce them and social justice opportunities within planning. Issues investigated include race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. This course will be shaped by specific readings, but will be primarily driven by class discussion and participation.

 

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