11:15 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. , Tu,Th
AndH 250, 4 credits

Instructor: Henderson,George Lawlor

Liberal Educ. Reqs: Meets CLE req of Cultural Diversity Theme; meets CLE req of Social Science Core; meets CLE req of Writing Intensive

Description: This course is about how structures of class, race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality combine to produce varieties of urban experience in the United States. The course will also deal with why the city--why urbanization as a distinctive process--shapes those social structures in particular ways. The course centers especially on the city as a crucial locus for capitalism and on capitalism as irrevocably a socially made and contested process. It is a hallmark of capitalism that it leads not only to the making of different kinds of urban environments and histories. It also relies upon and fosters social differences. Through discussion, lecture, case study readings (including two books and a variety of articles), and group projects we will try to come to a more layered understanding of what makes the American city tick.

Class Time: 50% Lecture, 50% Discussion.

Work Load: 60-70 pages reading per week, 15 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 1 papers.

Grade: 30% mid exam, 30% final exam, 30% reports/papers, 10% class participation.

Exam Format: Exams are a combination of short answer and long essay.