2018-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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A Brief Guide to Course Descriptions
Each program described in this catalog contains detailed descriptions of the courses offered within the program.
The first line gives the official course number for which students must register and the official course title. The letters indicate the discipline of the course and the first number of the official course numbers indicates the level of the course. The levels are as follows:
- 1XXX - Freshman Level
- 2XXX - Sophomore Level
- 3XXX - Junior Level
- 4XXX - Senior Level
- 5XXX to 9XXX - Graduate level
Typically the last number of the course number indicates the number of credits. The breakdown of periods of the course is also listed.
When selecting a course for registration, the section of the course may include the following notations:
- “LEC” - lecture section
- “RCT” or “RC” - recitation section
- “LAB” or “LB” - lab section
Additionally, any other letter or digit listed in the section will further identify the section and being liked to another section of the class with the same letter and/or digit combination. Further information on sections is available from academic advisers during registration periods.
The paragraph description briefly indicates the contents and coverage of the course. A detailed course syllabus may be available by request from the office of the offering department.
“Prerequisites” are courses (or their equivalents) that must be completed before registering for the described course. “Co-requisites” are courses taken concurrently with the described course.
The notation “Also listed…” indicates that the course is also given under the number shown. This means that two or more departments or programs sponsor the described course and that students may register under either number, usually the one representing the student’s major program. Classes are jointly delivered. |
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URB-UY 3034 Evidence-Based Design 4 Credits
Designers-at the product, building, neighborhood or urban level-necessarily base their work on the perceived needs and desires of users and clients. Historically, these understandings have come from past practice, close interactions with clients or designer intuition. In recent years, however, design researchers have accumulated enough information to provide an empirical base upon which to base many design decisions. This class reviews the evidence for design, particularly as it relates to well-studied settings, such as health care, corrections and neighborhood design.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of EXPOS-UA 1 or EXPOS-UA 4 .
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 3044 Green Cities 4 Credits
This course will provide students with an understanding of different types of green spaces that exist in urban areas, such as parks, urban forestry and agriculture, and sustainable streetscapes. It will explore how the greening of cities may incorporate various green infrastructure designs and techniques, and will examine the benefits that green places in cities provide to urban inhabitants as well as the city itself. Although some focus will be on New York City places and policies, the course will also explore greening techniques, designs and policies in other cities in the United States and internationally. Students will learn about public policies that impact the implementation of greening initiatives and how the physical environment affects the quality of life for individuals and communities.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of EXPOS-UA 1 or EXPOS-UA 4 .
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
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URB-UY 3044W Green Cities 4 Credits
This course will provide students with an understanding of different types of green spaces that exist in urban areas, such as parks, urban forestry and agriculture, and sustainable streetscapes. It will explore how the greening of cities may incorporate various green infrastructure designs and techniques, and will examine the benefits that green places in cities provide to urban inhabitants as well as the city itself. Although some focus will be on New York City places and policies, the course will also explore greening techniques, designs and policies in other cities in the United States and internationally. Students will learn about public policies that impact the implementation of greening initiatives and how the physical environment affects the quality of life for individuals and communities.
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
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URB-UY 3214 Cities in Developing Countries 4 Credits
This course will examine different facets of cities in developing countries. It will address common problems in developing urban regions, gaining an understanding of common settlement patterns and urban systems by region. It will also focus on specific issues in representative cities of the regions studied. Specific issues will include water and sanitation, health, transportation and infrastructure, historic preservation, disaster risk reduction and housing initiatives. Cases will include representative cities from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of EXPOS-UA 1 or EXPOS-UA 4 .
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 3234 Planning for Healthy Cities 4 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the role of the built environment in promoting community health, focusing on the neighborhood scale. Although urban planning and public health are closely related in their history and their goals, these fields are typically taught and practiced independently. The course will examine health issues that can be influence by urban planning, and will explore the role of transportation, land use planning, urban design, community development, and environmental policy, to promote public health.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of EXPOS-UA 1 or EXPOS-UA 4 .
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 3314 History and Design of Urban Parks 4 Credits
Today, urban parks have become an integral feature of most modern cities. This course describes the origins of urban parks-from private urban-palace gardens to the large, open “natural” public parks so critical to urban life today. The design of these parks, from formal Italian and French gardens to British Landscape gardens, is discussed. The course also examines the changing view of nature in Europe and America, from the Renaissance to the present, and how park design was influenced by this evolving view. The design was strongly influenced by the changing view of nature’s psychological, spiritual and even supposedly medical benefits, and by the need for “parks for the people” as an expression of the new democratic spirit in a changing world. This course also includes two of New York City’s most famous parks, Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of first year writing requirements and URB-UY 2034 or URB-UY 2024W .
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 3354 Urban Impact Assessment 4 Credits
Impact assessment is an international, interdisciplinary field of knowledge and practice for anticipating the conditions of change and managing their consequences in order to enhance everyone’s quality of life. Two phrases can describe its essence: “comprehensive and integrated” and “proactive and creative.” Urban impact assessment applies that knowledge at the urban scale, ranging from local to global. Coupled with the recent innovation of “sustainability assessment,” it aims to advance the proposition of urban sustainability. This course also explores the dimensions and proportions of that prospect by applying urban impact assessment methodology to a variety of cases at hand.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of EXPOS-UA 1 or EXPOS-UA 4 .
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 3832 Special Topics in Sustainable Urban Environments 4 Credits
Special topics in Sustainable Urban Environments at the 3000 level, to be decided by instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of EXPOS-UA 1 or EXPOS-UA 4
Note: Satisfies a HuSS Elective.
Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
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URB-UY 3834 Special Topics in Sustainable Urban Environments 4 Credits
Special topics in Sustainable Urban Environments at the 3000 level, to be decided by instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of EXPOS-UA 1 or EXPOS-UA 4 .
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 4012 Capstone Project I 2 Credits
The capstone is a project course that presents SUE students with an opportunity to translate previous coursework into an applied research project. This is a real-world based course in which students identify, research, and propose solutions to a multidisciplinary urban issue. The field research will be supported by library and on-line research and will culminate in a written report and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s): URB-UY 2044
Note: Cannot take if already taken URB-UY 4024.
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URB-UY 4014 Study Abroad 4 Credits
For SUE majors only. The study-abroad is a semester-long course at a foreign institution. Students must maintain a course-load equivalent of 12 credits during this semester.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: Junior/Senior status and permission of SUE faculty adviser.
Note: Does not satisfy a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 4022 Capstone Project II 2 Credits
The capstone is a project course that presents SUE students with an opportunity to translate previous coursework into an applied research project. This is a real-world based course in which students identify, research, and propose solutions to a multidisciplinary urban issue. The field research will be supported by library and on-line research and will culminate in a written report and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s): URB-UY 2044 and URB-UY 4012
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URB-UY 4024 Capstone Project 4 Credits
The capstone is a research project that presents SUE students with an opportunity to translate previous coursework into an applied research effort. This is a real-world based course in which students work in teams to identify, research, and propose solutions to a multidisciplinary urban issue, supervised by an SUE faculty member in weekly class discussions. The field research should be supported by library research and culminates in a written and oral report.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status, permission of SUE faculty advisor.
Note: Does not satisfy a humanities and social sciences elective.
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URB-UY 4034 Internship 4 Credits
Students may undertake an internship for academic credit with an appropriate private, public, or non-profit agency or firm. The internship is an opportunity to extend learning outside of the classroom into a real world setting, and to explore career options tied to the major. Students complete 140 hours at the internship site and attend occasional class meetings. The course involves completing a learning contract, regular reflections, assignments, and a final presentation.
Prerequisite(s): IDM/SUE/STS majors only. Permission of instructor required.
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URB-UY 4504 Advanced Seminar in Urban Studies 4 Credits
The Advanced Seminar is a writing- and research-intensive course that will explore in-depth a topic in Technology, Culture, and Society, requiring practice of both writing and research skills. Topics vary by section; see Albert for detailed topic descriptions.
Prerequisite(s): EXPOS-UA 1 and one TCS elective course
Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
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