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Course Info for ECON - 257 - 01, Summer 2025
Class number: 1038 Title: Comparative Urban Development Department: Economics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 4 Available seats: 8
Start date: Monday, May 19, 2025 End date: Friday, July 25, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TBA Instructor(s):
Zannoni, Diane
Clark, Carol
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in ECON 101
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Note: This course is on site in Florence, Italy.
Course Description:
What do we know about the material culture of early medieval, medieval and early Renaissance Italian cities? What can we learn about the City as an important agent for economic and cultural development by studying these Italian cities? We explore these questions through case studies of urban development in early medieval Venice, medieval Siena and early Renaissance Florence. This comparative study emphasizes the urban nature of economic and cultural development in three distinct historical periods and thereby offers students a framework for understanding the contributions cities make in general to economic growth and development. It will build on theory and concepts from ECON 101 when analyzing and applying the course readings. This course will be taught in Italy. (Students cannottake both this class and ECON 358 for credit.)