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Course Listing for URBAN STUDIES - Fall 2024 (ALL: 09/03/2024 - 12/18/2024)

Class No.	Course ID	Title	Credits	Type	Instructor(s)	Days:Times	Location	Permission Required	Dist
3235	URST-802-01	Global Cities	1.00	SEM	King, Arianna	TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM	TBA		GLB
		Enrollment limited to 2		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: PBPL-802-01, INTS-302-01
		This seminar examines the contemporary map of interactions between cities in the world. There is now a considerable array of research analyzing what are variously termed global or world cities in the hierarchy of the world economy, and a counter-critique has emerged which seeks to analyze all cities as ordinary, moving beyond old binaries of 'developed' and 'developing' worlds of cities. We will interrogate this debate in both its theoretical and its empirical dimensions, with case studies from Africa and assessment of cultural, political, economic and environmental globalization.
2716	URST-803-01	Global Studio	1.00	SEM	Myers, Garth	W: 6:30PM-9:00PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 4		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: PBPL-803-01, URST-403-01
		In this studio, readings and discussions concentrate on the key issues confronting contemporary urban planning practice. Students will develop a broad, international and comparative perspective on issues such as planning theory, infrastructure, smart cities, zoning and equity, the politics of real estate, or urban policy and law generally. The goal of the studio is hands-on, practical exposure to professional practice in urban planning and development in Connecticut, the US, and around the world. Approximately one hour per week is a remote/virtual weekly discussion with practicing planners and urban developers.
2791	URST-819-01	Affordable Housing Policies	1.00	SEM	Goldstein, Shoshana	W: 1:30PM-4:10PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 5		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: URST-319-01
		This course will provide an in-depth treatment of affordable housing policy and programs in the United States starting with the New Deal and how they have shaped and reshaped the City of Hartford. The course will focus on the legacy of affordable housing programs and current federal, state, and local policies aimed to desegregated and promote economic opportunities for low-income households. Students will gain an advanced knowledge on a variety of affordable housing programs and policies aimed at increasing affordability and de-concentrating poverty. Students will have the opportunity to witness changes at a particular housing project in Hartford in the City's effort to meet new housing policy objectives while providing affordable housing to residents.
2363	URST-833-01	Introduction to Urban Planning	1.00	SEM	Delgado, Laura	TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM	TBA		SOC
		Enrollment limited to 2		Waitlist available: Y		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: PBPL-833-01, URST-433-01
		This course provides an overview of urban planning. Students will be introduced to key theories and concepts as well as methods and empirical case studies in this multidimensional field. Lectures and seminar discussions concentrate on applications of urban planning theories and concepts as practiced by urban planners. Topics discussed in the course may include regional, environmental, metropolitan, transportation, spatial, and land-use planning issues. Empirical emphasis is expected to be on Hartford and other Connecticut cities, but the course may discuss other American or international urban areas. The course is an elective geared toward public policy graduate students with an interest in urban policy, regardless of their track. This course may be of interest to American studies graduate students as well (permission of adviser required).
3277	URST-859-01	Latinx Urban Activism	1.00	LEC	Cotto, Jr., Robert	M: 6:30PM-9:00PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 5		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: URST-359-01
		We will examine the emergence and evolution of urban political activism by Latinas and Latinos in the United States from the early 1900s to the present. We will begin with the impact of U.S imperial expansion and colonialism (1848-present), and then track the emergence of Pan-Latinx identities and political coalitions between Latinx, African Americans, and other ethnic groups. Topics include urban political manifestations of the following: civil rights movements, labor and student movements, struggles for gender and sexual liberation, immigration policies, citizenship, voting rights, electoral representation, cultural citizenship, urban renewal, gentrification, and "the right to the city." This course explores various cities that had interaction of political activism with urban policy and planning to consider equitable alternatives in the past and present.
2342	URST-860-01	Public Management	1.00	SEM	Fitzpatrick, Sean	T: 6:30PM-9:00PM	TBA		SOC
		Enrollment limited to 5		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: URST-360-01, PBPL-860-01
		This course will survey the core principles and practices of management in the public sector. Many modern commentators have argued that public institutions must be "run like a business" to achieve its mission in an efficient and accountable way. Is this argument valid? If not, how must the management of public institutions adapt or depart from basic business principles? Course readings will focus on key elements of successful management in the public sphere, including financial and budgetary oversight, capital planning, public transparency and inclusion, and workforce management. Students will engage with course material through a series of short essays or policy memoranda, an independent research project analyzing the management of an individual public institution or agency, and making recommendations for enhancements to its management structure and practices.
2644	URST-869-01	Leadership in the Policy Arena	1.00	SEM	Fitzpatrick, Sean	R: 6:30PM-9:00PM	TBA		SOC
		Enrollment limited to 5		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: URST-369-01, PBPL-869-01
		What is "Leadership?" To what extent can it be defined and practiced according to fundamental general principles? How must the application of such principles be adapted to differing institutional, organizational, and community settings, and to varying situations? Can anyone lead effectively with sufficient opportunity and, if so, to what degree must leadership be "personalized" by each individual? This course will explore leadership principles through readings from a broad spectrum of fields and historical periods and seek to identify the key lessons to be applied to leadership in the current public policy sphere. Students will engage with the course material through a series of short essays and one independent research project focused on a leadership analysis of a contemporary public institution or not-for-profit organization.
2961	URST-940-01	Independent Study	1.00	IND	Staff, Trinity	TBA	TBA	Y	SOC
		Enrollment limited to 15		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
		Selected topics in special areas are available by arrangement with the instructor and written approval of the graduate adviser and program director. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for the special approval form.