URB 8670 - The Interdisciplinary City

3 Credit Hours
Description
Drawing from the expertise of the Urban Studies Institute and Georgia State faculty, students will be trained as â€˜boundary agents’. Each week, students will examine a particular urban lens, or compare and contrast across multiple disciplinary perspectives, through a combination of assigned readings, discussions with external speakers, and field-based research. They will assess and apply multiple disciplinary perspectives, including their own background and training, to a key theme throughout the course. Examples include: equitable urban development; sustainable suburbanization; sharing the city at night; fostering regional mobility; towards the carbon-neutral city; and creating resilient communities.