GEOG 120 Exploring Cities (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Social Sciences; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
This course broadly introduces students to the geography of cities. We will first explore how cities emerged into dense, highly networked environments of urban life. There will then be an emphasis on seeing cities through a variety of approaches – economic, social, political and cultural lenses – in order to develop a greater appreciation for the diverse factors that shape urban life. A field trip will be required.
Course Content
1. Urbanization
2. The Chicago School
3. Gentrification
4. Right to the City
5. Neoliberalism
6. Fordism
7. Globalization
8. Deindustrialization
9. Segregation
10. Public Spaces
11. Place marketing
12. Creative class
Student Outcomes
1. Describe and apply concepts and theories about urban life, such as urbanization, central place theory and gentrification.
2. Describe different historical, cultural, political and economic forces that have influenced and shaped cities.
3. Describe spatial perspective of how certain populations are distributed across cities and metropolitan areas.
4. Investigate pressing urban issues in the local Seattle-Tacoma area.
5. Communicate research findings to a diverse audience.
Degree Outcomes
Social Science: Graduates analyze and interpret social phenomenon using social science theories and methods.
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
1) question and answer sessions
2) small group activities
3) conceptual testing (essay, diagram, etc)
4) field trip exercises and participation
5) oral presentations
6) written reports
7) formal assessments
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