Prerequisite(s): URHS 101; and HIST 205, HIST 216, HIST 217, HIST 314, HIST 320, EAES 283, JUST 317, SOCI 225, SOCI 311, SOCI 307, or GSWS 314; and ANTH 255, EAES 281, JUST 250, JUST 325, POLS 216, or POLS 315; and THTR 384 or THTR 386; and ANTH 360, EAES 384, EAES 385, SOCI 312, SOCI 314, or JUST 314. This course will introduce students to the different ways in which urban scholars in the humanities and social sciences have conceptualized and analyzed the experience and production of urban life. Students will connect theory to specific issues and places they are interested in order to understand how theory aids in the understanding of urban life. Meets the Graduation Writing Requirement for majors in Urban Humanities.
Prerequisite(s): URHS 101 and URHS 301; or departmental approval. Restriction(s): Urban Humanities majors and minors. This is the first of two courses in the Urban Humanities capstone sequence that draws on the expertise and experience of program faculty by focusing on a specific community engagement project. The course will serve as an introduction to the project and its urban context, as well as to the theoretical and methodological issues it presents.