SUS 7200A Urbanism

This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the history, theories, methods and values of urbanism, its positive and negative social/environmental attributes, addressing cities, suburbs and peripheral settlements in the United States and across the globe. Newly emergent models for sustainable urban design and planning are considered in the context of current imperatives to design and retrofit urbanized areas for social and physical resiliency.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Undergraduate degree.

Contact Hours

3 hr./wk.