ITSF+4014+Urban+Situations+and+Education

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Professor
George Bond

[[file:ITSF 4014 Urban Situations 2008.doc]]
Note: Syllabus is subject to change at the professor's discretion.

Course Description
This seminar is intended as an introduction to the study of socio-cultural patterns of populations residing in urban settings with emphasis on domestic, racial, ethnic, class and educational relationships. A cross cultural perspective will be used in the description and analysis of forms of urban social life and education. The course will consider a selected range of monographs, themes and principles. A great deal of attention will be given to the historical development of approaches and problems in urban studies and the manner in which they relate to specific studies and the development of the field. Notions such as "culture of poverty" and "urban underclass" as well as processes of urbanization in developing countries will be considered. Issues of class, ethnicity and race will be discussed in relation to education.

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