URBAN 8, Introduction to Urban Studies 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social and Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None.
The course includes analyses of processes, spatial patterns and problems related to intercity and intracity development and function. Consideration will be given to selected environmental factors, diverse human cultures and economic forces that influence urban development It includes an introduction to the use of maps and modern geographic techniques (such as geographic information systems) to identify and solve urban problems. Student participation in field exercises will be stressed taking advantage of the Los Angeles metropolitan area as a “laboratory” to relate urban theory to fact.
Urban Studies 8 is the same course as Geography 8. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.
3199 9:30a-10:50a TTh BUS 203 Morris P S
3200 12:45p-2:05p MW DRSCHR 208 Morris P S