| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Part I. Reading the City | ||
| 1 | How Can Cities Be Read and Why | |
| 2 | The Once and Future City: Processes That Shape | |
| 3 | Reading and Writing the City | |
| 4-5 | Perspectives on Boston Sites Project Review | Project assignment 1 (select a site) due |
| 6 | Review of Assignment 1 | Assignment 1 due |
| Part II. City and Nature: Natural Processes as Agents of Change | ||
| 7 | The Granite Garden: Boston, A Natural Environment Transformed | |
| 8 | Workshop: Designing Your Web site | |
| 9 | Guides to Reading Boston | |
| 10 | Earth and Water | |
| 11 | Air and Life | |
| 12 | Project Review | Project assignment 2 (your site and natural processes) due |
| 13 | Boston Sites: What Patterns Emerged? | |
| Part III. City and Society: Social Processes as Agents of Change | ||
| 14 | Looking at Maps | |
| 15 | Technology, Innovation, and Change | |
| 16 | Economics, Politics, and Change | |
| 17 | Culture, Fashion, and Change | |
| 18 | Boston in Historical Context | |
| 19 | Project Review | Project assignment 3 (your site through time) due |
| 20 | Boston Sites: What Patterns Emerged? | |
| Part IV. Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Envisioning and Shaping Future Cities | ||
| 21 | Looking Back, Looking Ahead | |
| 22 | Shaping Future Cities (Panel) | |
| 23 | Project Review | Project assignment 4 (artifacts, layers, traces, and trends) due |
| 24 | Top-Down / Bottom-Up: Frameworks for Action | |
| Part V. Boston Sites: Where Have They Been, Where Are They Headed | ||
| 25 | Presentation and Discussion of Sites | Final presentations and sites due |
| 26 | Field Trip | |
| 27-29 | Presentation and Discussion of Sites | |
| 30-31 | Workshop | |