Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 11.469 (Spring 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Urban Sociology in Theory and Practice 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Urban Studies and Planning 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Diane Davis 
• Course Introduction:
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  11.469 Urban Sociology in Theory and Practice
  
  
  
  

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  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  11.469 Urban Sociology in Theory and Practice
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  

  A sad scene in the urban setting. (Image courtesy of hira3 on Flickr.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is intended to introduce graduate students to a set of core writings in the field of urban sociology. Topics include the changing nature of community, social inequality, political power, socio-spatial change, technological change, and the relationship between the built environment and human behavior. We examine the key theoretical paradigms that have constituted the field since its founding, assess how and why they have changed over time, and discuss the implications of these paradigmatic shifts for urban scholarship, social policy and the planning practice.