New Courses offered Fall 2008:
GCU - GPH
GCU 494 - 80403
GCU 598 - 85717
MW, 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
COOR 5635
Prof. E. Talen
This course will present a broad, multi-disciplinary overview of the history and theory of urbanism – not only its form, pattern and design, but its relation to notions of sustainability, social justice and cultural meaning. We will focus in particular on the problems and solutions the created human habitat inspires, examining the variation, implementation realities and sustainability of urban reform proposals. Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. There are no prerequisites.
Mapping Urbanism
GCU 494 - 85718
GCU 598 - 85727
MW, 9:00 am to 10:15 am
SCOB 310
Prof. E. Talen
This course will use innovative visual tools and information design to explore new ways of seeing and understanding cities. We will examine the relationship between social phenomena and physical form and how that interaction can be visualized to gain insight and understanding about the nature and experience of urbanism. We will use case studies of cities from different time periods and places.
The course will encourage students to use a wide variety of techniques and tools in this exploration: figure ground analysis, geographical information systems, 3D mapping, video, multi-media formats, and creative explorations that combine art, urban design, interactive web tools, and a wide variety of representational techniques. Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. There are no prerequisites, although experience with tools like GIS, CADD or Adobe Illustrator will be useful.
Socioecological Residential Landscapes
GCU 594 - 85767
SOS 594 - 79810
BIO 591 - 86146
M, 4:40 pm to 7:30 pm
Prof. K. Larson
Prof. S. Hall
This workshop is aimed at integrated understanding of residential landscapes as urban ecosystems, with particular focus on spatial and temporal dynamics in the Phoenix area. The course will address an array of ecological, economic and socio-cultural aspects of sustainability through a systems approach, with particular focus on the factors that drive landscape management and the social and ecological implications of structural characteristics and human behavior in yards.
Geographical Analysis of Transportation
GCU 442 - 85725
GCU 598 - 74537
TTh, 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
SCOB 310
Prof. M. Kuby
Networks, modes, economics, and flows at the urban, national, and international scales.
GPH 591 - 83246
TTH, 10:30-11:45 am
PSA 309
Prof. P. Fall
This seminar will explore multi-disciplinary perspectives on long-term change in natural and human landscapes in a variety of settings around the world. Discussions will consider the evidence for and implications of interaction between natural and culturally-induced reconfigurations of biotic communities (especially vegetation), human settlement and land use. Particular attention will be directed to landscape dynamics as they unfolded over a variety of spatial and temporal scales, as documented by multiple lines of evidence. This seminar is open to graduate students from a variety of academic disciplines. There are no prerequisites.