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1 to 6 undergraduate hours. 1 to 6 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours.

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CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
31061	Lecture-Discussion	BW	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	223 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Wilson, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Civic Tech andthe Digital City Section Info: Civic technology refers to tools and processes that use information and communication technologies to support urban problem solving. While open data, web technologies, and open source software are important inputs, understanding which questions and issues can actually benefit from technology is essential. Civic technology can therefore be understood as a framework for collaboration, learning, and doing, which engages students, faculty, practitioners and members of the local community. Students will participate in a two-day software development workshop at the beginning of the semester that introduces fundamental skills like database management, scripting, and version control (there will be a nominal fee). In consultation with a liaison from an organization or group in Champaign-Urbana, students will identify a specific question or issue with planning or policy relevance and develop a civic technology application (e.g., online dashboard, web application, interactive map, etc.) to inform discourse and support decision-making. In addition to two in-class presentations and a final report, students will be expected to make a trip to Chicago to attend a Chi Hack Night event.
52878	Lecture-Discussion	KSG	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	19 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Salo, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Race, Space and the GlobalCity Section Info: Students will explore how the global economy is racially re-segregating the common spaces of people of African descent in postcolonial cities all over the world. Building on the insights of W.E.B. Du Bois, the course will explore the twenty-first century problem of global apartheid (separation based on an ideology of a master race predestined to rule non-Europeans). Specifically, case studies of life in selected postcolonial cities will show how the forced movements of involuntary workers across international boundaries are reconstructing racialized ghettoes, slums, favelas, banlieues and barrios in places such as Soweto, Cape Flats, Rio de Janiero, Mexico, Paris, Detroit, South Chicago and North Champaign. We will use archival searches, engage in Skype dialogues with inhabitants of these places, and have walks with residents through local neighborhoods that are segregated by race, gender and class inequalities.Graduate students will write a 5000 word final essay, based on course experiences, comparing how the various communities of African diaspora residents are struggling for a dignified life and right to the global city. Course Learning Objectives On completion of this course students will be able to: -Understand how global political, economic and cultural processes shape racial and social hierarchies and spatial boundaries in postcolonial cities throughout the world. -Develop critical ethnographic research skills through searching digital humanities archives and writing reflective journals on their expectations of interacting with diaspora residents through walks and digital dialogues -Engage in cross-cultural debates with others in ways that value different viewpoints and expose the spatiality of race, class and gender inequalities THIS SECTION IS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS UP 494 KSG is a required course for students planning to enroll in UP 428 for the spring 2018 semester: UP 428 Spring 2018 International Planning Workshop on Insurgent Planning Practices in three cities of the Global South (3 credit hours) Note: UP 428 is an optional addition to UP 494 KSG. For undergraduate students wishing to take UP 428 as your Senior Workshop requirement, you will also need to take UP 397/Undergraduate Project for 1 credit hour, for 4 credit hours total. Description: In this workshop, students will explore in situ how insurgent social movements challenge dominant planning practices that reproduce racial and economic patterns of segregated urban development in one of three cities with the highest indexes of social inequalities; Chicago, United States of America (USA), Cape Town, Republic of South Africa (RSA) and Fortaleza, Brazil. After studying theories of segregation in UP 494 Fall 2017, students will select and visit with community based organizations in a specific city to compare and contrast how these differently situated movements could or are collaborating to construct democratic futures in opposition to state led projects that reproduce historical patterns of segregation. In preparation for a two-week field visit to either Cape Town over Winter Break or Fortaleza at end of Spring, in alternate years , students MUST register for UP 494 in the Fall 2017 semester. In this course we will study recent and historical practices of resistance and repression in a these three cities to discern the planning cultures governing social and spatial inequalities in these former European settler colonies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
41007	Lecture-Discussion	KSU	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	19 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Salo, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Race, Space and the GlobalCity Section Info: Students will explore how the global economy is racially re-segregating the common spaces of people of African descent in postcolonial cities all over the world. Building on the insights of W.E.B. Du Bois, the course will explore the twenty-first century problem of global apartheid (separation based on an ideology of a master race predestined to rule non-Europeans). Specifically, case studies of life in selected postcolonial cities will show how the forced movements of involuntary workers across international boundaries are reconstructing racialized ghettoes, slums, favelas, banlieues and barrios in places such as Soweto, Cape Flats, Rio de Janiero, Mexico, Paris, Detroit, South Chicago and North Champaign. We will use archival searches, engage in Skype dialogues with inhabitants of these places, and have walks with residents through local neighborhoods that are segregated by race, gender and class inequalities. Undergraduates will produce a multimedia exhibit of their experiences that includes a narrative, map, images and historical timeline of how poor inhabitants move through urban places in their struggles for a dignified life. Course Learning Objectives On completion of this course students will be able to: -Understand how global political, economic and cultural processes shape racial and social hierarchies and spatial boundaries in postcolonial cities throughout the world. -Develop critical ethnographic research skills through searching digital humanities archives and writing reflective journals on their expectations of interacting with diaspora residents through walks and digital dialogues -Engage in cross-cultural debates with others in ways that value different viewpoints and expose the spatiality of race, class and gender inequalities THIS SECTION IS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS UP 494 KSG is a required course for students planning to enroll in UP 428 for the spring 2018 semester: UP 428 Spring 2018 International Planning Workshop on Insurgent Planning Practices in three cities of the Global South (3 credit hours) Note: UP 428 is an optional addition to UP 494 KSG. For undergraduate students wishing to take UP 428 as your Senior Workshop requirement, you will also need to take UP 397/Undergraduate Project for 1 credit hour, for 4 credit hours total. Description: In this workshop, students will explore in situ how insurgent social movements challenge dominant planning practices that reproduce racial and economic patterns of segregated urban development in one of three cities with the highest indexes of social inequalities; Chicago, United States of America (USA), Cape Town, Republic of South Africa (RSA) and Fortaleza, Brazil. After studying theories of segregation in UP 494 Fall 2017, students will select and visit with community based organizations in a specific city to compare and contrast how these differently situated movements could or are collaborating to construct democratic futures in opposition to state led projects that reproduce historical patterns of segregation. In preparation for a two-week field visit to either Cape Town over Winter Break or Fortaleza at end of Spring, in alternate years , students MUST register for UP 494 in the Fall 2017 semester. In this course we will study recent and historical practices of resistance and repression in a these three cities to discern the planning cultures governing social and spatial inequalities in these former European settler colonies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
60233	Lecture	RO	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Olshansky, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Chicago Planning Studio Section Info: This course is retricted to Graduate Students only. Instruction permission required. Students will be required to meet regularly in addition to several all-day Friday working sessions in Chicago. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
48551	Lecture	SH	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	19 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Harwood, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Community Engagement in Planng Section Info: This seminar will explore theory, policy and practice of community engagement through cases studies, and observing actual planning and decision-making process at different scales and contexts. Students will learn about different tools and strategies that bring people together, particularly in low-income neighborhoods and culturally diverse cities. Collectively we will design a participatory process for a local organization. Throughout the semester we will grapple with the myriad of challenges and dilemmas faced by nonprofit advocates, community activists and equity-oriented public planners.