CRP106 URBAN SOCIOLOGY
Course Code: |
1210106 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
4.0 |
Department: |
City And Regional Planning |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. CEMÝLE NÝL UZUN |
Offered Semester: |
Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course deals with the city in modern times, in 20th and 21st centuries. The metropolitan and post-metropolitan phenomenon is one of the main issues. Social differentiation, economic restructuration, social and spatial change, social networks (local and global), social polarization are other issues that are analyzed in the course. Main approaches in urban sociology are also introduced.