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ENVDES 5 - Cities and Sites
Subject
ENVDES
Course Number
5
Course Level
Undergraduate
Course Title
Cities and Sites
Course Description
This course explores cities and landscapes as layered repositories of history, both ecological and human. Examining environmental design history and practice, it highlights how deep time legacies are acknowledged or ignored in placemaking, including racialized spatial histories. In addressing the role of architecture, city planning, and landscape design in shaping places and giving them meaning, the course explores the diversity of spatially defined experiences and the ways in which they are shaped by policy and professional practice. Case studies on Bay Area urban and social geography are linked with transnational histories and design movements to highlight the larger forces that have shaped the local historical and social landscape.
Minimum
4
Maximum
4
Grading Basis
Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option
Method of Assessment
Alternative Final Assessment
Instructors
Castillo, Hood
Breadth
Historical Studies
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Credit Restriction Courses. Students will receive no credit for this course if following the course(s) have already been completed.
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Credit Replacement Courses. Upon passing, students can use the following course(s) to replace a deficient grade for this course.
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Formats
Lecture
Term
Spring
Duration (in weeks)
15
Minimum Hours
3
Maximum Hours
3
Lecture Mode of Instruction
In Person
Minimum Hours
9
Maximum Hours
9
Term
Summer
Duration (in weeks)
8
Minimum Hours
8
Maximum Hours
8
Lecture Mode of Instruction
Online
Minimum Hours
14.5
Maximum Hours
14.5