York University Faculty of Arts Division of Social Science AS/SOSC 2730 6.0 F/W 2008-09 The Culture of Cities Explorations Through Space and Time Course Outline Thursdays, 2:30-4:20 pm, Stedman Lecture Hall F Course Director: Lewis Code office: office hours: email: tel: 339 Calumet College Thursdays, 11 am -1 pm [e-mail] 416-736-5054 x77815 Note: Always include 2730 in the subject heading of email messages Teaching Assistants: Michael Andreae email: [e-mail] Naveen Girn email: [e-mail] Tracy Locke email: [e-mail] Course Website: http://www.yorku.ca/lcode/ then follow the links Other Communication: You will also be subscribed to a course listserv ([e-mail]). Your TA and the Course Director will use the listserv from time to time to distribute information relevant to the course. It is essential, therefore, that you activate your yorku.ca email account. You may also use the listserv for discussion relevant to the course. Course Description: From Ur in 3000 BCE to the colonnades of the Greek agora, from Roman baths to Mayan temple cities, from the squalid industrial cities of Victorian England to the Disneyland cities of today, the city has remained an enduring symbol of human culture. Throughout this course we will be exploring the culture of cities over the last five millennia using a variety of visual images, videos, case studies of world cities and a classic text Lewis Mumford's The City in History. Interwoven with our examination of the culture of cities, we will view a series of National Film Board of Canada videos which present interviews with Mumford one of the most important twentieth-century scholars in the study of cities. AS/SOSC 2730 6.0 2 The Culture of Cities Important Dates: Rosh Hashanah, tutorials held September 29 Rosh Hashanah, no tutorial October 1 Quiz #1 October 2 Yom Kippur, tutorial held October 8 Yom Kippur, no lecture October 9 Thanksgiving, no tutorials October 13 Quiz #2 March 5 Essay #1 due March 12 Quiz #3 April 2 Quiz #4 April 30 Essay #2 due May 7 Final Examination May 22-June 2 Tutorial Sessions: TUTR 01 TUTR 02 TUTR 03 TUTR 04 TUTR 05 TUTR 06 Evaluation: Quizes (10 percent each, best 3 out of 4) 30 percent total M 12:30-1:20 M 1:30-2:20 M 11:30-12:20 M 2:30-3:20 M 8:30-9:20 W 11:30-12:20 FS 106 Farquharson Life Sciences ACE 010 Accolade East Building SC 218 Stong College SC 211 Stong College FC 105 Founders College MC 111 McLaughlin College Michael Andreae Michael Andreae Naveen Girn Tracy Locke Naveen Girn Tracy Locke Note: there are no make-ups for the quizes Final Examination Essays (15 percent each) Tutorial Participation Final Examination: The examination schedule is not posted by the Registrar s Office until the Winter term. The final examination period is from May 22-June 2. Make your vacation or travel plans accordingly. Textbook: Mumford, Lewis (1968). The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations and Its Prospects. New York: <a href="/keyword/harcourt-brace/" >harcourt brace</a> and Company. Other online readings (accessible over the Internet) may be recommended from time to time. Fall/Winter 2008-09 25 percent 30 percent total 15 percent AS/SOSC 2730 6.0 3 The Culture of Cities Outline of Lectures: 1: Introduction What Is the city? What Is Culture? Why Study the History of the City? 2: Origins: 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE Sanctuary, Village, Strong...