Print syllabusNew York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles: Introduction to the US Cities
General data
| Course ID: | 4219-SH0010 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.0
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| Course title: | New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles: Introduction to the US Cities |
| Name in Polish: | New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles: Introduction to the US Cities (Nowy Jork, Chicago, Los Angeles. Wstęp do miast amerykańskich) |
| Organizational unit: | American Studies Center |
| Course groups: |
all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 1st year Elective courses - social sciences - BA studies elective courses - weekday studies - first cycle |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
5.00
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| Language: | English |
| Type of course: | elective courses |
| Short description: |
The class offers an introduction to the three US largest cities and development of the American cities and suburbs in general. The class materials include an urban sociology textbook “Cities and urban life”, articles by think tanks, e.g. www.citylab.com, documentaries and movies. |
| Full description: |
1. Introduction and overview 2. Chicago: The Fourth Partition (2013). Documentary 3. J. J. Macionis, V. N. Parrillo, Cities and urban life, Case study: Chicago, ‘City of the Big Shoulders’, pp. 320-328 Chicago neighborhoods’ economic and ethno-racial inequalities - an up to date newspaper article 4. Southside with You (2016). Movie 5. NYC: New York, PBS documentary, vol. 7 6. J. J. Macionis, V. N. Parrillo, Cities and urban life, Case study: New York – The ‘Big Apple’, pp. 74-84 New York City immigrant groups - an up to date newspaper article 7. West Side Story (1963) 8. Lost Los Angeles documentary, Season 2, Episode 2, Building the Metropolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUkwI6vQxHs 9. J. J. Macionis, V. N. Parrillo, Cities and urban life, The development of North American cities, pp. 55-74, 84-85. Los Angeles and postwar urban planning 10. LaLa Land (2017). Movie 11. How to prepare a final essay? 12. Marriage Story (2019). Movie New York City versus Los Angeles in an interview of the movie makers 13-15. Crime, refugee crisis, ethno-racial relations, homelessness in three cities. Public policy analyses and newspaper articles |
| Bibliography: |
Cities and urban life by J. J. Macionis, V. N. Parrillo, Pearson, 2010 www.citylab.com |
| Learning outcomes: |
1. KNOWLEDGE: Introductory knowledge about the history and sociology of the US three largest cities. 2. SKILLS: Understanding the academic textbook, think-tan articles, documentaries and movies, and seeing them as divergent sources of knowledge about cities. Preparing a reaction paper. Writing a short academic text. 3. SOCIAL COMPETENCES: discussing academic topics in polite and competent manner. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Participation and well informed in-class discussion (30%). Scale 2-5! 2. Two 1 page reaction papers to the assigned readings, documentaries or movies (30%, 15% each). Scale 2-5! 3. Final essay: 2000-3000 words, topic and research discussed with an instructor, based on assigned or additional readings (40%). Scale 2-5! Each activity is graded 2 to 5!. The final grade will be a result of: 0,3 x Participation grade + 0,15 x 1st response paper grade + 0,15 x 2nd response paper grade + 0,4 x final essay grade. |
Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)
| Time span: | 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16 |
 
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| Type of class: |
Seminar, 30 hours, 20 places
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| Coordinators: | Anna Sosnowska-Jordanovska | |
| Group instructors: | Anna Sosnowska-Jordanovska | |
| Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
| Examination: |
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