2005-2006 CATALOG
DURB 6803 Proseminar in Urban History: Social and
Cultural Change 3 cr.
(DURB 6803, DURB 6805, and HIST 6803 are cross-listed) Prerequisite: DURB/URBN 6850 or HIST 4543 or consent of instructor. Intensive reading in urban, social, and cultural change. Focus will be on American, European, and/or Third World urban development, from the founding of initial settlements to the present day. Discussions, conferences, short reports, and essays will be required. May be taken more than once for credit.
DURB 6805 Proseminar in Urban History:
Social and Cultural Change 3 cr.
DURB 6803, DURB 6805, and HIST 6803 are cross-listed) Prerequisite: DURB/URBN 6850 or HIST 4543 or consent of instructor. Intensive reading in urban, social, and cultural change. Focus will be on American, European, and/or Third World urban development, from the founding of initial settlements to the present day. Discussions, conferences, short reports, and essays will be required. May be taken more than once for credit.
DURB 6830 Urban Theory 3 cr.
Prerequisite: MURP 6130, DURB 6850 or consent of instructor. The purpose of the course is to expose students to research dealing with urban development issues, including economic development, land use (in terms of physical space), and social impact. Students will also examine a variety of disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches. These disciplines will include political science, geography, sociology, history, and economics.
DURB 6850 Seminar in Urban Studies 3 cr.
This course is designed to introduce graduate students to the history and evolution of urban studies as a field of endeavor. The methodological approaches, research questions, and theoretical constructs employed in urban studies will be examined. The course content is selected to examine the scope, the depth and breadth, of urban studies. It is required of first semester students in the Ph.D. program in Urban Studies. The course is open to graduate students not in the Ph.D. program with permission of the College of Urban and Public Affairs and the instructor.
DURB 6900 Independent Study 3 cr.
Offered each semester. Independent research in the graduate student’s area of specialization under the direction of a designated member of the graduate faculty. May be repeated for credit.
DURB 7020 Research Design Seminar 3 cr.
Prerequisite: DURB 6850 or consent of department. The purpose of this course is to guide students with the cooperation of their dissertation advisers, through the development of their dissertation prospectus. The course will focus on the interrelationships between epistemology, theory, particular methods, an research design. Upon completion, students will be expected to have finished their dissertation prospectus and to have scheduled their thesis defense.
DURB 7030 Research Design Practicum 3 cr.
Prerequisite: DURB 7020 or consent of instructor. An opportunity to improve and test the ability to employ the craft of research by carrying through a semester-long research project that will be subject to external academic review. Its purpose is to build skills in the craft of research related to those questions, refining a theoretical framework or model, preparing a research plan for gathering and analyzing relevant data, formulating data collection instruments, gathering data for pre-test of those instruments, analyzing actual or simulated data to test proposed data analysis procedures, and preparing a journal article to report research findings.
DURB 7040 Examination or Thesis Only No credit 0 cr.
Open to students in a thesis program who have only (other than application for degree) the final typing and acceptance by the Graduate School of their thesis or dissertation or to students in a non-thesis program who have only (other than application for degree) to pass the final examination to complete graduation requirements.
DURB 7050 Dissertation Research 1-9 cr.
Preparation of dissertation by Ph.D. candidates under direction of major professor and dissertation committee. Section number will correspond with credit to be earned. To be repeated for credit until dissertation is accepted.
