Urban Studies Summer Courses

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COMC 4360 V11 - Communication Ethics and the Public Sphere
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course presents an introduction to the critical study of media industries. Students will not only survey institutional, social, and technological histories of the media industries. They will be introduced to scholarly approaches to studying issues such as media organization, the political economy of media, and media governance and regulatory policy. By engaging with recent writing and debates in the field, students will develop the skills necessary to examine media institutions, analyze their operations, and assess their impact on society.

CRN: 14883

Instructor: Kamin, Diana
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASAM, CCMS, CELP, CMST, EP4, HCWL, HUST, JETH, JOUR, PJMJ, PJST, URST, VAL

ECON 2140 R11 - Statistics I
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Rose Hill: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

This course introduces students to descriptive statistics, probability theory, discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling methods, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing.

CRN: 14847

Instructor: Themeli, Booi
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI, IPE, URST

ECON 2140 V11 - Statistics I
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 06:00PM - 09:00PM

CRN: 14872

Instructor: Lahaye, Jerome
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI, IPE, URST

ECON 2140 V21 - Statistics I
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

CRN: 15009

Instructor: TBA
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: BUMI, IPE, URST

ECON 3971 PW1 - Urban Economics
Summer Session III, May 30 - August 7, 2023
Online, Asynchronous

Urban Economics is the study of location choices by firms and households. The technological changes and economic factors driving the process of urbanization, and the shift from a "downtown"-centered city to the suburbanized metropolises prevalent in the U.S. today are the central focus of the course. Throughout the course, New York City's history and current situation are used as an example of the economic forces operating on cities. Students will participate in a group project to analyze a major urban problem such as housing affordability, poverty, crime or education.

CRN: 15041

Instructor: Sun, Meiping
4 credits

Prerequisites: ECON 3118
Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, LALS, LASS, URST

ECON 4025 V11 - Bronx Urban Economic Development
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Online: MTWTh, 01:00PM - 04:00PM

The course will use economics, urban studies, and social service policy to examine economic, political and social issues that impact the local Bronx community. Topics covered will include budgetary policy, education policy, community development and investment, and university/neighborhood relations, among others.

CRN: 14874

Instructor: Combs, Mary Beth
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AFAM, ICC, PJEC, PJST, URST

POSC 3915 L11 - International Political Economy
Summer Session I, May 30 - June 29, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course introduces various theoretical frameworks explaining the international political economy and examines topics including trade, monetary policy, exchange rates, finance, multinational corporations, international institutions, and economic development. There is a particular focus on the distribution of benefits within an increasingly globalized world and the ways in which interest groups work to advance their favored economic policies within this system.

CRN: 14830

Instructor: Aleman, Jose
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASSC, INST, IPE, ISIE, ISIN, PJEC, PJST, POIP, URST

PSYC 4920 L21 - Youth, Values and Society
Summer Session II, July 5 - August 7, 2023
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 09:00AM - 12:00PM

This course explores the history and current place of youth in society from a multidisciplinary perspective and considers how this social construction of youth influences their development of values. It explores the history of social constructions of adolescence and youth and the current place of youth in our society.

CRN: 14943

Instructor: TBA
4 credits

Fordham course attributes: ADVD, AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASRP, BEVL, EP4, PSDV, PYCA, SOIN, URST, VAL

Classes listed as either Lincoln Center or Rose Hill will meet on-campus only. Classes listed as "Online" during Session I or II will meet synchronously online during their scheduled meeting times. Students in different time zones should plan accordingly. Session III online courses are asynchronous (exceptions are noted in course descriptions).

Hybrid courses will meet in person on campus at the times indicated; additional online work will also be required.