SOC 6440

Urban Structure and Process

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This seminar will provide a graduate-level examination of the social organization of urban communities. We will begin with the classic urban sociological theories of the Chicago School and recent extensions and revisions of this perspective. Then, we will consider both qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of topics including urban social networks, neighborhood social context, urban inequality and social problems, and processes of urban change.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Sociology graduate students.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024SP, 2020SP, 2017SP

When Offered Fall.

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