AS/SOSI3830 Sociology of Urban Life Lectures Urban Sociology Course Objectives Central Terms in Urban Sociology Urban Sociology Theories – An Overview Georg Simmel – The Social Psychology of Urbanism Louis Wirth – Notes On Urbanism as a Way of Life Hyphenated Canadian - Exercise Hyphenation as a Political Tool Interfaith Marriage – Urban “Secularization” Exercise Mid-Term Exam Review (October) Differences Between Canadian and American Cities Defining Urban Social Problems Important Ecological Processes and Models of Land Use The Three Pillars or Streams of Immigration - Exercise Ethnic and Racial Stereotyping - Exercise Multiculturalism – The Raging Debate Reflection Paper – Grading and Other Deconstructions The Causes of Homelessness Gesellschaft and Homelessness Poverty Definitions Aboriginal People – Challenging the State Urban Aboriginals Aboriginal Toll Road in Winnipeg – Roseau River Exercise Mid-Term Exam Review (February) Social Network Analysis – Exam Answer Discourses Cultural Sensitivity in the Big City – “Hear What We Are Saying” – Film Subcultural Theory Political Economic Theory (Paradigm) bell hooks – Cultural Criticism and Transformation - Film Understanding Globalization Global Apartheid Final Exam Review (March/April)