AP/SOSC 4700 6.00

Urban Studies Seminar

SOSC 4700 is a capstone course in the Urban Studies Program, providing a framework for senior students to pursue fieldwork projects about topics of scholarly and personal interest. As well, the course may accommodate students in fields related to Urban Studies who wish to join the seminar to do a sustained urban fieldwork project. For those ending their schoolwork this year, the course is a final opportunity for self-directed urban research. For those who will continue their studies, it is a bridge from undergraduate work to the independent research that is a cornerstone of the graduate and professional programs. The course builds on the Urban Studies Program’s 2000- and 3000-level core courses as well as on class members’ work in other urban-related courses. In framing and carrying out their projects, students will draw on material encountered in another course and on the store of urban knowledge they have developed. To provide common ground for the seminar, the projects share the same framework as case studies of social, spatial, historical, cultural, economic or political features of a specific community or place in Toronto.