1. CATALOG DESCRIPTION and notes about lecture and activity
   Study of the contemporary American city, with emphasis on observing and understanding urban phenomena. Uses examples from Southern California with field trips. This course, required of all incoming planning majors, includes orientation to the planning curriculum and the profession. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour activity section (concurrent enrollment required). Prerequisites: none.
   
   URP 101 (CRN 70131) meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in 7-235. URP 101A has three sections, with meeting times and locations as follows:
   
   

   section	CRN	instructor	day and time	room
   101A.01	70132	Kobayashi	Tu 9–10:50 am	7-215
   101A.02	70133	Urey	Tu 1-2:50 pm	7-215
   101A.03	70134	Kobayashi	Tu 1-2:50 pm	7-214

   
   
   
2. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: To succeed in this class, students will:
   a. Develop awareness of the urban environment and the ability to detect clues about urban settings.
   b. Increase understanding of the social uses and users of urban space.
   c. Improve oral and written communication skills necessary for professional planners.
   d. Master and use basic word processing skills
   e. Gain skills for team work and coordinating individual efforts to achieve group goals.
   
   
3. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
   

1. Attendance at all lectures and assigned activity sessions. Be aware that class activities will involve field research, including an all-day field trip on Tuesday, 6 November. If you have other classes on Tuesdays, you need to request permission to be absent that day. Do this NOW. If you need a letter from Dr. Urey to your instructor, get on it NOW.
2. Timely completion and submission of all activity assignments. Your activity instructor will inform you of his or her policy concerning late assignments.
3. Successful completion of quizzes and exams covering the lecture material.
   
4. Students will work in teams to complete assignments and class activities throughout the quarter. Learning to work collaboratively is an part of a planning education and the planning profession.
   
   

4. QUIZZES AND EXAMINATIONS
   QUIZZES: A total of eight weekly quizzes will be given during the quarter. The quizzes will cover the reading and lecture material. The quizzes must be done outside of class, using Blackboard. You may take each quiz up to three times within the week that it is available. The questions may change from each time you take it to the next (questions are drawn from a question bank). Only the best score will count. All quizzes are available for one week only. Blackboard informs you when a new quiz becomes available and also provides the deadline for completing the quiz. Each quiz becomes available on a Friday and must be completed by the following Thursday, before class. Each quiz covers the reading for the current week and lecture material from the previous week: e.g., Quiz 2 covers the lecture material from 25 and 27 Sep. and the Bess, Clay, Lemann and CPP plagiarism readings.
   EXAMS: Two examinations will be given—the first on Thursday, 1 November during class, and the second during the exam period on Tuesday, 4 December, from 3:50 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. Each exam will cover 5 weeks of material; the midterm will count for 10 percent of your final grade; the final will count for 15 percent. You will be allowed to use your "urban sketchbook" during each exam. No other materials are allowed.
   
   
5. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
   Two texts are required, and both may be purchased at the Bronco Bookstore. The texts are:

   Grady Clay (1973) Close Up: How to read the American City (University of Chicago).
   Jan Venolia (2003) Write Right! 4th ed. (Ten Speed Press).

   An additional text is optional: John J.G. Blumenson (1990) Identifying American architecture : a pictorial guide to styles and terms, 1600-1945, revised ed. (W.W. Norton).
   
   Reader 1 and online readings: Additional materials will be made available online and in one or more readers available for purchase at "Ask Copy & Printing" (3530 West Temple Ave., Pomona, (909) 594-9490). (Reader 1 is available now). When possible, readings will be made available on the class website. The class website will be managed through "Blackboard" Students must use their Cal Poly USERIDs to log into Blackboard. See the Blackboard page for further instruction and for information about Blackboard workshops for students. Log on to the Blackboard web page at Cal Poly Pomona at: blackboard.csupomona.edu.
         During specified hours of the early morning, Blackboard may be down for maintenance. Consult the log-in page to see if this is the case. When Blackboard is down, you cannot take quizzes or submit assignments. Please plan accordingly. For assistance in getting access to your Blackboard account, visit the I&IT help desk in Building 1:100. Their office hours are Monday through Thursday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM and Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Their website is here: http://www.csupomona.edu/~iit/support/helpdesk.shtml
   

   MINIMUM STUDENT MATERIALS Students will be expected to have access to computers in their homes or in University labs; word-processing software will be used, and access to the world wide web will be required for weekly quizzes and to access class materials. Students should respond to email sent to their Cal Poly Pomona account.
   
   Urban sketchbook: Students will be required to keep a sketchbook. It should be brought to every lecture and to every activity section. It can be collected by the instructor at any time. You must use it to record field notes and sketches for writing assignments and for the three class field trips. You also may use it to take notes during class if you wish, and you will be allowed to use it during the midterm and the final exam. You may choose your own format, but a sketchbook of at least 5" by 7" with a spiral binding is recommended. You should not add pages to it or stick things into it. Such insertions will be considered "unauthorized study aids" during the exams, resulting in a zero on the test. It is recommended that you NOT combine your URP 101 and ENV 101 sketchbooks.
   
   Camera: Students will be required to use photography during the Pomona fieldtrip on Tuesday, 23 October and during the LA fieldtrip on Tuesday, 6 November. Digital cameras are preferred.
   

7. BASIS FOR GRADES:

   a. 15 % quizzes
   b. 25 % exams
       -midterm = 10%
       -final = 15 %
   c. 10% attendance and participation in lecture
   d. 50 % Activity attendance and assignments (This portion of you grade will be decided by your 101A instructor). All papers must be typed. Consult you 101A instructor concerning policies about late papers. Hard copies of each assignment will be distributed during your activity section; the assignments will also be available for downloading from BB.
       o Urban sketchbook = 12%
       o Paper 1 = 4%
       o Paper 2 (field trip 1) = 6%
       o Paper 3 (field trip 2) = 8%
       o attendance and participation in activity and on field trips = 5%
       o 15 % LA field trip project (Individual paper and group presentation. This portion of you grade also will be decided by your 101A instructor)

   100 % Total --your grades for the lecture and activity section are added together; your recorded grades for URP 101 and URP 101A will be the same.
   

8. STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
   Be aware of University guidelines regarding academic integrity ("Student Conduct and Discipline" section of the 2012-13 University Catalog): All forms of academic dishonesty at Cal Poly are a violation of University policy and will be considered a serious offense. That is, violations will be referred to the Office of Judicial Affairs and will result in failing grades on the assignment in question. Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to:

1. "Plagiarism, falsification, fabrication is intentionally or knowingly presenting words, ideas or work of others as one’s own work.. . . .
2. Cheating during exams. . .
3. Use of unauthorized study aids . . .
4. Falsifying any University document--this includes . . .falsifying prerequisite requirements."
5. Falsification and fabrication also includes making stuff up and presenting it as authentic observation of phenomena, as on a field trip report.

8. ACCESSIBILITY
   Students with special needs of which the instructor should be aware should register with the Disability Resource Center and advise the instructor as soon as possible.
   
   
9. COURSE OUTLINE: Schedule of activities

Week/Quiz due by Thursday	Date	Topic	Details and reading to be completed before class	Activity section notes
week 0	20 Sep	Introduction	Get acquainted, talk about course and about learning about cities.
week 1	25 Sep	Writing what you see	Activity section: Complete in-class sketchbook assignment #1. Lecture: Clay: "Introduction," "Wordgames," 11-22 BB readings and videos: -- Paul Goldberger (2011), "New York's High Line," National Geographic (April). --video: Michael Lancaster and Catherine P. Walsh (2009), "The Next 100 Years," American Planning Association web site. --video: Colin Rich (2012), "Night Fall," Atlantic Monthly Cities web site.	Paper 1 out
quiz 1 due	27 Sep	Seeing what you write and meeting student club officers	Lecture: Sketching lecture, Dr. Willson Reader 1*: Anne Lamott (1995). "Polaroids."
week 2	2 Oct	Seeing buildings and neighborhoods	Activity section: go over first paper, prepare for field trip 1, Complete in-class sketchbook assignment #2, discussion Lecture: Reader 1*: David Bess, "Southern California Vernacular Architecture: Just this side of crazy," and peruse Blumenson, Identifying American Architecture or other visual resources in reading guide. APSA visitors Faculty visitors: TBA	Paper 1 due Role assigned for 13 Oct. role-play
quiz 2 due	4 Oct	Seeing cities--frameworks vs "fixes"	Lecture: Clay: "Fixes," 23-37. Reader 1*: Alan Ehrenhalt (2012). "A backward glance," chapter 1 in The great inversion and the future of the American city. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 22-40. Student codes of conduct--academic integrity and respect & civility--read policies and watch the film clips at http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/judicialaffairs/ take the "plagiarism quiz." Faculty visitors: TBA
week 3	9 Oct	Planners and environmental "fixes"	Activity section: Field trip 1 No lecture: lecture will not meet after field trip.	Field trip 1 Paper 2 out
quiz 3 due	11 Oct		BB readings: Josh Stephens (22 June 2012), "Climate Change Study Projects Which Places Will Beat the Heat--And Which Won't," California Planning and Development Report. http://www.cp-dr.com/node/3227 BB readings: Bill McKibben(2 August 2012). "The reckoning." Rolling Stone no. 1162: 52-60. BB readings: What are Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) and Senate Bill 375 (SB 375)?" web links: AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 Committed the state to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. SB 375 California Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008 Provided more direction to the state towards achieving AB 32's goals. Specifically, it required regional and local planning to address land use and transportation.
week 4	16 Oct	Epitome Districts	Activity section: go over second paper, prepare for field trip 2, discussion Lecture: Clay: "Epitome Districts," 38-65; and	Paper 2 due
quiz 4 due	18 Oct	The case of Pomona	Lecture: Reader 1*: excerpt from Charles Phoenix (1999), Cruising the Pomona Valley. Reader 1*: Alan Ehrenhalt (2012). "Caught in the middle," chapter 5 in The great inversion and the future of the American city. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 114-34. Reader 1*: Richard Sennett (2009). "Urban disorder today."
week 5	23 Oct		Activity section: Field trip 2 No lecture: lecture will not meet after field trip. Use time to prepare for Thursday's election discussion.	Paper 3 out Field trip 2
quiz 5 due	25 Oct	Beats and Stacks, MIDTERM review	Lecture: Discussion: election 2012: what is at stake? What is most relevant to urban planning?
week 6	30 Oct	MIDTERM	Activity section: Prepare for LA field trip Lecture:midterm	Paper 3 due
	1 Nov	"Beats" and "Stacks" and L.A. Field trip discussion	Clay: "Beats," and "Stacks,"110-144--note this skips ahead Reader 1* David Bess, "Quick fix on a new place." Reader 1*: Harvey Molotch, “Standing Around”
week 7	6 Nov	LA Field trip
quiz 6 due	8 Nov		Lecture: Clay: "Fronts," 66-84 and BB: Samuel Stein (2012), "Occupy Nowhere: OWS after the Eviction" Progressive Planner 191 (Spring), 12-14. BB: Hector Tobar (2011), "Los Angeles helps the wealthy but not the little guy," Los Angeles Times (12 August), A2.
week 8	13 Nov	"Strips" and "Sinks"	Activity section: Prepare LA presentations in consultation with instructor Lecture: Clay: "Strips," 85-109 and "Sinks," 145-152, and Reader 1*: Ian Frazier, "Route 3." BB readings: Nickol, Joe. "Great Places Stuck in No Place at All: It's time to fix the energy leak inherent in our conventional retail centers." Planning 78, no. 6 (July 2012): 14-18. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed August 27, 2012).	LA field trip field notes and photos Strip sketch exercise
quiz 7 due	15 Nov	"Turf"	Lecture Clay: "Turf" 153-175 BB readings: Elizabeth Kolbert (2008), "Turf War; Americans can't live without their lawns-but how long can they live with them?," The New Yorker (21 July), 82+.
week 9	20 Nov	"Vantages"	Activity section: LA presentations and discussion Lecture: Clay: "Vantages," 176-181 BB readings: Joan Springhetti (2011), "The upside of living downtown," Los Angeles Times (17 July), A25. BB readings: Mike Armstrong (2011), "Downtown L.A.: A nightmare on Every Street," Los Angeles Times (17 July), A25.	LA field trip group presentation
	22 Nov	Thanksgiving Day Holiday (no class)
week 10	27 Nov	More vantages	Activity section: LA presentations and discussion Exercise: Utopia or Dystopia? What is our urban future? BB readings*: Adam Gopnik (2011), "The information: how the internet gets inside us," New Yorker (14 & 21 Feb.), 124-130. Reader 1* : Ben McGrath (2010), "Strangers on the Mountain." Reader 1: John D. Kasarda and Greg Lindsay (2011), "Introduction," Aerotropolis: the way we'll live next / John D. Kasarda, Greg Lindsay (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011), 3-24+notes.	LA field trip individual paper due
quiz 8 due	29 Nov	Review and parting shots	Review for final
Exam	4 Dec	FINAL, 3:50-5:50