1. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Examines how infrastructure systems such as transportation, energy, water, and public facilities serve people and their activities. Teaches skills for infrastructure planning, evaluation, and implementation. 3 lecture-discussions, 3 hours of laboratory. Prerequisite: URP 335. Concurrent enrollment required.

 
2. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students should expect to:
• Understand frameworks in which to conceptualize infrastructure.
• Become familiar with various types of urban infrastructure sites, facilities, and services.
• Explore methods for planning, evaluating and implementing social and physical infrastructure programs.
• Develop skills in the oral, written, and graphic presentation of information about infrastructure and issues related to its provision.
3. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
• Attendance at all lectures (M 1-3:50), lab sessions (W 10-12:50 or 1-3:50), and field trips.
• Timely completion of assigned readings. Quizzes covering the assigned readings or previous lecture may be given at the beginning of any lecture or lab section, unless otherwise noted. Always bring a small scantron to class. Quizzes will be closed book, but one page (8.5" x 11", both sides) of notes may be used. You may be asked to turn in the notes with the quizzes.
• Timely completion and submission of reaction papers and labs.  Late papers will lose 10% of the possible points for each day late.

 
4. EXAMINATIONS: There are no exams, but expect many quizzes, which may occur on Mondays or Wednesdays.

 
5. TEXTS: Readings will be made available through Instructional Services. Unless otherwise noted, all readings on the syllabus are required readings.

Lecture notes will be on reserve at the University Library in hard copy and electronic copy (search by instructor using "urey").
 
6. BASIS FOR GRADES
 

Proportion	Work
24 %	Labs
15 %	Quizzes
15 %	Reaction papers
6 %	Attendance and participation
40 %	Near the end of the quarter, each student will submit a short summary of how they have used their work in this course to fulfill the overall objects the university has for its students.  Each student will list their participation in relevant course activities and describe how that participation has (to borrow from the university mission) generated in them the understanding, attitudes, and perspectives that will enable them to solve complex problems and enrich local and world communities.  The instructor will read each summary to screen for bald untruths or wild exaggerations.  Then they will be sent to a professional evaluator in Los Angeles, who will score them on a scale of 40.  The evaluator's assessment will be final, i.e. no changes will be made to these scores.*

7. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Please be aware of University guidelines regarding academic integrity (1997-99 University catalog, p. 47): All forms of academic dishonesty at Cal Poly are a violation of University policy and will be considered a serious offense. Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to: Plagiarism--"intentionally or knowingly presenting words, ideas, or work of others as one's own work" and presenting fabricated data as authentic. Remember, always cite your sources, be careful in paraphrasing the ideas of others, and always make it explicit when you include in your work a direct quotation from a source.
 
8. SCHEDULE of ACTIVITIES

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