London Semester Course Description
London: Investigation of a Global City (Semester-Long) *NEW Spring 2010*
This course runs throughout the semester.
This is a trans-disciplinary, thematic, and academically rigorous interdisciplinary seminar. It combines challenging classroom learning and field learning. The overall focus is on the nature of the global city and what this means for understanding globalization and the lived experience in a diverse urban environment. It includes an exploration of the key economic, political, social and cultural processes that have shaped and consolidated London as an archetypal global city. In addition to readings, lectures, student presentations and other in-class learning, this seminar is supplemented by educational excursions that help students understand the globalization of the city. Examples of possible field locations include Spitalfields, Hoxton, the Docklands, and the London Transport Museum.