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UST 301: Urban Development Page 1 of 7 SYLLABUS UST 301: URBAN DEVELOPMENT LEVIN COLLEGE OF URBAN AFFAIRS CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2011 General Information Location: UR 108 Time: 1:30 PM-3:20 PM M&W Instructor: Dr. Haifeng Qian E-mail: Blackboard (preferred); [email protected] Phone: (216) 687-5383 Office: UR 315 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30pm, and by appointment Class Objectives This course is an introduction to the variety of interactions that occur within cities and regions to produce “development.” Some interactions are within the markets of land, labor and capital. Some interactions are between these traditional economic markets and space, government, neighborhoods, and the environment. And other interactions are between space and knowledge economy. Our approach to these interactions will be spatial – we will learn a few basic tools of urban spatial economic analysis to help us understand spatial decision making and its implications for development. We will develop a way of thinking about cities and regions – we take a systematic approach to investigating the foundations of spatial economic decision making in each of the above areas, and then consider how those decisions in total may promote or impede development in a spatial context. Prerequisite: Successful completion of UST 300 (Economics of Policy Analysis) or ECN 202 (Principles of Microeconomics). Required Readings Blair, John P. and Michael Carroll (2009). Local Economic Development: Analysis Practices and Globalization, Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. The below articles are available on Blackboard: Glaeser, Edward L. (1998). Are cities dying? The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12(2), 139-160. Florida, Richard (2003). Cities and the creative class. City and Community, 2, 3-19. Schumpeter, Joseph A. (1975). “Creative Destruction”. From Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (New York: Harper) [orig. pub. 1942], 82-85. Malecki, Edward J. (1994). Entrepreneurship in regional and local development. International Regional Science Review, 16, 119-153. Required Technology • You must regularly read your university e-mail. You are responsible for e-mails that I send to your university e-mail address. Using CampusNet you can forward your university e-mail to another e-mail address, if you wish. If you send me email,UST 301: Urban Development Page 2 of 7 remember to identify yourself – Inclusion of “UST 301” in your subject and an email “signature” are good ideas. • Throughout the semester I will make use of Blackboard for various complementary class functions. At a minimum, you will be able to find class handouts posted there, and I am expecting you to contact me primarily using the mail function of Blackboard. • You will need regular computer and Internet access to complete the assignments in this class. You can find a listing of CSU’s computer labs and hours here: http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/ist/services/student/labs.html • A standalone scientific calculator is needed for exams. Required Effort As for all college courses, you should plan on a minimum of 3 hours out of class, for each credit hour (see CSU’s Hints on Planning a Better Time Schedule). Since this is a 4 credit hour course, some quick math reveals that this class will require a minimum of 12 hours of work outside of class every week. You should anticipate using all 12 of them – some weeks you might need more, some weeks you might need less. Class Structure This class is organized into these components: 1. Readings Prepare for each class session by reading the assigned materials in advance of lecture and identifying topics that may need additional clarification in class. Your first exposure to the course material should be in this initial, advance reading. Make full use of this reading time by taking notes and forming questions to ask during lecture. 2. Lectures and Discussion Lectures serve to discuss and review material in the assigned readings, not to introduce it. Lecture should be your second exposure to the assigned material. Feel free to raise questions to ensure that you thoroughly understand the material. Lectures will be most valuable (and least stress-inducing to you) if you have done the assigned reading first. 3. Urban Development Connections (UDC) You will write three memos covering current Ohio development issues throughout the semester. In these memos you will connect local development issues to the topics covered in class. Considering the course material in the context of an applied issue will provide a third exposure to the material. Guidelines for these memos will be provided separately. 4. Exams You will take three closed-book exams (two midterms and one final). Exams are cumulative.UST 301: Urban Development Page 3 of 7 Class Evaluation Each component of class contributes to your final grade as follows: Attendance and Participation 10% Urban Development Connections Memos (3) 30% (10% each) Midterm Exam 1 15% Midterm Exam 2 20% Final Exam 25% ___________________________________________________________ Total 100% Your participation grade is comprised of your physical attendance and your meaningful participation. Final Grade Determination You must earn this percent of the total class points offered* - To earn at least this grade 93 A 90 A- 87 B+ 83 B 80 B- 77 C+ 70 C 60 D 0 F *There is no rounding up. For example, if you earn 82.8% of all points, you will earn a B-. CLASS POLICIES Attendance I take attendance at the beginning of every class, and attendance contributes to your final grade. It is important to distinguish between excused and unexcused absences from class. An excused absence has these three characteristics: 1. An excused absence occurs due to an extreme event. Extreme events are outside of the realm of responsibilities and activities of the student’s everyday life. Extreme events cannot be anticipated. The responsibilities associated with family, friends, employment, etc., are not outside of your everyday life. They are parts of your life, along with the University, that must be prioritized and managed. 2. An excused absence has


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