Required/Recommended readings 

• All the required readings are available on this website. Click “Readings.”
• However, these two books are recommended, if you are further interested in urban sociology.
  • Matthew Desmond, 2016, Evicted: Poverty and profit in the American city, Crown Books
  • Sharon Zukin. 2010. Naked city: The death and life of authentic urban places, Oxford University Press

Grades

• Final letter grades will be computed as follows:
  • Midterm and final exams: 25%×2 = 50%
    o Individual project: Learning about Downtown Brooklyn
    ▪ Four short writing assignments: 10%×4=40%
    o Class participation & attendance: 10%
• Grade Scale and Letter Grade

A	93-100	B	83-86.9	C	70-76.9
A-	90-92.9	B-	80-82.9	D	60-69.9
B+	87-89.9	C+	77-79.9	F	0- 59.9

Mid-term and final exams

Mid-term and final exams (short answers )

There are mid-term and final exams (short answers). Students will have 7-8 short answer questions in class.

Midterm exam will be held on October 20 and final exam will be on December 15.   

Individual Project: Downtown Brooklyn

• • Assignment 1-4, 40%
  • Students are required to write four short writing assignments about Downtown Brooklyn by focusing on the past and the present of the neighborhood from a predominantly Jewish neighborhood to a Black neighborhood to a gentrified neighborhood with luxurious condos and shops.
  • Click the link for further information

• Important deadlines & dates

• Assignment 1: 02/26
• Midterm exam : 03/16
• Assignment 2: 03/19
• Assignment 3: 04/16
• Assignment 4: 05/14
• Final exam: 05/18

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