| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Part I: Setting the Framework | ||
| 1 | Introduction and Course Overview: Diversity and Change in Urban Neighborhoods | |
| 2 | Frameworks for Analyzing Urban Neighborhoods I | |
| 3 | Frameworks for Analyzing Urban Neighborhoods II | |
| 4 | Neighborhoods and Community | |
| 5 | Neighborhood Diversity and the Metropolitan Community | |
| 6 | Community Development I: Context, Origins, and Transformations | |
| 7 | Community Development II: The Current Scene | |
| 8 | Community Organizing in the Neighborhood I | First memo assigned |
| 9 | Community Organizing in the Neighborhood II | |
| 10 | Framework Reflection | First memo due |
| Part II: Housing and Community Development | ||
| 11 | Historic Perspective | |
| 12 | Historic Perspective II | |
| 13 | Public Housing and Community Development | |
| 14 | Managing the Housing Stock | |
| Part III: Economic Development, Work, and Jobs | ||
| 15 | Community Economic Development Part I: Place-based Strategies Guest Speaker: Elisabeth Reynolds, PhD Candidate, DUSP | |
| 16 | Community Economic Development Part II: Issues, Approaches, and Debates | Request for proposals assigned |
| 17 | Sources of Capital | |
| 18 | Main Streets | |
| 19 | Race and Community Building | Request for proposals due |
| 20 | Welfare, Work and Job Training | |
| 21 | Crime, Security and Community Development | |
| 22 | Education and Community Development | |
| 23 | Health and Community Development | Third memo assigned |
| 24 | Faith-Based Organizations and Community Development | |
| 25 | Labor and Community Development | Third memo due |