PENN SUMMER - University of Pennsylvania

STaTiSTiCS
sTaT 111 910 MTWr 10:40am–12:15pm aldor-noiman
Introductory Statistics
Fulfills Formal Reasoning Course, Quantitative Data Analysis Requirement
Basic ideas of probability and statistics. Statistical methods for the
behavioral sciences, especially psychology. Topics include probability,
estimation, hypothesis testing, regression.
TheaTer arTS
Thar 100 910 Tr 6:00pm–9:00pm Malague
Introduction to Theatre
Fulfills Arts & Letters Sector
What is theatre? For whom—and by whom—is it created and performed?
What does it take to “make theatre?” What is the role of theatre
in society and in our culture(s)? This course is an “introduction”
to theatre as a unique art form. We will learn to read plays not merely
as pieces of literature, but as scripts designed for performance. This
summer, live viewing of plays in production will be a special feature
of the course, as our class schedule will facilitate group visits to
Philadelphia theatres. Among the productions we will see and study
are Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George at the Arden
Theatre; August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Philadelphia
Theatre Company; and Vaclav Havel’s Leaving at the Wilma Theater.
We will examine the roles of actor, director, designer, and playwright;
we will look back at moments in the theatrical past—and
forward to new ways of thinking about performance. The course will
also include conversations with professional practitioners and a “behind-the-scenes”
look at theatre in Philadelphia.
UrBan STUDieS
urBs 203 910 MW 4:30pm–7:40pm gorostiza
Introduction to City Planning
This course will provide a general introduction to the concepts and
practice of city planning. Topics to be discussed include: the process
and nature of planning—theories, methods and roles as manifested
in practice; history and trends in city planning; functional planning
practice; planning within constraints—a field project; planning in the
international arena; present crisis in planning.
urBs 220 910 Tr 1:00pm–4:00pm lamas
Democratic City and Sustainable Development
In an era of market-driven anomie, can we find successful ways of living
with personal dignity and social purpose? How can our concerns
and critiques regarding hierarchies of power be oriented towards
the generation of alternative, practical strategies for urban development?
What can we learn by searching philosophically, historically,
and globally? What principles, policies, and programs—secular and
religious—actually promote democratic, sustainable cities? We will
situate our inquiry at the intersection of theory and practice in a
consideration of capitalism, globalization, urbanization, gender and
racial inequality, social welfare, public health, human rights, environmentalism,
and economic democracy.
urBs 390 910 Tr 9:00am–12:00pm nairn
Urban Agriculture
Urban agriculture is a growing global trend. This course examines
urban agriculture as an issue of sustainability, social justice, public
health and vacant land. It explores the potential of urban agriculture
in both the Global North and South to provide a safe and secure
source of food to city residents. Major topics include sustainable agricultural
practices; operational and spatial requirements; distribution
systems and access to fresh food. Using Philadelphia as a laboratory,
the course explores its robust agricultural scene of community gardens,
guerilla gardens, and entrepreneurial farms, as well as its distribution
system including programs such as City Harvest, the emerging
Common Market and established farmers’ markets. The course
will integrate lectures about sustainable agricultural practices with
field trips to and hands-on work at community gardens and farms.
urBs 457 910 Tr 5:00pm–8:10pm Von Mahs
Globalization and Comparative Urban
Development: Globalization and the Welfare
State
Crosslisted with: SOCI 435 910
This seminar will explore the impact of economic globalization on
welfare states in North America and Europe. Specifically, this course
will provide a systematized account of how different welfare regimes
respond to global economic restructuring processes and thereby produce
different outcomes in the protection of their citizens against
social risks.
Summer Session ii
JULY 6–AUgUST 13, 2010
anCienT hiSTorY
anCh 026 920 MTWr 2:40pm–4:15pm gieske
Ancient Greece
Fulfills History & Tradition Sector / Crosslisted with: HIST 026 920
The Greeks enjoy a special place in the construction of western culture
and identity, and yet many of us have only the vaguest notion of
what their culture was like. A few Greek myths at bedtime when we
are kids, maybe a Greek tragedy like Sophokles’ Oidipous when we
are at school: these are often the only contact we have with the world
of the ancient Mediterranean. The story of the Greeks, however, deserves
a wider audience, because so much of what we esteem in our
own culture derives from them: democracy, epic poetry, lyric poetry,
tragedy, history writing, philosophy, aesthetic taste, all of these
and many other features of cultural life enter the West from Greece.
The oracle of Apollo at Delphi had inscribed over the temple, “Know
Thyself.” For us, that also means knowing the Greeks. We will cover
the period from the Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC, down to the time
of Philip of Macedon, c. 350 BC, concentrating on the 200-year interval
from 600–400 BC.
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