URBS 311 Urban Ecology and Los Angeles
This course immerses students in a study of the local urban environment through a combination of readings and discussion, on-site study, and a studio component. Students integrate interdisciplinary ways of seeing and reading the city in projects that respond to the immediate urban environment. Course methodologies include fieldwork research, mapping projects, and visual and written modes of representation, such as digital photography, video, and website development. Prerequisites: WRIT 313, Advanced Academic Writing; LSCI 105, Information Theory and Practice, or LSCI 106, Information Sources in Architecture and Interior Design or, LSCI 205, Information in the Disciplines; MDST 120, Public Speaking