| Course Title: Collaborative Research Experience: 'Cities' |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: This collaborative research experience focuses on cities and their dynamism. It affords students the opportunity to combine aspects of both a typical course and of an independent study to examine numerous facets of urban life, such as, the impacts of urban planning and design, lived experiences in cities, and the possibilities for just and regenerative urban futures. Steeped within geographic and urban theories and scholarship, by the end of the semester, students will have produced a substantive research project (on a topic of their choice or aligned with the professor's research), experienced direct mentorship from the professor, and participated in group discussions and collaborative learning. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Serin Houston   | 413-538-2055   | shouston@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026   | Seminar   | Monday and Wednesday   | 03:15PM - 04:30PM   | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory   | 413   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| None |           |           |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| GEOG0001   | GEOG-1: Geography major   | This course counts toward the Geography major and minor.   |
| GEOG0001   | GEOG-1: Geography minor   | This course counts toward the Geography major and minor.   |
| GEOG0002   | GEOG-2: Geography major   | This course counts toward the Geography major.   |
| CRPE0001   | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.   |
| CRPE0006   | CRPE-PE: People, Power, Place Courses   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE People, Power, Place requirement.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 14     | Enrollment: 7     | Available: 7     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |