Section Info: GEOG-261CT-01

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

REGISTRATION DETAILS

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.