City Studies


Faculty List

•    A. Allahwala, M.A. (FU Berlin), M.Ed. (Toronto), Ph.D. (York), Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
•    S.C. Bunce, B.A. (Guelph), M.E.S. Pl. (York), Ph.D. (York), Associate Professor
•    S. Farber, B.A (McGill), M.S.A. (Ryerson), Ph.D. (McMaster), Associate Professor
•    R. Goffe, B.Arch. (Temple University), Ph.D. (City University of New York), Assistant Professor
•    J. Hannigan, B.A., M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Ohio State), Professor Emeritus
•    C. Higgins, B.A. (Brock), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (McMaster), Assistant Professor
•    Z. Hyde, B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (University of British Columbia), Assistant Professor
•    J. Miron, B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (Penn.), M.Sc. (pl.), Ph.D. (Toronto), Professor Emeritus
•    R. Narayanareddy, MESc. (Yale University), Ph.D. (Minnesota), Associate Professor
•    D. Silver, B.A. (Berkeley), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), Professor
•    A. Sorensen, B.F.A. (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London), Professor


For curriculum inquiries please contact the CIT Program Advisor. Email: cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

The Department of Human Geography offers pre-professional programs for students interested in career paths that may be city-related. Students acquire a combination of conceptual, methodological, and critical skills relevant in a variety of professional fields including city planning, real estate development, transportation, housing, community development, urban governance, and city management. The Specialist, Major and Minor Program in City Studies are multidisciplinary: they are designed to give students the opportunity to see how they might apply ideas about cities from the social sciences and kindred disciplines in their field of professional interest. The programs also offer preparation for students interested in pursuing graduate education in a field of study related to cities.

Guidelines for First-year course selection
Students intending to complete a program in City Studies should complete CITA01H3 and at least 1.0 credit from the courses listed in Program Requirement 1 of the Specialist Program in City Studies or Major Program in City Studies within their first 4.0 credits.

Guidelines for Major Program Completion
The City Studies curriculum has three areas of concentration: (1) City-Building, (2) Community Development and (3) City Governance.

Students are welcome to take courses in more than one area of concentration and are encouraged to take at least three of the City Studies core courses, CITA01H3 (required for all Specialist, Major and Minor students in City Studies), CITB01H3, CITB03H3, CITB04H3, or CITB08H3. These core courses cover foundational concepts of the program and are considered essential preparation for upper-level courses.

Areas of Concentration Table

City Building

Community Development

City Governance

CITC03H3 
CITC04H3
CITC09H3 
CITC14H3
CITC18H3

CITC01H3 
CITC02H3 
CITC07H3 
CITC08H3 

CITC12H3 
CITC15H3
CITC16H3 
CITC17H3 

Notes:
1. It is Department policy that students without the prerequisites will be removed from the course. Students should carefully check the prerequisites required for particular B-and C-level courses.
2. Some upper-level courses (e.g. SOC and MGE) are part of limited enrolment programs, with first preference in these courses going to students enrolled in the associated programs.

Program Combination Restrictions
The Specialist, Major/Major Co-op and Minor programs in City Studies cannot be combined.

Experiential Learning and Outreach
For a community-based experiential learning opportunity in your academic field of interest, consider the courses CITC01H3, CITC02H3, CITD05H3, CITD06H3, CITD12H3, or CTLB03H3, which can be found in the Teaching and Learning section of the Calendar.

city studies Programs

SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS)

The Specialist program in City Studies (BA) will provide students with the skills and knowledge they will need to pursue specialized training at the graduate level in fields like public policy and municipal governance, urban planning, community development, as well as other city-focused fields of studies. Students in the Specialist program will also have the opportunity to develop the in-depth theoretical and conceptual knowledge in applied urban studies, quantitative and qualitative research and GIS skills, practical skills such as project management, facilitation and community consultation, and communication skills needed to succeed in a wide variety of urban professions. Students are encouraged to discuss the selection and sequencing of courses with the Program Advisor or Associate Chair (City Studies).

Enrolment Requirements
Enrolment in the Specialist is limited. Students may apply to enter the program after they have completed at least 4.0 credits, including the courses listed under Requirement 1 of the program.

Admission is based on overall academic performance and grades in the courses in Requirement 1 of the program; students must achieve a minimum CGPA of 2.5. For students applying with more 8.0-10.0 credits, admission will be on the basis of CGPA in all City Studies (CIT) courses taken. Decisions regarding program admissions will be made only twice a year, in May and August, by the City Studies Supervisor of Studies, and will be based on student requests submitted to the Registrar through ROSI.

Program Requirements:
This program requires the completion of 12.0 credits as follows:

1. Introduction to Social Science Thought (1.0 credit from among the following):
ANTA01H3 Introduction to Anthropology: Becoming Human
ANTA02H3 Introduction to Anthropology: Culture, Society and Language
GGRA02H3 The Geography of Global Processes
GGRA03H3 Cities and Environments
[MGEA01H3 Introduction to Microeconomics or MGEA02H3 Introduction to Microeconomics: A Mathematical Approach]
[MGEA05H3 Introduction to Macroeconomics or MGEA06H3 Introduction to Macroeconomics: A Mathematical Approach]
POLA01H3 Critical Issues in Politics I
POLA02H3 Critical Issues in Politics II
SOCA03Y3 Introduction to Sociology

2. Foundations (0.5 credit):
CITA01H3/​(CITB02H3) Foundations of City Studies

3. Core courses (1.5 credits as from the following):
CITB01H3 Canadian Cities and Planning
CITB03H3 Social Planning and Community Development
CITB04H3 City Politics
CITB08H3 Economy of Cities

4. Research Methods (2.0 credits):
GGRA30H3 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Empirical Reasoning
STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences (or equivalent)
and
1.0 credits from the following:
GGRB30H3 Fundamentals of GIS I
GGRB03H3 Writing Geography
GGRC32H3 Essential Spatial Analysis
GGRC31H3 Qualitative Geographical Methods: Place and Ethnography
GGRC42H3 Making Sense of Data: Applied Multivariate Analysis

5. City Studies Applications (3.5 credits from among the following):
CITC01H3 Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study
CITC02H3 Placements in Community Development
CITC03H3 Real Estate and the City
CITC04H3 Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto
CITC07H3 Urban Social Policy
CITC08H3 Cities and Community Development
CITC09H3 Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region
CITC12H3 City Structures and City Choices: Local Government, Management, and Policymaking
CITC14H3 Environmental Planning
CITC15H3 Taxing and Spending: Public Finance in Canadian Cities
CITC16H3 Planning and Governing the Metropolis
CITC17H3 Civic Engagement in Urban Politics
CITC18H3 Transportation Policy Analysis

6. Approaches to Cities (1.5 credits from among the following)*:
GGRB02H3 The Logic of Geographic Thought
GGRB05H3 Urban Geography
GGRB13H3 Social Geography
GGRC02H3 Population Geography
GGRC10H3 Urbanization and Development
GGRC11H3 Current Topics in Urban Geography
GGRC12H3 Transportation Geography
GGRC13H3 Urban Political Geography
GGRC27H3 Location and Spatial Development
GGRC33H3 The Toronto Region
GGRC40H3 Megacities and Global Urbanization
GGRC43H3 Social Geographies of Street Food
GGRC48H3 Geographies of Urban Poverty
POLB50Y3 Canadian Government and Politics
POLC53H3 Canadian Environmental Policy
PPGB66/PPGC66H3/​(POLC66H3) Public Policy Making
PPGC67H3/​(POLC67H3) Public Policy in Canada
SOCB44H3 Sociology of Cities and Urban Life
*Note: these courses may have prerequisites that are not included in this program

7. City Studies Workshop (1.0 credit):
CITD05H3 City Studies Workshop I
CITD06H3 City Studies Workshop II

8. Advanced Applications (1.0 credit):
CITD01H3 City Issues and Strategies
CITD10H3 Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies
CITD12H3 Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto
CITD30H3 Supervised Research Project
GGRD14H3 Social Justice and the City

MAJOR PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS)

Program Requirements
This program requires students to complete a total of 7.0 credits as follows:

1. Introduction to Social Science Thought (1.0 credit from among the following):
ANTA01H3 Introduction to Anthropology: Becoming Human
ANTA02H3 Introduction to Anthropology: Culture, Society and Language
GGRA02H3 The Geography of Global Processes
GGRA03H3 Cities and Environments
[MGEA01H3 Introduction to Microeconomics or MGEA02H3 Introduction to Microeconomics: A Mathematical Approach]
[MGEA05H3 Introduction to Macroeconomics or MGEA06H3 Introduction to Macroeconomics: A Mathematical Approach]
POLA01H3 Critical Issues in Politics I
POLA02H3 Critical Issues in Politics II
SOCA03Y3 Introduction to Sociology

2. Foundations
CITA01H3/​(CITB02H3) Foundations of City Studies

3. Core courses (1.0 credits from among the following):
CITB01H3 Canadian Cities and Planning
CITB03H3 Social Planning and Community Development
CITB04H3 City Politics
CITB08H3 Economy of Cities

4. Methods (1.0 credit as follows):
STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
and
0.5 credit from among the following:
GGRA30H3 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Empirical Reasoning
GGRB30H3 Fundamentals of GIS I
GGRC31H3 Qualitative Geographical Methods: Place and Ethnography
GGRC42H3 Making Sense of Data: Applied Multivariate Analysis

5. City Studies Applications (at least 2.0 credits from among the following):
CITC01H3 Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough
CITC02H3 Placements in Community Development
CITC03H3 Real Estate and the City
CITC04H3 Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto
CITC07H3 Urban Social Policy
CITC08H3 Cities and Community Development
CITC09H3 Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region
CITC10H3 Selected Issues in City Studies
CITC12H3 City Structures and City Choices: Local Government, Management, and Policy Making
CITC14H3 Environmental Planning
CITC15H3 Taxing and Spending: Public Finance in Canadian Cities
CITC16H3 Planning and Governing the Metropolis
CITC17H3 Civic Engagement in Municipal Politics
CITC18H3 Urban Transportation Policy Analysis
CITD01H3 City Issues and Strategies
CITD05H3 City Studies Workshop I
CITD06H3 City Studies Workshop II
CITD10H3 Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies
CITD12H3 Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto
CITD30H3 Supervised Research Project

6. Approaches to Cities (at least 1.5 credits from among the following):
ANTC18H3 Urban Worlds
[EESA05H3 Environmental Hazards or EESA06H3 Introduction to Planet Earth]
EESD20H3 Geological Evolution and Environmental History of North America
GGRB02H3 The Logic of Geographic Thought
GGRB05H3 Urban Geography
GGRB13H3 Social Geography
GGRB28H3 Geographies of Disease
GGRC02H3 Population Geography
GGRC10H3 Urbanization and Development
GGRC11H3 Current Topics in Urban Geography
GGRC12H3 Transportation Geography
GGRC13H3 Urban Political Geography
GGRC27H3 Location and Spatial Development
GGRC33H3 The Toronto Region
GGRC40H3 Megacities and Global Urbanization
GGRC43H3 Social Geographies of Street Food
GGRC48H3 Geographies of Urban Poverty
GGRD09H3 Feminist Geographies
GGRD14H3 Social Justice and the City
HISC58H3 Delhi and London: Imperial Cities, Mobile People
POLB50Y3 Canadian Government and Politics
POLC53H3 Canadian Environmental Policy
PPGB66H3/​(PPGC66H3)/(POLC66H3) Public Policy Making
PPGC67H3/​(POLC67H3) Public Policy in Canada
SOCB44H3 Sociology of Cities and Urban Life
SOCC26H3 Sociology of Urban Cultural Policies
SOCC27H3 Sociology of Suburbs and Suburbanization
WSTB12H3 Women, Violence and Resistance
WSTB20H3/​(WSTC20H3) Women, the Environment, and Change
WSTC14H3 Women, Community, and Policy Change

MAJOR (CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS)

Co-op Contact: askcoop@utoronto.ca

The Major (Co-op) Program in City Studies is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that combines academic studies with paid work terms in the public, private, and/or non-profit sectors. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop the academic and professional skills required to pursue employment in these areas, or to continue on to graduate training in an academic field related to City Studies upon graduation.
In addition to their academic course requirements, students must successfully complete the additive Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation courses and a minimum of two Co-op work terms.

Enrolment Requirements
The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits, plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Current Co-op Students:
Students admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt in their first year of study must request a Co-op Subject POSt on ACORN upon completion of 4.0 credits and must meet the minimum qualifications for entry as noted above.

Prospective Co-op Students:
Prospective Co-op students (i.e., those not yet admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt) must submit a program request on ACORN, and meet the minimum qualifications noted above. Deadlines follow the Limited Enrolment Program Application Deadlines set by the Office of the Registrar each year. Failure to submit the program request on ACORN will result in that student's application not being considered.

Program Requirements
Students must complete the program requirements as described in the Major Program in City Studies.

Co-op Work Term Requirements
Students must satisfactorily complete two Co-op work terms, each of four-months duration. To be eligible for their first work term, students must be enrolled in the Major (Co-op) Program in City Studies and have completed at least 10.0 credits.
In addition to their academic program requirements, Co-op students complete up to four Co-op specific courses. These courses are designed to prepare students for their job search and work term experience, and to maximize the benefits of their Co-op work terms. They cover a variety of topics intended to assist students in developing the skills and tools required to secure work terms that are appropriate to their program of study, and to perform professionally in the workplace. These courses must be completed in sequence, and are taken in addition to a full course load. They are recorded on transcripts as credit/no credit (CR/NCR) and are considered to be additive credit to the 20.0 required degree credits. No additional course fee is assessed as registration is included in the Co-op Program fee.

Co-op Preparation Course Requirements:

1. COPB50H3/​(COPD01H3) – Foundations for Success in Arts & Science Co-op
- Students entering Co-op from outside of UTSC (high school or other postsecondary) will complete this course in Fall or Winter of their first year at UTSC. Enrolment in each section is based on admission category: Typically, students in Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics enroll in the Fall semester while all other Arts & Science Co-op admission categories enroll in the Winter semester however this may vary year to year.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in April/May will complete this course in the Summer semester.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in July/August will complete this course in the Fall semester.

2. COPB51H3/​(COPD03H3) – Preparing to Compete for your Co-op Work Term
- This course will be completed eight months in advance of the first scheduled work term.

3. COPB52H3/​(COPD11H3) – Managing your Work Term Search & Transition to Work
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the first work scheduled work term.

4. COPC98H3/​(COPD12H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part I
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the second scheduled work term.

5. COPC99H3/​(COPD13H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part II
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the third scheduled work term (for programs that require the completion of 3 work terms and/or four months in advance of any additional work terms that have been approved by the Arts and Science Co-op Office.

Students must be available for work terms in each of the Fall, Winter and Summer semesters and must complete at least one of their required work terms in either a Fall or Winter semester. This, in turn, requires that students take courses during at least one Summer semester.

For information on fees, status in Co-op programs, and certification of completion of Co-op programs, see the 6B.5 Co-operative Programs section or the Arts and Science Co-op section in the UTSC Calendar.

MINOR PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS)

Students taking the Minor Program in City Studies should consider selecting most of their Applications program requirements from one area of focus: City Building, Community Development, or City Governance.

Program Requirements
The program requires the completion of 4.0 credits as follows:

1. Foundations (0.5 credit):
CITA01H3/​(CITB02H3) Foundations of City Studies

2. Core Courses (1.5 credits from the following):
GGRB05H3 Urban Geography
CITB01H3 Canadian Cities and Planning
CITB03H3 Social Planning and Community Development
CITB04H3 City Politics
CITB08H3 Economy of Cities

3. Applications (2.0 credits at the C- or D-level, from the following):
CITC01H3 Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough
CITC03H3 Real Estate and the City
CITC04H3 Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto
CITC07H3 Urban Social Policy
CITC08H3 Cities and Community Development
CITC10H3 Selected Issues in City Studies
CITC12H3 City Structures and City Choices: Local Government, Management, and Policy Making
CITC14H3 Environmental Planning
CITC15H3 Taxing and Spending: Public Finance in Canadian Cities
CITC16H3 Planning and Governing the Metropolis
CITC17H3 Civic Engagement in Urban Politics
CITC18H3 Urban Transportation Policy Analysis
CITD01H3 City Issues and Strategies
CITD10H3 Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies
CITD12H3 Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto
GGRC10H3 Urbanization and Development
GGRC11H3 Current Topics in Urban Geography
GGRC12H3 Transportation Geography
GGRC13H3 Urban Political Geography
GGRC27H3 Location and Spatial Development
GGRC33H3 The Toronto Region
GGRC40H3 Megacities and Global Urbanization
GGRC43H3 Social Geographies of Street Food
GGRC48H3 Geographies of Urban Poverty
GGRC50H3 Geographies of Education
GGRD14H3 Social Justice and the City

City Studies Courses

CITA01H3 - Foundations of City Studies

A review of the major characteristics and interpretations of cities, urban processes and urban change as a foundation for the Program in City Studies. Ideas from disciplines including Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Planning, Political Science and Sociology, are examined as ways of understanding cities.

Exclusion: CITB02H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB01H3 - Canadian Cities and Planning

After reviewing the history of urban and regional planning in Canada, this course considers alternative ideologies, models of public choice, the role of the planner, the instruments of planning, tools for the analysis of planning, and planning in the context of the space economy.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits.
Exclusion: (GGRB06H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB03H3 - Social Planning and Community Development

This course provides an overview of the history, theory, and politics of community development and social planning as an important dimension of contemporary urban development and change.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits.
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB04H3 - City Politics

This course is the foundations course for the city governance concentration in the City Studies program, and provides an introduction to the study of urban politics with particular emphasis on different theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding urban decision-making, power, and conflict.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB08H3 - Economy of Cities

An introduction to economic analysis of cities, topics include: theories of urban economic growth; the economics of land use, urban structure, and zoning; the economics of environments, transportation, and sustainability; public finance, cost-benefit analysis, the provision of municipal goods and services, and the new institutional economics.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits.
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC01H3 - Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough

This course engages students in a case study of some of the issues facing urban communities and neighbourhoods today. Students will develop both community-based and academic research skills by conducting research projects in co-operation with local residents and businesses, non-profit organizations, and government actors and agencies.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Geography, Political Science or Sociology.
Recommended Preparation: CITC08H3
Enrolment Limits: 30
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Priority enrolment is given students registered in the City Studies programs. Students from other programs may request admission through the Program Advisor at cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

CITC02H3 - Placements in Community Development

With a focus on building knowledge and skills in community development, civic engagement, and community action, students will ‘learn by doing’ through weekly community-based placements with community organizations in East Scarborough and participatory discussion and written reflections during class time. The course will explore topics such as community-engaged learning, social justice, equity and inclusion in communities, praxis epistemology, community development theory and practice, and community-based planning and organizing. Students will be expected to dedicate 3-4 hours per week to their placement time in addition to the weekly class time. Community-based placements will be organized and allocated by the course instructor.

Prerequisite: At least 1.5 credits at the B-level in CIT courses
Recommended Preparation: CITC01H3 and CITC08H3
Enrolment Limits: 30
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Priority enrolment is given students registered in the City Studies programs, students from other programs may request admission through the Program Advisor at cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

CITC03H3 - Real Estate and the City

Operation of property markets; cities as markets in land and structures; stocks of property and flows of accommodation service; location of industry, offices and retailing within the city; rental and owner-occupied housing; depreciation and maintenance; cyclical behaviour in metropolitan property markets; impacts of local government; property taxation.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Economics for Management Studies, or Management.
Exclusion: (GGRB10H3)
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC04H3 - Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto

Constitutional authority, municipal corporations, official plans, zoning bylaws, land subdivision and consents, development control, deed restrictions and common interest developments, Ontario Municipal Board.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology.
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC07H3 - Urban Social Policy

In recent years social policy has been rediscovered as a key component of urban governance. This course examines the last half-century of evolving approaches to social policy and urban inequality, with particular emphasis on the Canadian urban experience. Major issues examined are poverty, social exclusion, labour market changes, housing, immigration and settlement.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Exclusion: CITC10H3 if taken in the 2011 Winter session
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC08H3 - Cities and Community Development

An examination of community development as the practice of citizens and community organizations to empower individuals and groups to improve the social and economic wellbeing of their communities and neighbourhoods. The course will consider different approaches to community development and critically discuss their potential for positive urban social change.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology.
Enrolment Limits: 30
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Priority enrolment is given students registered in the City Studies programs. Students from other programs may request admission through the Program Advisor at cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

CITC09H3 - Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region

An introduction to the study of the history of urban planning with particular emphasis on the investigation of the planning ideas, and the plans, that have shaped Toronto and its surrounding region through the twentieth century. The course will consider international developments in planning thought together with their application to Toronto and region.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC10H3 - Selected Issues in City Studies

Examination of one or more current issues in cities. The specific issues will vary depending on the instructor.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC12H3 - City Structures and City Choices: Local Government, Management, and Policymaking

This course examines the structure of local government, how local Government is managed, how policy decisions are made. Viewing Canadian cities in comparative perspective, topics include the organization and authority of the mayor, council, civic bureaucracy, and special-purpose bodies, and their roles in the making and implementation of public policies; ethical and conflict-of-interest dilemmas; collective bargaining; and provincial oversight of municipal affairs.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Economics for Management Studies, Management, Political Science, or Sociology.
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

CITC14H3 - Environmental Planning

This course introduces students to questions of urban ecology and environmental planning, and examines how sustainability and environmental concerns can be integrated into urban planning processes and practices.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Environmental Studies, Political Science, or Sociology
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC15H3 - Taxing and Spending: Public Finance in Canadian Cities

The course examines Canadian local public finance in comparative perspective and discusses the implications of municipal finance for urban public policy, planning, and the provision of municipal services. Topics include local government revenue sources and expenditures, the politics of municipal budgeting and intergovernmental fiscal relations, and how public finance influences urban form.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Economics for Management Studies, Management, Political Science, or Sociology
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC16H3 - Planning and Governing the Metropolis

Most of the world's population now lives in large urban regions. How such metropolitan areas should be planned and governed has been debated for over a century. Using examples, this course surveys and critically evaluates leading historical and contemporary perspectives on metropolitan planning and governance, and highlights the institutional and political challenges to regional coordination and policy development.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Management, Political Science, or Sociology
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC17H3 - Civic Engagement in Urban Politics

This course examines the engagement of citizen groups, neighbourhood associations, urban social movements, and other non-state actors in urban politics, planning, and governance. The course will discuss the contested and selective insertion of certain groups into city-regional decision-making processes and structures.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credit s, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC18H3 - Urban Transportation Policy Analysis

Demand forecasting; methodology of policy analysis; impacts on land values, urban form and commuting; congestion; transit management; regulation and deregulation; environmental impacts and safety.

Prerequisite: [STAB22H3 or equivalent] and [8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Economics for Management Studies, Management, or Political Science]
Exclusion: GGR324H and (GGRC18H3)
Enrolment Limits: 60
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITD01H3 - City Issues and Strategies

This course is designed as a culminating City Studies course in which participants are able to showcase the application of their research skills, and share their professional and disciplinary interests in a common case study. Lectures and guests will introduce conceptual frameworks, core questions and conflicts. Students will be expected to actively participate in discussions and debates, and produce shared research resources. Each student will prepare a substantial research paper as a final project.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and completion of the following requirements from either the Major or Major Co-operative programs in City Studies: (2) Core Courses and (4) Methods
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

CITD05H3 - City Studies Workshop I

City Studies Workshop I provides training in a range of career-oriented research, consulting, and professional skills. Through a series of 4-week modules, students will develop professional practice oriented skills, such as conducting public consultations, participating in design charrettes, making public presentations, writing policy briefing notes, conducting stakeholder interviews, working with community partner organizations, organizing and running public debates, and participant observation of council meetings and policy processes at Toronto City Hall.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits, including completion of the following requirements of the Specialist and Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies: 1. Introduction to Social Science Thought, 2. Core Courses, and 3. Methods
Exclusion: (CITC05H3)
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: This course is designed for students in Years 3 and 4 of their programs. Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Specialist and Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies.

CITD06H3 - City Studies Workshop II

City Studies Workshop II provides training in a range of career-oriented research, consulting, and professional skills. Through a series of 4-week modules, students will develop professional practice oriented skills, such as conducting public consultations, participating in design charrettes, making public presentations, writing policy briefing notes, conducting stakeholder interviews, working with community partner organizations, organizing and running public debates, and participant observation of council meetings and policy processes at Toronto City Hall.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits, including completion of the following requirements of the Specialist and Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies: 1. Introduction to Social Science Thought, 2. Core Courses, and 3. Methods
Exclusion: (CITC06H3)
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: This course is designed for students in Years 3 and 4 of their program of study. Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Specialist and Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies.

CITD10H3 - Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies

Designed primarily for final-year City Studies Majors, this research seminar is devoted to the analysis and discussion of current debates and affairs in City Studies using a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. Specific content will vary from year to year. Seminar format with active student participation.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits, including completion of the following requirements of the Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies: (1) Introduction to Social Science Thought, (2) Core Courses, and (4) Methods
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies. Additional students will be admitted as space permits.

CITD12H3 - Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto

This course is designed to develop career-related skills such as policy-oriented research analysis, report writing, and presentation and networking skills through experiential learning approaches. The policy focus each year will be on a major current Toronto planning policy issue, from ‘Complete Streets’ to improvements to parks and public space infrastructure, to public transit-related investments. Students work closely in the course with planners and policymakers from the City of Toronto, policy advocates, and community organizers.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits, including completion of the following requirements of the Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies: (1) Introduction to Social Science Thought, (2) Core Courses, and (3) Methods
Exclusion: CITD10H3 (if taken in the 2018 Fall Session and 2020 Winter session)
Enrolment Limits: 25
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

CITD30H3 - Supervised Research Project

An independent studies course open only to students in the Major and Major Co-op programs in City Studies. An independent studies project will be carried out under the supervision of an individual faculty member.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits, including completion of the following requirements of the Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies: 1) Introduction to Social Science Thought, 2) Core Courses, 4) Methods; and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

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