SOCIOL 312

Urban Futures

Description

Informed by Critical Disaster Studies and Critical Future Studies, this course surveys our prospects for living equitably and sustainably on an urban planet. Cities are overproducers of social and environmental problems and must therefore become the principal sites for their solutions. We will look beyond sociology to other disciplines, Indigenous Knowledge and speculative fiction to help generate potential answers. 

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2026 will be refreshed around November/December.

Availability 2026

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Professor Steve Matthewman

Points

SOCIOL 312: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Sociology