- Class Dates
- 01/16/2024 to 05/03/2024
- Units
- 3.0
- Delivered By
- Online Asynchronous
- Instructor(s)
-
Susmita Rishi
(srishi@ksu.edu) - Meeting Times
- Meets by Appt
- Meeting Location
- Distance Education
World Cities
PLAN 215 - Class Number: 15947


Description:
This course introduces undergraduates from a variety of disciplines to some of the major urban areas in the world, how and why they developed, what makes them unique, what it might be like to live there, and what issues they may face in achieving a sustainable future. This course gives students a way of thinking about cities in a global context that highlights both their differences and their similarities. Through lectures, text and other multi-media formats, students explore some of the main opportunities and challenges facing the inhabitants of large cities in today’s world.
- Students majoring in Regional & Community Planning or Real Estate & Community Development, and/or those taking for Honors credit must enroll in the on-campus section.
Permissions:
- Instructor Susmita Rishi's permission is required after 01/23/2024.
- Enrollment Dates
- 10/23/2023 to 01/16/2024
- Enrollment Limit
- 50
Credit/Tuition Options
Enrollments received on or after the first day of class may be assessed a $65 special handling fee.
Courses in Kansas State University’s new tuition and fees structure charge by program type — campus-based or online — versus by individual course delivery format. Tuition and fees rates are available at k-state.edu/costs.