Students will read articles that will be made available on Blackboard: E-Reserves or directly linked to the Schedule page. Students are also required to obtain the following books, which can be found at the college bookstore and on reserve at the library.

John Logan and Harvey Molotch, Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place, 20th anniversary ed. (Univ. of California Press, 2007).

Robert E. Lang and Jennifer LeFurgy, Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities (Brookings Institution Press, 2007).