GEOG356
UTOPIAN VISIONS/URBN REALITIES
Also listed under 4 other titles
- Utopian Visions, Urban Realities: Planning Cities for the 21st Century
- UTOPIAN VISION,URBAN REALITIES
- UTOPIAN VISION
- COURSE CANCELLED
- Department
- Geography
- Terms offered
- 11
- Data refreshed
- Sep 1, 2026
Description
Although utopia literally means "no place" and utopias do not exist in any concrete sense, utopian thinking exerts a powerful hold on our imagination and continues to inspire a lot of approaches to urban policy, design and planning today. This course explores this thinking and will attempt to come to grips with various ideas about what utopias should be, how they have animated our thinking about city form and function, and how they have achieved certain material expressions in the twentieth-century urban context. It will also examine the contradictions and unintended consequences of utopian thinking in planning. Amongst other things, the course will grapple with questions of order versus disorder in the city, heterogeneity versus homogeneity, openness versus closure, and individual freedom versus collective necessity. It will draw upon geographical sources as well as a diverse array of other materials.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2016–2026
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 38% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 9 fall terms since 2018. Department course count rising about 5% per year. | 2030 Spring: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 spring terms since 2018. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 38% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 10 fall terms since 2017. Department course count rising about 4% per year. | 2029 Spring: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 spring terms since 2017. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 39% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 11 fall terms since 2016. Department course count rising about 3% per year. | 2028 Spring: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 spring terms since 2016. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 39% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 12 fall terms since 2015. Department course count rising about 3% per year. | 2027 Spring: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 spring terms since 2015. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2026 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2025 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Thu, 2:50 PM–5:50 PM JC102 2026
- Tue, Fri, 12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jefferson Academic Center JF133 20102004
- Mon, Thu, 1:25 PM–2:40 PM Jefferson Academic Center JF222 20082006
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 5 of 25 enrolled | 24816 |
| Fall 2023 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 5 of 25 enrolled | 22489 |
| Fall 2021 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 2 of 20 enrolled | 28373 |
| Fall 2018 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 3 of 25 enrolled | 26576 |
| Fall 2014 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 1 of 5 enrolled | 23746 |
| Fall 2012 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | Enrollment not recorded; capacity 5 | 22198 |
| Fall 2010 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 3 of 18 enrolled | 27874 |
| Fall 2008 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 8 of 25 enrolled | 25384 |
| Fall 2006 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 2 of 25 enrolled | 24201 |
| Fall 2004 | Deborah Martin | Lecture | 1 | 8 of 20 enrolled | 22321 |
| Fall 2003 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | 0 of 0 enrolled | 21598 |