INTRODUCTION TO URBAN PSYCHOLOGY (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:1.Describe key elements of Urban Psychology as stated in “Report of the Task Force on Urban Psychology Toward an Urban Psychology” (APA); 2. Discuss the nature and changing character of the city and the urban experience – including the larger social, political, and economic dynamics of urban change; 3. Explain present-day urban phenomena contextualized in Jakarta.

Topics:

1. Definition of Urban;
2. Urgency on Urban Psychology;
3. Citizens as Individual and Group;
4. Environmental Psychology;
5. Private and Public Space;
6. Lifestyle of Urban Population.