全球的都市化程度日益增加，都市經驗對於人類社會的重要性不言可喻，都市社會學向來具有濃厚的社會改革實踐色彩，伴隨著城鄉規劃的歷史與思潮、真實世界中城市發展的動力、其所出現的各式各樣矛盾，都市理論從早期的芝加哥學派發展至今，已經有近百年的歷史，當中都市社會學的理論取向也歷經了典範轉移。本課程為東海社會系與通識中心雙掛，從都市社會學的知識基礎出發，關切台中的都市發展與居住正義課題，希望創造一個學術討論平台，讓不同科系的的同學，藉由台中實際案例的探討，有彼此交流、共同思考的機會，從而梳理出各自的人文社會關懷。
本課程將透過有系統地探討都市社會學的重要概念系譜和研究向度，搭配台中具體經驗案例，規劃十個主題，提供修課同學對於都市化與都市發展之社會科學知識基礎，讓參與者運用此知識資源梳理出各自的關懷。本課程除了由授課者講授相關基礎概念之外，也將進行三次戶外教學，分別是台中的重劃區、舊城中區以及東勢。
作為社會系選修課以及通識課雙掛課程，本課程歡迎非社會系背景的同學選修，社會系修課學生，需要分組做導讀與提問報告(也歡迎通識課同學加入)，並選定台中一個具體的課題，作一個小研究報告，在期末周上台做15-20分鐘的PPT簡報，報告題目由組員自訂，除了蒐集二手資料外，鼓勵同學進行田野訪調，報告主題與課程內容不致偏離太多即可。
為節省資源並讓同學易於閱讀更多文章，本課程的教材，均有電子檔，將Po到教學平台供同學下載。

The degree of urbanization in the world is increasing day by day, and the importance of urban experience to human society is self-evident. Urban sociology has always been a strong practice of social reform. Along with the history and ideological trends of urban and rural planning, the driving force of urban development in the real world, and the various contradictions that have emerged, urban theory has developed from the early Chicago School to the present. It has a history of nearly a hundred years, and the theoretical orientation of urban sociology has also experienced paradigm shifts. This course is co-taught by the Department of Sociology and the Center for General Studies. It starts from the knowledge base of urban sociology and is concerned with the urban development and residential justice issues in Taichung. It hopes to create an academic discussion platform so that students from different departments can have the opportunity to communicate with each other and think together through the discussion of actual cases in Taichung, so as to sort out their own humanistic and social concerns.
This course will systematically explore the genealogy and research dimensions of important concepts in urban sociology, with specific empirical cases in Taichung, and plan ten themes to provide course students with a foundation of social science knowledge about urbanization and urban development, allowing participants to use this knowledge resource to sort out their own concerns. In addition to the relevant basic concepts taught by the instructor, this course will also have three outdoor teaching sessions, namely Taichung's redistricting area, Old City Central District, and Dongshi.
As an elective course in the Department of Sociology and a dual course in General Studies, this course welcomes students from non-Social Studies backgrounds. Students taking the Sociology Department are required to do introductory readings and question reports in groups (General Studies students are also welcome to join), and choose a specific topic in Taichung. , make a small research report and give a 15-20 minute PPT presentation on stage during the final week. The report topic is customized by the team members. In addition to collecting second-hand information, students are encouraged to conduct field interviews. The report topic does not deviate too much from the course content.
In order to save resources and make it easier for students to read more articles, the textbooks for this course are all available in electronic files and will be posted to the teaching platform for students to download.

蔡勇美、章英華主編(1997)《台灣的都市社會》，台北：巨流。
蘇碩斌(2010)《看不見與看得見的台北》(修訂一版)，台北：群學。
Gottdiener, M. and Hutscison, R.(2010) The New Urban Sociology, 4th Edition, New York: Westview Press. 黃怡譯(2011)《新城市社會學》，上海：上海譯文出版社。
Harding, A. and Blokland, T.(2014)Urban Theory: A Critical Introduction to Power, Cities and Urbanism in the 21st Century. London: Sage.王岩譯(2016)《城市理論：對21世紀權力、城市和城市主義的批判性介紹》，北京：社會科學文獻出版社。

Edited by Cai Yongmei and Zhang Yinghua (1997) "Urban Society in Taiwan", Taipei: Juliu.
Su Shuobin (2010) "Invisible and Visible Taipei" (revised first edition), Taipei: Qunxue.
Gottdiener, M. and Hutscison, R. (2010) The New Urban Sociology, 4th Edition, New York: Westview Press. Translated by Huang Yi (2011) "New Urban Sociology", Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Press.
Harding, A. and Blokland, T. (2014) Urban Theory: A Critical Introduction to Power, Cities and Urbanism in the 21st Century. London: Sage. Translated by Wang Yan (2016) "Urban Theory: A Critical Introduction to Power, Cities and Urbanism in the 21st Century", Beijing: Social Science Literature Press.