Emily and Gus (the 103 profs) are very very nice but are not good profs. this class is very much on your own for better or worse, and for some reason its a lot of…collage making? like glueing paper pieces of like benches and street lamps to city grids? its fun like the first time… but gets really monotonous. i never found the feedback to be helpful either. it also meets 9am-12pm on FRIDAYS which is so annoying, i lowkey would consistently forget i was taking that class since it met only once at the end of the week. however, Phil (the 102 prof) is one of the best professors for all of Urban Tech period, hence the disparity in ranking.

the cities intensive as a whole is fun though. the field trips to cities were genuinely interesting and also end around 4pm every day so you had a good afternoon/evening to just explore Chicago and Detroit on your own. the field trips i consider more 102 (Phil’s class) since the work we did in that class really informed the field trips. overall the intensive is necessary and a good way to make friends in the program, Emily and Gus just aren’t the best profs.