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Virginia Tech

SPIA-4454: Future of Cities

Description: Cities as complex systems. Interdependence of social, economic, environmental, and technological components and how these change over time. Theories about city formation, structure, and change, with implications for sustainability, resilience, and globalization.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 9

Average GPA: 3.73 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 66.60%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.35%

Staff Gebresselassie202170.4%25.9%3.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.581
Thomas W Sanchez202384.1%12.7%2.0%0.0%0.5%0.8%3.794
Mark A Tirpak202485.6%8.9%1.8%0.0%3.7%0.0%3.633
Paroma S Wagle2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.971

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Fall 2023Winter 2023Summer I 2024Fall 2024Term050% W