Photo by Paul Bartholomew.
Schedule & Location
The urban setting of Philadelphia provides a sense of place to enhance the classroom experience, helping students learn first hand how the material in the courses is informed by the environment around them.
Course Schedule
Fall 2020
- Race and Place: A Philadelphia Story (SOCI 048I)
Nina Johnson, SC
Wednesday 2:00–5:00 p.m. - The Nature of Public Art and the Ethics of Commemoration (PHIL B234)
Macalester Bell, BMC
Wednesday 2:30–4:30 p.m. - Grassroots Economies: Creating Livelihoods in an Age of Urban Inequality (POLS H262)
Craig Borowiak, HC
Monday, 10:15–12:45 p.m.
*Friday is an occasional meeting time for program students only.
Spring 2020
- The Philadelphia Mosaic: Immigrant Communities in the City (CITY B214)
Liv Raddatz
Wednesday/Friday, 12:15–3:00 p.m. - Behavioral Public Policy in the City (ECON 003)
Syon Bhanot
Tuesday/Friday, 12:15–3:00 p.m. - Philadelphia’s Opioid Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions (HLTH 223)
Community Engagement and Social Responsibility
Anne Montgomery
Thursday, 10:05-12:35 p.m. and Friday, 12:15–3:00 p.m.
Location
Courses offered in the Tri-Co Philly Program will be held at the Friends Center in Center City. The Friends Center is located at 1501 Cherry Street, at the northwest corner of 15th and Cherry Streets, two blocks north of Suburban Station and City Hall.
Getting to the Friends Center:
Bryn Mawr students will take the Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail to Suburban Station. Swarthmore students will take the Media/Elwyn Regional Rail to Suburban Station. Haverford students will take the Norristown High Speed Line, transfer at the 69th Street Transportation Center to the Market-Frankford Line and exit at the 15th Street/City Hall Station. Train schedules and maps are available on SEPTA’s website.
Travel Costs: Costs for travel to classes will be covered for all students. Travel costs for co- and extracurricular programming will also be covered for students accepted into the Philly Program.