Urban Studies is an interdisciplinary major that focuses on the global phenomenon of urbanization as well as the history and nature of cities. Urban Studies majors have extensive interaction with the city in research, class projects, and internships.
Requirements for the major
I. Specific major degree requirements (34-39 credit hours total):
A. The Core Curriculum:
| Course ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| URBS/SOCI 1310 | The Urban Experience |
One methods class from the following list:
| Course ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| URBS/SOCI 3465 | Research Methods: GIS |
| URBS/SOCI 3360 | Research Methods: Social Statistics |
| SOCI 3353 | Research Methods: Fieldwork |
| HIST 3381 | Historians and Their Craft |
| GEOS 3308 | GIS and Remote Sensing |
The Senior Experience:
| Course ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| URBS 4494 | Capstone in Urban Studies |
B. The Interdisciplinary Curriculum: at least 24 credit hours from the following list (18 of which must be at upper-division level):
| Course ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ANTH 3452 | Global Cities |
| ANTH 3445 | Understanding Refugees |
| ARTH 1412 | Art and Architecture of Latin America Since the Sixteenth Century |
| ARTH 3452 | Nineteenth-Century Architecture and Urbanism |
| ARTH 3454 | Mexico City |
| ARTH 3464 | Twentieth-Century Architecture and Urbanism |
| CLAS 1308 | Daily Life in Ancient Rome |
| ECON 3323 | The Economics of Government |
| ECON/URBS 3334 | Urban Economics |
| GEOS 1304 | Environmental Geology |
| GRST 3307 | Berlin: From Cabarets to Communists |
| HIST 1371 | The African-American Experience since Reconstruction |
| HIST 3333 | History of Paris |
| PLSI 3413 | Policy Analysis and Policymaking |
| PLSI 3416/URBS 3336 | Urban Government and Politics |
| SOCI 2314 | Social Problems and Human Values |
| SOCI 3340 | Urban Geography |
| URBS 3370 | Applied Urban Studies |
| URBS 4-91 | Special Topics in Urban Studies (as appropriate) |
II. University requirements
completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.
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