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.
I. Specific major degree requirements (35-39 credit hours total):
A. The Core Curriculum:
| 进程ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOCI-1310 | The Urban Experience (also listed as 市区- 1310) |
| 市区- 1310 | The Urban Experience (also listed as SOCI-1310) |
One methods class from the following list:
| 进程ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COMM-3354 | Quantitative 研究 Methods (also listed as hcom - 3354) |
| GEOS-3408 | GIS and Remote Sensing |
| hcom - 3354 | Quantitative 研究 Methods (also listed as COMM-3354) |
| PLSI-3372 | 研究 Methods in Political Science |
| SOCI-3460 | 研究 Methods: Applied Social Statistics (also listed as 市区- 3460) |
| SOCI-3461 | 研究 Methods: Fieldwork |
| SOCI-3465 | 研究 Methods: GIS (also listed as URBS-3465) |
| 市区- 3460 | 研究 Methods: Applied Social Statistics (also listed as SOCI-3460) |
| URBS-3465 | 研究 Methods: GIS (also listed as SOCI-3465) |
The Senior Experience:
| 进程ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| URBS 4494 | Capstone in Urban Studies |
B. The Interdisciplinary [transdisciplinary] Curriculum: 24 credit hours from the following list. One class from each of the following pairs (19-20 credits):
| 进程ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| 尖刺外壳- 3452 or SOCI-3440 URBS-3440 URBS-3452 | Global Cities: Africa, Asia, and the Americas (also listed as URBS-3452) or The Neoliberal City (also listed as URBS-3440) or The Neoliberal City (also listed as SOCI-3440) or Global Cities: Africa, Asia, and the Americas (also listed as 尖刺外壳- 3452) |
| 分- 3452 or ARTH-3464 | Nineteenth-Century Architecture and Urbanism or Twentieth-Century Architecture and Urbanism |
| ARTH-2428 or cla - 1308 | The First Cities: The Urban Revolution In Early Mesopotania or Daily Life in Ancient Rome |
| 经济学- 3423 or ECON-3430 or ECON-3434 or 市区- 3430 or 市区- 3434 | The Economics of Government or Economics and the Environment (also listed as 市区- 3430) or Urban Economics (also listed as 市区- 3434) or Economics and the Environment (also listed as ECON-3430) or Urban Economics (also listed as ECON-3434) |
| PLSI 3413 or PLSI-3416 or 市区- 3416 or 建造- 1410 | Policy Analysis and Policy Making or Urban Politics (also listed as 市区- 3416) or Urban Politics (also listed as PLSI-3416) or Urban Education |
Additional 2 courses from the above list or in consultation with your advisor. Please note that the economics cluster requires completion of 经济学- 1311: Principles of Microeconomics.
II. University requirements
completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.
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