Urban Studies Core Concentration

Core Curriculum Requirements

• URBN 100 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• URBN 400 - Urban Studies Colloquium

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• Three Courses from the Following List

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  Three courses from the following list that meet the following requirements:

  1. none of the courses may be from the departmental designation (prefix) of the student’s major; and
  2. at least one course must be at the 300 level or above that does not count toward the student’s major or any other minor.

  This is intended to encourage students to take electives in multiple areas that balance their major course of study.

• ANTH 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• AMST 100 - Approaches to the Study of American Society and Culture
• BIO 104 - Biology II and Lab
• POLSC 100 - American Government and Politics
• SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology
• AAH 122 - History of Art and Architecture II
• SUST 101 - Introduction to Sustainability Studies
• AMST 201 - American Studies Research Methods
• ANTH 222 - Environmental Anthropology
• ANTH 230 - Political Anthropology
• NATSC 203 - Humans, Environmental Change and Sustainability
• PA 201 - Public Administration
• POLSC 260 - Public Administration
• PH 201 - Public Health Essentials
• SOC 201 - Social Stratification
• SOC 220 - Sociological Perspectives on Race
• URBN 299 - Special Topics in Urban Studies

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• At Least One of the Following:

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  (Courses at the 500 level require senior standing)

• AMST 370 - Topics in Race, Gender, and Sexuality in America
• AMST 371 - Topics in Ethnicity, Class and Region in America
• ANTH 310 - Applied Anthropology
• ANTH 380 - Culture Change and Development
• ARCH 324 - Evolution of Urban Form
• ARCH 325 - History of Modern Architecture
• BIO 375 - Soil Ecology and Lab
• CIS 350 - Geographic Analysis of Data: An Introduction to GIS
• ENG 360 - Studies in Ethnic American Literature
• HIST 390 - Great Cities in History
• PA 306 - City Management
• PLAN 301 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
• PLAN 382L - Interdisciplinary Planning Workshop
• PLAN 501 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
• PLAN 582L - Interdisciplinary Planning Workshop
• POLSC 362 - Urban Politics
• SOC 330 - Globalization and Identity
• SOC 348 - Urban Sociology
• WTNG 305 - Writing the City
• CJS 428 - Crime Prevention
• URBN 430 - Advanced Special Topics in Urban Studies
• ARCH 577 - The Skyscraper
• ARCH 593 - Sustainable Paradigms
• ARCH 594 - Urban Ecology
• ARCH 572 - Urban Design Theory from the Industrial Revolution to the Present
• ARCH 575 - Contemporary Asian Architecture & Urbanism