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.

   

• AAH 122 - History of Art and Architecture II
• AMST 100 - Approaches to the Study of American Society and Culture
• AMST 201 - American Studies Research Methods
• ANSOC 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANSOC 250 - Culture and the Environment
• ANSOC 230 - Political Anthropology
• ARCH 101 - Foundations of Architecture
• BIO 104 - Biology II and Lab
• HIST 100 - Making Global History
• HIST 241 - Securing the American Republic, 1800-1914
• HIST 242 - The United States in the American Century
• NATSC 203 - Humans, Environmental Change and Sustainability
• PH 201 - Public Health Essentials
• POLSC 100 - American Government and Politics
• POLSC 260 - Public Administration
• ANSOC 105 - Introduction to Sociology
• ANSOC 205 - Social Stratification
• ANSOC 215 - Sociological Perspectives on Race
• SUST 101 - Introduction to Sustainability Studies
• URBN 299 - Special Topics in Urban Studies

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  *Courses w/pre-requisites or that require consent of the instructor

   

• At Least One of the Following: (may not count toward major):

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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
• AMST 372 - Topics in American Material and Popular Culture
• ANSOC 320 - Reading Ethnographies
• ANSOC 360 - Culture Change and Development
• ARCH 324 - Evolution of Urban Form
• ARCH 325 - History of Modern Architecture
• ARCH 572 - Urban Design Theory from the Industrial Revolution to the Present
• ARCH 575 - Contemporary Asian Architecture & Urbanism
• ARCH 577 - The Skyscraper
• ARCH 594 - Urban Ecology
• BIO 376 - Urban Ecosystems
• CIS 350 - Geographic Analysis of Data: An Introduction to GIS
• CJS 428 - Crime Prevention
• 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 521 - GIS for Planning, Design and Conservation
• PLAN 582L - Interdisciplinary Planning Workshop
• POLSC 362 - Urban Politics
• ANSOC 315 - Social Life in Global Cities
• ANSOC 365 - Cities & Society
• WTNG 305 - Writing the City
• URBN 430 - Advanced Special Topics in Urban Studies

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  *Courses w/ requiring a prerequisite other than URBN 100 or permission of the instructor.

  ** Courses at the 500 level require senior standing.

   

  In addition, courses within the Community Development Program offered in Providence by the University College may be considered as Urban Studies electives with permission of the Program Coordinator.