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Urban Studies Minor

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College of Liberal Arts
  • Program Type: Undergraduate minor related to major
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2013
  • Required credits in this minor: 14
The minor in urban studies focuses on the conceptual and analytical frameworks and specialized skills needed for professions focused on urban change or development.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Minor Requirements
Students may earn no more than one undergraduate degree in Urban Studies: a B.A. or a B.S. or a minor.
Minor Courses
URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life [WI] (3.0 cr)
URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop (3.0 cr)
Electives
Take at least 6 credits of electives. Choose from the following tracks: Urban Form and Society, Cultural Analysis, Political Economy, and Infrastructure and Environment.
Colloquia
Take two semesters of URBS 3201 or URBS 3202 for one credit each semester.
Take 2 or more credit(s) from the following:
· URBS 3201 {Inactive} (1.0 cr)
or Take 2 or more credit(s) from the following:
· URBS 3202 {Inactive} (1.0 cr)
 
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URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life (WI)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Urbs 1001W/Urbs 3001W
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Interdisciplinary course, ranging across spatial, historical, economic, political, and design perspectives, among many others.
URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Links academic learning to actual urban problems/issues. Focuses on specific topic using local community as laboratory. Field work, contact with local institutions/agencies. prereq: instr consent