Urban Studies, B.A.

The major in urban studies provides students with an interdisciplinary perspective on the forces of urbanization, urban growth and decline, urban life, and urban problems.

A major in urban studies must include:

ECN-111 Introduction to Economics
PSC-101 Introduction to American Government
SOC-101 Introduction to Sociology
ECN-225 Statistics
MTH-241 Introduction to Statistics
PSC-150 Introduction to Political Analysis or
SOC-303 Quantitative Research Seminar

Two of the following four courses:

ECN-234 Urban Economics
HST-321 History of Urban and Suburban America
PSC-208 Urban Politics
SOC-223 Urban Community

At least five additional courses from the list below:

For course descriptions, see listings under individual departments.

EES-201 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
ECN-234 Urban Economics
ECN-237 Economics of Poverty and Inequality
ECN-238 Public Finance
ECN-250 Labor Economics
HST-233 American Immigration History
HST-321 History of Urban and Suburban America
PSC-203 Judicial Process and the U.S. Supreme Court
PSC-204 Civil Rights and the U.S. Constitution
PSC-205 Public Policy in the United States
PSC-207 State Politics
PSC-208 Urban Politics
PSC-210 Interest Groups and Political Movements
PSC-211 Racial and Ethnic Politics
PSC-506 Fieldwork in State and Local Public Affairs
SOC-211 Introduction to Criminology
SOC-213 Deviance and Social Control
SOC-222 Population and Environment
SOC-223 Urban Community
SOC-241 Social Class in America
SOC-243 Race and Ethnic Relations