This description was prepared in February of 2000 for the Undergraduate Academic Bulletin. For the most current description of this major, please see the department or program's web site. Urban Studies is an interdisciplinary major which offers students an opportunity to think and learn about cities in an informed, disciplined, and integrated way. Majors take courses which introduce them to a variety of perspectives on the origins, development, and nature of cities. The program stresses the application of theory to practice with an internship for credit in which students work closely with a community group, public agency, non-profit or private organization in the city.
Majors also gain competence in a discipline area and in conducting research.
Students intending to major or minor in Urban Studies should meet with an advisor to develop a proposal. The Major Program Minimum Requirement 14 c.u. Students carry out original research on a topic of their choice. Discipline cluster 3 c.u. Three course units in an academic discipline or major other than urban studies.