New Curriculum
The new curriculum is mandatory for majors who will graduate in 2028. Majors graduating in 2027 may choose either the current or new curriculum.
There are 12 required courses in the Urban Studies major:
- Introduction to Urban Studies
- 4 Breadth Courses
- 3 Depth Cluster Courses
- 1 Research Methods Course
- Junior Seminar
- Senior Seminar (2 semesters)
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Intro to Urban Studies |
URBS UN1515 | Taken any time. |
| Breadth |
1 urban-focused course in each area: social, spatial, historical, ecological, cultural. |
4 courses, with 1 course fulfilling 2 areas (or 5 courses otherwise) |
| Depth Cluster | 3 courses in an area that you propose; two must be urban-focused. | Proposal for courses in consultation with the major advisor submitted by end of junior year. |
Research Methods |
1 course that explores research practices (example: Intro to GIS; Intro to Urban Ethnographies). | Taken in sophomore or junior year. |
| Junior Seminar | 1 course to build research skills. | Taken in junior year. |
| Senior Seminar | 2 semesters to design and execute a research project. | Year-long course taken in senior year). |
Please propose a cluster of three (3) classes that capture a depth area of your interest. You should consult with your major advisor (and other Urban Studies faculty, if useful) to develop this proposal. You may begin developing the proposal as soon as you declare the major, but it must be approved by your major advisor and in place by the end of your Junior year (expecting to complete the cluster over your Senior year). You should provide a coherent rationale for your cluster: describe why these three courses capture your theme. Your Depth Cluster Proposal should be about 300 words.
By depth, we intend to encourage students to follow a particular interest or area of curiosity within Urban Studies, as opposed to the Breadth Requirement which supports inquiry across multiple aspects of urban research. Some examples of depth clusters would include: Urban Planning, Urban Environments, African American Urbanism, Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Change, Housing, Sustainable Architecture, City Politics, or Global South Urbanisms.
At least two of the three courses proposed for the cluster must be primarily urban in content. Depth courses may not double-count with Breadth courses (but will likely be related to or inspired by them). Majors should also consider global diversity among their cluster courses. The Urban Studies Program envisions the development of the Depth Cluster Proposal as a conversation between major and advisor, not as a submission to be approved or denied. Please come talk to your major advisor with ideas for the cluster, prepared to discuss and adapt them as appropriate. Depending on precisely when majors propose the cluster, they may have already taken as many as two of the three courses.
| SOCIETY | SPACE | HISTORY | ECOLOGY | CULTURE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URBS UN3308 Introduction to Urban Ethnographies | URBS UN3440 Shrinking Cities | HIST UN1786 History of the City in Latin America | EESC BC3012 Brownfields | MUSI UN2030 JEWISH MUSIC IN NEW YORK |
| URBS UN3315 Metropolitics of Race and Space | URBS UN3351 Urban Elsewheres | HIST BC2401 PLTCS CRIME& POLICING IN U.S | EESC BC3043 Water, Sanitation, and Health | MUSI UN3171 PARIS FOR ROMANTICS |
| URBS UN3420 Urban Sociology | ARCH UN1010 Design Futures: New York City | HIST UN3017 Sexuality and the City | EESC BC3027 URBAN ECOSYSTEMS | DNCE BC2570 Dance in New York City |
| URBS UN3351 Urban Elsewheres | ARCH UN3117 MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD | HIST BC3360 LONDON: 'GREAT WEN' TO WRLD CIT | SDEV UN3410 CITIES & SUSTAINABILITY | AFRS BC3532, Romare Bearden: Home is Harlem |
| URBS UN3540 NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | ARCH UN3400 Environmental Visualizations of NYC | HIST UN3529 LANDSCAPES OF AMERICAN MODERNITY | EEEB GU4135 URBAN ECOLOGY & DESIGN | AFRS BC3002 HARLEM MOVEMENT LEGACIES |
| URBS3252UN Urban Latin/x America: Ethnographic Approaches | HIST UN2689 COLONIAL CITIES OF THE AMERICAS | HIST BC3830 Bombay/Mumbai and Its Urban Imaginaries | EESC BC3043 Water, Sanitation, and Health | ENGL BC3223 NEW YORK IN TEN OBJECTS |
| ANTH BC3102 African Urbanism | ARCH GU4150 Architecture and Migration in New York | HIST UN2689 COLONIAL CITIES OF THE AMERICAS | EAAS 4615 Tibetan Rivers and Roads: Infrastructure, Environment and Urban Lives | ENGL BC3146 WALK THIS WAY |
| POLS UN3501 Urban Violence | HIST BC2405 SPATIAL HISTORY OF 19TH-C NYC with corequsitie lab HIST BC 2425 | HIST BC2405 SPATIAL HISTORY OF 19TH-C NYC with corequsitie lab HIST BC 2425 | [GSAPP and SDEV classes as available] | ENGL UN3743 HARLEM CROSSROADS |
| POLS UN3560 Urban Development in Latin America | ARCH UN3120 CITY, LANDSCAPE, & ECOLOGY | HIST 2920BC Urban Healthscapes: A Spatial History of Public Health, c 1200-1900 | CPLT BC3165 CITY & COUNTRY IN THE COMPARATIVE 19TH C | |
| ECON BC3011 Inequality and Poverty | HSEA GU4814 Space and Place in Urbanizing Tibet | HIST UN2535 HIST OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK | FREN UN3822 BLACKNESS IN FRENCH: FROM HARLEM TO PARIS | |
| ECON GU4230 Economics of New York City | HRTS GU4915 HUMAN RIGHTS & URBAN PUB SPACE | HIST UN3739 section 001 THE "ISLAMIC" CITY" | LING UN3102 ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN THE GLOBAL CITY | |
| CGTH GU4600 Global Cities | URBS UN2300 Introduction to Urban Geography | HIST UN3241 GLOBAL URBAN HISTORIES OF HOUSING JUSTICE | AHIS 4856GU Cities of Knowledge | |
| EAAS GU4226 Gender, Class, Real Estate - China | EDUC BC3034 FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS | HIST UN3009 Cities and Slavery in the Atlantic World | EDUC BC3055 section 001 ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN THE CITY: CRITICAL | |
| URBS UN3310 Race, Space, and Urban Schools | SOCI2420UN Race and Place in Urban America |
HIST GU4632 Jews in the Ancient City: Politics and M |
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| EDUC BC3051 Seminar in Urban Education | [GSAPP classes as available] | HIST BC2477 RACE, CLASS, AND POLITICS IN NEW YORK CITY | ||
| POLS3232S American Urban Politics | ARCH UN1030 The City: Thinking with the Urban Built Environment | AMHS UN3462 IMMIGRANT NEW YORK | ||
| SOCI UN3974 Sociology of Schools | HIST2920BC Urban Healthscapes: A Spatial History of Public Health, c 1200-1900 | MDES UN3003 BABYLON-BAGHDAD: AN URBAN HISTORY | ||
| URBS GU4100 Urban Revolution: The City in Politics | MDES UN3331 URBAN SPACE & CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST | |||
| ARCH UN3502 Urbanizing China | MDES GU4142 Histories of Urban Africa: Work, Leisure | |||
| ARCH GU4300 The Just City: Global Debates in Urban Planning and Policy | CLST UN3041 The Ancient City and Us | |||
| CSGM UN3567 THESSALONIKI DOWN THE AGES | ||||
| HIST BC3399 Urban Histories of Britain | ||||
| HIST 4695GU Urban Waters | ||||
| HIST 3379BC Water Histories | ||||
| HIST UN 3277 History of Urban Crime and Policing in Latin America in Global Perspective | ||||
| HIST3629UN Mobilities in America: An Urban and Public History | ||||
| URBS GU4100 Urban Revolution: The City in Politics |
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