Overview
The minor in Urban Studies provides undergraduate students with a flexible concentration in interdisciplinary studies of cities, urbanism, and urbanity. Urban Studies is a long established academic field, especially prominent in major cities in the United States. Course work combines a practical focus on Metropolitan Miami with more general attention to urban theory and globalization.
The minor has a liberal arts orientation and includes perspectives from the social sciences, architecture, and history. It is a useful complement to majors such as Geography and Sustainable Development, History, Sociology, Anthropology, Literature, International Studies, Economics, Political Science, and others. A summer study abroad option in South Africa and Namibia is offered regularly in summer. In addition, it is possible to for a student to study in the spring semester in Cape Town, South Africa (UCape Town Program). The minor is also of particular interest to students in Architecture Communication and Business. Courses in the Minor are taught in the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Architecture. Note that there are slightly different requirements for ARC students.
Curriculum Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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| Required Courses | ||
| URB 201 | Metropolitan Miami | 3 |
| URB 301 | Cities in Time and Space | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select three of the following: 1 | 9 | |
| Special Problems | ||
| Geographic Information Systems I | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Society | ||
| China in the 21st Century | ||
| Topics in Geography | ||
| Geographic Information Systems II | ||
| Crime Mapping and Analysis | ||
| Sustainable Cities | ||
| Seminar in Urban Management | ||
| Dynamics of Poverty in the United States | ||
| Violence in America | ||
| U.S. Immigration (Land Use Planning) | ||
| Land Use Planning | ||
| Urban Analytics and Geovisualization | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
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ARC students may select no more than one ARC course while NonARC students must select at least one ARC course. Note that URB 201 or URB 301 will suffice as prerequisites for any of these courses.
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Other courses may be approved upon request; please consult the program Director, Dr. Richard Grant: rgrant@miami.edu
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A minimum grade of C- with a 2.0 overall GPA are required.
