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 |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| URB 201 | Metropolitan Miami | 3 |
| URB 301 | Cities in Time and Space | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select three of the following (or approved by program Director, Dr. Richard Grant): 1 | 9 | |
| Non-ARC majors (select at least one ARC course) | ||
| Ancient Architecture | ||
| Early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval Architecture | ||
| Colonial Architecture | ||
| 19th and 20th Century Architecture | ||
| Architecture of Palladio | ||
| Urban Composition | ||
| Modern Architecture | ||
| Selected Topics in World Architecture | ||
| Renaissance Architecture | ||
| Special Problems | ||
| History of Cities | ||
| Cinema and Architecture | ||
| Geographic Information Systems I | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Society | ||
| Land Use Planning | ||
| China in the 21st Century | ||
| Topics in Geography | ||
| Geographic Information Systems II | ||
| Crime Mapping and Analysis | ||
| Urban Analytics and Geovisualization | ||
| Sustainable Cities | ||
| Seminar in Urban Management | ||
| Dynamics of Poverty in the United States | ||
| Violence in America | ||
| U.S. Immigration (Land Use Planning) | ||
| ARC majors (select no more than one ARC course) | ||
| Ancient Architecture | ||
| Early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval Architecture | ||
| Colonial Architecture | ||
| 19th and 20th Century Architecture | ||
| Architecture of South Florida | ||
| 18th and 19th Century American Architecture and Architects | ||
| Modern Architecture | ||
| Selected Topics in World Architecture | ||
| Renaissance Architecture | ||
| Special Problems | ||
| History of Cities | ||
| Cinema and Architecture | ||
| Geographic Information Systems I | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Society | ||
| Land Use Planning | ||
| China in the 21st Century | ||
| Topics in Geography | ||
| Geographic Information Systems II | ||
| Crime Mapping and Analysis | ||
| Urban Analytics and Geovisualization | ||
| Sustainable Cities | ||
| Seminar in Urban Management | ||
| Dynamics of Poverty in the United States | ||
| Violence in America | ||
| U.S. Immigration | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
