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College of Arts & Sciences
- Undergraduate
Minor
INTRODUCTION
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 from a global perspective.
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, History,
Sociology, Anthropology, Literature, International Studies,
Economics, Political Science, and others. The minor is also
of particular interest to students in Architecture and Business.
Courses in the Minor are from the College of Arts & Sciences
and from the School of Architecture. Note that there are slightly
different requirements for ARC students.
MINOR
Requirements:
• Students must complete 15 credits (five courses);
• In all five courses, students must achieve a minimum
grade of C- with a 2.0 overall GPA;
• All minors are required to take two core courses:
URB 201 Metropolitan Miami, 3 cr.
URB 301 Cities in Time and Space, 3 cr.
• In addition, students must select three courses
from the list of Optional Courses, below. All are 3-credit
courses. ARC students may select no more than one ARC course
while A&S students must select at least one ARC course.
Note that URB 201 or URB 301 will suffice as prerequisites
for any of these courses.
ARC 585 History of Cities
ARC 541 Seminar on Town Design
ARC 554 Architecture of South Florida
ARC 584 Special Topics: On-Site Survey of European Architecture
and Urbanism
APY 420 Archaeology, Architecture, and the City
GEG 430 World Cities
GEG 522 Urbanization in the Developing World
SOC 304 Dynamics of Poverty in the United States
SOC 368 Violence in America
HIS 369 Introduction to Urban America
HIS 371 Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in American History
POL 343 Government in Metropolitan Areas
Other courses may be approved upon request; please consult
the program Director, Dr. Jan Nijman at Nijman@miami.edu.
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