Curriculum
The Minor in Urban Studies has a liberal arts orientation: it combines perspectives from the social sciences, architecture, history, and the humanities. As such, it is a useful complement to majors such as History, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Literature, Art History, Economics, Political Science, and others. The Minor should also be of particular interest to students in the School of Architecture and the School of Business. Note that URB 201 and URB 301 may fulfill general education requirements in A&S, ARC, and BUS.
Urban Studies Courses
Requirements
Students must complete 15 credits for the Urban Studies Minor;
Alll minors are required to take two core courses:
- URB 201 Metropolitan Miami, 3 cr. View Flyer
- URB 301 Cities in Time and Space, 3 cr. View Syllabus
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. BUS students may select any three courses.
- AMS 350 History and Culture of South Florida View Flyer
- ARC 390/590 History of Cities
- ARC 541 Seminar on Town Design
- ARC 546 Studies of Havana
- ARC 554 Architecture of South Florida
- ARC 584 Special Topics: Off the Map: Learning from Informal Cities in Latin America View Flyer
- APY 420 Archaeology, Architecture, and the City
- ENG 395 Latino/a Metropolis
- EPH 540 Urban Environment and Public Health View Syllabus
- FIN 340 Real Estate Principles
- GEG 430 World Cities
- GEG 511/REL406 Spaces of Hope View Flyer
- GEG 522 Urbanization in the Developing World View Flyer
- GEG 523 Seminar in Urban Management View Flyer
- INS 504 Human Security and Urban Violence View Syllabus
- SOC 304 Dynamics of Poverty in the United States
- SOC 368 Violence in America
- SOC 386 US Immigration
- HIS 325 Latin America's Urban Explosion: 1900-2010
- HIS 369 Introduction to Urban America
- HIS 371 Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in American History
- POL 343 Government in Metropolitan Areas View Syllabus
NOTE: For each of the courses listed, either URB 201 or URB 301 may substitute as a prerequisite, with permission of instructor (i.e., Urban Studies minors are not required to take introductory courses in the Department from where they select optional courses). The list is likely to change over time and other courses may be considered by the Director of the program.
