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Urban Studies (URBS) Courses

Academic Unit: Geography, Environmnt, Society

URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life [WI]

(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was URBS 3001W until 07-SEP-10, was URBS 3001W until 02-SEP-08, was URBS 3001W until 17-JAN-06, was URBS 3001W until 18-JAN-05, was URBS 3001W until 05-SEP-00, was URBS 1001 until 05-SEP-00, was URBS 3001 until 07-SEP-99

Interdisciplinary course, ranging across spatial, historical, economic, political, and design perspectives, among many others.

URBS 3001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life [WI]

(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Interdisciplinary course, ranging across spatial, historical, economic, political, and design perspectives, among many others.

URBS 3200 - Urban Studies Colloquium (Topics course)

(1 cr; Prereq-dept consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)

Equivalent courses: URBS 3201 (inactive, starting 21-JAN-20)

Urban/metropolitan issues. Topics vary to reflect current concerns. In-depth reading, intensive group discussion.

URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop (Topics course)

(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)

Links academic learning to actual urban problems/issues. Focuses on specific topic using local community as laboratory. Field work, contact with local institutions/agencies.

URBS 3751 - Understanding the Urban Environment [ENV]

(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)

Examine links between cities and the environment with emphasis on air, soil, water, pollution, parks and green space, undesirable land uses, environmental justice, and the basic question of how to sustain urban development in an increasingly fragile global surrounding.

URBS 3771 - Fundamentals of Transit

(3 cr; A-F only; offered Spring Odd Year)

Importance of transit to an urban area. Issues surrounding development/operation of transit. Defining various modes of transit, evaluating why/where each may be used. Making capital improvements to transit system. Finance, travel demand forecasting, environmental assessment, scheduling, evaluation of effectiveness/accessibility.

URBS 3861 - Financing Cities

(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)

The most critical question in government is how you are going to pay for something. There is a plethora of good ideas but only so much money. This class looks at how cities are funded. It looks at tax systems, fee systems, grants, special revenues, private development funding and other ways that we pay for cities. It provides practical knowledge on how city activities are funded.

URBS 3871 - A Suburban World

(3 cr; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)

Suburbs as sites of urgent battles over resources, planning practices, land use, and economic development. How suburban life shapes values, political ideals, and worldviews of its populations.

URBS 3896 - Urban Studies Internship Seminar

(2 cr; Prereq-Sr, internship placement, dept consent, instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Equivalent courses: was URBS 3900 until 22-JAN-19

Weekly seminar integrates internship experience with academic program.

URBS 3955W - Senior Paper Seminar [WI]

(2 cr; Prereq-dept consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was URBS 3955 until 05-SEP-00

Methods/resources for research. Substantial writing.

URBS 3993 - Urban Studies Directed Study

(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 3 times)

For students with a specific educational objective that cannot be satisfied through regular curriculum (e.g., foreign study) and for honors students to complete an honors opportunity. Prereq UrbS majors, instr consent, dept consent.

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