Urban Studies Minor - NYC
Campus: NYC
This minor - housed in the Sociology/Anthropology Dept., NYC campus - is interdisciplinary. It draws upon social and ethnographic research methods to explore and describe the complex dynamics of urban living.
Minor Requirements
Code | Title | Credits |
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Elective Requirements | ||
Select nine credits of the following: 1 | 9 | |
Topic: Public Cultures: Urban Cultural Life and the Downtown Culture Explosion | ||
Art as a Vehicle of Social Commentary and Political Progress | ||
Hip Hop in Contemporary Art and Design | ||
Public Art in the Urban Context | ||
Urban Economics | ||
The American Experience: The City and the Workplace | ||
American Urban History | ||
History of New York City | ||
History and Geography of New York | ||
Urban Social Photography | ||
Children in Urban Society | ||
State and Local Government | ||
Politics of the Global City | ||
Topic: Sexualities and the City in North and South America | ||
Other choices include: | ||
Nature and the City | ||
Discipline Requirements | ||
Select two of the following: | 6 | |
Introduction to Social Work | ||
Urban Sociology | ||
Race and Ethnicity in Cities | ||
Community Service in New York City | ||
Urban Planning | ||
Urbanism and Modernism | ||
Urban Ethnography | ||
Internship in Anthropology 2 | ||
Internship in Sociology 2 | ||
Other choices include: | ||
Urban Social Problems (new course) | ||
Total Credits | 15 |
1 | Required elective credits are fulfilled by any three courses with a SOC or ANT heading (including unchosen ones from the above list of "Discipline Requirements" and/or in combination with any of the following approved Social Science and Humanity courses. |
2 | Only if interning in a city agency or urban-focused organization. |