Academic Catalog

Urban Studies Minor - NYC

Campus: NYC

Minor Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Discipline Requirements
Select two (2) of the following:		6
SOC 106	Introduction to Social Work
SOC 111	Urban Sociology
SOC 112	Race and Ethnicity in Cities
SOC 115	Social Problems and Resilience in NYC
ANT 210	Urban Ethnography
SOC 226	Community Service in New York City
SOC 245	Urban Planning
SOC 297E	Topics: Cities for Social Justice: Municipalist Movements & Global Solidarity
SOC 318	Urbanism and Modernism
SOC 390	Internship in Sociology ²
or ANT 390	Internship in Anthropology
Elective Requirements
Select nine credits of the following: ¹		9
AMS 296B	Topic: Public Cultures: Urban Cultural Life and the Downtown Culture Explosion
ART 188	Art as a Vehicle of Social Commentary and Political Progress
ART 224	Hip Hop in Contemporary Art and Design
ART 233	Public Art in the Urban Context
ECO 354	Urban Economics
ENV 245	Environmental Justice
ENV 297G	Nature and the City
ENV 297P	Topics: Urban Environmental Geography
HIS 113K	The American Experience: The City and the Workplace
HIS 265	American Urban History
HIS 366	History of New York City
HIS 367	History and Geography of New York
POL 118	State and Local Government
POL 330	Politics of the Global City
WS 297G	Topic: Sexualities and the City in North and South America
Other choices include:
ENV 297G	Nature and the City
Total Credits		15

¹: Elective credits can be fulfilled by any three (3) unchosen courses from the list of "Discipline Requirements" and/or in combination with any of the approved courses listed here.
²: Only if interning in a city agency or urban-focused organization.