19 courses with the subject URBS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
URBS 2010Introduction to Urban Studies3
Introduction to Urban Studies examines the origins, growth, structure, and planning of cities and metropolitan regions. The course introduces key concepts, theories, and interdisciplinary perspectives used in urban studies to analyze the social, economic, political, and spatial dimensions of urban life. Students explore the historical development of cities, contemporary urban challenges in North America and globally, and the policies and planning approaches used to address issues such as housing, transportation, inequality, sustainability, and urban development.
This course is a practical study of leadership and organizing for social change. It focuses the essential characteristics and dimensions of leadership, and how leaders can build on community experiences and values to facilitate positive change and development. Subject matter includes topics such as the characteristics of successful leaders; the role of leadership in promoting positive change; ethical principles of leadership and public service; common community development issues; community organizing techniques; issues of power and powerlessness; and the role of leadership in mobilizing community power for the purposes of promoting social change and public welfare.
This course is an introduction to contemporary problems cities face and the various policy approaches to tackling these problems. Topics include policy issues such as poverty, unemployment, welfare, economic development, housing, education, crime, urban growth and development, transportation, health, environment, and planning. The course examines the causes and consequences of these problems and provides students with an introduction to the implications of these policy issues for both governments and urban citizens. It also addresses emerging policy issues and the future challenges facing cities in contemporary society. This is a core course for the Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies. This course is an elective for the Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies.
Introduction to Urban Planning introduces students to the principles, processes, and institutions that shape the planning profession. The course examines the historical evolution of planning, the legal and political context of planning practice, and the role of planning in addressing urban issues. Topics include land use planning, housing, transportation, urban design, economic development, sustainability, and community development. Emphasis is placed on the application of planning concepts and policies to create livable, equitable, and sustainable communities.
Urban and Metropolitan Economics applies economic theory to the study of cities and regions. The course examines the factors that influence the location of households and firms, urban land use patterns, labor markets, transportation systems, housing markets, and regional economic growth. Students explore how economic concepts and analytical tools can be used to understand and evaluate contemporary urban issues, including suburbanization, segregation, housing affordability, congestion, public services, and economic development.
This seminar covers the basics of public administration, especially as it relates to city and municipal governments. Students will explore some basic theoretical approaches to the subject as well as the practical and complex aspects of managing politics and policy-making in the modern American City. This course will also examine the important role of public administration and public administrators in promoting the public welfare in an Urban context.
Upper-division undergraduate course surveying urban history in the United States from the colonial period through the late twentieth century. Topics include colonial origins, westward expansion, industrialization, technological change, urban social and spatial change, politics, migration and immigration, city boosterism, suburbanization, national urban policy, social movements, economic decline, and central city revitalization, with emphasis on race, gender, and class as key factors in urban development. The course links historical patterns of urban life to contemporary urban issues and includes significant written assignments designed to develop students’ understanding of historical content and the practice of historical scholarship.
Development and growth of diverse housing structures in urban metropolitan areas. This includes a review of housing policies, communities, and social structures influencing the residential built environment. Urban Housing reviews the key components of housing in the urban arena. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of the urban housing environment, including public housing, homelessness, fair housing, gentrification, suburbanization, and the impacts these issues have on individuals and on social relationships. The role of public policy in facilitating and influencing housing development and growth will be the major focus of the course.
Examines the principal urban problems, their causes, and public policies that deal with them. The course is designed to acquaint students with the ideas of the major writers on such aspects of urban communities as the role and development of cities; their government administration and finance; urban planning and design; poverty and slums; ethnic, race and class relations; the administration of justice; urban mass transit; and the quality of life in the urban environment.
Community Design explores how planning and design processes can be used to strengthen communities and improve the quality of life. The course examines theories and practices of participatory design, community engagement, placemaking, and neighborhood development. Students analyze social, spatial, and equity issues affecting communities and apply community design methods, including observation, mapping, stakeholder engagement, and project development, to address local planning and design challenges.
The course provides the tools that will allow students to analyze specific nonprofit managerial situations; and to provide students with a solid understanding of the constraints, opportunities, and power of nonprofit management. It provides an opportunity to delve into the theoretical knowledge (what we do and why we do it) as well as the practical methods (how we do it) essential to the efficient and effective management of organizations in the nonprofit sector.
Urban Sociology examines the growth of urbanism throughout the world, including internal structure of the city, metropolitan areas, urban fringe and suburban areas, and analysis of social institutions in urban and metropolitan areas.
URBS 4700American Government Institutions and Governance3
This course introduces the discipline of public administration from the perspective of the institutions which constitute American Government, the relationships these institutions engender, and their implications for urban governance. The course encompasses the four primary institutions that comprise the American political system and explores the theories and practices that dominate the study of American government and public administration in urban settings. It presents a multi-level conceptualization of government, which includes multiple hierarchical and horizontal interactions in the process of governing in the American system of democracy.
Urban Geography examines cities, urbanization, and urban processes from a geographic perspective. The course explores the spatial organization and development of urban areas, relationships among cities at regional, national, and global scales, and the social, economic, political, and environmental forces shaping urban change. Topics include urban growth, neighborhood change, segregation, poverty, transportation, immigration, gentrification, urban governance, and planning. Students develop skills in analyzing urban issues and interpreting demographic and socioeconomic data.
Applied GIS for Urban Studies provides practical training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their application to urban research and planning. Students learn spatial data management, mapping, geospatial analysis, and visualization techniques using industry-standard GIS software. The course emphasizes the use of GIS to analyze urban patterns and processes, evaluate planning and policy issues, and support data-driven decision-making. Students develop technical and analytical skills through applied projects addressing real-world urban challenges.
URBS 3030 , admission to upper level and approval by Advisor.
URBS 4905Internship3
A supervised internship in a public or non-profit agency serving the urban community. One hundred and fifty (150) hours of work with the interning agency are required to complete the required three credit hours. The student will receive one credit hours for every 50 hours of agency service.
Senior standing, admission to URBS upper division program, URBS 2010 , and Research Methods course.
URBS 4990Independent Study in Urban Studies1-3
An advanced individual study or research conducted under the supervision of the faculty. Students design and execute independent projects that are not a part of the regular curriculum. The number of hours will be determined by the scope of the subject matter and the number of enrolled hours.
