Urban Studies Minor

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The minor in Urban Studies is open to all GSU majors. The minor is a good foundation for students contemplating graduate work in urban planning, environmental policy, economics, public administration, public policy, law, or social work. It also is an exciting interdisciplinary focus because understanding urban phenomena requires synthesizing knowledge from a broad range of subjects. It is a useful complement to majors such as Public Policy, History, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Public Health, Real Estate and others.

Students who wish to minor in urban studies must take 15 hours of courses. This will include two required courses offered within the Urban Studies Institute and three courses chosen from a list of possible electives.

Minor Requirements (15 Credit Hours)

Core Courses (6 Credit Hours)

All minors are required to take two of the three core courses

URB 3010 - Contemporary U.S. Cities 3 Credit Hours
URB 3020 - The Global Evolution of Cities 3 Credit Hours
URB 3030 - Power in the City: Urban Politics in the 21st Century 3 Credit Hours

Optional Courses (9 Credit Hours)

Students must select three courses from the list of Optional Courses, below. All are 3-4 credit courses. More information on these courses is provided in Appendix D.

Note: *offered both semesters.

URB 3030 - Power in the City: Urban Politics in the 21st Century 3 Credit Hours
URB 4097 - Urban Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
URB 4660 - Urban Environment 3 Credit Hours or GEOG 4020 - Urban Environments 3 Credit Hours
URB 4670 - The Interdisciplinary City 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4200 - Urban Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 4470 - Visual Culture 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4720 - Law, Justice & Social Change 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4300 - Economics of Cities 3 Credit Hours *
ECON 4350 - Economics of Poverty and Public Policy 3 Credit Hours *
HIST 4220 - The American City 4 Credit Hours
GEOG 4518 - Digital Cartography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4768 - Metropolitan Atlanta 3 Credit Hours or SOCI 4279 - Metropolitan Atlanta 3 Credit Hours or HIST 4320 - Metropolitan Atlanta 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4764 - Urban Geography CTW 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 4774 - Contemporary Urban Theory and Issues 3 Credit Hours
PHPB 4030 - Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Public Health 3 Credit Hours
PHPH 4050 - Health Equity and Disparities: Urban and Global Health Challenges 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 3011 - Policy and Politics in the American City 3 Credit Hours *
PMAP 3111 - Urban Political Economy 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 3411 - Contemporary Planning 3 Credit Hours *
PMAP 4401 - Urban Demography and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 4421 - GIS Application to Planning and Policy Analysis 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 4451 - Economic Development Policy 3 Credit Hours *
RE 3010 - Real Estate Principles 3 Credit Hours *
RE 4050 - Real Estate Development 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 3201 - Wealth, Power, and Inequality 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3212 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4226 - Urban Sociology 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4380 - Educational Sociology 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 3390 - Selected Topics 3 Credit Hours (Housing & Inequality) *
SW 4350 - Economic Justice, Inequality, and Poverty 3 Credit Hours
WGSS 3040 - Globalization and Gender 3 Credit Hours

Total Semester Hours for Minor: 15 Credit Hours

Students should select Area F elective courses in consultation with advisor as some upper level coursese have prerequisites. The advisors can also approve exceptions to the current elective list.