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Major Requirements

城市研究专业提供了广泛的跨学科理解，了解城市动态如何塑造全球相互依存和当地空间. 主要强调城市和社区对经济组织至关重要的方式, social, and cultural activities that shape and transform human experiences. 学生可以通过三一校区和当地合作学校的课程，充分利用学院在城市领域强大而多样的学术资源, community learning in Hartford, study-away opportunities in international cities, as well as internships in a variety of urban settings.

LEARNING GOALS

The urban studies program’s learning goals can be found HERE.

REQUIREMENTS

To complete the major, students will take a total of at least 12 courses and:

  • All courses that count toward the major must earn a grade of C- or better.
  • Courses that count toward the major cannot be taken pass/fail.
  • 除URST 101(或CTYP 101)外，不超过一门100级课程或第一年的研讨会可以计入专业.
  • 参与式学习要求:至少有一门课程必须是以城市为中心的(A)学习课程, (B) internship, or (C) community learning course.
  • At least one of the courses in a student’s concentration (see below) must be at the 300 level.
  • By permission of the faculty coordinator, from one to four courses from a student’s study-away experience may be counted toward the major, depending on the study away program and number of semesters on study away.
  • By permission of the faculty coordinator, up to three courses from the cities program may be counted toward the major.
  • No more than three courses are allowed to double-count between urban studies and another major.
  • 学生必须通过URST 401完成一个综合本专业早期城市研究工作的综合练习. Qualified students (GPA over 3.总成绩50分，专业平均成绩A-)可以选择获得专业荣誉，这将要求他们通过URST 498(秋季)和URST 499(春季)完成两个学期的论文，成绩为A-或更高. 想要获得荣誉的学生仍然必须选择URST 401，但他们的论文变成了“综合练习”.”

Methods requirement:

学生必须完成以下课程之一或经批准的基于方法的替代课程:

  • URST 107. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
  • URST 208. Digital Urban Investigation
  • LAAL 200. Action Research Methods in Hartford
  • CLIC 400. Community Learning Fellows Research Colloquium

其他院系开设了方法课程，教授适用于城市研究的方法，可以用来满足这一要求, but these courses may be reserved for students in that department or program’s major. If a student is a double-major between urban studies and a major with such a methods course, then that course may substitute for the URST methods requirement. 学生有责任与各自的院系核实有关非专业的替代课程的可用性. These alternatives include, for example:

  • AHIS 364/ENGR 341. Architectural Drawing
  • AHIS 365/ENGR 342. Elements of Architectural Design
  • ANTH 301. Ethnographic Methods and Writing
  • CLCV 216. Archaeological Method and Theory
  • ECON 318. Basic Econometrics
  • ENVS 282. Drone Flight School — Mapping, Photogrammetry and Cinematography with Drones
  • ENVS 286. Theory and Application of Geographic Information Systems
  • ENVS 375. Methods in Environmental Science
  • HIST 300. History Workshop
  • PBPL 220. Research and Evaluation
  • POLS 242. Political Science Research Methods
  • RHET 226. Writing about Places
  • SOCL 201. Research Methods in the Social Sciences
  • STAR 150. Visual Thinking: Digital Photography in the Documentary Tradition

Concentrations:

Planning & policy

This thematic cluster or track includes courses in urban studies, public policy, environmental science, engineering or other fields which are built around practical, applied or professional skill development. For just some examples, the following courses would fit with this track:

  • URST 107. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
  • URST 212. Landscape Planning and Environmental Education for Brain Health
  • URST 219. Comparative Planning Perspectives
  • URST 280. American Cities and Local Governments: The Legal Perspectives
  • URST 301. Community Oriented Development Strategies to Address Urban Decline in the United States*
  • URST 321. Geographies of Transport: Being on the Move in the 21st Global Urban Century
  • URST 433. Introduction to Urban Planning
  • AHIS 286. Modern Architecture: 1900 to the Present
  • AHIS 364/ENGR 341. Architectural Drawing
  • AHIS 365/ENGR 342. Elements of Architectural Design
  • ENVS 286. Theory and Application of Geographic Information Systems
  • PBPL 414. Segregation and Public Policy

Urban society

This track focuses on the unique social aspects of cities. Courses in this track may come from a variety of disciplines. However, 学生应该与他们的导师合作，建立一个连贯的重点，帮助学生在城市研究的一个子领域发展专业知识. Some example courses would be:

  • URST 210. Sustainable Urban Development
  • URST 215. Latin American Cities
  • URST 218. Chinese Global Cities
  • URST 260. The City in African Studies: Past, Present, and Potential
  • URST 302. Global Cities
  • URST 318. Reshaping Global Urbanization*
  • ANTH 253. Urban Anthropology
  • ECON 209. Urban Economics
  • POLS 314. Comparative Urban Development
  • POLS 355. Urban Politics

Core courses:

  • Four core courses
    • URST 101. Introduction to Urban Studies or another 200-level comparative urban course
    • URST 201. From Hartford to World Cities
    • One URST 300-level course (such as URST 301, 302, 318 or 321)
    • URST 401. Senior Seminar
    • A community learning course or the community learning research colloquium

Concentration:

  • Four courses in a concentration (either planning & policy or urban society, as detailed above). At least one course in the concentration must be at the 300 level, and no courses at the 100 level can be counted toward the concentration; the 300-level course taken as a core class cannot double count within the concentration. This sequence, developed in consultation with the student’s adviser, 在城市研究的跨学科领域提供了一个主题强调超出了核心课程的内容.

Methods:

  • One methods course (beyond any methodologically-focused courses taken as a part of a concentration; as detailed above)

Electives:

  • Three other courses in urban studies

Capstone senior project/thesis:

学生必须完成一个综合练习，通过URST 401的主要研究论文，综合本专业早期的城市研究工作. 如果他们选择在专业中获得荣誉，这将要求他们通过URST 498(秋季)和URST 499(春季)完成两个学期的论文, then the thesis project counts for the integrating exercise in the 401 seminar; thesis students are, however, still expected to take URST 401.

*Courses taken to fulfill requirements for methods, 300-level core courses, or as part of a concentration may not be double-counted.

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

社区学习:社区学习办公室促进信誉最好的网投十大平台学生之间的学术合作, staff, faculty, and local organizations in metropolitan Hartford. By extending the boundaries of the classroom into the local community, students engage with the city in projects that deepen learning, promote civic engagement, and create mutually beneficial relationships with community organizations.

Kelter Urban Studies Endowment Fund: The Jeffrey E. 城市与全球研究中心(CUGS)的Kelter ' 76城市研究捐赠基金支持学生对21世纪人类面临的一系列关键城市问题进行调查. Of special interest are projects related to real estate and urban planning.

Grossman Global Studies Fund: The Kenneth S. Grossman ’78 Global Studies Fund, established in honor of Professor Eugene E. 他支持学生对21世纪人类面临的全球性问题进行调查. Examples of such issues include human rights, peacekeeping, the preservation of the ecosphere, migrations and diasporas, international health standards, and the consequences of revolutionary advances in information technology and bioengineering.

托马斯城市中国捐赠基金:凯伦和大卫托马斯城市中国教学与研究捐赠基金支持学生在中国城市或广义城市中国开展暑期研究项目. Eligible topics include but are not limited to: Economic development, spatial inequality, regional dynamics, migration, housing, heritage preservation, and environmental protection. This fund also supports a senior thesis prize for a topic on urban China.

田中研究基金:2002年，信誉最好的网投十大平台获得了田中纪念基金会的慷慨资助，建立了一个捐赠基金，允许学生在国外进行正式的研究项目, with a special focus on Asia, during the months of July and August. Typically, one grant, ranging from $3,000 to $4,000 in total, 每年颁发给被认为最可行和与申请人更广泛的学术兴趣相关的建议.

戴维斯和平计划:戴维斯和平计划是一项倡议，让戴维斯联合世界大学学者计划学校的所有学生设计他们自己的基层和平计划，他们将在夏季在世界任何地方实施这些计划. Through a competition on more than 90 campuses, 100 projects will be selected for funding at $10,000 each.

Study Away:

由凯伦和大卫·托马斯城市中国教学与研究基金会支持的中国暑期项目:城市与全球研究中心每年都会带学生去中国的城市(和美国), on several occasions, Southeast Asia) for an intensive summer course that investigates critical historical, socioeconomic, and environmental questions confronting the cities of the region. 研究这些充满活力的城市为城市研究的学生提供了一个迷人的方式来一瞥和接触可持续城市发展的各个方面. The program carries 1.0 course credit.

技术日本之旅:邀请一名教师和两名学生参加每年6月在东京举行的技术国际周，为期两周. Technos International Week is an event organized by Technos International College of Japan. 其目标是促进国际客人与主办机构成员之间的全球最大的网投平台和了解, 以及为客人提供体验和欣赏日本生活和文化的机会.

Honors要获得城市研究专业的荣誉学位，学生必须完成一篇两学期的论文，并取得a -或以上的成绩, achieve an overall GPA of at least 3.50, and earn at least an A- average in courses counted toward the major.