Comprehensive List of Urban Studies Courses
This is the master list of all the courses that have been approved by the Director as fulfilling Requirements A, B, and C in the past.
This list is always subject to change. New courses are added to this list as they are brought to our attention.
Please note that these courses are not necessarily offered every term. Some are no longer being offered.
A COURSES
AFRICANA STUDIES
AFRS BC3556 — ANTHROPOLOGY OF BLACK AMERICA
AFRS BC3002 — HARLEM MOVEMENT LEGACIES
ARCHITECTURE
ARCH UN3502 — URBANIZING CHINA
ARCH UN3120 -- CITY, LANDSCAPE, & ECOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH V2180 — HARLEM, "GLOBAL HARLEM"
ANTH V2180 — ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY OF CITIES
ANTH V3500 — AFRICA: CULTURE & SOCIETY
ANTH V3840 — URBAN LIFE: SOUTH ASIA
ANTH UN3878 — NEOLIBERAL URBANISM AND THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION
ANTH V3903 — CITIES: ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY/THEORY
ANTH V3960 — THE CULTURE OF PUBLIC ART AND DISPLAY IN NEW YORK
ANTH UN3989 — INTRODUCTION TO URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH BC3102 — AFRICAN URBANISM
ANTH UN3862 — TOGETHER OR NOT?: DISCONTENTS OF COLLECTIVE LIFE
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ETHNICITY AND RACE
CSER V3440 — U. S. CITIES IN TRANSITION
CSER V3440 — THE CHANGING AMERICAN CITY
CSER UN3445 — CITY, ENVIRONMENT, VULNERABILITY
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE & SOCIETY
CPLS GU4892 SUBALTERN URBANISM
ECONOMICS
ECON BC3011 — INEQUALITY AND POVERTY
ECON UN3901 — THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
ECON W4230 — ECONOMICS OF NEW YORK CITY
ECON W4438 — ECONOMICS OF RACE IN THE US
GLOBAL THOUGHT
CGTH GU4600 — GLOBAL CITIES
EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
EAAS GU4226 — GENDER, CLASS, REAL ESTATE — CHINA
HISTORY
HIST UN3739 -- THE "ISLAMIC" CITY"
AMHS UN3462 -- IMMIGRANT NEW YORK
AFRS BC3528 — HARLEM ON MY MIND: HISTORY, CULTURE, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
HIST UN2415 — IMMIGRANT NEW YORK
HIST UN2535 — HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
HIST W3408 — EMERGING CITIES: 19TH CENTURY URBAN HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE
HIST W3441 — MAKING THE MODERN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
HIST W3449 — AMERICAN URBAN HISTORY
HIST W3514 — IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND LIFE
HIST W3575 — 20TH CENTURY BLACK URBAN POLITICS
HIST BC3676 — LATIN AMERICA: MIGRATION, RACE & ETHNICITY
HIST UN3915 — A HISTORY OF AFRICAN CITIES
HIST BC2408 — EMERGING CITIES OF THE 19TH CENTURY WEST
HIST UN2950 — SOCIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH
HIST BC3978/BC4973 — 20TH CENTURY CITIES: AMERICAS/EUROPE
HIST BC3360 — LONDON: FROM "GREAT WEN" TO WORLD CITY
HIST BC4323 — THE CITY IN EUROPE
HIST BC4324 — VIENNA AND THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN
HIST UN3335 — 20TH CENTURY NEW YORK CITY HISTORY
HIST W4417 — AFRICAN AMERICAN URBAN HISTORY
HIST BC4651 — JEWISH TALES FROM FOUR CITIES: THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK
HIST BC4791 — LAGOS: THE CITY
HIST BC3830 — BOMBAY/MUMBAI AND ITS URBAN IMAGINARIES
HIST GU4012 — HISTORY OF THE CITY IN LATIN AMERICA
HIST UN3604 — JEWS AND THE CITY
HIST UN3931 — THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS
HIST UN 3277 — HISTORY OF URBAN CRIME AND POLICING IN LATIN AMERICA IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
HIST BC2477 — RACE, CLASS AND POLITICS IN NEW YORK CITY
HIST UN3017 — SEXUALITY AND THE CITY
HIST GU4926 — SPATIAL HISTORY LAB (MUST BE TAKEN WITH HIST GU4927)
HIST GU4927 — MAPPING 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK (MUST BE TAKEN WITH HIST GU4926)
HIST UN2689 — COLONIAL CITIES OF THE AMERICAS
HIST UN3341 — SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE BRITISH CITY
HIST UN3529 — LANDSCAPES OF AMERICAN MODERNITY 1880—1940
GCGTH GU4400 -- GLOBAL NEW YORK
HIST GU4824 -- THE CITY & THE ARCHIVE
HIST UN3564 -- DANCING NEW YORK CITY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
HIST UN3629 -- MOBILITIES IN THE AMERICAS: AND URBAN PUBLIC HISTORY
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
INAF U4260 — CRITICAL ISSUES IN URBAN PUBLIC POLICY
LINGUISTICS
LING UN3102 — ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN THE GLOBAL CITY
MIDDLE EAST
MDES 3951 — POSTCOLONIAL AFRICAN CITIES
MDES UN3331 — URBAN SPACE & CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST
MDES UN3003 -- BABYLON-BAGHDAD: AN URBAN HISTORY
PLANNING
ARCH UN3502 — URBANIZING CHINA
ARCH4300GU — THE JUST CITY: GLOBAL DEBATES IN URBAN PLANNING & POLICY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLS BC3210 — POWER, POLITICS, AND POLICYMAKING
POLS W3245 — RACE AND ETHNICITY IN AMERICAN POLITICS
POLS UN3260 — LATINOS POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
POLS BC3304 — POLITICS & POLICY IN AMERICAN FEDERALISM
POLS BC3305 — POLITICS OF URBAN AND SOCIAL POLICY
POLS UN3213 — AMERICAN URBAN POLITICS
POLS UN3560 — POLITICS OF URBAN DEVELOMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
POLS BC3329 — HARLEM IN THEORY
POLS BC3501 — URBAN VIOLENCE
SOCIOLOGY
SOCI V2420 — RACE AND PLACE IN URBAN AMERICA
SOCI V3247 — IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES, OLD AND NEW
SOCI W3296 — PARIS: THE MAKING OF A MODERN CITY
SOCI V3324 — POVERTY, INEQUALITY, AND POLICY
SOCI BC3907 — COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCI UN3324 — GLOBAL URBANISM
SOCI BC3970 — RACE AND PLACE IN URBAN AMERICA
SOCI UN3980 — IMMIGRANT NEW YORK
SOCI BC3236 — ARAB NEW YORK
SOCI GR6008 -- EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
URBAN STUDIES
URBS UN3450 — NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
URBS UN3464 — URBAN ECOLOGIES AND GRAND INFRASTRUCTURE
URBS UN3485 — URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
URBS UN3440 — SHRINKING CITIES
URBS UN3480 — HOMELESSNESS IN NYC
URBS UN3551 — URBAN ELSEWHERES: EXPLORING A WORLD OF CITIES
URBS UN3308 — INTRODUCTION TO URBAN ETHNOGRAPHIES
URBS UN3467 — EXCAVATING THE EMPIRE CITY
URBS UN3725 + UN3726 — NEW YORK CITY'S GILDED AGES: COMING OF AGE, PAST & PRESENT
URBS UN3485 — URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
URBS UN3460 — RACE, GENDER, AND URBAN VIOLENCE
URBS UN3540 — URBAN GOVERNANCE IN NEW YORK CITY
URBS UN3315 — METROPOLITICS OF RACE & PLACE
URBS UN3550 — COMMUNITY BUILDING
URBS UN3725 + UN3726 — NEW YORK CITY'S GILDED AGES: COMING OF AGE, PAST & PRESENT
URBS UN3833 — NEW YORK CITY: POLITICS AND GOVERNING
URBS UN3920 — SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
URBS UN3485 — URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
URBS UN3410 — RACE, ETHNICITY AND IMMIGRATION IN URBAN AMERICA
URBS UN3420 — INTRODUCTION TO URBAN SOCIOLOGY
URBS UN3427 — IMAGINING AND NARRATING THE URBAN
URBS UN3810 — PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC SPACE
URBS UN3820 — SUBURBS: RACE, CLASS, CONFLICT
URBS UN3830 — EMINENT DOMAIN AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE
URBS UN3870 — URBAN TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTIONS
URBS UN3315 — METROPOLITICS OF RACE & PLACE
URBS UN3926 — RACE, PLACE AND THE UNITED STATES
URBS UN3310 — RACE, SPACE AND URBAN SCHOOLS
B COURSES
AFRICANA STUDIES
AFRS BC3550 — HARLEM SEMINAR: GAY HARLEM
AFRS BC3000 — HARLEM AND MOSCOW
AFRS GU4321 — PANDEMICS OF HARLEM
AFRS BC3550 -- QUEER HARLEM
AMERICAN STUDIES
AMST -- GU4300 Latina/o/x NY
ARCHITECTURE
ARCH UN1003 — INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE
ARCH UN1010 — DESIGN FUTURES: NEW YORK CITY
ARCH V3114 — MAKING THE METROPOLIS
ARCH V3119 — NETWORKS AND ECOLOGIES
ARCH V3121 — URBAN PRAXIS: SOC THEORY ARCH\
ARCH UN3120 -- CITY, LANDSCAPE, & ECOLOGY
ARCH A4330 — URBAN HISTORY I
ARCH A4332 — EUR URB + CARTOGRAPHY
ARCH A4337 — POLIT—SPACE: CITIES, INST, SPACE
ARCH UN3130 — URBAN DISLOCATIONS AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF DIASPORAS
ARCH UN3117 — MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD
ARCH UN3400 — ENVIRONMENTAL VISUALIZATIONS OF NYC
ARCH UN3117 — MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD
ART HISTORY
ARCH UN1007 — INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE
AHIS W3645 — 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE/CITY PLANNING
AHIS BC3655 — THE DISCOURSE OF PUBLIC ART AND PUBLIC SPACE
AHIS W3930 — MUSEUMS, MEMORY AND AMERICAN PUBLIC CULTURE
AHIS BC3948 — HARLEM RENAISSANCE
AHIS UN1007 — INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
- STUDENTS MUST REGISTER FOR DISCUSSION SECTION AHIS UN1008
AHIS BC3831--MUSEUMS OF NEW YORK CITY
AHIS BC3868--TOKYO
CIVIL ENGINEERING
CIEN E4144 -- REAL ESTATE LAND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING
CLASSICS
GRKM UN3935 — HELLENISM AND THE TOPOGRAPHICAL IMAGINATION
CSGM UN3567 -- THESSALONIKI DOWN THE AGES
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (ENGLISH)
CPLS W3209 — MODERN AND POSTMODERN CITIES
CLEN W3970 — MODERNISM AND THE CITY
CPLT BC3165 -- CITY & COUNTRY IN THE COMPARATIVE 19TH C
DANCE
DNCE BC2570 — DANCE IN NEW YORK CITY
DNCE BC3240 — SEEING THE BODY: MOVEMENT AND PHYSICALITY IN MODERN VISUAL CULTURE
EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
HISTORY: EAST ASIAN GU4814 — SPACE AND PLACE IN URBANIZING TIBET
EDUCATION
EDUC BC3052 — MATH AND THE CITY
EDUC BC3055 — ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN THE CITY: CRITICAL
EDUC BC3058 — SCIENCE IN THE CITY
EDUC BC3051 — SEMINAR IN URBAN EDUCATION
EDUC BC3034 — FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS
ENGLISH
ENGL BC3146 — WALK THIS WAY
ENGL BC3184 — HOUSE AND HOME IN AMERICAN CULTURE
ENGL BC3196 — HARLEM RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
ENGL W3237 — RACE AND RACISM
ENGL W3400 — AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE I
ENGL GU4622 — AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE II
ENGL W3934/W4621 — THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
ENGL BC3292 — QNYC
ENGL BC3223 -- NEW YORK IN TEN OBJECTS
ENGL UN303 — POSTWAR FICTION AND ARCHITECTURE
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EESC BC3027 — URBAN ECOSYSTEMS
EESC UN2330 — SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EESC BC3026 — CASE STUDY LAND—USE DYNAMICS
EESC BC3032 — AGRICULTURAL AND URBAN LAND USE
EESC BC3033 — WASTE MANAGEMENT
EESC BC3036 — URBAN OCEANOGRAPHY--WHERE THE CITY MEETS THE SEA
ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
EEEB GU4135 — URBAN ECOLOGY & DESIGN
HUMAN RIGHTS
HRTS W4915 — HUMAN RIGHTS AND URBAN PUBLIC SPACE
HRTS UN3934 SEEKING SANCTUARY IN NEW YORK CITY
LATIN AMERICAN AND IBERIAN CULTURES
PORT UN3443 — VISUAL CULTURES AND THE CITY
MUSIC
MUSI UN2030 -- JEWISH MUSIC IN NEW YORK
RELIGION
RELI V2615 — RELIGIONS OF HARLEM
RELI V3604 — RELIGION IN THE CITY
RELI W4620 — RELIGIOUS WORLDS OF NEW YORK
RELI BC3216 --RELIGIOUS HISTORIES OF NEW YORK CITY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EESC UN2300 (SDEV UN2301) — CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SDEV UN3410 — URBANIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY
SDEV UN3410 — CITIES AND SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
SUMA K4130 — SUSTAINABLE CITIES
THEATRE
THTR UN2100 — NEW YORK THEATRE
URBAN STUDIES
URBS UN3310 — SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
URBS UN3530 — URBAN DEVELOPMENT: A RUBIK'S CUBE OF POLICY CHOICES
URBS UN3560 — LAND—USE PLANNING IN THE U.S.
URBS UN3562 — THE CITY IN BETA: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE DESIGN PROCESS
URBS UN3565 — CITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
C COURSES
ECONOMICS
ECON BC2411 — STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS
ECON BC3018 — ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMICS: HISTORY
ECHS BC2590 — MEASURING HISTORY
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EESC BC3017 section 001 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS
EESC BC3017 — ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
EAEE W4009 — GIS: REMOTE SENSING, ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
HISTORY
HIST BC3504 — NINETEENTH—CENTURY NEW YORK CITY: A SPATIAL HISTORY
HIST BC2590 — MEASURING HISTORY
HIST BC2405 -- SPATIAL HISTORY OF 19TH-C NYC
- Must be taken with HIST BC2425 SPATIAL HISTORY OF 19TH C NYC LAB
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLS BC3100 — SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
POLS BC3222 — DESIGNING SOCIAL INQUIRY
POLS UN3704 — DATA ANALYSIS & STATISTICS
POLS W4910 — QUANTITATIVE POLITICAL RESEARCH
SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT
SDEV UN3390 — GIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SDEV UN3450 — SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SOCIOLOGY
SOCI W2220 — EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE
SOCI UN3010 — METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCI W3020 — SOCIAL STATISTICS
SOCI BC3211 — QUANTITATIVE METHODS
URBAN STUDIES
NOTE: URBS UN2200 — INTRO TO GIS
NOTE: URBS UN3200 — SPATIAL ANALYSIS: GIS METHODS AND URBAN CASE STUDIES
URBS UN3308 INTRO TO URBAN ETHNOGRAPHIES