UTexas

Urban Studies (URB)

URB 301  Introduction to Urban Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
A multidisciplinary study of cities and complex urban environments; historical and contemporary issues from both national and international perspectives. Geography 307C and Urban Studies 301 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 307C  
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

URB 304M  Ancient Cities  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to the urban centers of the ancient Mediterranean world. Only one of the following may be counted: Classical Civilization 304C (Topic: Ancient Cities), 304M, Middle Eastern Studies 304M, Urban Studies 304M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 304M, MES 304M  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

URB 305  Introductory Topics in Urban Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
An introduction to urban studies within the framework of different disciplines. Topics include urban history, urban education, politics and governance, economics, design and planning, and society and culture. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

URB 315  Urban Studies Research Methods  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
An introduction to urban studies research methodologies. Includes sources of urban data, the use of the library in urban research, formulating research questions, research design, methods commonly used in urban research, the use of computers to store and manipulate quantitative urban data, and an introduction to data analysis and theoretical and practical applications of urban research. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Mathematics 408C or 408K with a grade of at least C-; Mathematics 316 and Urban Studies 301.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

URB 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S  Topics in Urban Studies  1-9 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Geography and the Environment. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

URB 320E  Sensing: Elemental Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore a sensory ethnographic investigation of urban ecology, organized around air, water, earth, and fire as themes for engaging with the city through media and the senses. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323U, 324L (Topic: Sensing: Elemental Media), Geography 326C, Urban Studies 320E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323U, GRG 326C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 320F  Latinx Austin  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the city of Austin, the city's importance for Latino communities, and the importance of Latinos for the city. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 328C, Mexican American Studies 354, Sociology 354L, Urban Studies 320F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 328C, MAS 354, SOC 354L  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 320M  Modernism in American Design and Architecture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
A historical survey of artifacts, buildings, and urban environments, focusing on responses to machine-age civilization. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 330, Art History 339Q, Urban Studies 352 (Topic 5), 320M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 330, ARH 339Q  
Core Curriculum: 050  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 320T  The Culture of Cities  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines the social, geographical, and cultural evolution of the United States from a rural and small-town society to an urban and suburban nation. Subjects may include the segregation of public and private space; the formation of urban subcultures organized by gender, work, race, religion, and sexuality; social and spatial divisions between rich and poor and native-born and immigrant; and the increasing importance of cultural capital" in reshaping urban politics and in conflicts over revitalization and gentrification. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 13), Geography 356T (Topic 1), Urban Studies 320T, 354 (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.13, GRG 356T.1  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 321D  Development Economics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to theories of economic development. Economic analysis of leading issues. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 333K, Urban Studies 351 (Topic 4), 321D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ECO 333K  
Pre/Corequisites: Economics 420K, 420S, 421K, or Finance 321K with a grade of at least C-.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 321G  African Cities Since 1500  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore Africa's past through the story of urbanization beginning with an overview of African cities around 1500--a time of increasing human migration and global trade. Assess African cities in the modern period, focusing on the advent of European colonialism in the 1800s and its aftermath. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 341, 374C (Topic: African Cities Since 1500), History 359C, History 366N (Topic: African Cities Since 1500), Urban Studies 321G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 341, HIS 359C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 321M  Urban Imaginaries  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Use science fiction literature, film, and other cultural artifacts as a platform to launch an examination into the central concept of urban imaginaries. Discuss the politics (and potential) of urban representation as well as understand how urban imaginaries influence everyday urban life and the ongoing production of urban space and place. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Urban Imaginaries), 370 (Topic 79), Geography 320U, Urban Studies 321M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.79, GRG 320U  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 321R  Introduction to Risk Management  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Principles of risk management for individuals and organizations, financial aspects of insurance companies and markets, industry structure, managerial aspects of underwriting and pricing, and public policy issues. Only one of the following may be counted: Risk Management 357E, Urban Studies 321R, 351 (Topic: Intro to Risk Management), 351 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R M 357E  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 321U  Urban Sociology  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to the study of the city and the suburbs. Specific focus on inequality in urban space, with emphasis on three major United States cities (New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles) and on several third world cities. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 321K (Topic: Urban Sociology), 321U, Urban Studies 354 (Topic 11), 321U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 321U  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 322C  Vienna: Memory and the City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines the ways in which cultural memory has shaped, and continues to shape, urban life in Vienna, Austria. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 41), European Studies 346 (Topic 5), 346C, History 362C, Urban Studies 322C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.41, EUS 346C, HIS 362C  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 322E  Urban Economics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Economic analysis of urban areas, emphasizing current problems, such as spatial concentration of poverty, lack of access to jobs and financial services, and transportation systems. Examines the role of policy in addressing these problems. Only one of the following may be counted: Economics 334K, Urban Studies 322E, 351 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ECO 334K  
Pre/Corequisites: Economics 420K, 420S, 421K, or Finance 321K with a grade of at least C-.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 322P  Anthropology of Infrastructure  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore how infrastructure creates relationships between resources, energy, built form, information, and people. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323R, 324L (Topic: Anthropology of Infrastructure), Urban Studies 322P, 352 (Topic: Anthropology of Infrastructure). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323R  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 322R  Race, Social Justice, and the City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the way that race and inequality are built into the structures and ideas surrounding urban life through the spatial and racial structures of capitalist development, racialized migration, and redevelopment and gentrification campaigns. Analyze how United States cities are racial geographies. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 321U, Urban Studies 322R, Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Race, Social Just & the City). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 321U  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 322T  Texas, 1900 to the Present  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the steady dissociation of Texas from its Old South status to a transitional state and a power in national politics. Only one of the following may be counted: History 320F, 320R, Mexican American Studies 320F, 374 (Topic 16), Urban Studies 322T, 353 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 320F, MAS 320F  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 322U  Negotiating Urbanization: Case Studies in Turkey  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines local and transnational forces that have driven and continue to drive contemporary urbanization in Turkey. Focuses on key issues that emerge in rapidly growing cities of the developing world, such as growing income inequality and socioeconomic exclusion, environmental challenges, and rising violence. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 326 (Topic: Negotiating Urbanization in the Middle East: Case Studies in Turkey), 341 (Topic 6), Turkish 372 (Topic: Negotiating Urbanization in the Middle East: Case Studies in Turkey), Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Negotiating Urbanization in the Middle East: Case Studies in Turkey), 354 (Topic 9), 322U.
Same as: MES 341.6  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 323S  Building the Sustainable City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 321K (Topic: Building the Sustainable City), 323S, Urban Studies 323S, 352 (Topic: Building the Sustainable City), 352 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 323S  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 324C  Urban Publics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The concept of the public in the city and how it has shifted over time along the lines of gender, ethnicity, race, and class. Examines contemporary struggles over defining the urban public and how those struggles are linked to social, cultural, political, and economic forces. Subjects include uses of public space, the public sphere, eminent domain, urban politics, civic engagement, and political participation. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 356T (Topic 5), Urban Studies 324C, 354 (Topic: Urban Publics). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 356T.5  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 324G  Global Cities in the United States  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Engage with the history of the global city at various levels, using text from disciplines including history, geography, anthropology, and sociology, as well as primary sources, images, readings, and films. Define the global city in the past and present and explore questions of race, class, gender, the politics of space, the culture of empire, and the changing shape of U.S. capitalism. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Global Cities in the U.S.), 370 (Topic 64), Urban Studies 324G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.64  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 325  Special Topics in Urban Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional hours may be required for some topics.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 325E  The Healthy, Livable City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the design of the built environment and its potential for addressing and preventing many childhood and adult health concerns in the United States. Examine how to create healthy, walkable, vital communities for all. Geography 325E and Urban Studies 325E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 325E  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 325L  Sociology of Criminal Justice  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examination of the police, courts, and prisons: how they work, their impact on those who pass through them. Introduction to the American criminal justice system, its policies and procedures. The primary focus will be on the roles and functions of the police, the courts, and corrections, with a special emphasis on how well or not so well the system operates. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 325L, Urban Studies 325L, 354 (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 325L  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 325R  Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
An examination of the principles of real estate and urban land economics. Subjects include investment, valuation, financing, and public policy in real estate and mortgage markets. Only one of the following may be counted: Real Estate 358, Urban Studies 325R, 351 (Topic: Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development), 351 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R E 358  
Pre/Corequisites: Accounting 310F or 311 or 311H; and Finance 357 or 357H.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 326F  Berlin  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Berlin), 323 (Topic 44), European Studies 347 (Topic: Berlin), 347 (Topic 34), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 360 (Topic: Berlin), 361M, History 361F, 362G (Topic: Berlin), 362G (Topic 17), Urban Studies 326F, 353 (Topic: Berlin), 353 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.44, EUS 347.34, GSD 361M, HIS 361F  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 327D  African American History since 1860  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Survey of the history of African Americans in the United States from 1860 to the present: Emancipation, Reconstruction politics, migration and urbanization, and the evolution of African American culture; kinds of sources and methods valuable for analyzing African American life and culture. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 357D, American Studies 321 (Topic: African American History since 1860), 321F, History 357D, Urban Studies 327D, 353 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 357D, AMS 321F, HIS 357D  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 327U  Urban Unrest  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analysis of the roots of urban unrest, exploring a range of origins: joblessness, state violence, white flight, backlash against civil rights gains, new immigration, and interracial strife. Beyond race and class, subjects include exploring unrest as a mode of pushing the normative boundaries of gender and sexuality in public space. Course material will draw from film, literature, history, geography, and anthropology. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360F, 372F (Topic 13), American Studies 321 (Topic 8), Anthropology 324L (Topic 46), Asian American Studies 330 (Topic 6), 330G, Urban Studies 327U, 354 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330G, AFR 360F, AMS 321.8, ANT 324L.46  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 328C  Principles of Physical Planning  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introductory course in the physical dimension of urban planning. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 369J, Community Regional Planning 369K, Urban Studies 328C, 335F, 352 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: CRP 369K  
Pre/Corequisites: For students in the School of Architecture: Architecture 333 with a grade of at least C and upper-division standing; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 328E  Environmental History of North America  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The history of humanity's influence on the plants, animals, microlife, soils, water, and air of North America, and vice versa, from the arrival of the proto-Indians to the contemporary environmental crisis. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 329, History 350R (Topic 7), Urban Studies 328E, 353 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 329, HIS 350R.7  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 328L  Latino Urbanism in the United States City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 327R (Topic: Latino Urbanism in US City), Mexican American Studies 350F, 374 (Topic: Latino Urbanism in US City), Urban Studies 328L, 354 (Topic: Latino Urbanism in US City). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 350F  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S  Topics in Urban Studies  1-9 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Geography and the Environment. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 330F  Urban Experiences In East Asia  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the process of urbanization in East and Southeast Asia focusing on the politics of capital accumulation and distribution. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 361 (Topic: Urban Experiences In East Asia), 361E. Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Urban Experiences In East Asia), 330F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 361E  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 330G  The Global City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351, 374D (Topic: The Global City), American Studies 321 (Topic: The Global City), 324E, Anthropology 324L (Topic: The Global City), 324S, Urban Studies 330G, 353 (Topic: The Global City). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351, AMS 324E, ANT 324S  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 332D  Human Health and the Environment  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to environmental health concepts. Examine current events to explore the relationship between environment and health and whether an environmental condition is or is not an important threat to health. Discuss the complexity of determining "proof" in this field. Geography 322D and Urban Studies 332D may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 322D  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 335F  City Architecture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to city architecture, urban design, and planning. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 369J, Community Regional Planning 369K, Urban Studies 328C, 335F, 352 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARC 369J  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: For students in the School of Architecture: Architecture 333 with a grade of at least C and upper-division standing; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 337  The Modern American City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Issues facing residents of United States cities, such as transportation and housing, poverty and crime, metropolitan finance, environmental and architectural design; historical/comparative urban evolution. Only one of the following may be counted: Architecture 350R (Topic 1), Geography 337, Urban Studies 337, 352 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ARC 350R.1, GRG 337  
Pre/Corequisites: For students in the School of Architecture, upper-division standing; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 340  Contemporary Cultural Geography  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Recent theoretical developments in cultural geography, with a focus on landscapes and the everyday practices that imbue them with meaning; the ways those meanings are contested and are the foci of struggle; and how the relationship between culture and space plays a central role in the social construction of identity. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 336, Urban Studies 340, 354 (Topic 8). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 336  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 342C  Water and the Roman City  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine Roman urban development, design, and adaption from the perspective of hydrology, hydraulics, and cult and culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Classical Civilization 340 (Topic: Water and the Roman City), 340 (Topic 11), Urban Studies 342C, 353 (Topic: Water and the Roman City). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C C 340.11  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 352C  American Dilemmas  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examination of critical American social problems, including problems in the economic, political, and health care systems, as well as inequities based on income, gender, and race. Exploration of how these problems are a natural outgrowth of the existing social structure. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 336C, Urban Studies 352C, 354 (Topic 13), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 336C, WGS 345.26  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 355U  Urban Politics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine politics in American cities. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 370L (Topic: Urban Politics), 370L (Topic 11), 370U, Urban Studies 350 (Topic 1), 355U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 370U  
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in Government.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 360  Internship and Service Learning  3 Hours  

5 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Internship experience in an urban studies-related public or nonprofit agency. The opportunity to apply the knowledge, theory, and understanding gained from courses in areas of specialization to urban issues in a professional setting. Includes an academic service-learning component. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 340U, 356T (DIRECTED INTRNSHPS IN URB STDS), Urban Studies 360. Approximately five to ten hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 340U  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; and Urban Studies 301 and 315.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 370  Senior Project  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Students identify an urban issue, develop a position paper, and work closely with a faculty adviser on a project. Students may use text or other media (such as video or portfolio) to present their arguments. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, and Urban Studies 301, 315, and 360 with a grade of at least C in each.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 379  Conference Course  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Supervised individual study of selected problems in urban studies. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor and the undergraduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

URB 679H  Honors Tutorial Course  6 Hours  

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Directed reading and research or creation of an honors project, followed by the writing of a thesis. Conference course for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 679HA, admission to the Urban Studies Honors Program and consent of the urban studies adviser; for 679HB, Urban Studies 679HA.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division