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Urban Studies Minor
Students interested in urban studies should contact Jill Pearlman, senior lecturer in environmental studies.
Requirements for the Minor in Urban Studies
Urban Studies minors should have an understanding of cities as taking diverse forms across time and place, and as involving distinctive structures, infrastructures, cultures, politics, and modes of social life. While students will likely gravitate toward a particular disciplinary approach, those completing the minor will have exposure to the historical development and transformation of cities; the social and political problems of urban life; and the history, planning, and design of the built environment.
The minor consists of five courses.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Choose one introductory survey course from the following: | 1 | |
ENVS 2444 | City, Anti-City, and Utopia: Building Urban America | |
HIST 1321 | Gotham: The History of a Modern City | |
HIST 2346 Cities of the Global South | ||
SOC 2202 | Cities and Society | |
| One humanities course or one social science course listed as Urban Studies, depending on the discipline of the Introductory Survey. If introductory survey is in the humanities, the student must complete a social science Urban Studies Course. Students who take a social science introductory survey must take a humanities course. c | 2 | |
| One non-US based course listed as Urban Studies c | 1 | |
| Two electives listed as Urban Studies c | 1 | |
| c | For more information about courses that might meet this requirement, please click here. |
This is an excerpt from the official Bowdoin College Catalogue and Academic Handbook. View the Catalogue