Urban Studies majors need to take at least one course from each area. Some courses may fulfill more than one theme but cannot double count within the major.
- History of Cities
- Comparative and Theoretical Dimensions
- The Built Environment
- Urban Economics/Finance
- Public Policy/Government
This list is not exhaustive; courses not listed may also be considered but must be approved by the Urban Studies advisor. Titles for topics courses vary and may fulfill a different theme depending on course content for the specific term. See your advisor. Course numbers in bold denote courses Primary to Urban Studies.
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- URBS 1030 (103) /HIST 209 Industrial Metropolis
- URBS 1153 (104)/HIST1153 (153) Transformations of Urban America
- URBS 121 /ANTH121 Origins and Cultures of Cities
- URBS 0050 (139)/ANTH0105(139) Ancient Civilizations of the World
- URBS 2030 (203) Intro to City Planning: Planning Urban Spaces
- URBS 0210 (210)/HIST 0810 (210) The City
- URBS 212/COML110/HIST246/THAR110 History, Theatre, and Culture
- URBS 220/HIST 214 Current Topics: Modern American Cities
- URBS 3705 (220)/HIST 3705 (216) Jews and the City
- URBS 217/HIST 373 America in the 1960's
- URBS 236/ANTH236/NELC246 Mesopotamia: Heartland of Cities, or; Iraq: Ancient Cities & Empires (NELC topics courses)
- URBS 2500 (250) Urban Public Policy
- URBS 2501 (260)/HIST 2501 (206) World Cities: Cities in Chinese History
- URBS 0270 (270) The Immigrant City
- URBS 2760 (276)/ARTH 2700 (270) The Modern City
- URBS 2770 (277) Gender, Sex, and Urban Life
- URBS 332 Digital City
- URBS 1154 (367)/HIST1154 (367) Philadelphia 1700-2000
- URBS 4040 (404) Philanthropy and the City
- URBS 4200 (420) Perspectives on American Poverty
- URBS 4350 (435) The Political Economy of Urban Development
- URBS 4400 (440) Intro to City Planning: Past, Present and Future
- URBS 4500 (450) Urban Redevelopment
- URBS 4570 (457)/SOCI435 Globalization & the City
- URBS 472/AFRC472 Race and the City
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COMPARATIVE & THEORETICAL DIMENSIONS
- URBS 018 Soundscapes of Society/Music in Urban Spaces
- URBS 1090 (112)/SOCI1090 (011) Urban Sociology
- URBS 114/AFRC112/SOCI112/WSTD112 Discrimination: Racial & Sexual Conflict
- URBS 121/ANTH121 Origins and Cultures of Cities
- URBS 0002 (122)/ANTH0002 (107)/SAST 0002 (002) The City in South Asia
- URBS 1310 (131)/ANTH1310 (131) Small Business Anthropology
- URBS 137/SOCI 137 Sociology of Media and Popular Culture
- URBS 139/ANTH 139/NELC 182 Ancient Civilizations of the World
- URBS 160/SOCI006/AFRC006 Race & Ethnic Relations
- URBS 1780 (178)/AFRC 078/ HIST 304 (214) Urban-University Community Relations
- URBS 2600 (180) Asian American Food
- URBS 207/ASAM205 Asian-American Community Fieldwork
- URBS 0210 (210)/HIST210 The City
- URBS 212/COML110/HIST246/THAR110 History, Theatre, and Culture
- URBS 213/513/FOLK 513 Urban Ethnography
- URBS 215 Ethnic Economies and Globalization
- URBS 3705 (220)/HIST 3705 (216) Jews and the City
- URBS 235/FNAR226/FNAR626 Film and the City
- URBS 1070 (237)/GRMN 1040 (237) Berlin: History, Politics, Culture
- URBS 1050 (244)/COML254/GRMN1050 (244) Metropolis: Culture of the City
- URBS 245/COMM244/EDUC244 Civic Dialogue Seminar
- URBS 0248 (248) The Urban Food Chain
- URBS 255/AFRC255/HIST255 Urban Neighborhoods
- URBS 2580 (258)/SOCI 258 Global Urban Education
- URBS 259 Post-Industrial City: New Lifestyles, New Forms
- URBS 260/HIST 206 World Cities: Cities in Chinese History
- URBS 0270 (270) The Immigrant City
- URBS 273/AFRC145/ENGL145 Writing in Concert
- URBS 2770 (277) Gender, Sex, and Urban Life
- URBS 3050 (205)/AFRC 3051 (305) Housing, Race, and Community in the United States
- URBS 3140 (314)/SOCI 314 Participatory Cities
- URBS 321/ANTH320/COMM320 Urban Ethnography: Documenting City Life
- URBS 332 Digital City
- URBS 344 Documentary Experiments in Urban Research
- URBS 3500 (350)/ENGL 137 Cities and Stories
- URBS 352/ANTH252 Food Habits in Philadelphia Communities
- URBS 4050 (405) / HIST405 / AFRC4050 (405) / RELS4050 (439) Religion, Social Justice and Urban Development
- URBS 414/LALS 414 Memory & Urbanism in the Americas
- URBS 4200 (420) Perspectives on Urban Poverty
- URBS 4270 (427) Urban Ethnography: Capturing the Cultures of Cities
- URBS 4350 (435) The Political Economy of Urban Development
- URBS 4520 (452) Community Economic Development
- URBS 4570 (457)/SOCI435 Globalization & the City
- URBS 463/ENVS463 Brownfield Remediation
- URBS 467/CPLN467 Cities in the 21st Century
- URBS 4730 (473)/SOCI 2946 (473) Community Organizing: History & Theory
- URBS 4800 (480) Liberation and Ownership
- URBS 5320 (532) Mapping Philadelphia
- URBS 547/ANTH547/EDUC547 Anthropology & Education
- URBS 2760 (276)/ARTH 2700 (283) The Modern City
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- URBS 1310 (131)/ANTH1310 (131) Small Business Anthropology
- URBS 2030 (203) Intro to City Planning: Planning Urban Spaces
- URBS 2040 (204) Urban Law
- URBS 2050 (205) People & Design
- URBS 2060 (206)/URBS506/CPLN620 Public Environment of Cities: Intro to the Urban Landscape
- URBS 0210 (210)/HIST210 The City
- URBS 226/FNAR226 Photography of Urban Place
- URBS 0248 (248) The Urban Food Chain
- URBS 2900 (290) Metropolitan Nature
- URBS 2940 (294)/ ANTH 294 (2940) Global Cities: Urbanization in the Global South
- URBS 312/ANTH312/HSOC321 Health in Urban Communities
- URBS 3050 (305)/AFRC 3051 (305) Housing, Race, and Community in the United States
- URBS 322/FNAR222 Big Pictures: Mural Art
- URBS 3300 (330) GIS Applications in Social Science
- URBS 344 Documentary Experiments in Urban Research
- URBS 390 Urban Agriculture
- URBS 4100 (410) Urban Community and the Arts
- URBS 4150 (415) Urban Real Estate Markets
- URBS 416/CPLN620 Metropolitan Food Systems
- URBS 4170 (417) Cities and Sustainability
- URBS 4190 (419) Urban Transportation in Flux
- URBS 4400 (440) Intro to City Planning: Past, Present and Future
- URBS 4500 (450) Urban Redevelopment
- URBS 4510 (451)/GAFL569 The Politics of Housing & Urban Development
- URBS 463/ENVS463 Brownfield Remediation
- URBS 467/CPLN467 Global Cities in the 21st Century
- URBS 5320 (532) Mapping Philadelphia
- URBS 622/CPLN 623 Introduction to Property Development
- ARTH 282 Modern Architecture
- URBS 2760 (276)/ARTH 2700 (283) The Modern City
- CPLN 437 Housing Planning in Developing Countries
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- URBS 0010 (010) Homelessness and the Urban Crisis
- URBS 1030 (103)/HIST209 Industrial Metropolis
- URBS 1400 (140) Inequity & Empowerment
- URBS 215 Ethnic Economies and Globalization
- URBS 2160 (216) Social Entrepreneurship
- URBS 2500 (250) Urban Public Policy
- URBS 2530 (253)/SOCI 254 Cities, Suburbs, and their Regions
- URBS 4040 (404) Philanthropy and the City
- URBS 4050 (405)/HIST405/AFRC4050 (405)/RELS4050 (439) Religion, Social Justice and Urban Development
- URBS 4150 (415) Urban Real Estate Markets
- URBS 4350 (435) The Political Economy of Urban Development
- URBS 4500 (450) Urban Redevelopment
- URBS 4510 (451)/GAFL569 The Politics of Housing & Urban Development
- URBS 4520 (452) Community Economic Development
- URBS 453 Metropolitan Growth & Urban Poverty
- URBS 4540 (454)/554/CPLN559 Info., Public Policy, and the Redevelopment of the City
- URBS 4760 (476) Urban Housing Policy
- URBS 4800 (480) Liberation and Ownership
- URBS 622/CPLN 623 Introduction to Property Development
- ECON 0410 (030) Public Policy Analysis (see pre-requisites)
- ECON 4420 (232) Political Economy (see pre-requisites)
- ECON 4470 (237) Urban Fiscal Policy (see pre-requisites)
- REAL 206/BPUB206 Urban Public Policy & Private Development
- REAL 215/FNCE215 Urban Real Estate Economics
- REAL/FNCE/BEPP 230 Urban Fiscal Policy
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- URBS 0010 (010) Homelessness and the Urban Crisis
- URBS 1153 (104)/HIST1153 (153) Transformations of Urban America
- URBS 114/AFRC1131 (112)/SOCI1130 (112/)WSTD114 Discrimination: Racial & Sexual Conflict
- URBS 136/PSCI136 Urban Politics in the US
- URBS 160/SOCI006/AFAM006 Race & Ethnic Relations
- URBS 1780 (178)/AFRC 078/HIST 214 Urban-University Community Relations: Faculty-Student Collaborative Action Seminar
- URBS 2010 (201) Urban Health Systems
- URBS 2020 (202)/EDUC202 Urban Education
- URBS 2030 (203) Intro to City Planning: Planning Urban Spaces
- URBS 2040 (204) Urban Law
- URBS 2080 (208)/HIST208 Penn-West Philadelphia Summer Institute
- URBS 0210 (210)/HIST 210 The City
- URBS 245/COMM244/EDUC244 Civic Dialogue Seminar
- URBS 2500 (250) Urban Public Policy
- URBS 2520 (252) Urban Journalism
- URBS 2530 (253)/SOCI254 Cities, Suburbs, and their Regions
- URBS 255/AFRC255/HIST255 Urban Neighborhoods
- URBS 256/HIST356 Race & Metropolis in the Long 20th Century
- URBS 2580 (258)/SOCI 2943 (258) Global Urban Education
- URBS 264/SOCI 264 Poverty, Race, and Health
- URBS 2090 (280)/CRIM 2080 (280)/SOCI 380 Neighborhood Dynamics of Crime
- URBS 2810 The US Criminal Justice System in Urban Context
- URBS 2850 (285) Health on the Urban Margins
- URBS 2900 (290) Metropolitan Nature
- URBS 2940 (294)/ ANTH 294 (2940) Global Cities: Urbanization in the Global South
- URBS 312/ANTH312/HSOC321 Health in Urban Communities
- URBS 3140 (314)/SOCI 314 Participatory Cities
- URBS 3200 (320)/PSCI320/GAFL509 The Science of Politics: Who Gets Elected & Why
- URBS 323/EDUC323 Tutoring School: Theory & Practice
- URBS 326/EDUC 326 Tutoring in Urban Public Schools: A Child Development Perspective
- URBS 327/EDUC410 Schools and Community Development
- URBS 3300 (330) GIS Applications in Social Science
- URBS 352/ANTH252 Food Habits in Philadelphia Communities
- URBS 2590 (359)/ANTH 2590 (359) Nutritional Anthropology
- URBS 402 The City and Homelessness
- URBS 4040 (404) Philanthropy and the City
- URBS 4050 (405) / HIST405 / AFRC4050 (405) / RELS4050 (439) Religion, Social Justice and Urban Development
- URBS 406/ENGL401 Teaching American Studies
- URBS 409/ANTH409/ANTH609 Anthropology & Policy
- URBS 4100 (410) Urban Community and the Arts
- URBS 4120 (412) Building Non-Profits
- URBS 416/CPLN621 Metropolitan Food Systems
- URBS 4170 (417) Cities and Sustainability
- URBS 4190 (419) Urban Transportation in Flux
- URBS 4200 (420) Perspectives on American Poverty
- URBS 4400 (440) Intro to City Planning: Past, Present and Future
- URBS 4480 (448) Neighborhood Displacement & Community Power
- URBS 4500 (450) Urban Redevelopment
- URBS 4510 (451)/GAFL 569 The Politics of Housing & Urban Development
- URBS 4520 (452) Community Economic Development
- URBS 2410 (453)/SOCI 2410 Metropolitan Growth & Urban Poverty
- URBS 4540 (454)/CPLN559 City Limits: The Impact of Urban Public Policy
- URBS 4570 (457)/SOCI 435 Globalization and the Welfare State
- URBS 460/EDUC545/AFRC460 School Reform Public Policy
- URBS 463/ENVS 463 Brownfield Remediation
- URBS 472/AFRC472 Race and the City
- URBS 4730 (473)/SOCI 2946 (473) Community Organizing: History & Theory
- URBS 4760 (476) Urban Housing Policy
- URBS 547/ANTH547/EDUC547 Anthropology & Education
- REAL 206/BPUB206 Urban Public Management & Private Economic Development
- ECON 0410 (030) Public Policy Analysis
- PSCI 1208 (135) / HSOC 135 The Politics of Food