Sample courses that might be required for a degree in Urban Studies:

Social Science/Humanities Courses

• Intro to Urban Sociology
• Urban Ethnographies
• Metropolitics of Race and Place
• Metropolitan Planning
• Anthropology
• Psychology
• Economics
• History
• Political Science
• Social Entrepreneurship
• GIS Methods
• Architecture
• Economic Development
• Shaping of the Modern City
• Contemporary Urban Issues
• Field Research
• International Urban Topics

Colleges will also require you to take some core undergraduate courses in addition to some electives. Required core courses and electives will vary from college to college. Here are a number of examples:

Arts and Humanities

• Arts
• History
• Languages
• Literature
• Music

Math

• Algebra
• Calculus
• Computer Science
• Logic
• Statistics

Natural Sciences

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• Physics

Social Sciences

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Government
• Psychology
• Sociology