Urban Studies Courses

“Group A” List of Urban Studies Courses:

(Students need to take one or two)

  • Roots of Ferguson: Understanding Racial Inequality in the Contemporary U.S. (Sociology 2010)
  • Order and Change in Society (Sociology 2020)
  • Inequality by Design: Understanding Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities (Sociology 2050)
  • Race and Place (Sociology 2414)
  • Film and the City (Sociology 3160)
  • Neighborhoods, School, and Social Inequality (Education 4260)
  • The Political Economy of Urban Education (Education 4470)

“Group B” List of Urban Studies Courses:

(Students need to take one or two)

  • St. Louis Black History, Culture, and Civic Engagement (AFAS 2157)
  • Topics on Africa: African Urban Futures (AFAS 3070)
  • Surveillance and the City (AMCS 3192)
  • Visualizing the American City (AMCS 2062)
  • Topics in St. Louis: Engaging the City – Hidden St. Louis (AMCS 3715)
  • Engaging the City – The Material World of Modern Segregation: St. Louis in the Long Era of Ferguson (AMCS 3189)
  • Introduction to GIS for Anthropologists (Anthropology 3275)
  • The Archaeology of St. Louis (Anthropology 4314)
  • Cities and Towns of the Ancient World (Art 2040)
  • Urban Economics (Economics 4360)
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Culture: Critical Qualitative Understandings of Urban Education (Education 4220)
  • Applications in GIS (Environmental Studies 3710)
  • Advanced GIS (Environmental Studies 4710)
  • Urban Ecology (Environmental Studies 3610)
  • Metropolitan Environment (Environmental Studies 2530)
  • Sustainable Cities (Environmental Studies 3530)
  • In Depth – Paris, Capitol of Modernity: A Digital Nineteenth Century (French 3701)
  • Urban America (History 2360)
  • Advanced Seminar – New York, New York: The Empire City from Stuyvesant to Trump (History 48125)
  • Colonial Cities and the Making of Modernity (History 4871)
  • Power, Justice, and the City (Political Science 3890)
  • Globalization, Urbanization, and the Environment (Political Science 3760)
  • Drawing on the City (Architecture 3401)
  • Segregation by Design: A Historical Analysis of the Impact of Planning and Policy in St. Louis (Architecture 4477)
  • Designing the Modern City (Architecture 4441)
  • River City Redevelopment: Resilient Futures for Alton, Illinois (Architecture 4515)
  • East Asian Urbanisms (Architecture 5467)
  • To(wards) Common Ground (Architecture 4710)
  • Radical Mapping (Architecture 4478)
  • Landscapes through Time: The History of St. Louis’ Built Environment (Architecture 4493)
  • Public Space and City Life: Contemporary Discourses on Public Space (Urban Design 5403)
  • Everyday Urbanism: Global and Local Practices (Urban Design 5412)
  • Researching Cultures: Urban Iberian Cultures – Barcelona and Madrid (Spanish 3610)
  • From Havana to Buenos Aires: Latin American Cityscapes in Literature, Art, and Film (Spanish 4050)