Minor: Urban Studies

Student Learning Outcomes

Students graduating from this program will:

  • appreciate how gender, ethnicity, and race play important roles in understanding the city.
  • be able to demonstrate knowledge of how local, regional, and state governments and related institutions interact. They will understand how the urban economy is structured in interrelated sectors that influence each other locally and interact with sectors beyond the local city. They will understand how to interpret demographic patterns at various scales, from the city block to the metropolitan area.
  • will demonstrate the ability of critical thinking about urban space.
Required Course
Choose one of the following:3
Urban Geography
Cities and Society
Planning Theory And Practice
Methods
Choose one of the following:3
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Methods Of Sociological Research
GIS For Urban Planning
History Of Planning And Urban Design
Quantitative Planning Methods And Techniques
Urban Political Economy
Choose one of the following:3
Racial and Ethnic Inequality and Inclusion in a Changing Society
The Kansas City Economy
Urban Economics
Urban Politics
Race/Class/Gender
Choose one of the following:3
Social Stratification
Urban Anthropology
Global Systems and the Origins of Black American Culture and Institutions
Race, Class and Justice
Political Economy of Race, Class And Gender: Theory, History, And Policy
Introduction to Latinx and Latin American Studies
Race and Ethnic Relations
Latinx Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees in the U.S
Immigration and the City
The Urban Built Environment
Choose one of the following:3
Urban Geography
Rise of the City in the U.S.
Environmental Ethics And Policy
Land Use Planning
Transportation Planning
Urban Environment Planning And Design
Urban Redevelopment (can fulfill elective for The Urban Built Environment OR Urban Policy and Management)
Urban Policy and Management
Choose one of the following:3
Public Finance
Planning For Historic Preservation
Planning Law And Practice
Urban Redevelopment (can fulfill elective for The Urban Built Environment OR Urban Policy and Management)
Total Credits18

Total Hours Required: 18

Minimum of 9 hours from UMKC.

Courses selected to meet minor requirements cannot be double-counted.