Urban Studies Minor Requirements
Requirements for the Urban Studies minor are 20 credit hours.
Minor Core
- URBN 114 The Social Life of Cities (4)
- URBN 233 Chicago (4)
- BITH 376 Theologies of Transformation: Public & Political Theologies in Urban Context (4)
- URBN 399 Pre-Field Preparation (0)
- URBN 494 Advanced Urban Studies Seminar/Capstone (2)
- URBN/OTHER 496 Internship (6-8) OR URBN 296 Practicum (2-4)
Electives
- AHS 378 Community Health and the Urban Environment (4)
- ART 329 Community Art (3)
- ART 351 History of Art and Architecture II (4)
- B/EC 347 Urban Economics (2)
- HIST 455 American Urban History (4)
- PSCI 355 Race and the Politics of Welfare (2)
- SOC 337 Racial and Ethnic Relations (4)
- SOC 355 Social Class and Inequality (4)
- SOC 359 American Suburbanization (4)
- SOC 364 Urban Sociology (4)
- URBN 352 Topics in Urban Studies (2)
- URBN 354 Topics in Urban Studies (4)
- URBN/IR 362 Global Cities (4)
- URBN 371 Race, Poverty, and Reconciliation (4)
- URBN 373 The City in Popular Culture (2)
- URBN 383 Cities in the Global South (2)
- URBN/PSCI 385 Urban Politics (2)
- URBN 393 Placemaking in Urban Contexts (2)
- URBN 495 Independent Study (2 or 4)
Students completing the pre-field, field, and post-field experiences of Wheaton in Chicago can complete the minor without additional coursework.
Urban Studies Requirements Checklist
For more detailed information about the Urban Studies Major and Minor requirements, please refer to the Urban Studies Major and Minor Checklist.
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