BA Major in Urban Studies

Program Requirements

Major in Urban Studies (42 credits)

12	credits from Stage I: Major in Urban Studies
21	credits from Stage II: Major in Urban Studies
9	credits from Stage III: Major in Urban Studies

Stage I: Major in Urban Studies (12 credits)

12	credits: • URBS 230 Urbanization: Global and Historical Perspectives (3.00) • URBS 240 Planning (3.00) • URBS 250 Representation Methods in Urban Studies (3.00) • URBS 260 Analytical Methods in Urban Studies (3.00)

Stage II: Major in Urban Studies (21 credits)

credits:

• URBS 300 Neighbourhood and Community Planning (3.00)

• URBS 335 Geographic Information Systems (3.00)

• URBS 362 Quantitative Research Methods (3.00)

credits chosen from:

• ARTH 374 Architecture and Urbanism in Montreal (3.00)

• GEOG 330 Urban Geography (3.00)

• POLI 349 Political and Social Theory and the City (3.00)

• URBS 310 Urban Transportation (3.00)

• URBS 337 Urban Agriculture (3.00)

• URBS 338 Urban Ecology (3.00)

• URBS 370 Housing Policy (3.00)

• URBS 380 Urban and Regional Economic Development (3.00)

• URBS 393 Law and Regulation in Urban Planning (3.00)

Note: A maximum of three credits may be chosen from ARTH 374 and POLI 349.

Stage III: Major in Urban Studies (9 credits)

credits chosen from:

• GEOG 463 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3.00)

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• GEOG 465 Remote Sensing (3.00)

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• GEOG 466 Geomedia and the Geoweb (3.00)

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• URBS 420 Social Geographies of Montreal (3.00)

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• URBS 440 Urban Policing and Security (3.00)

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• URBS 450 Economic Restructuring (3.00)

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• URBS 460 Reading the Urban Form (3.00)

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• URBS 470 Public Infrastructure Finance for Planners (3.00)

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• URBS 475 Community and Regional Planning in a Changing Climate (3.00)

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• URBS 480 Impact Assessment (3.00)

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• URBS 481 Urban Planning in the Developing World (3.00)

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• URBS 490 Public Space and the Public Interest (3.00)

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• URBS 495 Field Research (3.00)

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Note: A maximum of three credits may be chosen from GEOG 463‌, GEOG 465‌, and GEOG 466‌.

Notes

Students are responsible for satisfying their particular degree requirements.