Anthropology Minor
The anthropology minor requires students take Global Perspectives (SOCS 1010) and additional courses for a minimum of 20 credit hours.
2008/2009 Handbook
Urban Studies Minor
DU now has an academic program that offers a broad introduction to the urban environment. Students in the Urban Studies Minor will learn about the origins and contemporary problems of urban society in the United States; the current challenges and future possibilities facing the large American city; the intended and unintended consequences of public policy pertaining to land-use, transportation, housing, education, growth management, and economic development; the social life and culture of urban living; and cities as places of excitement and stimulation, and as places of danger and despair.
What is the Urban Studies Minor?
The Urban Studies Minor takes an interdisciplinary approach by bringing many different perspectives to the study of urban life. Students will take courses in Anthropology, Education, Economics, Geography, Human Communication Studies and Sociology. This course work will help shape students' intellectual understanding of cities and refine their questions about urban life. Students will have a diverse array of opportunities to think and learn about cities in an informed, disciplined, and integrated way.
Career Opportunities
There are many practical applications for Urban Studies. When students combine Urban Studies with another major this can lead to many exciting careers:
- Urban planning and redevelopment
- Low-income housing development
- Criminal justice
- Environmental planning
- Human services
- Law and government
- Medicine
- Real estate
- Journalism
- Teaching
- Arts and culture administration
- International development organizations
- Foundations and public policy research
Coursework
Anthropology 4 credits:
ANTH 3890 The Context of Material Culture or
ANTH 3703 Race, Class, and Gender (courses not offered in 03-04)
Economics 5 credits:
ECON 3590 Urban Economics (Winter 04; Wilson) or
ECON 2590 Regional Economics of Metro Denver (05;Wilson)
Education 5 credits:
CUI 3995 Urban Education (Spring 05: Cutforth) or
CUI 3996 Urban Youth Development (Spring 04: Cutforth)
Geography 4 credits:
GEOG 3400 Urban Landscapes (Fall 03; Goetz) or
GEOG 3420 Urban and Regional Planning (Winter 04; Goetz)
Human Communication Studies:
HCOM 3315 Public Deliberation or
HCOM 3140 Intercultural Communication (Fall 03: Collier)
Sociology 5 credits:
SOCI 2700 The Sociology of Place (Fall 03; Sprenger) or
SOCI 2320 Race and Ethnic Relations (Winter 04: Adler)
For further information on the Urban Studies Minor, please contact Dr. Nick Cutforth:
303-871-2477
ncutfort@du.edu