Required Courses 

Urban Studies Minor 

Undergraduate Requirements
Anthropology Major (Bachelor of Arts Degree) The anthropology major requires a minimum of 40 credit hours. No more than 60 credit hours taken in anthropology can be counted toward the 183 total credit hours required for graduation from DU. Anthropology Minor   The anthropology minor requires students take Global Perspectives (SOCS 1010) and additional courses for a minimum of 20 credit hours.

Urban Studies Minor Career Opportunities Courses Contact

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 (Classes offered in 2003-04 are in parentheses) 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   Why Urban Studies? 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 USA; 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. Who Should Enroll in the Urban Studies Minor? Anybody who has lived in a city and/or is interested in urban issues, regardless of your major.

Undergraduate Requirements Major - 40 hours Minor - 20 hours 1. SOCS 1010 - Anthropology: Global Perspectives 2. ANTH 1103 - Fundamentals of Archaeology OR AHUM 1910 - Ancient Worlds 3. ANTH 2000 - Pioneers of Anthropology 4. Any two of the following 2000-level courses: 8 hours (a) ANTH 2010 - Social Organization (b) ANTH 2105 - Human Nature (c) ANTH 2650 - Archaeological Interpretation 5. ANTH 3800 - Capstone Seminar in Anthropology 6. Other Electives

1. Anthropology: Global Perspectives (SOCS 1010): 4 hours All anthropology majors must take this course. It introduces the breadth and scope of anthropology as a field of study. If you take this course as one of the two courses required to fulfill your SOCS Foundations requirement, you cannot also count the course toward the 40 hours required for your anthropology major.   2. Fundamentals of Archaeology (ANTH 1103) OR Ancient Worlds (AHUM 1910): 4 hours These courses introduce the study of archaeology. One or the other must be taken before any upper-level courses in archaeology are attempted. If you take Ancient Worlds as one of the two courses required to fulfill your AHUM Foundations requirement, you cannot also count the course toward the 40 hours required for your anthropology major.   3. Pioneers of Anthropology (ANTH 2000): 4 hours This course explores the development of anthropology as a field of study, including important thinkers, ideas, and relationships between the discipline and its wider intellectual and societal context.   (a) Social Organization (ANTH 2010) Essential for students with a major interest in cultural anthropology. 4 hours.   (b) Human Nature (ANTH 2105) This course covers topics in human evolution, primatology, and human biological variation. 4 hours.   (c) Archaeological Interpretation (ANTH 2650) Essential for students with a major interest in archaeology. 4 hours.   5. Capstone Seminar in Anthropology (ANTH 3800): 4 hours Senior standing required. The topic of the seminar depends on the faculty member teaching it. The seminar brings your knowledge of anthropology to bear on a topic of special significance. It serves to assess your grasp of the key concepts, theories, and insights of anthropology, and critically reflects on the nature and history of the discipline. Enrollment in this course assumes that you have completed all or most of the other requirements for the major.   6. Other Electives: 16 hours The remaining 16 hours for the anthropology major may be fulfilled with anthropology courses of the student's choosing. These can include special topics seminars designated as ANTH 3701, 3702, or 3703. Courses taught by anthropologists in the University CORE Curriculum may be counted either for CORE or for department credit, but not both. Students must have taken at least three 3000-level courses (including the capstone) at the time of graduation.

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