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Course Listing for URBAN STUDIES - Spring 2026 (ALL: 01/20/2026 - 05/08/2026)

Class No.	Course ID	Title	Credits	Type	Instructor(s)	Days:Times	Location	Permission Required	Dist
2602	URST-829-01	Urban Ethnography	1.00	SEM	King, Arianna	TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM	TBA		SOC
		Enrollment limited to 15		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: URST-329-01
		Ethnography is a qualitative research method commonly used in the humanistic social sciences that involves naturalistic observation/interaction. Its goal is to produce richer understandings of people, practice, culture, and place by textualizing the kinetic motion of everyday life. This course introduces students to urban ethnographic research methods and their intrinsic value to the field of Urban Studies. By reading and analyzing a broad array of urban ethnographic work from across the globe, students will gain a better understanding of ethnographic writing and the practice of urban ethnography and what it has to offer. This course aims to expose you to a variety of urban contexts beyond EuroAmerica and in doing so build your reading, writing, interpretation, and analytical skills.
2924	URST-870-01	Planning for Climate Justice	1.00	SEM	Goldstein, Shoshana	T: 1:30PM-4:10PM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 3		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: URST-370-01
		This course focuses on the role of planners and the cities, towns, and regions they serve in addressing climate change, examining how core principles of environmental justice influence-or fail to influence-their practices. Students will explore social movements and community-led activism advocating for more equitable responses to the climate emergency. The course also delves into the relationship between disaster and environmental planning, current methods of adaptation, mitigation, and resilience planning, the politics of managed retreat, as well as alternative frameworks and perspectives from abroad, particularly from the Global South.
1734	URST-874-01	Practicum	1.00	SEM	Fitzpatrick, Sean	W: 6:30PM-9:00PM	TBA		SOC
		Enrollment limited to 15		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
						Cross-listing: PBPL-874-01
		The Practicum is a semester-long opportunity for students to apply and expand their knowledge and technical skills by performing an actual consulting engagement for a public sector client organization. Practicum students will work in small teams to analyze and make recommendations with respect to issues of real significance faced by their clients. Each engagement will combine research, project planning, and problem-solving challenges, as well as substantial client contact. Client organizations are selected from across the policy spectrum to better enable students to pursue subject matters of particular relevance to their studies and career interests. Each engagement will culminate in a final report and formal presentation to the client organization. The Practicum instructor will provide careful guidance and participants will have opportunities to share ideas, experiences, and best practices.
2588	URST-953-01	Research Project	1.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y	SOC
		Enrollment limited to 15		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
		Under the guidance of a faculty member, graduate students may do an independent research project on a topic in American studies. Written approval of the graduate adviser and the program director are required. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for the special approval form.
2589	URST-954-01	Thesis Part I	1.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y	SOC
		Enrollment limited to 15		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
		Thesis Part I
2590	URST-955-01	Thesis Part II	1.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y	SOC
		Enrollment limited to 15		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
		Thesis Part II
2591	URST-956-01	Thesis	2.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y	SOC
		Enrollment limited to 15		Waitlist available: N		Mode of Instruction: In Person
		Thesis