Metropolitan Studies > Requirements
Metropolitan Studies Minor
(No major is currently available.)
An interdisciplinary minor in metropolitan studies allows the student to examine, from a variety of perspectives, the development and impact of urbanization in the great metropolitan regions (comprising larger inner cities and suburban communities) in which a majority of the world’s population now lives.
The core courses in Metropolitan Studies are:
Economics 240 (Urban Economics)
History 263 (American Cities)
Politics 223 (Urban and Suburban Politics)
A student must complete two of the core courses listed above, plus four additional courses among those listed below: (Note: the third core course may be counted as an elective.)
Economics 340 (Environmental and Natural Resource Economics)
Economics 350 (Public Finance)
History 256/Politics 328 (if topic is Race and Racism in America)
An independent study research project (approved by one of the program advisors)
Any of the following forms of applied study count as two metropolitan studies electives:
ACM Urban Studies Term in Chicago
ACM Urban Education Program
An internship (approved by one of the program advisors)