Curriculum
The BA degree in Urban Studies in the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students (BPATS) requires completion of 120 credits, including specific credits for the major as described below. Whether you are a student in BPATS or Eugene Lang College, you should consult Chris McElderry, assistant director of Student Advising, on specific requirements for completing your degree.
Accepted BPATS students who have not previously completed at least 30 liberal arts credits will be required to take their first 12 credits at The New School in general education courses. Search the University Course Catalog for a list
of current course offerings.
| Subject Area | Sample Courses | Credits |
|---|
| One Fundamentals Course | ULEC 2620 Urban Worlds: Lecture/Discussion | 3 |
| One Urban Methods Elective* |
UURB 3210 Spatial Thinking with GIS
UURB 3112 Ethnographic Writing Workshop
LMTH 2030 Statistics with SPSS
LLSJ 3505 Visualizing Data
UURB 3XXX Urban Photography
UURB 3XXX Urban Community Lab
LCOD 2012 Code
Toolkit: Python
LMTH 2025 Statistics for Social Scientists | 3–4 |
| One NYC Experiential Learning*
| UURB 3XXX Urban Community Lab
UURB 2510 Urban Homelessness
| 3–4 |
| One 2000-Level Elective* |
UURB 2411 Urban Planning, Design, and Social Justice
UURB 2056 Immigrant New York
UURB 2510 Urban Homelessness | 3–4 |
| Four 3000-Level Electives*
|
UURB 3001 Planning Sustainable Cities
UURB 3015 Urban Choreography: Bodies and Cities in Motion
UURB 3111 Freedom Cities: Black Geographies and Social Activism
UURB 3112 Ethnographic Writing Workshop
UURB 3210 Spatial
Thinking with GIS
UURB 3505 Urban Community Lab
UURB 3506 Urban Photography
UURB 3610 Gentrification Through Media | 12–16 |
| Two 4000-Level Electives* |
UURB 4001 Cities and Migration
UURB 4005 Root Shock
UURB 4191 Urban Century
UURB 4521 Political Economy of the City
UURB 4139 Smart Cities and Urban Values
UURB 4514 Housing Policy | 6–8 |
| Senior Capstone (4–8 credits) |
UURB 4900 Senior Thesis, Fall
UURB 4901 Senior Thesis, Spring
| 4–8** |
| Total Credits | | 34–47 |
*Elective course offerings vary from semester to semester and may include courses with other prefixes.
**Senior seminars operate on a sliding credit scale (one to four) depending on the nature and extent of the senior capstone project. A minimum of four credits combined must be allocated to senior seminars.