What is a minor in Urban Studies?
Here at Albertus Magnus College, our Urban Studies program equips students to actively engage cities through research, non-profit work, entrepreneurship, community organizing and activism, city planning and economic development, and public administration.
Students grapple with difficult problems such as poverty, inequality, racism, gentrification, criminalization, and immigration; they examine complex processes such as housing, food systems, and transportation; they explore problem-solving approaches such as public-private partnerships, mixed-use and mixed-income development, enterprise zones, small business growth, and social movements like Sanctuary Cities and the Right to the City; they study the evolution of cities from antiquity’s city-states to today’s global metropolises; they are exposed to the art, culture, subcultures, and multicultures of urban settings; and they practice moral and civic reflection on the social responsibilities cities have to their diverse inhabitants, visitors, and communities.