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This diverse minor draws from a variety of disciplines throughout the University, including education.

Urban Studies Minor

Students in the Urban Studies minor will learn about:

  • The origins and contemporary problems of urban society in the United States.
  • 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.

 

For more detailed information on Urban Studies, please visit the DU Urban Studies website , or to speak to someone about the program, please call or email our Admissions Office at 303-871-2509 or 1-800-835-1607, edinfo@du.edu.