MAJOR

The major in metropolitan studies comprises introductory, elective, and research components, which together make up a total of 11 courses, as laid out below.

Three introductory courses:

• Concepts in Social and Cultural Analysis (V18.0001), an introduction to key terms and analytical categories for interdisciplinary work in metropolitan studies and related fields

• Introduction to Metropolitan Studies (V18.0601, formerly V99.0101)

• Cities in a Global Context (V18.0602, formerly V99.0103)

Five elective courses—one course from each of the following areas, plus two upper-level SCA courses, as listed below:

• Area 1: Social Welfare and Public Policy: Economics, Poverty, Health, Education, Families, and Law

• Area 2: Urban Culture and Identity: Culture of the City and the People of the City

• Area 3: The Material City: The Built Environment, Planning, and Development

• Two upper-division courses offered by the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis that address issues pertinent to metropolitan studies in relation to other allied fields

Three research core courses:

• Internship Fieldwork (V18.0040) and Internship Seminar (V18.0042), related to metropolitan studies

• Research Methods in Metropolitan Studies (V18.0651)

• Senior Research Seminar (V18.0090, formerly V99.0502)

A note about language/linguistic competency: The type of rigorous intercultural study promoted within the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis requires students to recognize the complex modes of communication at work both within and across different social groups. The department therefore strongly encourages its students to develop advanced skills in language and linguistics by any of the following means: taking elective courses in sociolinguistics; studying a language other than English beyond the minimum level required by the College of Arts and Science; studying languages especially germane to the department’s fields of study; pursuing community-based internship fieldwork necessitating the development and use of specific language skills; or undertaking study or research abroad in contexts entailing the exercise of key language or linguistic capabilities.

MINOR

Five courses are required for the minor in metropolitan studies. One course must be Introduction to Metropolitan Studies (V18.0601) or Cities in a Global Context (V18.0602, formerly V99.0103), plus four other courses listed by Metropolitan Studies.

HONORS

Departmental honors in metropolitan studies—as in all the majors administered within SCA—requires at least two courses with honors designations. In the senior year, students take a two-semester honors sequence, consisting of a fall honors section of the Senior Research Seminar (V18.0900) and spring Independent Honors Research (8 points total), in which they complete a substantive research project with a significant component based on original primary research.