Requirements for the Urban Studies major are 36 credit hours, which includes a number of courses only available through participation in the Wheaton in Chicago semester program.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 24 | |
| Theologies of Transformation | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Senior Capstone | ||
or ANTH 494 | Senior Capstone | |
| Social Life of Cities | ||
| Chicago | ||
| Pre-field Preparation | ||
| Internship (or approved internship in another department) | ||
| Research Design and Methods | 4 | |
| Ethnographic Theory and Method | ||
or SOC 482 | Social Research | |
| Electives | 8 | |
| Select 8 credits of the following: | ||
| Culture and Difference | ||
| Culture, Economy, and Morality | ||
| Anthropological Writing: Writing in History and the Social Sciences | ||
| Ethnographic Theory and Method | ||
| Social Science Writing for Public Engagement | ||
| History of Art & Architecture II | ||
| Community Art I | ||
| Topics in Perennial Theological Questions (Religion in the Public Square) | ||
| AIS: Engaging Arts in the City 1 | ||
| Urban Economics | ||
| Econometrics | ||
| Economics of Labor & Poverty | ||
| Writing Chicago | ||
| Writing for Social Change | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
| GIS Practicum | ||
| Modern Korea | ||
| American Cities & Suburbs | ||
| Race and Religion in US History | ||
| Poverty, Justice and Transformation | ||
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| Race & Justice | ||
| Black Political Thought | ||
| Civil Rights and Police Action | ||
| Immigration | ||
| Political Research | ||
| Race and Politics in the United States | ||
| Racial and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Social Class & Inequality | ||
| American Suburbanization | ||
| Asians in America | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Social Change in Latin America | ||
| Social Research | ||
| Topics in Urban Studies | ||
| Topics in Urban Studies | ||
| Community Economic Development & Enterprise | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Total Credits | 36 | |
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Optional elective. Per college-wide policy, students may only take one AIS course total while at Wheaton.