The Urban Studies Major
The Barnard–Columbia Urban Studies Program enables students to explore and understand the urban experience in all of its richness and complexity.
It recognizes the city as an amalgam of diverse peoples and their social, political, economic, and cultural interactions within a distinctive built environment. Students study the evolution and variety of urban forms and governance structures, which create opportunities for, as well as constrain, the exercise of human agency, individual and collective. They explore the place of the city in different historical and comparative contexts, as well as in the human imagination.
Majors build an intellectual foundation that combines interdisciplinary coursework and a concentration of study within a single field. Through the two-semester junior seminars, students study urban history and contemporary issues, and at the same time hone their interdisciplinary, analytical and research skills. This shared experience prepares them for their independent research project in their senior year. We encourage our majors to use New York City as a laboratory, and many courses draw on the vast resources of the city and include an off-campus experience.
Urban Studies majors may select one of the following specializations:
The Urban Teaching Specialization
The Urban Education Specialization
Please note that this is a major, not a minor, offered through the Urban Studies Program in conjunction with the Education Program.
To learn more about the Urban Studies major, please visit Urban Studies Program website.
The Urban Studies - Urban Education Specialization is a major, not a minor, offered through the Urban Studies Program in conjunction with the Education Program.
Urban Studies majors pursuing this specialization must meet with an Education Program faculty member for advising at the time of major declaration. We encourage you to plan ahead carefully if you wish to pursue this option. Please file an Urban Teaching Specialization Declaration Form so that we can plan for your participation.
Note: If you wish to fulfill a requirement with a course not listed below, please fill out the Petition to Count a Course for an Education Requirement.
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Urban Studies Major - Urban Teaching Specialization Course Requirements |
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| A |
Educational Foundations |
EDUC BC 1510 FA/SP | Educational Foundations |
| B |
Psychology |
PSYC BC 1107 | Psychology of Learning |
| PSYC BC 1115 | Cognitive Psychology | ||
| PSYC BC 1129 | Developmental Psychology | ||
| PSYC BC 2134 | Educational Psychology | ||
| PSYC BC 3382 | Adolescent Psychology | ||
| PSYC UN 1420 | Human Behavior | ||
| PSYC UN 1440 | Learning and Motivation | ||
| C |
Field Studies |
EDUC BC 3050 | Science in the City I |
| EDUC BC 3052 | Math and the City | ||
| EDUC BC 3055 | Arts & Humanities in the City | ||
| EDUC BC 3058 | Science in the City II | ||
| SOCI UN 3974 | Sociology of Schools | ||
| D |
Pedagogical Core |
EDUC BC 3025 FA |
Inclusive Approaches to K-12 Literacy: Theory and Practice Multicultural Elementary OR Secondary Pedagogy |
| NOTE: Students who would like to major in Urban Studies AND obtain teacher certification must select another specialization for the major, since courses for certification and the Urban Teaching minor cannot be used towards the major. | |||
The Urban Studies - Urban Education Specialization is a major, not a minor, offered through the Urban Studies Program in conjunction with the Education Program.
Urban Studies majors pursuing this specialization must meet with an Education Program faculty member for advising at the time of major declaration. We encourage you to plan ahead carefully if you wish to pursue this option. Please file an Urban Education Specialization Declaration Form so that we can plan for your participation.
Note: If you wish to fulfill a requirement with a course not listed below, please fill out the Petition to Count a Course for an Education Requirement.
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| A | Educational Foundations (1 required course) |
EDUC BC1510 FA/SP | Educational Foundations |
| B | Educational Electives (2 courses; offerings may vary and should be verified with department) |
EDUC BC 3032 | Investigating the Purposes and Aims of Education Policy |
| EDUC BC 3040 | Migration, Globalization, and Education | ||
| EDUC BC 3042 | Gender, Sexuality, and Schooling | ||
| EDUC BC 3044 FA | Education and Social Change in Comparative Global Contexts | ||
| EDUC BC 3045 FA | Complicating Class: Education and the Limits of Equity | ||
| EDUC BC 3250 | Education in a Polarized and Unequal Society | ||
| URBS UN 3310 | Race, Space, and Urban Schools | ||
| PHIL UN 2100 | Philosophy of Education | ||
| SOCI UN 3225 | Sociology of Education | ||
| ECON BC 3012 | Economics of Education | ||
| C | Field Studies (1 course, including 35 fieldwork hours) |
EDUC BC 3025 | Inclusive Approaches to Teaching Literacy: Theory and Practice |
| EDUC BC 3050 | Science in the City I | ||
| EDUC BC 3052 | Math and the City | ||
| EDUC BC 3055 | Arts & Humanities in the City | ||
| EDUC BC 3058 | Science in the City II | ||
| SOCI UN 3974 | Sociology of Schools | ||
| D | Capstone (1 required course, including at least 35 fieldwork hours) |
EDUC BC 3051 FA/SP | Seminar in Urban Education |
| NOTE: Students who would like to major in Urban Studies AND obtain teacher certification must select another specialization for the major, since courses for certification and the Urban Teaching minor cannot be used towards the major. | |||