While the URS degree does not have formal concentrations, some students wish to focus their degree on specific areas of knowledge and skills. The following lists provide more information on groups of courses with a common theme or approach.
Please refer to the URS Requirements Booklet for further information on which courses fulfill Area or Distribution Requirements.
Community & Economic Development
Education Policy
Food Systems
Government/Non-Profit Management
International Studies
Land Use & Environmental Planning
Public Health
Real Estate & Finance
Social Justice & Public Scholarship
Practical and Professional Courses in the URS Curriculum
The following courses are available for undergraduate students seeking professional, practical courses within CRP (for preparation for a degree in planning):
Suggested Courses
| Number |
Course |
CRP 3430
|
Affordable Housing Policy and Programs
|
| CRP 4040 |
Urban Economics |
| CRP 4080 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
|
CRP 4120
|
Devolution, Privatization, and the New Public Management |
CRP 4170
|
Economic Development: Firms, Industries, and Regions
|
CRP 4440
|
Resource Management and Environmental Law
|
CRP 4590
|
Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning
|
CRP 5540
|
Introduction to Environmental Planning
|
Note: Workshops that satisfy the M.R.P. workshop requirement and M.R.P. courses in general are often professionally oriented.
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Design Courses in the URS Curriculum
The following courses are available for undergraduate students interested in the intersection between design and urban studies, for instance the areas of urban design, sustainable design, and participatory design. For this area it is advisable to take the fundamental course as well as one or more workshops. Some of the courses in this area are taught in the Cornell in Rome and Cornell in Washington programs. The AAP NYC program will likely have additional courses.
Urban Design Courses
| Number |
Course |
ARCH 1301
|
Introduction to Architecture
|
ARCH 3402
|
Architecture as a Cultural System
|
ARCH 3819
|
Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism
|
ARCH 3820
|
The Topography and Urban History of Rome in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Cornell in Rome Program)
|
ARTH 3171
|
Architectural History of Washington, DC (Cornell in Washington Program)
|
CEE 3080
|
Introduction to CADD
|
| CRP 2610 |
Fieldwork in Urban Archaeology
|
CRP 3072
|
Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop
|
CRP 3202
|
Visual Methods in Planning
|
CRP 3502
|
Suburbia |
CRP 3610
|
Seminar in American Urban History
|
CRP 3810
|
Principles of Spatial Design and Aesthetics
|
CRP 3840
|
Green Cities
|
CRP 3820
|
Introduction to Physical Planning
|
CRP 5670
|
Measured Drawing
|
| CRP 3851 |
Special Topics in Design
|
DEA 1110
|
Making a Difference by Design
|
DEA 2410
|
Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
|
DSOC 3140
|
Spatial Thinking, GIS, and Related Methods
|
LA 1410
|
Grounding in Landscape Architecture
|
LA 4010
|
Urban Design Studio
|
LA 4860
|
Placemaking by Design
|
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Additional Courses in the URS Curriculum
The following lists are grouped by areas of focus:
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Courses in Community & Economic Development
| Number |
Course |
| AEM 4580 |
The Economics and Psychology of Sustainable Business
|
BEE 3299
|
Sustainable Development
|
BIOEE 4690
|
Food, Agriculture, and Society
|
BSOC 2061
|
Ethics and the Environment
|
| CRP 3210 |
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Public Policy
|
| CRP 3270 |
Regional Economic Impact Analysis
|
| CRP 3430 |
Affordable Housing Policy and Programs
|
CRP 4040
|
Urban Economics
|
CRP 4080
CRP 5080
|
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
|
| CRP 4120 |
Devolution, Privatization, and the New Public Management
|
| CRP 4170 |
Economic Development: Firms, Industries, and Regions
|
CRP 5074
|
Economic and Community Development Workshop
|
| CRP 3090 |
Community Development Seminar
|
| DSOC 2010 |
Population Dynamics
|
ECON 3710
|
Economic Development
|
ECON 4570
|
Women in the Economy
|
| ECON 4640 |
Economics of Agricultural Development
|
ILRLR 3071
|
Governing Economic Development: The U.S. Experience
|
PAM 2040
|
Economics of the Public Sector
|
PAM 3350
|
Families, Poverty, and Public Policy
|
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Courses in Education Policy
| Number |
Course |
DSOC 3050
|
Education, Inequality, and Development
|
EDUC 2710
|
Social and Political Context of American Education
|
EDUC 4410
|
Language, Literacy, and Schooling
|
| EDUC 4510 |
Multicultural Issues in Education
|
| EDUC 4520 |
Multicultural Issues in Secondary Education
|
PAM 2550
|
Waiting for Superman? Perspectives on the "Crisis" in American K-12 Education
|
PAM 5010
|
Education Policy
|
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Courses in Food Systems
| Number |
Course |
AEM 4310
|
Agricultural and Food Policy
|
AEM 4430
|
Food Industry Strategic Issues
|
| AEM 4450 |
Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries
|
| AEM 4640 |
Economics of Agricultural Development |
|
AEM 6040
|
Food Systems and Poverty Reduction: Concepts and Themes |
| DSOC 3400 |
Agriculture, Food, and Society
|
| FDSC 4020 |
Agriculture in Developing Nations I |
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Courses in Government/Non-Profit Management
| Number |
Course |
| CRP 3010 |
Public Administration
|
CRP 3210
|
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Public Policy
|
| CRP 3601 |
Museum and the Public
|
CRP 3720
|
Contemporary Italy: Politics and Society (Cornell in Rome Program)
|
CRP 4120
|
Devolution, Privatization, and the New Public Management
|
DSOC 3360
|
Rural Areas in Metropolitan Society
|
ECON 3350
|
Public Finance: The Microeconomics of Government
|
ECON 3360
|
Public Finance: Resource Allocation and Fiscal Policy
|
GOVT 3111
|
Urban Politics
|
| GOVT 3293 |
Comparative Politics of Latin America
|
| GOVT 3303 |
Politics of the Global North
|
| GOVT 4281 |
Government and Public Policy: An Introduction to Analysis and Criticism
|
| ILRLE 6480 |
Economic Analysis of the University
|
ILROB 1220
|
Introduction to Organizational Behavior
|
ILROB 3201
|
Organizational Change: Theory and Practice
|
ILROB 4230
|
Leadership in Organizations
|
NBA 5150
|
Leadership Theory and Practice
|
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Courses in International Studies
| Number |
Course |
AEM 4300
|
International Trade Policy
|
AEM 4310
|
Agricultural and Food Policy
|
ASRC 2306
|
The Past and Present of Precolonial Africa
|
ASRC 3200
|
Politics of Global Africa
|
CRP 3910
|
Seminar on International Planning
|
CRP 3502
|
Suburbia
|
CRP 4120
|
Devolution, Privatization, and the New Public Management
|
CRP 4770
CRP 6770
|
Issues in African Development
|
CRP 5076
|
International Planning and Development Workshop
|
CRP 6102
|
Economics of Financial Crises
|
CRP 6503
|
Comparative Land Use Policy
|
CRP 6504
|
Comparative Urban Development
|
CRP 6710
|
Seminar in International Planning
|
CRP 6720
|
International Institutions
|
CRP 6790
|
Planning and Developing Regions
|
DSOC 2020
|
Perspectives on International Agriculture and Rural Development
|
DSOC 2050
|
International Development
|
DSOC 3200
|
Rethinking Global Development: New Frameworks for Understanding Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in 21C
|
ECON 4640
|
Economics of Agricultural Development
|
GOVT 1817
|
Introduction to International Relations
|
IARD 4020
|
Agriculture in Developing Nations I
|
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Courses in Land Use & Environmental Planning
| Number |
Course |
BEE 3299
|
Sustainable Development
|
BIOEE 2670
|
Introduction to Conservation Biology
|
CRP 3072
|
Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop
|
CRP 3210
|
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Public Policy
|
CRP 3502
|
Suburbia
|
CRP 3506
|
Environmental Planning Seminar: Wilderness and Wildlands
|
| CRP 3600 |
Pre-Industrial Cities and Towns in North America
|
| CRP 3602 |
American Planning History
|
CRP 3800
|
Environmental Politics
|
| CRP 3810 |
Principles of Spatial Design and Aesthetics
|
| CRP 3840 |
Green Cities
|
| CRP 3860 |
Planning for Sustainable Transportation
|
| CRP 4080 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
|
| CRP 4440 |
Resource Management and Environmental Law
|
| CRP 4590 |
Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning
|
CRP 5460
|
Introduction to Community and Environmental Dispute Resolution
|
CRP 5530
|
Land Use Regulations
|
CRP 5540
|
Introduction to Environmental Planning
|
CRP 6503
|
Comparative Land Use Policy
|
DSOC 3360
|
Rural Areas in a Metropolitan Society
|
| NTRES 1101 |
Introduction to the Science and Management of Environmental and Natural Resources
|
| NTRES 2201 |
Society and Natural Resources
|
NTRES 3300
|
Natural Resources Planning and Management
|
| NTRES 3311 |
Environmental Governance
|
NTRES 4340
|
International Conservation: Communities and the Management of the World's Natural Resources
|
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Courses in Public Health
| Number |
Course |
| ANTHR 2468 |
Medicine, Culture, and Society
|
| BSOC 3011 |
Life Sciences and Society
|
| DSOC 2200 |
Sociology of Health of Ethnic Minorities
|
| DSOC 4100 |
Health and Survival Inequalities
|
NS 1150
|
Nutrition, Health, and Society
|
NS 3060
|
Nutritional Problems of Developing Nations
|
| NS 3470 |
Human Growth and Development: Biological Behavioral Interactions
|
NS 4500
|
Public Health Nutrition
|
| NS 4570 |
Health, Poverty, and Inequality: A Global Perspective
|
PAM 2350
|
The U.S. Healthcare System
|
PAM 5520
|
Health Care Services: Consumer and Ethical Perspectives
|
PAM 5670
|
Health Policy
|
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Courses in Real Estate & Finance
| Number |
Course |
| CRP 3430 |
Affordable Housing Policy and Programs
|
CRP 5075
|
Real Estate Workshop
|
CRP 5320
|
Real Estate Development Process
|
CRP 5330
|
Real Estate Marketing and Management
|
CRP 5370
|
Real Estate Seminar Series
|
CRP 6050
|
Urban Public Finance
|
| CRP 6102 |
Economics of Financial Crises
|
CRP 6560
|
Real Estate Transactions and Deal Structuring
|
CRP 6570
|
Real Estate Law
|
CRP 6580
|
Residential Development
|
HADM 4200
|
Principles of Real Estate
|
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Courses in Social Justice & Public Scholarship
| Number |
Course |
AEM 3380
|
Social Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Problem Solvers
|
| AMST 3635 |
Human Rights and Global Justice
|
CRP 3106
|
Structural Barriers to Equity in Planning
|
| CRP 3430 |
Affordable Housing Policy and Programs
|
CRP 3011
|
Ethics, Development & Globalization
|
CRP 5230
|
Analytical Mapping and Spatial Modeling
|
| DSOC 2220 |
Controversies About Inequality
|
| DSOC 2090 |
Social Inequality
|
| DSOC 3700 |
Comparative Social Inequalities
|
PAM 3350
|
Families, Poverty, and Public Policy
|
| PAM 3370 |
Race and Public Policy
|
| PAM 4470 |
Families and Social Inequality
|
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