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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog (As of 12-14-18) 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog (As of 12-14-18) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Urban Studies


Phone: 843.953.8134
Melinda Lucka Kelley, Director

About the Program

The Urban Studies Program is a multidisciplinary major designed to provide students with the academic foundation necessary to understand and be sensitive to the problems and potential of the city and its environment. Students become acquainted with approaches to the study of urbanization through courses offered by several departments including, but not limited to, accounting, architecture, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology, historic preservation and community planning, history, management, and sociology. A background in Urban Studies provides excellent preparation for a variety of careers as planners, program directors, administrators, and researchers in local, state and federal government and also in nonprofit and private organizations.

Combined five year B.A./M.P.A. degree

The undergraduate Urban Studies Program offers a 4 + 1 BA to MPA Program in conjunction with the graduate program in Public Administration at the College of Charleston.Students admitted to the 4 + 1 Program can take up to 4 courses (12 graduate credit hours) and apply these hours as electives to the MPA degree upon matriculation into that program. Students interested in the 4 + 1 Program should review the program requirements, including admission criteria, on the Urban Studies Program Web site available here: http://urbanstudies.cofc.edu/urban-studies-public-admin-4+1/index.php. For additional information, contact the Urban Studies Program director.

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