Urban and Community Studies Courses

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Academic Year 2025-2026

Urban and Community Studies Courses URBN 1200

1200. Global Urbanization

Also offered as: GEOG 1200

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A broad discussion of the role and structure of cities around the world from the first cities to contemporary times. Special emphasis will be placed on the mechanisms by which cities and ideas about them have been diffused from one place to another and on the changing forces that have shaped cities over time and across space. CA 1. CA 4-INT.