The Urban and Metropolitan Studies certificate program combines interdisciplinary academic approaches with real-world experiences to enable students to develop expertise in how cities and their metropolitan areas are built, change over time, and impact both residents and their environments. Applicants to this certificate program must be degree-seeking University of Georgia students and will be required to satisfy the requirements of their chosen major in addition to earning this certificate. Why Urban and Metropolitan Studies at the University of Georgia? Meeting the goals for this certificate will help equip UGA students and graduates for career paths and/or graduate study in fields impacted by urban and metropolitan processes. These might include urban planning, the non-profit sector, real estate, law, architecture and urban design, business and finance, education, government, medicine and health, as well as arts and design. Inquiries, Application, and Completion There are no prerequisite courses required for the certificate program. If you have any inquires on the program, please contact the certificate program coordinator (Dr. Steven Holloway, holloway@uga.edu). To apply, please request to be admitted to the Urban and Metropolitan Studies Certificate Program from UGA’s Athena system online. Required Courses (6hours) Choose 1 course from the following: GEOG 3630: Introduction to Urban Geography GEOG 3633: Cities and Nature Choose 1 course from the following: GEOG 4630/6630: Advanced Urban Geography GEOG 4631/6631: Race, Inequality, and the American City GEOG 4632/6632: Urban Social Movements GEOG 4633/6633: Urban Political Ecology GEOG(INTL)(HIST) 4634: Paris and Modernity: Power, Politics, and Identity in the City GEOG 4635/6635: The City and Film Electives (6 hours) Choose a total of 6 credit hours from the following: At least one course must be from outside Geography. No more than one additional course from the GEOG 46XX sequence listed above, and no more than three total GEOG courses. Upon approval by the Program Director, no more than one course (3 credit hours) of ONE of the following may be used: 4xxx-level discipline-specific independent or directed readings on an urban theme Internship (for credit) with urban-related responsibilities. Supervised research (e.g., CURO or Honors Thesis) on an urban theme Choose 6 credit hours from the following: ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160: Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment ECOL 3770S: Urban Ecology - Service Learning ECON 4160: Urban Economics EDES 4270/6270*: Environmental Design Uses of Geographic Information Systems EDES 4280E/6280E*: Environmental Design Uses of Geographic Information Systems EDES 4640/6640: The History of Urban Planning EDES(PLAN) 4650/6650: City Planning FHCE 3300: Housing in Contemporary Society FHCE 4300/6300: Advanced Housing Theories FHCE 4310/6310: Housing Policy FHCE 4340S/6340S: Housing and Community Development FHCE 5310/7310: Affordable Housing Development and Management GEOG 4380/6380-4380L/6380L: Transportation Modeling and GIS GEOG 4385/6385-4385L/6385L: Community GIS (Service Learning) GEOG 4890S/6890S: Athens Urban Food Collective (AUFC) Service-Learning HIST 3170: History of American Cities HIST 3690: East Asian Cities: Urban Life in Premodern and Modern China and Japan LAND 4120/6120: Designing Healthy Places POLS 4640: Urban Politics REAL 4000: Real Estate SOCI 3140: Social Control of Crime SOCI 3150: Criminal Punishment and Society SOCI 3320: Sociology of Urban Life SOCI 3810: Criminology SOCI 3820: Communities and Crime * Only one of these courses can be used to fulfill the requirement. These courses are grouped into several suggested themes for students (students may design their own themes in consultation with their advisor): Culture, Society, and Politics: FHCE 3300, FHCE 4300/6300, GEOG 4631/6631, GEOG 4632/6632, GEOG/INTL/HIST 4634, GEOG 4635, HIST 3170, HIST 3690, POLS 4640, SOCI 3140, SOCI 3150, SOCI 3810, SOCI 3820 Policy and Planning: ECON 4160, EDES 4640/6640, EDES(PLAN) 4650/6650, FHCE 4310/6310, FHCE 4340S/6340S, GEOG 4631/6631, LAND 4120/6120 Cities and Nature: GEOG 4160/6160, GEOG 4633/6633, GEOG 4890/6890 Community Engagement: FHCE 4340S/6340S, FHCE 5310/7310, GEOG 4385/6385, GEOG 4632/6632, GEOG 4890/6890 Urban and Community GIS: EDES 4270/6270, GEOG 4380/6380-4380L/6380L, GEOG 4385S/6385S
