GRADUATE CURRICULUM
A total of five graduate level courses, as elaborated upon below, are required for the Designated Emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies.
2009-2010 GMS DE Handbook (PDF | 213 KB)
Two core courses are required for the Designated Emphasis:
- Global Metropolitan Studies 200: Global Metropolitan Studies – Introduction to Theories, Histories, and Methods
- Advanced Seminar in Methods
- Global Metropolitan Studies 201: Research Seminar in Comparative Urban Studies
OR
- Global Metropolitan Studies 202: Research Seminar on Infrastructure and Environment
The first course, to be taken by all students enrolled in the Designated Emphasis, is designed to examine metropolitan development through history and consider metropolitan issues from the varied perspectives of the social sciences and the professions.
The advanced seminars, each designed for students who have completed their Qualifying Examinations, offers an opportunity for in-depth examination of contemporary research topics, data and methods, and recent research findings and challenges in specific subfields of global metropolitan studies.
In addition to the two core courses, students in the Designated Emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies are required to take three additional courses for graduate credit on topics in metropolitan studies.
The courses must be selected from the approved list for the student’s chosen concentration, unless a substitution is authorized by the GMS Graduate Group’s Curriculum Committee. The lists of breadth courses will be reviewed and updated by the Committee annually. Students are encouraged to bring new and relevant courses to the attention of the GMS Graduate Group.
No more than one elective course for the Designated Emphasis can be taken from the student’s home department. Students may substitute no more than one course not on the list, with the approval of the Curriculum Committee. The approved list of elective courses are located in the GMS DE Handbook
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