All courses numbered 500 and above are graduate courses.
Undergraduates cannot enroll in this course.
HIST 608 Proseminar in Urban Studies
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
This seminar is required for students in the Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Program. They will be given preference for enrollment, which will be limited to 15. The course is designed for Ph.D. students who intend to do urban-related research. It is not open to undergraduates. Master’s Degree students will be allowed to enroll only in special circumstances and with the permission of the instructor. To earn credit for the Graduate Certificate Program, students must enroll for both fall and spring semesters. Other students may take only the fall semester. Enrollment for the spring semester alone is not permitted. In the fall, the seminar will focus on inter-disciplinary readings concerned with the history of American cities in the twentieth-century. In the spring, students will write a major research paper and meet with scholars and practitioners who exemplify a variety of careers in urban research.
Course Syllabus (PDF)
