Urban Analysis and Community Development
Curriculum Description
This interdisciplinary concentration provides students with the knowledge, skills, and experiences to better appreciate the challenges and opportunities facing people in urban areas. One goal is to understand oneself in the context of the larger community. A second is to explore the range of communities found in postindustrial and developing countries. A third is to provide a vision of social justice to guide social change so that people work together in constructing communities to make them more just, equitable, and humane. Students learn qualitative and quantitative methods and theoretical frameworks.
Degree Requirements
A total of 120 credits is required for the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies degree. For a concentration in Urban Analysis and Community Development, additional requirements apply. The following chart specifies the requirements and will help you select courses from the course listing farther down this page. (Enrolled students also can get this information in their degree audit at http://myaccess.georgetown.edu.)
Category | # of credits required | Select courses from? |
BALS core courses | 48 | All 12 courses in the "Program Core" category must be completed (or equivalent transfer credit) |
BALS writing course | 3 | The course listed under "Required Courses" (or equivalent transfer credit) |
Non-western studies courses | 6 | Select 2 courses from the "Nonwestern Studies" category (or equivalent transfer credit) |
Core course in urban analysis and community development | 3 | Complete the course listed under "Curricular Field Core" (or equivalent transfer credit) |
Human values course in urban analysis and community development | 3 | Complete the course listed under "Curricular Human Values" (or equivalent transfer credit) |
Urban analysis required courses | 18 | Complete 6 courses listed under "Fundamentals" |
Urban analysis arena | 18 | Complete 6 courses (or equivalent transfer credit) in either the "Local" or "Global" category. In the arena that you choose, you must complete 3 courses in the "Policy and Planning" track and 3 courses in the "Community Change and Development" track |
Urban analysis electives | 6 | Complete 2 courses (or equivalent transfer credit) from "Curricular Field Core," "Curricular Human Values," "or "Curricular Elective" |
General electives | 21 | Select 7 courses from all courses listed on this page (or equivalent transfer credit) |
Note: Credits add up to more than 120, because the courses taken for the Non-Western Studies requirement also can be used to fulfill other degree requirements. Only 120 credits are required to graduate.
Required Courses:
Writing in an Interdisciplinary EnvironmentElective Courses:
Adding it Up: Numbers and ReportingAdvanced Latin
Advertising in the Media
Advocacy Journalism
American Popular Culture
Basic News Writing
Beat Reporting
Beyond Sojourner Truth
Bioethics
Broadcast Writing
Business Ethics
Business Law
Business Statistics
Calculus
Catholicism at the Movies: A Critical Review of Portrayals of Faith on Film
Catholicism in 21st Century America
Character, Conscience and Courage
China and the Internet: Challenging America in Cyberspace
China's Economic Development
China's Olympics
China, the U.S., and the Cold War Confrontation
Communication Law
Communication, Politics, and Public Opinion
Country Music USA
Creating Your Message Online
Crisis Communications
Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision-Making
Cultural Politics of Television
Cultures & Urban Life
Customer Service
Cyberethics
Debating Human Rights in China
Development of U.S. National Security Policy
Disorder in Modern China
Diversity and the Multicultural World
Engaging the Media
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Entrepreneurship in the Real World
Ethical Issues in American Politics
Ethics and Public Service
Ethics of Spying: Policy and Process
Explanatory Journalism
Feature Writing
Film: History, Culture and Structure
Financial Management
Folklore, Folklife, & Folk Festival
Gandhi's Religious and Political World
Global Media
Greek and Roman Myth
History of Pandemics and the Rise of Bioterrorism
History of the Future
Human Resource Management and the Law
Human Rights & International Law
Impact of Religion on Society
Independent Study
Inside the NATO Alliance
Institute on Sacred Scripture
Institutions of International Dispute Resolution
Intercultural Communication
Intergroup Dynamics and Conflict Management
Intermediate Latin
International Human Rights Law
International Affairs and Public Diplomacy
International Relations for the 21st Century
International Terrorism and Transnational Crime
Interpreting China's Rise: Beijing Olympics 2008, Shanghai Expo 2010
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Communication Theory
Introduction to Creative Writing
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Introduction to International Business
Introduction to International Law
Introduction to Media Criticism
Introduction to Public Speaking
Introductory Latin
Investigative Reporting
Issues in Globalization
Justice in Theory and Practice
Law and Literature
Life Entrepreneurs: The Place of Meaning, Purpose and Contribution in Business and Politics
Losing God? Secularization: Theory, History, and Evidence
Management of Mass Media
Managing and Sustaining Change
Managing Workplace Diversity
Mass Media and Society
Media and Politics
Media and Public Opinion
Media and Public Opinion Lab
Media Convergence and its Relationship to the Information Consumer
Medical and Science Writing
Meet the Atom: A Beginner's Guide to Understanding Nuclear Technology
Modern News and Writing
Moral Leadership and Social Justice
Mortal Heroes: Ancient Epic Narratives
Multinational Corporations
Music Around the Globe and Net
Mythology and the Human Spirit
Negotiation and Influence
New Venture Creation
Oral Skills for Effective Communications
Organizational Behavior
Persuasion and Influence
Political Economy of the Gulf
Politics and World Religion
Power and Politics
Principles of Accounting
Principles of Economics
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Propaganda & American Foreign Policy
Public Relations for Governmental, Non-Governmental and Non-Profit Organizations
Purpose and Personal Mission
Race, Gender, and Communication
Radical Evil
Religion and Conflict
Religion and Society
Religion and the US Constitution
Rhetorical Criticism
Science and Religion
Shakespeare: Text and Performance
Slavery and Abolition from the Bronze Age to the American Civil War
Small Business Management
Social and Cultural Context of Advertising
Socialization and Organizational Culture
Specialized Writing in Public Relations
Strategy and Policy: Nations in Crisis
Strategy and the Strategic Mindset
Teams and Group Dynamics
Television: History, Culture and Structure
Terrorism and Terrorists
The 1960s: Decade of Transformation
The American Revolution and the Colonial Military Tradition
The Art of Interviewing
The Body Perfect and Imperfect
The Business of Media
The Death Penalty: Kill It or Reform It?
The History of Mass Media in America
The History of Narrative and Storytelling
The Human Condition
The Martyr and the Warrior: Religion and Violence
The Modern U.S. Presidency - Fifty Years of Political Evolution
The Myth of the Hero
The Sacred Quest
The Tudors: History, Film and Legacy
The U.S. Civil War
The Vietnam War and 21st Century America
Theories of Leadership
Theory and Practice of Public Relations
Thesis Proposal Workshop
Thesis Research
Thesis Writing
Trials, Crime and Punishment in Literature and Film
U.S. Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
Utopia, Dystopia and Future Shock
Visual Rhetoric
War Memories, Justice and Reconciliation: The Case of China and Japan
Women. Power. Europe.
Workplace Ethics
Writing for the Public Relations Professional
Writing for the Web
Zoroastrianism
Curricular Field Core:
Introduction to Urban Analysis and Community DevelopmentCurricular Field Elective:
Making a Difference in SocietyRace and Ethnic Relations
Theories of Urban Analysis and Community Development
Curricular Field Human Values:
Cultures & Urban LifeFundamentals:
Community Development and Social ChangePracticum I
Practicum II
Social Analysis: Policy & Planning
Social Research Methods I: Quantitative
Social Research Methods II: Qualitative
Global Arena:
Demography and AgingEconomic Development and Human Security
Global Hunger
Global Trade and Local Discontents
Globalization and Social Change in Developing Countries
Human Rights: A Force for Change
Immigration and Refugee Policy
Inequalities in Health and Illness
Modernization and Development
Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective
Social Movements in Advanced Capitalism
Urban Policy in Global Perspective
Women and Community Change
Women and Social Change
Local Arena:
City Lab Geneva ExperienceCommunity and Alienation
Community Organizing and Grassroots Change
Conflicts: Transformation and Change
Confronting Hunger and Homelessness in the United States
DC Urban Laboratory
Education and Society
Environmental Justice
Faith-Based Organizations and Community Change
Health Care: Policy and Practice
Housing Policy
Organizations and Society
Social Inequality and Poverty
The Local Nonprofit Sector
U.S. Latinos and Public Policy
Values in Criminal Justice Policy
Work and The National Economy
Nonwestern Studies:
China's Economic DevelopmentChina's Olympics
China, the U.S., and the Cold War Confrontation
Chinese I
Debating Human Rights in China
Disorder in Modern China
Gandhi's Religious and Political World
Interpreting China's Rise: Beijing Olympics 2008, Shanghai Expo 2010
Mythology and the Human Spirit
Political Economy of the Gulf
Politics and World Religion
The Martyr and the Warrior: Religion and Violence
War Memories, Justice and Reconciliation: The Case of China and Japan
Zoroastrianism
Program Core:
Biblical Literature and the Ancient WorldEnlightenment, Revolution and Democracy
Faith and Reason in the Middle Ages
Greeks and Romans
Introduction to Ethics
Introduction to the Social Sciences
Medieval Thought and Culture
The Early Modern World
The New Millennium
The Nineteenth Century
The Renaissance
War and Peace