urban studies masters curriculum
The full-time, four-semester MA program requires students to complete 48 units.
As a part of the curriculum, all first-year MA students must attend the Graduate Lecture Series, which brings noted artists and critics to campus for lectures, discussions, and critiques.
Curriculum Requirements
| Research and Writing Colloquium | 3 |
| Global Perspectives of Modernity | 3 |
| Culture Industry and Media Matters | 3 |
| Frameworks for Art and Urbanism | 3 |
| Urban Studies Seminar Electives | 9 |
| Cognates (other electives) | 9 |
| Practicum | 6 |
| Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
| Thesis I | 6 |
| Thesis II | 6 |
| Total | 48 |
Sample Schedule
Semester 1
| Global Perspectives of Modernity | 3 |
| Frameworks for Art and Urbanism | 3 |
| Urban Studies Seminar Electives | 3 |
| Cognate (other electives) | 3 |
| Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
Semester 2
| Research and Writing Colloquia | 3 |
| Culture Industry and Media Matters | 3 |
| Urban Studies Seminar Electives | 3 |
| Cognate (other electives) | 3 |
| Graduate Lecture Series | 0 |
| Summer Practicum | 6 |
Semester 3
| Thesis I | 3 |
| Thesis II | 3 |
| Seminar Electives | 3 |
Semester 4
| Thesis I | 3 |
| Thesis II | 3 |
| Cognate (other electives) | 3 |
| Total | 48 |
