Web Site: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/urban/urbanpag.html

Major requirements in urban studies can be completed only through daytime attendance.

Program Director: Michael Lang, Public Policy and Administration

Professors:

Michael Lang, B.A., Drew; M.S., Ph.D., London School of Economics

Jon Van Til, B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., North Carolina; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Adjunct  Faculty:

Felipe J. Gorostiza, B.A., M.A., New York; M.A., Brown; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Thomas Knoche, B.S., Lehigh; M.R.P., North Carolina

Margaret Rogers-Darian, B.A., Rutgers (Camden); M.S., New Hampshire; M.A., Rowan

Robert Russo, B.S., Brooklyn; M.A., Wayne

Nicholas Toavacchia, Esq.

Natash Tursi, B.A., M.A., Rutgers (Camden)

Edward Williams, B.A., M.P.A., Rutgers (Camden)

The program in urban studies and metropolitan planning is concerned with the study and resolution of societal problems from an interdisciplinary base. The program is small, and individual attention to students is a point of pride among its faculty.

A common core of required courses provides the student with an understanding of urban institutions and how they function. This core is supplemented by options in urban planning and nonprofit organization leadership/civic education that allow students to develop specialized professional skills.

The core of required courses provides the student with knowledge appropriate to the urban generalist. These courses promote understanding of many professional and community planning approaches aimed at resolving urban and metropolitan problems. The options provide in-depth training appropriate to preprofessionals. Field experience and training are central to these specializations.

Majors in the program are urged to develop their plans of study in close consultation with their faculty adviser. Courses should be properly sequenced, insofar as possible, and each student`s plan may be tailored to his or her specific needs, skills, and academic and professional aspirations.

The program offers a diverse range of other options to students, including:

1.  Double majors, which allow the student to develop an urban studies major in addition to a major in another discipline or professional field.

2.  Minors, which permit majors in other departments to concentrate in one of the options of the Program in Urban Studies and Metropolitan Planning. Minors complete six courses in the program and should arrange their program in consultation with the program director.

3.  Cooperative projects between faculty and students involving research, evaluation, and fieldwork characterize much of the department`s activity. A multipath approach aims to create a learning environment in which a community of scholars engages in problem solving.