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  Camden Undergraduate Catalog 2011–2013 Liberal Arts Colleges Programs, Faculty, and Courses Urban Studies 975  

Urban Studies 975

Website: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/urban/index.php

Program Director: Dr. Lorraine C. Minnite, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration, and Director of Urban Studies Program; Ph.D., CUNY

Urban Studies Advisory Committee:

Gail Caputo, Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, and Director of the Graduate Program in Criminal Justice; Ph.D., Rutgers

Carla Giaudrone, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, and Director of Latin American Studies Program; Ph.D., New York

Richard Harris, Professor, Departments of Political Science and Public Policy and Administration, and Senior Research Fellow, Walter Rand Institute; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Lauren Silver, Assistant Professor, Department of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Robyne Stevenson Turner, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration; Ph.D., Florida

Affiliated Faculty:

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Board of Governors Service Professor of Public Policy and Administration, and Director, Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership; Ph.D., CUNY

Wanda Garcia, Associate Director, Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership; Director, Rutgers Centers of Excellence; M.S.W., Rutgers

Adjunct Faculty and Part-Time Lecturers:

Steve Dixon, M.A., Skidmore College

Thomas Knoche, M.R.P., North Carolina

Robert Russo, M.A., Wayne State

Emeritus Faculty:

James A. Dunn, Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Russell S. Harrison, Ph.D., North Carolina

Michael Lang, Ph.D., London School of Economics

Jon Van Til, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)


The program in urban studies offers a diverse curriculum that focuses on urban history, politics, planning, economics, and demography and addresses a wide range of contemporary issues affecting cities around the world. As urban populations grow, so do the challenges. Whether it is the global economic crisis or natural disaster, urban studies majors learn about complex issues that prepare them to be problem solvers.

Students study cities and how they function, grow, and prosper or decline. The program is interdisciplinary, so students take courses in other departments as well, such as criminal justice, sociology, political science, and history.  Classes in urban studies cover topics about how cities are planned, population trends, and urban policy issues like housing, sustainability, and environmental justice. Students develop a range of skills including how to conduct community-based participatory action research, policy analysis, and the use of mapping to facilitate community engagement. Some courses provide field experience and community engagement appropriate for preprofessionals.

The program offers a 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 gain a broader understanding of urban issues. Minors complete six courses in the program, including one in each of the four core concentrations.

3. The bachelor of arts/master of public administration (B.A./M.P.A.) five-year, dual-degree program for urban studies provides direct access to the master's program in public policy and administration at Rutgers Graduate School–Camden. Interested students may apply for this program during the second semester of their junior year.


 
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