URBAN & METROPOLITAN STUDIES
The Bachelor’s Degree in Urban & Metropolitan Studies offers students the opportunity to explore a wide range of issues influencing the quality of urban life. The Phoenix metropolitan region is one of the nation’s fastest growing urban centers and projected to continue this trajectory of rapid growth.
Students in the Urban & Metropolitan Studies come from a variety of backgrounds and with many different interests. Some students work full-time, while others are full-time students. What they all have in common is a desire to help improve the quality of urban life. Urban & Metropolitan Studies students interact with their community, connect with community leaders and local organizations, and apply classroom experiences to the real-world.
Read feature story on the Urban & Metropolitan Studies program in the February/March 2008 issue of [kontakt] magazine: ASU Tackles New Issues with New Programs.
Located in the heart of downtown Phoenix, the Urban and Metropolitan Studies Program offers an ideal setting for training future leaders to effectively address the challenges of rapid growth along with other contemporary urban issues. Students examine and engage these issues through multiple lenses—historic, social, cultural, economic, and political. Applying quantitative as well as qualitative research methods, students develop and implement innovative means for enhancing quality of place and quality of life in the contemporary metropolis.
Graduates from this program work in public, private, and not-for-profit fields dedicated to improving urban life. Many graduates also pursue advanced degrees in urban planning, public policy, public administration, law, business, real estate development, arts administration, historic preservation, journalism, education, and other fields. Students may also earn a Minor in Urban & Metropolitan Studies to supplement other degree programs.
For more information, please stop by our offices located on the 4th floor of the University Center at the Downtown Phoenix campus, call us at 602-496-0450, send us an e-mail, or request that more information be sent to you.
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