Have an Urban Experience

The Urban Experience is a weeklong summer program for high school students through the Urban & Metropolitan Studies program at ASU.

  • What are the greatest challenges faced by urban regions in Arizona?
  • How can we best address the issue of rapid growth?
  • What can we do to make Phoenix more livable?
  • How can we become a model of urban sustainability?

These are key issues for the 21st century. The Urban Experience offers students an opportunity to learn about these issues from leading practitioners and researchers. Students will learn about what makes urban environments unique and about the many exciting developments currently taking place in Phoenix. They will apply what they learn to a group project focused on a selected topic. Students will walk away with a holistic view of cities and their component parts and they will see how that knowledge is applied in Phoenix and other urban areas. Students will have unique opportunities to see what an Urban Experience is.

Activities

Activities during the weeklong precollege summer program include tours, in-class activities, guest speakers, and a group project. The project will offer students a chance to reflect upon their experience in the city and to recommend suggestions for improving it. Topics for the project include adaptive reuse of historic buildings, designing a park, planning sustainability initiatives, creating an urban small business, and much more.

The Details

Monday July 14 - Friday July 18
8am to 5pm
Cost: $50

About 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. Located in the heart of downtown Phoenix, the Urban & Metropolitan Studies Program offers an ideal setting for training future leaders. Students examine and engage urban issues through multiple lenses—historic, social, cultural, aesthetic, 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.

To learn more, visit the Urban & Metropolitan Studies website.

To Register

Download the registration form, and submit to the Schoool of Public Affairs. Your payment is due at the time of registration. You can submit your registration form by fax or mail.

Fax: (602) 496-0950

Mail:
Urban Experience
School of Public Affairs
Mail Code 3720
411 North Central Avenue, Suite 450
Phoenix, Arizona 85004

For More Information

E-mail: Samuel Feldman at samuel.a.feldman@gmail.com or Nan Ellin at nan.ellin@asu.edu.
Phone: Samuel Feldman at 602.820.1488

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