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Urban Studies Minor: Frequently Asked Questions 1. Is there an Urban Studies department at Wake Forest? Answer: No. The faculty whose courses count toward the minor in Urban Studies are all members of other departments. The courses they teach usually also count toward undergraduate degree requirements in those departments as well as in Urban Studies. 2. Then why is there a minor in Urban Studies? Answer: The minor allows undergraduates who take sufficient courses focusing on the theme of urbanism, or the city, to be recognized for that achievement. There is no major in urban studies. 3. Why does the college bulletin show two lists of courses from which students select courses to complete the minor? Answer: One list names courses that are 100% devoted to urbanism; courses on the other list have only a partial urban focus. A student may take no more than two courses from the second list (and need not take any). 4. When are the courses offered? Answer: an effort is made to have courses on the first list offered at least once in two years. However, because courses are scheduled by other departments, and not by Urban Studies, this cannot be guaranteed. Individual Study (URB 270) may be scheduled at a time mutually acceptable to the interested student and faculty member. 5. Are there other "urban" courses that do not show on these lists? Answer: Yes. The lists show only courses that are named in the college bulletin. Sometimes a city-related course is offered on a one-time basis as a "special topics" or "selected areas" course by a department in the college. The Urban Studies minor will consider accepting such a course toward the minor's requirements. 6. Does the minor qualify one to go on for graduate study in urban planning or the like? Answer: Urban-related graduate programs typically accept students with a variety of backgrounds and taking this minor does not necessarily guarantee an advantage. (Consult graduate programs directly.) The minor is very much "liberal arts" in focus in that it approaches a common theme (the city) from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It is not approached as a narrow specialty. 7. Is there anything to note about the Urban Internship course that is listed? Answer: this course is open only to declared Urban Studies minors and must be approved both by the faculty member supervising the internship and the coordinator of the minor.
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