Urban Studies, Environmental Science (Specialization)
Barnard College
Description
Majors build an intellectual foundation that combines interdisciplinary coursework and a concentration of study within a single field. The program enables students to explore and understand the urban experience in all of its richness and complexity. It recognizes the city as an amalgam of diverse peoples and their social, political, economic, and cultural interactions within a distinctive built environment. Students study the evolution and variety of urban forms and governance structures, which create opportunities for, as well as constrain, the exercise of human agency, individual and collective. They explore the place of the city in different historical and comparative contexts, as well as in the human imagination. Environmental Science specialization requires 5 courses in either the Environmental Science or Sustainable Development departments.