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This interdisciplinary concentration exposes students to the various approaches to urban studies in many disciplines.
Students should observe the levels indicated by course numbers: 200-level are first year (U1); 300-level, second year (U2); 400- or 500-level, third year (U3).
For students majoring in Urban Systems, the total number of credits permitted outside Arts and Science is 30 credits. Faculty of Arts regulations about "Courses Outside the Faculties of Arts and of Science" may be found with the Arts guidelines for "Course Requirements".Ìý
Statistics
3 credits from:
Note: Credit given for statistics courses is subject to certain restrictions. Students should consult the "Course Overlap" information in the "Course Requirements" section for the Faculty of Arts.
| BIOL 373 | (3) | Biometry |
| GEOG 202 | (3) | Statistics and Spatial Analysis |
| MATH 203 | (3) | Principles of Statistics 1 |
| PSYC 204 | (3) | Introduction to Psychological Statistics |
| SOCI 350 | (3) | Statistics in Social Research |
Geography
* Students can choose one only from GEOG 210, GEOG 216 or GEOG 221.
| GEOG 210 | (3) | Global Places and Peoples |
| GEOG 216 | (3) | Geography of the World Economy |
| GEOG 221 | (3) | Environment and Health |
| GEOG 303 | (3) | Health Geography |
| GEOG 306 | (3) | Raster Geo-Information Science |
| GEOG 307 | (3) | Socioeconomic Applications of GIS |
| GEOG 311 | (3) | Economic Geography |
| GEOG 315 | (3) | Urban Transportation Geography |
| GEOG 316 | (3) | Political Geography |
| GEOG 325 | (3) | New Master-Planned Cities |
| GEOG 331 | (3) | Urban Social Geography |
| GEOG 417 | (3) | Urban Geography |
| GEOG 504 | (3) | Advanced Economic Geography |
| GEOG 507 | (3) | Advanced Social Geography |
| GEOG 511 | (3) | Advanced Political Geography |
| GEOG 525 | (3) | Asian Cities in the 21st Century |
Architecture
Although Architecture courses have prerequisites, they are waived for Urban Systems students, but the course may not be taken before the year indicated:
U2 - ARCH 378;
U3 - ARCH 515, ARCH 517, ARCH 520, ARCH 527, ARCH 528, ARCH 529, ARCH 562, ARCH 564, ARCH 566.
| ARCH 378 | (3) | Site Usage |
| ARCH 515 | (3) | Sustainable Design |
| ARCH 517 | (3) | Sustainable Residential Development |
| ARCH 520 | (3) | Montreal: Urban Morphology |
| ARCH 527 | (3) | Civic Design |
| ARCH 528 | (3) | History of Housing |
| ARCH 529 | (3) | Housing Theory |
| ARCH 561 | () | Ìý |
| ARCH 562 | (3) | Innovative Homes and Communities |
| ARCH 564 | (3) | Design for Development |
| ARCH 566 | (3) | Cultural Landscapes Seminar |
Urban Planning
| URBP 201 | (3) | Planning the 21st Century City |
| URBP 501 | (2) | Principles and Practice 1 |
| URBP 504 | (3) | Planning for Active Transportation |
| URBP 505 | (3) | Geographic Information Systems |
| URBP 506 | (3) | Environmental Policy and Planning |
| URBP 530 | (3) | Urban Infrastructure and Services in International Context |
| URBP 536 | (2) | Current Issues in Transportation 1 |
| URBP 537 | (2) | Current Issues in Transportation 2 |
| URBP 551 | (3) | Urban Design and Planning |
| URBP 556 | (3) | Urban Economy: A Spatial Perspective |
