URBAN & REGIONAL STUDIES

The Urban and Regional Studies Program incorporates resources from many departments and prepares students for careers in planning, public administration, policy analysis, community activism, and related fields. Students gain insight into the complexities of life in urban areas as well as their adjacent regions in North America and throughout the world. The program also prepares students for graduate study in planning, public administration, and the social sciences. The curriculum consists of core courses in the areas of public policy and administration; spatial analysis and planning, and urban society and culture; as well as options offered in a broad variety of disciplines. Courses for the Urban & Regional Studies Program are taught by faculty from a wide range of departments as well as invited outside experts.

The course requirements for the Urban/Regional Studies Major are listed in the UMD bulletin and can be accessed by Clicking Here