BA Urban Studies

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To be well-prepared for a college like Barnard, it is important to think about the academic community you are hoping to join. Barnard's general education requirements cover a wide range of subjects: literature, the social sciences, language and the arts, lab sciences, and quantitative areas. For this reason, you should acquire a strong foundation in high school, taking courses from the core academic subjects: math, science, English, history, and foreign language. Do your best to take the most rigorous classes available to you in which you can do your best work. For transfer students, our recommendations are similar. Take courses that are recommended to fulfill general requirements in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. If an area is a relative weakness, continue taking that subject while pursuing advanced coursework in areas of relative strength. Remember, we hope to see how you might contribute to our intellectual community, and your choices tell us what kind of a student you will be.

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This is only a tentative list of the Fall 2017 courses that fulfill Requirements A, B, and C of the Urban Studies curriculum. This early draft reflects the initial data we were given by the Registrar, but is subject to change as we gather more information.

If you see a course that you think should be included on this list, send the details and syllabus to urban@barnard.edu for consideration.

All 'A,' 'B,' and 'C' courses must be reviewed and approved by the Urban Studies Program Director.

Requirement A

Anthropology:

ANTH UN3989 — Urban Anthropology
History:

HIST BC2408 — Emerging Cities: 19th Century West
HIST BC3360 — London: From "Great Wen" to World City
HIST UN3335 — 20th Century New York History
Political Science:

URBS UN3550 — Community Building - Cancelled
POLS UN3560 — Politics of Urban Development in Latin America
URBS UN3833 — New York City: Politics and Governing - Cancelled
URBS UN3920 — Social Entrepreneurship - Cancelled
Sociology:

SOCI UN3324 — Global Urbanism
URBS UN3870 — Urban Transportation Revolutions

Requirement B

Africana Studies:

AFRS BC3550 — Harlem Seminar: Gay Harlem
Architecture:

ARCH UN1010 — Design Futures: New York City
ARCH A4337 — Polit-Space: Cities, Inst, Space
Education:

EDUC BC3052 — Math and the City
EDUC BC3058 — Science and the City
Environmental Science:

EESC UN2330 — Science for Sustainable Development
EESC BC3032 — Agricultural and Urban Land Use
EESC BC3033 — Waste Management
Theatre:

THTR UN2100 — New York Theatre
Urban Studies:

URBS UN1515 — Introduction to Urban Studies
URBS UN3565 — Cities in Developing Countries

Requirement C

Economics:

ECON BC2411 — Statistics for Economics
ECON BC3018 — Econometrics
Environmental Science:

EESC BC3017 — Environmental Data Analysis
Sociology:

SOCI UN3010 — Methods for Social Research
Sustainable Development:

SDEV UN3390 — GIS for Sustainable Development

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Submit all supporting materials

• Request that all official high school and college transcripts be sent to Barnard College along with your high school's profile. Your guidance counselor will also need to submit the School Report.
• Submit official standardized testing. For more information, please view
• Submit Teacher Evaluation forms. We require letters from two teachers that taught you in core academic subjects (English, foreign language, history [social science], mathematics, or science) in your final two years of secondary school.
• Your counselor will submit the mid-year report with your first semester senior grades by March 1st via the common application.
• Submit TOEFL or IELTS (if applicable). In addition to SAT/ACT requirements, TOEFL/IELTS scores are required for students whose primary language is not English and who have not been enrolled in a school where English is the primary medium of instruction for four consecutive years

Optional Supplemental Materials

• Students may choose to complete an on-campus or off-campus interview. For information on how and when to schedule an interview, please visit our admissions interview page. 
• Students may choose to submit supplementary portfolios (art—including film, photo, drawing, painting, sculpture—music, dance, theatre, or creative writing) for review via Slideroom. 
  Please note: Supplementary material will not be reviewed by Barnard faculty, and unfortunately, during high volume periods, we cannot guarantee it will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee. 

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