This certificate program combines interdisciplinary academic approaches with real-world experiences to enable students to develop expertise in how cities and their metropolitan areas are built, change over time, and impact both residents and their environments. Meeting the goals for this certificate will help equip UGA students and graduates for career paths and/or graduate study in fields impacted by urban and metropolitan processes. These might include urban planning, the non-profit sector, real estate, law, architecture and urban design, business and finance, education, government, medicine and health, as well as arts and design.
Dr. Steven Holloway, Professor holloway@uga.edu
12 hours
To apply, please request to be admitted to the Urban and Metropolitan Studies Certificate Program to Dr. Holloway at holloway@uga.edu.
| GEOG 8630 | Seminar in Urban Geography | 3 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| GEOG 4630/6630 | Advanced Urban Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 4631/6631 | Race, Inequality, and the American City | 3 |
| GEOG 4632/6632 | Urban Social Movements | 3 |
| GEOG 4633/6633 | Urban Political Ecology | 3 |
| GEOG 4635/6635 | The City and Film | 3 |
At least one course must be from outside Geography.
No more than one additional course from the GEOG 66xx sequence listed above, and no more than 3 total Geography courses. Upon approval by the Program Director, no more than one instance (3 credit maximum) of ONE of the following may be used: - 6xxx-level or higher discipline-specific independent or directed readings - Internship (for graduate credit)
At least one elective should be open only to graduate students -- 8xxx-level seminars can count upon approval by the Program Director when their topic and focus is substantially urban and fits with the student’s academic and professional objectives.
Choose 6 credit hour(s) from the following:
| ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160 | Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment | 3 |
| EDES 4270/6270 | Environmental Design Uses of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| AND EDES 4280E/6280E | Environmental Design Uses of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| EDES 4640/6640 | The History of Urban Planning | 3 |
| EDES(PLAN) 4650/6650 | City Planning | 3 |
| FHCE 4300/6300 | Advanced Housing Theories | 3 |
| FHCE 4310/6310 | Housing Policy | 3 |
| FHCE 4340S/6340S | Housing and Community Development | 3 |
| FHCE 5310/7310 | Affordable Housing Development and Management | 3 |
| GEOG 4380/6380-4380L/6380L | Transportation Modeling and GIS | 3 |
| GEOG 4385/6385-4385L/6385L | Community GIS (Service Learning) | 3 |
| GEOG 4890S/6890S | Athens Urban Food Collective (AUFC) Service-Learning | 3 |
| GEOG 8630 * | Seminar in Urban Geography | 3 |
| LAND 4120/6120 | Designing Healthy Places | 3 |
| PLAN 4420/6420 | Urban Design | 3 |
| PLAN 6430 | Urban Infrastructure | 3 |
| PLAN 6520 | Urban Planning and Design Studio I | 5 |
| PLAN 6540 | Urban Planning and Design Studio II | 4 |
| PLAN 6560 | Urban Planning and Design Studio III | 4 |
| REAL 7100 | Real Estate | 3 |
| SOCI 8820 | Communities and Crime | 3 |
*With approval, two instances of this course can count toward this requirement when the instructor and topic substantially differ.
These courses are grouped into several suggested themes for students, which can assist students in choosing the 6 hours they take (students may design their own themes in consultation with their advisors):
Culture, Society, and Politics:
| FHCE 4300/6300 | Advanced Housing Theories | 3 |
| GEOG 4631/6631 | Race, Inequality, and the American City | 3 |
| GEOG 4632/6632 | Urban Social Movements | 3 |
| GEOG 4635/6635 | The City and Film | 3 |
| GEOG 8630 | Seminar in Urban Geography | 3 |
| SOCI 8820 | Communities and Crime | 3 |
Policy and Planning:
| EDES 4640/6640 | The History of Urban Planning | 3 |
| EDES(PLAN) 4650/6650 | City Planning | 3 |
| FHCE 4310/6310 | Housing Policy | 3 |
| FHCE 4340S/6340S | Housing and Community Development | 3 |
| GEOG 4631/6631 | Race, Inequality, and the American City | 3 |
| PLAN 4420/6420 | Urban Design | 3 |
| PLAN 6430 | Urban Infrastructure | 3 |
| PLAN 6520 | Urban Planning and Design Studio I | 5 |
| PLAN 6540 | Urban Planning and Design Studio II | 4 |
| PLAN 6560 | Urban Planning and Design Studio III | 4 |
| LAND 4120/6120 | Designing Healthy Places | 3 |
Cities and Nature:
| ATSC(GEOG) 4160/6160 | Applied Climatology in the Urban Environment | 3 |
| GEOG 4633/6633 | Urban Political Ecology | 3 |
| GEOG 4890S/6890S | Athens Urban Food Collective (AUFC) Service-Learning | 3 |
Community Engagement:
| FHCE 4340S/6340S | Housing and Community Development | 3 |
| GEOG 4385/6385-4385L/6385L | Community GIS (Service Learning) | 3 |
| GEOG 4632/6632 | Urban Social Movements | 3 |
| GEOG 4890S/6890S | Athens Urban Food Collective (AUFC) Service-Learning | 3 |
Urban and Community GIS:
| EDES 4270/6270 | Environmental Design Uses of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| EDES 4280E/6280E | Environmental Design Uses of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 4380/6380-4380L/6380L | Transportation Modeling and GIS | 3 |
| GEOG 4385/6385-4385L/6385L | Community GIS (Service Learning) | 3 |
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.