The interdisciplinary Architecture and Urbanism Minor brings together the prominent emphases on the material landscapes and cultural environments of the city evident in Geography courses and History of Art and Architecture courses. While both History of Art and Architecture and Geography have different kinds of theoretical or historical questions, they nevertheless strongly overlap when considering how the specific geographic spaces of cities unfold as particular spatial and cultural constructs. Courses in the minor thus explore the variety of ways in which the spaces of cities relate to their historical/geographical materiality. In this sense, culture is broadly construed to encompass the spatial, aesthetic, linguistic, and other social practices that define the material and phenomenological particularities of cities.
The minor is made up of 5 courses total, 2 required courses and 3 additional courses selected from the list below.
Course Requirements
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 8 |
GEO 233 | COMPARATIVE URBANISM | |
or GEO 334 | URBAN/CITY DESIGN |
HAA 280 | PREMODERN ARCHITECTURE: ANCIENT SOCIETIES TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT | |
or HAA 281 | MODERN ARCHITECTURE |
| 4-8 |
GEO 103 | URBANIZATION | |
GEO 133 | URBAN GEOGRAPHY - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING | |
GEO 200 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT | |
GEO 205 | RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT | |
GEO 210 | INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | |
GEO 231 | HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CHICAGO | |
GEO 233 | COMPARATIVE URBANISM * | |
GEO 241 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I: DIGITAL MAPPING | |
GEO 330 | SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION | |
GEO 333 | URBAN PLANNING | |
GEO 334 | URBAN/CITY DESIGN * | |
| 4-8 |
HAA 280 | PREMODERN ARCHITECTURE: ANCIENT SOCIETIES TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT * | |
HAA 281 | MODERN ARCHITECTURE * | |
HAA 301 | AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE | |
HAA 372 | CAIRO: MOTHER OF THE WORLD (WORLD CITIES) | |
HAA 373 | KYOTO (WORLD CITIES) | |
HAA 375 | MEXICO CITY (WORLD CITIES) | |
HAA 376 | ROME (WORLD CITIES) | |
HAA 378 | HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY JERUSALEM (WORLD CITIES) | |
HAA 379 | PARIS AND VICINITY TO CIRCA 1870 (WORLD CITIES) | |
HAA 380 | CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (WORLD CITIES) | |
Total Hours | 20 |
Additional courses may be substituted with the consent of an advisor in the Department of Geography or History of Art and Architecture. No more than two courses can come from the same department as the student's major.
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