Sociology BA / Urban Strategy MS
Major: Sociology and Urban Strategy
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Science (MS)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Total Credit Hours: 229.0
Co-op Options: One Co-op (Five years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 45.1101
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 19-3041
About the Program
The combined BA in Sociology with a concentration in urban sociology (181.0 credits) and MS in Urban Strategy (48.0 credits) is a combined BA/MS cross-disciplinary degree that focuses on the sociological analysis of cities, the communities that comprise them, and the social processes that organize and transform them. Students in the urban sociology concentration learn to apply sociological concepts and methods to analyze urban issues and problems including gentrification, revitalization, suburbanization, and urban decline; concepts of space, place, community and neighborhood; and urban challenges such as poverty, affordable housing, global warming, policing and incarceration.
The BA portion of the degree prepares students to be leaders in urban issues, populations and challenges, whether through careers in urban policy, planning, social work, community nonprofits, government, or industry. This leads directly into the MS in Urban Strategy, a program designed to prepare students to become 21st century urbanists equipped to collaboratively and creatively solve complex multifaceted urban challenges on all levels: locally, nationally, and globally. The program boasts a cross-disciplinary curriculum focused on strategy, problem solving, and collaboration in the domains of urban planning, design, health, engineering, policy, community and economic development, and sociology. Masters in Urban Strategy students will benefit from the strong grounding in theory and methods of urban sociology, while urban sociology undergraduate students will gain from extending their training into a highly marketable masters degree.
Admission Requirements
Students who meet the standard eligibility requirement for accelerated programs should consult with their advisor and work on an individual plan of study to submit with the Change of Curriculum form.
Degree Requirements
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| UNIV H101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
| Three Humanities Courses | 9.0 | |
| Two Mathmatics Courses | 8.0 | |
| Two Science Courses | 8.0 | |
| Two Consecutive Foreign Language Courses | 8.0 | |
| Three Social and Behavioral Science Electives | 9.0 | |
| Two International Studies Courses | 6.0 | |
| Two Studies in Diversity | 6.0 | |
| Sociology Requirements | ||
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3.0 |
| SOC 240 | Urban Sociology | 4.0 |
| SOC 241 | Research Design: Qualitative Methods | 4.0 |
| SOC 242 | Research Design: Quantitative Methods | 4.0 |
| SOC 355 [WI] | Classical Social Theory | 4.0 |
| SOC 356 [WI] | Contemporary Social Theory | 4.0 |
| SOC 450 | Capstone in Sociology | 4.0 |
| Required Sociology Electives | ||
| Select at least 9 of the following: (At least two must be at the 300 or 400 level). | 36.0 | |
| Social Problems | ||
| Medicine and Society | ||
| Race, Ethnicity and Social Inequality | ||
| Sociology of Work | ||
| Wealth and Power | ||
| Sociology of the Family | ||
| Sex and Society | ||
| Gender and Society | ||
| Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
| Sociology of Health Professions | ||
| Sociology of the Environment | ||
| Sociology of Sport | ||
| Sociology of Aging | ||
| Global Climate Change | ||
| Sociology of Global Health | ||
| HIV/AIDS and Africa | ||
| Social Networks and Health | ||
| Sociology of Deviance | ||
| Development and Underdevelopment in the Global South | ||
| Sociology of Education | ||
| Globalization | ||
| Global Environmental Movements | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| Sociology of Disasters | ||
| Practicum in Applied and Community Sociology | ||
| Medicine, Technology and Science | ||
| Imagining Multiple Democracies | ||
| Love, Rage & Debt: The Debt Society | ||
| Politics of Life | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Special Topics in SOC | ||
| Urban Sociology Electives | ||
| Select two urban sociology electives. | 8.0 | |
| Sex and The City | ||
| Housing and Homelessness | ||
| Special Topics in Sociology ((Gentrification and Neighborhood Change)) | ||
| Free Electives | 43.0 | |
| MS Urban Strategy Requirements | ||
| ECON 616 | Public Finance and Cost Benefit Analysis | 3.0 |
| URBS 510 | History of Urban Space (Shared Course) | 3.0 |
| URBS 520 | What is a City | 3.0 |
| URBS 530 | Quantitative Methods & Reasoning for Urban Strategists | 3.0 |
| URBS 610 | Civic Engagement & Participatory Methods | 3.0 |
| URBS 620 | City of Systems | 3.0 |
| URBS 630 | Spatial Reasoning for Urbanists, Architects & Designers | 3.0 |
| URBS 650 | Urbanism, Health & the Built Environment | 3.0 |
| URBS 670 | Thesis I: Research Inquiry & Design | 3.0 |
| URBS 675 | Thesis Seminar I | 1.5 |
| URBS 680 | Thesis II: Fieldwork | 3.0 |
| URBS 685 | Thesis Seminar II | 1.5 |
| URBS 690 | Thesis III: Documentation | 3.0 |
| Four Graduate Free Electives | 12.0 | |
| Total Credits | 229.0 | |
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | COOP 101 | 1.0 | VACATION | |
| SOC 101 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV H101 | 1.0 | SOC 240 | 4.0 | Sociology Elective | 4.0 | ||
| Foreign Language 1 | 4.0 | Foreign Language 2 | 4.0 | Diversity Elective | 3.0 | ||
| Math Seq Course | 4.0 | Science Elective | 4.0 | SBS Elective | 3.0 | ||
| SBS Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 18 | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| SOC 241 | 4.0 | SOC 355 | 4.0 | SOC 242 | 4.0 | UNIV H201 | 1.0 |
| Math Seq Course | 4.0 | Sociology Elective | 4.0 | SBS Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 |
| Sociology Elective | 4.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Sociology Elective | 4.0 | Sociology Urban Elective | 4.0 |
| Sociology Elective | 4.0 | Science Elective | 4.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Sociology Elective 300-400 | 4.0 |
| Diversity Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Sociology Elective 300-400 | 4.0 | ||
| 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| Soc Urban Elective | 4.0 | SOC 356 | 4.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| UG Humanities Elective | 3.0 | URBS 610 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | ||||
| UG International Elective | 3.0 | UG Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| UG Free Elective | 3.0 | UG Free Electives | 6.0 | ||||
| URBS 510 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| URBS 530 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | SOC 450 | 4.0 | ECON 616 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | ||
| URBS 520 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | URBS 620 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | URBS 650 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | ||
| UG Sociology Electives | 8.0 | URBS 630 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | UG Free Electives | 12.0 | ||
| UG Free Electives | 4.0 | UG International Elective | 3.0 | Note: BA Degree Awarded | |||
| UG Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| UG Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 19 | 18 | |||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| URBS 670 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | URBS 675 (GR URBS) | 1.5 | URBS 685 (GR URBS) | 1.5 | ||
| GR URBS Electives | 6.0 | URBS 680 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | URBS 690 (GR URBS) | 3.0 | ||
| GR URBS Elective | 3.0 | GR URBS Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | |||||
| Total Credits 229 | |||||||
