Mission

The interdisciplinary Cities major challenges the student to understand the dynamic relationship of urban spatial organization and the built environment to politics, economics, cultures and societies.

Core introductory classes present analytic approaches that explore the changing forms of the city over time and analyze the variety of ways through which men and women have recreated urban life through time and across cultures.

With these foundations, students pursue their interests through classes in planning, architecture, urban social and economic relations, urban history and the environmental conditions of urban life. Advanced seminars bring together these discussions by focusing on specific cities and topics.

What's New:

Cities End-of-Year Report 2007

Carola Hein publishes new edited book Brussels: Perspectives on a European Capital

Carola Hein wins 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship to Fund Study of the Global Architecture of Oil

2007-08 Course Schedules

Launch of the new peer-reviewed academic e-journal Brussels Studies, for which Carola Hein is a member of the academic steering committee

Barbara Miller Lane publishes new book "Housing and Dwelling:
Perspectives on Modern Domestic Architecture"