Intercultural Studies: Urban Studies Concentration

The coursework exposes students to diverse theoretical perspectives, engages them in analyzing real-world problems, blends reading and discussion with experience, including both service-learning and field research. In these ways, the concentration aims to prepare students to work and serve as Christians in urban contexts, whether vocationally or as engaged citizens.

The Urban Studies Concentration:

• Is holistic and community-focused
• Works at multiple levels—family, neighborhood, city, metropolitan-area.
• Considers carefully the role of the church
• Is interdisciplinary, including theological, sociological, and political dimensions.

Optional Urban Studies Concentration - 5 Courses
	Required courses: Social Science Research Methods (POLS 212), 4 hours Urban Ministry (URMN 212), 4 hours The City in Biblical and Theological Perspectives (URMN 350), 3 hours Governing Urban Communities (POLS 328), 4 hours Refugee Families (SOC 396 ST), 3 hours