ProgramCIP 45.1201

Urban Studies/Affairs

A program that focuses on the application of social science principles to the study of urban institutions and the forces influencing urban social and political life. Includes instruction in urban theory, the development and evolution of urban areas, urban sociology, principles of urban and social planning, and the politics and economics of urban government and services.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Urban and Regional Studies.