What is urban and regional studies (URS)?
The Department of City and Regional Planning’s (CRP) undergraduate major in urban and regional studies (URS) encompasses an interdisciplinary, liberal arts course of study focused on the forces that shape the social, economic, and political character and physical form of urban/suburban areas and their surrounding regions. Students in this major pursue knowledge in a range of disciplines, acquire significant writing skills, quantitative and non-quantitative analytical skills, and the capacity to think both broadly and deeply regarding the past, present, and future of urbanized communities and their inhabitants. Who is invited to do honors work in URS? URS offers qualified students the opportunity to write an honors thesis. To qualify for honors, students must have completed their junior year, completed four semesters registered in URS, have a cumulative GPA of 3.3, a GPA of 3.5 in the major (including the microeconomics and statistics requirements), and have completed at least 7 of the
