SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Sustainable Urban Environments provides a balanced liberal arts education with a focus on the social and technical issues that must be addressed to maintain healthy and satisfying urban life for city dwellers. The billions of people living in cities need to have clean water and air, housing, healthy and secure living conditions, adequate transportation and education. City builders must understand the technical challenges and possibilities and the social and historical contexts in which they exist. This program brings together technology, planning, economics, psychology, and history. In addition to General Education courses, students take a set of Urban Core courses to provide breadth in understanding of urban issues; and take courses in an Area of Concentration (or identify and create their own with their advisor from available courses an independent study options) relating to Human & Social Systems in the Urban Context.
Our world is urban. Sustainable urban growth is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Some of the most innovative work in the country – whether it be in eco-friendly construction or in creative approaches to economic development – are happening right here in Brooklyn, in New York City.
We live in New York City, one of the biggest urban laboratories in the country. Gotham is the penultimate 21st century globalizing city. If you are interested in questions of labor management, financial capitalism, transportation management, skyscraper development, or any other aspect of urbanization, you are in the right place.
We have the resources to tackle technical, engineering, and historical issues.
Careers you might pursue after a degree in Sustainable Urban Environments:
Urban planning
Historic preservation
Civil engineering
Architecture
Law
Social work
Education
Museum curator
Journalism
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