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There are a number of other Ivies, including Yale and Princeton most notably, which have undergraduate programs in the field—schools hardly known for rampant pre-professionalism. Stanford (the Harvard of the west) has an urban studies program even though it lacks any graduate program. This program, according...
Architecture and urban studies is such a broad, liberal arts based field that it spans many if not all of the existing areas in the Core curriculum. For example, Social Analysis is central to the field of urban studies, and concentrators would likely be required to take introductory economics. A...
Continuing on, Historical Studies A looks at the relevance of history to modern problems. Here the connection to architecture is also clear; Anthony M. Tung’s Preserving the World’s Great Cities is (not only a great read but) a good example of how the history...
But what about Visual and Environmental Studies, the department that replaced Architectural Studies? This is not really the best option for students interested in architecture and urban studies. First, there are no studio courses that have any direct relation to architecture. Second, by concentrating in VES, one does not get...
One thing an architecture and urban studies department would have going for it immediately is the GSD, currently considered the best, or one of the best, graduate schools for architecture and urban design in the country. The GSD has a wide variety of course offerings, many of which are currently...