Full-Time, Part-Time
Hybrid
4 Years
Fall, Winter
Introduction
Want to better understand urban issues and help transform your community? This program is for you. Learn to analyze cities, urbanization, and urban experiences through a variety of lenses. You’ll graduate ready to promote equitable, sustainable, and flourishing urban communities.
Overview
The Bachelor of Arts in Community and Urban Transformation (CUT) can be completed in:
- 4 years (120 credit hours)
CUT examines the city as a dynamic environment. You’ll learn an interdisciplinary social scientific approach that’s globally engaged and regionally responsive. We’ll explore traditional issues of urban studies, such as planning and development. We’ll also consider modern concerns of development and how it impacts the marginalized.
Courses focus on local issues, including poverty, homelessness, and the Indigenous experience. The program also extends to global issues like international development and human rights.
You’ll gain the techniques and strategies to address urban social issues by:
- Learning in the community
- Building intercultural knowledge
- Gaining conflict transformation skills
- Pursuing leadership development
- Exploring spiritual formation
- Experiential Learning
Minor in CUT
18 credit hours from:
- CUT100 The Social Life of Cities (3)
- SOC100 Intro Sociology (6)
- SOC210 Social Problems (3)
- SOC380 Social Theory (3)
- BHS200 Research Methods (3)
- CUT200 Pre-Field Seminar (3)
- CUT 301 Urban Practicum I (3)
- CUT395 Selected Themes in CUT (3)
- CUT390 Independent Study in CUT (3)
- ETR395 Educational Travel: Selected Themes (3)
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Small class sizes, a collaborative learning environment, and faculty who believe in Education for a Better World. The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Booth UC provides a meaningful student experience that prepares you with knowledge and confidence for today’s world.
What You'll Learn
Here’s what you can expect to learn in the CUT program, in addition to our Institutional Learning Outcomes:
- A sound theoretical foundation in the interdisciplinary field of urban studies.
- The ability to use quantitative and qualitative research methodologies with a critical sensibility.
- A comprehensive understanding of social forces and institutions at work in the urban context.
- A particular area of expertise appropriate to the undergraduate level of study.
- Preparedness for the pursuit of graduate studies in urban studies, the social sciences, and related fields.
Your Future
A CUT degree sets you up for a meaningful, fulfilling career. The combination of social scientific and urban studies is relevant anywhere there are humans and cities. Although jobs evolve over time, the knowledge of human behaviour in such contexts remains valuable across any field of work.
You’ll be able to support human flourishing in community in areas such as:
- Social services
- Urban studies
- Criminal justice
- Research
- Community development
- Advocacy
- Environmental issues
- Counseling
- Ministry
You’ll also be prepared to pursue graduate studies in the social sciences and urban studies.
Courses
Degree Requirements
For course details, visit the Academic Calendar.
4 year (120 credits)
- Minimum 120 credits
- Minimum 42 credits in Core Curriculum
- 33 credits required courses
- 27 disciplinary elective credits
- 18 general elective credits
Required Courses (33 credits)
- BHS310 Qualitative Methods (3)
- BHS200 Research Methods (3)
- CUT100 The Social Life of Cities (3)
- CUT200 Pre-Field Seminar (3)
- CUT 301 Urban Practicum I (3)
- CUT 302 Urban Practicum II (3), or CUT311 (1.5) and CUT312 Workshop / Conference Participation (1.5), or ETR395 Educational Travel: Selected Themes (3)
- SOC100 Intro Sociology (6)
- SOC210 Social Problems (3)
- SOC380 Social Theory (3)
- CUT499 Advanced Community and Urban Studies Seminar / Capstone Integration (3) or HUM499 Capstone Integration (3)
Elective Courses (30 credits)
- BUS230 Marketing (3)
- BUS250 Organizational Behaviour (3)
- BUS335 Marketing in a Not-For-Profit Environment
- BUS352 Leadership (3)
- BUS494 Creativity, Innovation and Negotiation (3)
- CUT3XX Disciplinary electives
- CUT395 Selected Themes in Community and Urban Transformation (3)
- CUT390 Independent Study in Community and Urban Transformation (3)
- CUT490 Advanced Independent Study in Community and Urban Transformation (3)
- ENG360 Mass Media and Society (3)
- ENG320 Trauma Literature (3)
- ETR395 Educational Travel: Selected Themes (3)
- REL332 Perspectives on a Theology of Social Justice (3)
- PSY354 Community Psychology (3)
- PSY395 Selected Topics in Psychology (3)
- REL250 Christianity and the Marginalized (3)
- REL333 Wesleyan-Salvationist Theology of Mission (3)
- SOC220 Introductory Criminology (3)
- SOC355 Human Diversity (3)
- SOC370 Social Change (3)
- SOC372 Sociology of Religion (3)
- SOC390 Directed Readings in Sociology (3)
- SOC395 Selected Topics in Sociology (3)
- SWK220 Introduction to Social Welfare (3)
The CUT program emphasizes a transformational approach. Not only are we encouraging students to study and experience cities, to understand issues like poverty and health, we want them to be able to contribute some kind of change. What makes the program unique is our practical component. Students gain hands-on experience in the field work with urban organizations.
Dr. Aaron Klassen
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Admission Requirements
- 5 credits (courses) at the Grade 12 level (Manitoba high school level 40 A, S, C, G or U or equivalent)
- At least 65% average in: English 40S and two other 40S credits from different subject areas.
- English Proficiency
- Transfer Students: Minimum 2.0 GPA
Contact Us
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