City Studies

Faculty List
  • A. Allahwala, M.A. (FU Berlin), M.Ed. (Toronto), Ph.D. (York), Professor, Teaching Stream
  • S.C. Bunce, B.A. (Guelph), M.E.S. Pl. (York), Ph.D. (York), Associate Professor
  • F. Calderon Figueroa, B.A (PUCP), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Assistant Professor
  • S. Farber, B.A (McGill), M.S.A. (Ryerson), Ph.D. (McMaster), Associate Professor
  • R. Goffe, B.Arch. (Temple University), Ph.D. (City University of New York), Assistant Professor
  • J. Hannigan, B.A., M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Ohio State), Professor Emeritus
  • C. Higgins, B.A. (Brock), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (McMaster), Assistant Professor
  • Z. Hyde, B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (University of British Columbia), Assistant Professor
  • J. Mah, B.A. (Concordia), M.Sc.Pl. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto), Assistant Professor
  • J. Miron, B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (Penn.), M.Sc. (Pl.), Ph.D. (Toronto), Professor Emeritus
  • S. Montero, B.A. (Granada), M.A., Ph.D. (UC Berkeley), Associate Professor
  • R. Narayanareddy, MESc. (Yale University), Ph.D. (Minnesota), Associate Professor
  • D. Silver, B.A. (Berkeley), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), Professor
  • A. Sorensen, B.F.A. (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London), Professor

For curriculum inquiries please contact the CIT Program Advisor. Email: cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca
For more information, visit the Department of Human Geography website.

The Department of Human Geography offers pre-professional programs for students interested in career paths that may be city-related. Students acquire a combination of conceptual, methodological, and critical skills relevant in a variety of professional fields including city planning, real estate development, transportation, housing, community development, urban governance, and city management. The Specialist, Major/Major (Co-op), and Minor Program in City Studies are multidisciplinary: they are designed to give students the opportunity to see how they might apply ideas about cities from the social sciences and kindred disciplines in their field of professional interest. The programs also offer preparation for students interested in pursuing graduate education in a field of study related to cities.

Guidelines for First-year Course Selection

Students intending to complete a program in City Studies should complete CITA01H3 and CITA02H3 within their first 4.0 credits.

Guidelines for Major Program Completion

The City Studies curriculum has three areas of concentration: (1) City-Building, (2) Community Development, and (3) City Governance.

Students are to take CITA01H3 and CITA02H3 (required for all Specialist, Major/Major Co-op, and Minor students in City Studies) along with at least three of the City Studies B-level core courses: CITB01H3, CITB03H3, CITB04H3, or CITB08H3. These core courses cover foundational concepts of the program and are considered essential preparation for upper-level courses. Students are also welcome to take courses in more than one area of concentration. 

Areas of Concentration:

Notes:

  1. It is Department policy that students without the prerequisites will be removed from the course. Students should carefully check the prerequisites required for particular B-and C-level courses.
  2. Some upper-level courses (e.g. SOC and MGE) are part of limited enrolment programs, with first preference in these courses going to students enrolled in the associated programs.

Program Combination Restrictions

The Specialist, Major/Major Co-op and Minor programs in City Studies cannot be combined.

Experiential Learning and Outreach

For a community-based experiential learning opportunity in your academic field of interest, consider the courses CITC01H3, CITC02H3, CITD05H3, CITD06H3, CITD12H3, or CTLB03H3, which can be found in the Teaching and Learning section of the Calendar.

city studies Programs

SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS) - SCSPECIT

The Specialist program in City Studies (BA) will provide students with the skills and knowledge they will need to pursue specialized training at the graduate level in fields like public policy and municipal governance, urban planning, and community development, as well as other city-focused fields of studies. Students in the Specialist program will also have the opportunity to develop in-depth theoretical and conceptual knowledge in applied urban studies, quantitative and qualitative research and GIS skills, practical skills such as project management, facilitation and community consultation, and communication skills needed to succeed in a wide variety of urban professions. Students are encouraged to discuss the selection and sequencing of courses with the Program Advisor or Associate Chair (City Studies).

Enrolment Requirements
Enrolment in the Specialist is limited. Students may apply to enter the program after they have completed at least 4.0 credits, including the courses listed under Requirement 1 of the program.

Admission is based on overall academic performance and grades in the courses in Requirement 1 of the program; students must achieve a minimum CGPA of 2.5. For students applying with more than 8.0-10.0 credits, admission will be on the basis of CGPA in all City Studies (CIT) courses taken. Decisions regarding program admissions will be made only twice a year, in May and August, by the City Studies Supervisor of Studies, and will be based on student requests submitted to the Registrar through ROSI.

Program Requirements:
This program requires the completion of 12.0 credits as follows:

1. Foundations of City Studies (1.0 credit):
CITA01H3/​(CITB02H3) Foundations of City Studies
CITA02H3 Studying Cities

2. Core courses (1.5 credits as from the following):
CITB01H3 Canadian Cities and Planning
CITB03H3 Social Planning and Community Development
CITB04H3 City Politics
CITB07H3 Introduction to Global Urbanisms
CITB08H3 Economy of Cities

3. Research Methods (2.0 credits):
CITB05H3 Researching the City: An Introduction to Methods
GGRA30H3 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Empirical Reasoning
and
1.0 credits from the following:

GGRB30H3 Fundamentals of GIS I
GGRB03H3 Writing Geography
GGRC32H3 Essential Spatial Analysis
GGRC31H3 Qualitative Geographical Methods: Place and Ethnography
GGRC42H3 Making Sense of Data: Applied Multivariate Analysis
STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences

4. City Studies Applications (3.5 credits from among the following):
CITC01H3 Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study
CITC02H3 Placements in Community Development
CITC03H3 Housing Policy and Planning
CITC04H3 Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto
CITC07H3 Urban Social Policy
CITC08H3 Cities and Community Development
CITC09H3 Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region
CITC10H3 Selected Issues in City Studies
CITC12H3 City Structures, Problems, and Decisions: Field Research in Urban Policy Making
CITC14H3 Environmental Planning
CITC15H3 Money Matters: How Municipal Finance Shapes the City
CITC16H3 Planning and Governing the Metropolis
CITC17H3 Civic Engagement in Urban Politics
CITC18H3 Transportation Policy Analysis

5. Approaches to Cities (2.0 credits from among the following)*:
GGRB02H3 The Logic of Geographic Thought
GGRB05H3 Urban Geography
GGRB13H3 Social Geography
GGRC02H3 Population Geography
GGRC10H3 Urbanization and Development
GGRC11H3 Current Topics in Urban Geography
GGRC12H3 Transportation Geography
GGRC13H3 Urban Political Geography
GGRC27H3 Location and Spatial Development*
GGRC33H3 The Toronto Region
GGRC40H3 Megacities and Global Urbanization
GGRC43H3 Social Geographies of Street Food*
GGRC48H3 Geographies of Urban Poverty
POLB56H3 Critical Issues in Canadian Politics
POLB57H3 The Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights
POLC53H3 Canadian Environmental Policy
PPGB66H3/​(PPGC66H3)/(POLC66H3) Public Policy Making
PPGC67H3/​(POLC67H3) Public Policy in Canada
SOCB44H3 Sociology of Cities and Urban Life
*Note: these courses may have prerequisites that are not included in this program

6. City Studies Workshop (1.0 credit):
CITD05H3 City Studies Workshop I
CITD06H3 City Studies Workshop II

7. Advanced Applications (1.0 credit):
CITD01H3 City Issues and Strategies
CITD10H3 Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies
CITD12H3 Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto
CITD30H3 Supervised Research Project
GGRD14H3 Social Justice and the City

MAJOR PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS) - SCMAJCIT

Program Requirements
This program requires students to complete a total of 7.0 credits as follows:

1. Foundations of City Studies (1.0 credit):
CITA01H3/​(CITB02H3) Foundations of City Studies
CITA02H3 Studying Cities

2. Core courses (1.5 credits from among the following):
CITB01H3 Canadian Cities and Planning
CITB03H3 Social Planning and Community Development
CITB04H3 City Politics
CITB07H3 Introduction to Global Urbanisms
CITB08H3 Economy of Cities

3. Methods (1.0 credit as follows):
CITB05H3 Researching the City: An Introduction to Methods
and
0.5 credit from among the following:
GGRA30H3 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Empirical Reasoning
GGRB30H3 Fundamentals of GIS I
GGRC31H3 Qualitative Geographical Methods: Place and Ethnography
GGRC42H3 Making Sense of Data: Applied Multivariate Analysis
STAB23H3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences

4. City Studies Applications (at least 2.0 credits from among the following):
CITC01H3 Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough
CITC02H3 Placements in Community Development
CITC03H3 Housing Policy and Planning
CITC04H3 Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto
CITC07H3 Urban Social Policy
CITC08H3 Cities and Community Development
CITC09H3 Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region
CITC10H3 Selected Issues in City Studies
CITC12H3 City Structures, Problems, and Decisions: Field Research in Urban Policy Making
CITC14H3 Environmental Planning
CITC15H3 Money Matters: How Municipal Finance Shapes the City
CITC16H3 Planning and Governing the Metropolis
CITC17H3 Civic Engagement in Municipal Politics
CITC18H3 Urban Transportation Policy Analysis
CITD01H3 City Issues and Strategies
CITD05H3 City Studies Workshop I
CITD06H3 City Studies Workshop II
CITD10H3 Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies
CITD12H3 Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto
CITD30H3 Supervised Research Project

5. Approaches to Cities (at least 1.5 credits from among the following):
ANTC18H3 Urban Worlds
[EESA05H3 Environmental Hazards or EESA06H3 Introduction to Planet Earth]
EESD20H3 Geological Evolution and Environmental History of North America
GGRB02H3 The Logic of Geographic Thought
GGRB05H3 Urban Geography
GGRB13H3 Social Geography
GGRB28H3 Geographies of Disease
GGRC02H3 Population Geography
GGRC10H3 Urbanization and Development
GGRC11H3 Current Topics in Urban Geography
GGRC12H3 Transportation Geography
GGRC13H3 Urban Political Geography
GGRC27H3 Location and Spatial Development
GGRC33H3 The Toronto Region
GGRC40H3 Megacities and Global Urbanization
GGRC43H3 Social Geographies of Street Food
GGRC48H3 Geographies of Urban Poverty
GGRD09H3 Feminist Geographies
GGRD14H3 Social Justice and the City
HISC58H3 Delhi and London: Imperial Cities, Mobile People
POLB56H3 Critical Issues in Canadian Politics
POLB57H3 The Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights
POLC53H3 Canadian Environmental Policy
PPGB66H3/​(PPGC66H3)/(POLC66H3) Public Policy Making
PPGC67H3/​(POLC67H3) Public Policy in Canada
SOCB44H3 Sociology of Cities and Urban Life
SOCC26H3 Sociology of Urban Cultural Policies
SOCC27H3 Sociology of Suburbs and Suburbanization
WSTB12H3 Gender-based Violence and Resistance
WSTB20H3/​(WSTC20H3) Women, Gender, and the Environment
WSTC14H3 The Gender Politics of Policy Change

MAJOR (CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS) - SCMAJCITC

Program Advisor: cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Co-op Program Coordinator: coopsuccess.utsc@utoronto.ca

The Major (Co-op) Program in City Studies is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that combines academic studies with paid work terms in the public, private, and/or non-profit sectors. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop the academic and professional skills required to pursue employment in these areas, or to continue on to graduate training in an academic field related to City Studies upon graduation.

In addition to their academic course requirements, students must successfully complete the additive Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation courses and a minimum of two Co-op work terms.

Enrolment Requirements
The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.50.
Notes: Co-op students who started in Co-op prior to Fall 2025 are allowed to follow the calendar requirements in effect at that time.

Prospective Co-op Students
Students who have not yet been admitted into a Co-op Degree POSt must submit a co-op program request through ACORN and ensure they meet the minimum enrolment requirements as noted above. These qualifications may include a higher CGPA specific to the co-op program.
Deadlines follow the Limited Enrolment Program Application Deadlines set by the Office of the Registrar each year. Failure to submit the program request on ACORN will result in the student's application/request not being considered.
Please note that meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee enrolment in the Co-op Program of Study or Degree POSt. The required CGPA may be higher than the minimum threshold and depends on the applicant pool and number of spaces available.

Minimum Qualifications for Prospective Co-op Students:

Credits: Minimum of 4.0 credits to a maximum of 10.0 credits
Required Courses: As noted in the Enrolment Requirements above
Cumulative GPA: 2.50


Current Co-op Students

Students admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt must also request a Co-op Program of Study through ACORN upon completion of 4.0 credits and meet the minimum qualifications for entry as noted below.

Minimum Qualifications for Current Co-op Students:
Credits: 4.0 credits
Required Courses: Program-specific courses described in the Enrolment Requirements above
Cumulative GPA: 2.50 across all attempted courses

Academic Program Requirements
Students must complete the program requirements as described in the Major in City Studies.

Planning Your Co-op Work Terms & Academics
Enrollment in a Co-op program requires careful planning of both academics and work terms. Students should consult their Co-op Program Coordinator and Academic Program Advisors, as well as review the standard co-op sequences and course maps available on the Arts & Science Co-op website and Arts and Science Co-op Compass for guidance.

Co-op Work Term Requirements
Students must successfully complete three Co-op work terms, totaling 12 months in duration, which can be fulfilled through the following options:

  • Three 4-month work terms, or
  • One 4-month work term and one 8-month work term, or
  • One 12-month work term.

Students must be available for work terms during the Fall, Winter, and Summer semesters and are required to complete at least one of their work terms in either the Fall or Winter semester. As a result, students must also take courses during the Summer semesters.

To be eligible for their first work term, students must be enrolled in the program, have completed at least 7.0 credits, and maintain a CGPA of 2.50 or higher. In addition to their academic courses, students must also complete the required Co-op preparation courses.

Co-op Course Requirements
Co-op students complete the following Co-op-specific courses as part of their degree:

Co-op Preparation Courses (Completed in First Year):

Work Term Search Courses:

  • COPB59H3/​(COPB52H3) - Completed in the semester prior to the first work term
  • COPC98H3 - Taken in the semester prior to the second work term
  • COPC99H3 - Taken in the semester prior to the third work term

Co-op Work Term Courses:

Additional Work Term Courses: After successful completion of three required work terms, students interested in additional work terms will require approval from the Arts & Science Co-op Office. Additional coursework will also be required:

Note: Co-op courses are taken alongside a full course load and are recorded on transcripts as Credit/No Credit (CR/NCR). These courses have no credit weight and are considered additional credits beyond the 20.0 required degree credits. No additional course fee is charged, as registration is included in the Co-op Program fee.

For information on course codes, fees, status in Co-op programs, and certification of completion of Co-op programs, see the Co-operative Programs section and the Arts and Science Co-op section in the UTSC Calendar.

MINOR PROGRAM IN CITY STUDIES (ARTS) - SCMIN1810

Students taking the Minor Program in City Studies should consider selecting most of their Applications program requirements from one area of focus: City Building, Community Development, or City Governance.

Program Requirements
The program requires the completion of 4.0 credits as follows:

1. Foundations (1.0 credit):
CITA01H3/​(CITB02H3) Foundations of City Studies
CITA02H3 Studying Cities

2. Core Courses (1.5 credits from the following):
GGRB05H3 Urban Geography
CITB01H3 Canadian Cities and Planning
CITB03H3 Social Planning and Community Development
CITB04H3 City Politics
CITB07H3 Introduction to Global Urbanisms
CITB08H3 Economy of Cities

3. Applications (1.5 credits at the C- or D-level, from the following):
CITC01H3 Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough
CITC02H3 Placements in Community Development
CITC03H3 Housing Policy and Planning
CITC04H3 Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto
CITC07H3 Urban Social Policy
CITC08H3 Cities and Community Development
CITC09H3: Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region
CITC10H3 Selected Issues in City Studies
CITC12H3 City Structures, Problems, and Decisions: Field Research in Urban Policy Making
CITC14H3 Environmental Planning
CITC15H3 Money Matters: How Municipal Finance Shapes the City
CITC16H3 Planning and Governing the Metropolis
CITC17H3 Civic Engagement in Urban Politics
CITC18H3 Urban Transportation Policy Analysis
CITD01H3 City Issues and Strategies
CITD10H3 Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies
CITD12H3 Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto
GGRC10H3 Urbanization and Development
GGRC11H3 Current Topics in Urban Geography
GGRC12H3 Transportation Geography
GGRC13H3 Urban Political Geography
GGRC27H3 Location and Spatial Development
GGRC33H3 The Toronto Region
GGRC40H3 Megacities and Global Urbanization
GGRC43H3 Social Geographies of Street Food
GGRC48H3 Geographies of Urban Poverty
GGRC50H3 Geographies of Education
GGRD14H3 Social Justice and the City

 

City Studies Courses

CITA01H3 - Foundations of City Studies

A review of the major characteristics and interpretations of cities, urban processes and urban change as a foundation for the Program in City Studies. Ideas from disciplines including Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Planning, Political Science and Sociology, are examined as ways of understanding cities.

Exclusion: CITB02H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITA02H3 - Studying Cities

An introduction to the philosophical foundations of research, major paradigms, and methodological approaches relevant to Programs in City Studies. This course is designed to increase awareness and understanding of academic work and culture, enhance general and discipline-specific academic literacy, and create practical opportunities for skills development to equip students for academic success in City Studies.

Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB01H3 - Canadian Cities and Planning

After critically examining the history of urban planning in Canada, this course explores contemporary planning challenges and engages with planning’s ‘progressive potential’ to address social justice issues and spatialized inequality through an examination of possible planning solutions.

Prerequisite: [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3] or [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3 as co-requisites with permission]
Exclusion: (GGRB06H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB03H3 - Social Planning and Community Development

This course provides an overview of the history, theory, and politics of community development and social planning as an important dimension of contemporary urban development and change.

Prerequisite: [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3] or [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3 as co-requisites with permission]
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB04H3 - City Politics

This course is the foundations course for the city governance concentration in the City Studies program, and provides an introduction to the study of urban politics with particular emphasis on different theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding urban decision-making, power, and conflict.

Prerequisite: [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3] or [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3 as co-requisites with permission] or [any 4.0 credits and enrolment in Minor Program in Urban Public Policy and Governance] or [any 4.0 credits and enrolment in Major Program in Public Policy]
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB05H3 - Researching the City: An Introduction to Methods

This course introduces quantitative and qualitative methods in city studies. Students will engage in observation and interviews; descriptive data analysis and visualization; surveys and sampling; and document analysis.

Prerequisite: CITA01H3 and CITA02H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in Specialist, Major, Major (Co-op) and Minor Programs in City Studies.

CITB07H3 - Introduction to Global Urbanisms

This introductory course will encourage students to exercise their relational and comparative imagination to understand how the urban issues and challenges they experience in Scarborough and Toronto are interconnected with people, ideas and resources in other parts of the world. Students will examine the complexities of urbanization processes across different regions in the world, including themes such as globalization, urban governance, sustainability, climate change, equity and inclusion. Through interactive lectures, collaborative work and reflective assignments, students will learn to apply comparative and place-based interventions for fostering inclusive, equitable, and sustainable urban futures.

Prerequisite: CITA01H3 and CITA02H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITB08H3 - Economy of Cities

An introduction to economic analysis of cities, topics include: theories of urban economic growth; the economics of land use, urban structure, and zoning; the economics of environments, transportation, and sustainability; public finance, cost-benefit analysis, the provision of municipal goods and services, and the new institutional economics.

Prerequisite: [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3] or [CITA01H3 and CITA02H3 as co-requisites with permission]
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC01H3 - Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough

This course engages students in a case study of some of the issues facing urban communities and neighbourhoods today. Students will develop both community-based and academic research skills by conducting research projects in co-operation with local residents and businesses, non-profit organizations, and government actors and agencies.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Geography, Political Science or Sociology.
Recommended Preparation: CITC08H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Priority enrolment is given students registered in the City Studies programs. Students from other programs may request admission through the Program Advisor at cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

CITC02H3 - Placements in Community Development

With a focus on building knowledge and skills in community development, civic engagement, and community action, students will ‘learn by doing’ through weekly community-based placements with community organizations in East Scarborough and participatory discussion and written reflections during class time. The course will explore topics such as community-engaged learning, social justice, equity and inclusion in communities, praxis epistemology, community development theory and practice, and community-based planning and organizing. Students will be expected to dedicate 3-4 hours per week to their placement time in addition to the weekly class time. Community-based placements will be organized and allocated by the course instructor.

Prerequisite: At least 1.5 credits at the B-level in CIT courses
Recommended Preparation: CITC01H3 and CITC08H3
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Priority enrolment is given students registered in the City Studies programs, students from other programs may request admission through the Program Advisor at cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

CITC03H3 - Housing Policy and Planning

This course examines how planning and housing policies help shape the housing affordability landscape in North American cities. The course will introduce students to housing concepts, housing issues, and the role planning has played in (re)producing racialized geographies and housing inequality (e.g., historical and contemporary forms of racial and exclusionary zoning). We will also explore planning’s potential to address housing affordability issues.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from Anthropology, City Studies, Health Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in Specialist, Major and Minor Programs in City Studies and Human Geography; and Minor in Urban Public Policy and Governance. Additional students will be admitted as space permits.

CITC04H3 - Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto

Constitutional authority, municipal corporations, official plans, zoning bylaws, land subdivision and consents, development control, deed restrictions and common interest developments, Ontario Municipal Board.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology.
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC07H3 - Urban Social Policy

In recent years social policy has been rediscovered as a key component of urban governance. This course examines the last half-century of evolving approaches to social policy and urban inequality, with particular emphasis on the Canadian urban experience. Major issues examined are poverty, social exclusion, labour market changes, housing, immigration and settlement.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Exclusion: CITC10H3 if taken in the 2011 Winter session
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC08H3 - Cities and Community Development

An examination of community development as the practice of citizens and community organizations to empower individuals and groups to improve the social and economic wellbeing of their communities and neighbourhoods. The course will consider different approaches to community development and critically discuss their potential for positive urban social change.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology.
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience
Note: Priority enrolment is given students registered in the City Studies programs. Students from other programs may request admission through the Program Advisor at cit-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

CITC09H3 - Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region

An introduction to the study of the history of urban planning with particular emphasis on the investigation of the planning ideas, and the plans, that have shaped Toronto and its surrounding region through the twentieth century. The course will consider international developments in planning thought together with their application to Toronto and region.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC10H3 - Selected Issues in City Studies

Examination of one or more current issues in cities. The specific issues will vary depending on the instructor.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC12H3 - City Structures, Problems, and Decisions: Field Research in Urban Policy Making

Local governments are constantly making policy decisions that shape the lives of residents and the futures of cities. This course focuses on how these decisions get made, who has power to make them, and their impact on urban citizens. We will address how challenges in cities are understood by city council, staff, and the public, and how certain “policy solutions” win out over others. In the process, we will draw from both classical and contemporary theories of local government as well as the latest research on urban policy making. We will also be learning field research methods to study policy making as it happens on the ground in cites.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including: CITB04H3 and at least 1.0 other credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Economics for Management Studies, Management, Political Science, or Sociology.
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

CITC14H3 - Environmental Planning

This course introduces students to questions of urban ecology and environmental planning, and examines how sustainability and environmental concerns can be integrated into urban planning processes and practices.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Environmental Studies, Political Science, or Sociology
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC15H3 - Money Matters: How Municipal Finance Shapes the City

This course examines the role of municipal finance in shaping all aspects of urban life. Putting Canada into a comparative perspective, we look at how local governments provide for their citizens within a modern market economy and across different societies and time periods. The course also explores the relationship between municipal finance and various social problems, including movements for racial justice and the ongoing housing crisis.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Economics for Management Studies, Management, Political Science, or Sociology
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC16H3 - Planning and Governing the Metropolis

Most of the world's population now lives in large urban regions. How such metropolitan areas should be planned and governed has been debated for over a century. Using examples, this course surveys and critically evaluates leading historical and contemporary perspectives on metropolitan planning and governance, and highlights the institutional and political challenges to regional coordination and policy development.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Management, Political Science, or Sociology
Recommended Preparation:

Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC17H3 - Civic Engagement in Urban Politics

This course examines the engagement of citizen groups, neighbourhood associations, urban social movements, and other non-state actors in urban politics, planning, and governance. The course will discuss the contested and selective insertion of certain groups into city-regional decision-making processes and structures.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Political Science, or Sociology
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITC18H3 - Urban Transportation Policy Analysis

Demand forecasting; methodology of policy analysis; impacts on land values, urban form and commuting; congestion; transit management; regulation and deregulation; environmental impacts and safety.

Prerequisite: [STAB22H3 or equivalent] and [8.0 credits, including at least 1.5 credits at the B-level from City Studies, Human Geography, Economics for Management Studies, Management, or Political Science]
Exclusion: GGR324H and (GGRC18H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

CITD01H3 - City Issues and Strategies

This course is designed as a culminating City Studies course in which participants are able to showcase the application of their research skills, and share their professional and disciplinary interests in a common case study. Lectures and guests will introduce conceptual frameworks, core questions and conflicts. Students will be expected to actively participate in discussions and debates, and produce shared research resources. Each student will prepare a substantial research paper as a final project.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits; including 1.5 credits from [CITB01H3 or CITB03H3 or CITB04H3 or CITB07H3 or CITB08H3] and [CITB05H3 or STAB23H3 (or equivalent)] and 0.5 credits from [GGRA30H3 or GGRB30H3 or GGRC31H3 or GGRC42H3]
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

CITD05H3 - City Studies Workshop I

City Studies Workshop I provides training in a range of career-oriented research, consulting, and professional skills. Through a series of 4-week modules, students will develop professional practice oriented skills, such as conducting public consultations, participating in design charrettes, making public presentations, writing policy briefing notes, conducting stakeholder interviews, working with community partner organizations, organizing and running public debates, and participant observation of council meetings and policy processes at Toronto City Hall.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits; including 1.5 credits from [CITB01H3 or CITB03H3 or CITB04H3 or CITB07H3 or CITB08H3] and [CITB05H3 or STAB23H3 (or equivalent)] and 0.5 credits from [GGRA30H3 or GGRB30H3 or GGRC31H3 or GGRC42H3]
Exclusion: (CITC05H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: This course is designed for students in Years 3 and 4 of their programs. Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Specialist and Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies.

CITD06H3 - City Studies Workshop II

City Studies Workshop II provides training in a range of career-oriented research, consulting, and professional skills. Through a series of 4-week modules, students will develop professional practice oriented skills, such as conducting public consultations, participating in design charrettes, making public presentations, writing policy briefing notes, conducting stakeholder interviews, working with community partner organizations, organizing and running public debates, and participant observation of council meetings and policy processes at Toronto City Hall.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits; including 1.5 credits from [CITB01H3 or CITB03H3 or CITB04H3 or CITB07H3 or CITB08H3] and [CITB05H3 or STAB23H3 (or equivalent)] and 0.5 credits from [GGRA30H3 or GGRB30H3 or GGRC31H3 or GGRC42H3]
Exclusion: (CITC06H3)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: This course is designed for students in Years 3 and 4 of their program of study. Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Specialist and Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies.

CITD10H3 - Seminar in Selected Issues in City Studies

Designed primarily for final-year City Studies Majors, this research seminar is devoted to the analysis and discussion of current debates and affairs in City Studies using a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. Specific content will vary from year to year. Seminar format with active student participation.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits; including 1.5 credits from [CITB01H3 or CITB03H3 or CITB04H3 or CITB07H3 or CITB08H3] and [CITB05H3 or STAB23H3 (or equivalent)] and 0.5 credits from [GGRA30H3 or GGRB30H3 or GGRC31H3 or GGRC42H3]
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Major/Major Co-op programs in City Studies. Additional students will be admitted as space permits.

CITD12H3 - Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto

This course is designed to develop career-related skills such as policy-oriented research analysis, report writing, and presentation and networking skills through experiential learning approaches. The policy focus each year will be on a major current Toronto planning policy issue, from ‘Complete Streets’ to improvements to parks and public space infrastructure, to public transit-related investments. Students work closely in the course with planners and policymakers from the City of Toronto, policy advocates, and community organizers.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits; including 1.5 credits from [CITB01H3 or CITB03H3 or CITB04H3 or CITB07H3 or CITB08H3] and [CITB05H3 or STAB23H3 (or equivalent)] and 0.5 credits from [GGRA30H3 or GGRB30H3 or GGRC31H3 or GGRC42H3]
Exclusion: CITD10H3 (if taken in the 2018 Fall Session and 2020 Winter session)
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

CITD30H3 - Supervised Research Project

An independent studies course open only to students in the Major and Major Co-op programs in City Studies. An independent studies project will be carried out under the supervision of an individual faculty member.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits; including 1.5 credits from [CITB01H3 or CITB03H3 or CITB04H3 or CITB07H3 or CITB08H3] and [CITB05H3 or STAB23H3 (or equivalent)] and 0.5 credits from [GGRA30H3 or GGRB30H3 or GGRC31H3 or GGRC42H3], and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

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