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The Urban Studies Program normally offers courses in fall, spring and summer terms, with courses held in the evenings at the Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver. We offer most courses only once per year or in some cases less frequently, depending on student demand and faculty availability. To see full list of courses, please click here.
Urban Studies graduate students receive priority registration for the first two weeks of the registration period.
External students: If you are a student in another graduate program, you will need permission from your senior supervisor or graduate chair to join our courses and may enroll only after the two-week priority registration period for urban studies students has ended, assuming there is space in the course at that time. Please forward the permission to our program manager at urban@sfu.ca.
Upcoming: Spring 2024
| Course | Title | Instructor | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URB 602 | Urban Professional Development II | Andy Yan | Thursday (Th) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 413 – 613 | Storyscapes | Kamala Todd | Wednesday (We) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 645 | Urban Sustainable Development | Annika Airas | Monday (Mo) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 670 | Research Methods | Annika Airas | Wednesday (We) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 695 | Debates in Housing Theory | Yushu Zhu | Tuesday (Tu) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 499 - URB 692 |
Urban Innovation Lab Interested students should contact mholden@sfu.ca/tmullerm@sfu.ca and watch the recorded information session on our YouTube channel. |
Meg Holden & Tiffany Muller Myrdahl | Thursday (Th) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
Upcoming: Summer 2024
URB 691/497: Helsinki Field School - Comparative Urban Sustainability
For students interested in joining the Helsinki Field School in Summer 2024, applications are due January 28, 2024. All applications must be submitted through the SFU Study Abroad System.
Current: Fall 2023
| Course | Title | Instructor | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URB 620 | Urban Communities and Culture | Annika Airas* | Monday (Mo) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 650 |
Urban Governance | Jonathan Cote | Tuesday (Tu) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 696 | Seminar in Urban Studies | Karen Ferguson | Tuesday (Tu) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 665 | Urban Housing Policy |
Yushu Zhu | Monday (Mo) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 605 | Great Urban Thinkers | Annika Airas* | Wednesday (We) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 601 |
Urban Professional Development | Annika Airas* | Thursday (Th) | 5:30-7:20 PM |
| URB 647 | Urban Ethics | Meg Holden | Thursday (Th) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
* = Pending confirmation
Past: Summer 2023
| Course | Title | Instructor | Day | Duration | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URB 620 | Urban Communities and Cultures | Annika Airas | Mo/We | May-Jun | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 635 | Urban Inequality and the Just City | Mohsen Javdani | Tu/Th | May-Jun | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 497- URB 691 |
International Field School: Comparative Urban Sustainability, Nordic region Units: 6 graduate | 9 undergraduate | Annika Airas | Aug | ||
| URB 695 | Debates in Housing Theory | Yushu Zhu | Mo | May-Aug | 5:30-9:20pm |
Please note: Anyone wishing to enroll in the international field school courses (URB 691 for grad students) needs to go through the field school application first. It is not possible for students to directly enroll themselves in that course.
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