{"id":4080,"date":"2012-08-12T23:38:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T04:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=4080"},"modified":"2024-09-20T22:28:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T22:28:37","slug":"city-and-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/sociology\/interest-tracks-in-sociology\/city-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"City and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Are you interested in improving cities and empowering your community? The Sociology Major provides an excellent foundation for urban careers! Our urban courses feature experiential learning opportunities like walking tours, visits with local organizations and change makers, and problem-solving class projects that improve our campus. If you\u2019re interested in cities, you may enjoy working for city government in areas such as housing, transportation, or urban planning. Our alumni work in urban environmental sustainability, housing assistance, transportation planning, refugee assistance, urban planning, and in community organizing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>This interest track works well with double major or minor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/urban\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Urban Studies<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you\u2019re interested in an urban career, check out the following classes as you complete your Sociology Major and talk with Nancy Fischer (<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;o&#58;&#x66;i&#115;&#x63;h&#101;&#x72;n&#64;&#x61;u&#103;&#x73;b&#117;&#x72;g&#46;&#x65;d&#117;\"><span class=\"s2\">&#102;&#x69;&#x73;c&#104;&#x65;&#x72;n&#64;&#x61;u&#103;&#x73;&#x62;u&#114;&#x67;&#46;&#101;&#x64;&#x75;<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Essential Courses:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">City Life: Intro. to Urban Sociology\u00a0(COM 111)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Race, Class, and Gender (SOC 265)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Better Cities: Urban Problem-Solving (SOC 381)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Internship in Urban-Related Organizations (SOC 399)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Relevant Courses:<\/h2>\n<h3>Inside Sociology:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Intersections of Race and Immigration (SOC390)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Another Future is Possible: Sustainable Solutions in Amsterdam and Rotterdam (SOC 295)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Outside Sociology:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Social Justice in Urban America\u00a0(POL 122)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">History of Architecture after 1750 (ART 244)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">U.S. Environmental History (HIS 316)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Designed Environment (ART 249\/349)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Off-Campus:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Geographic Information Systems (GIS) classes (Macalester, St. Thomas)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Study abroad opportunities in Copenhagen, Denmark at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad or in Berlin, Germany with IES.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in improving cities and empowering your community? 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