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Students graduating with an undergraduate major in Urban Studies have been accepted into some of the premier graduate schools in the country, including but not limited to the Harvard University Law School, the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Duke University, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Yale University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Georgetown University, Washington University in St. Louis, Cornell University and Princeton University among others. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the Urban Studies program, students have chosen graduate fields of study in law, medicine, public health, public policy, urban planning, art, international and global studies, education, and foreign affairs.
All graduating students in Urban Studies must complete a senior thesis or senior honors thesis, some of which have been published in subsequent research journals. The following list provides some of the research topics compiled by our distinguished senior students and graduates for their thesis requirement:
"Benefits of the Direct Access System of Physical Therapy for Medically Underserved Populations"
'Medicaid Non Expansion: "If You Don't Die from Sickness, You Die When You See the Bill."'
"Shaky Foundations: Structural Injustices in Ferguson, MIssouri"
"Placemaking in Detroit: A Story of Decline, Development and Displacement"
"The Big Business of Community Real Estate Development in the Post - Industrial City"
"(Dis) Investment: The Effects of Gentrification in Central Harlem"
"The Death and Life of Great American Shopping Malls: A Cultural Appraisal of America's Shopping Habits (Past, Present and Future)"
"Arts Education in Urban Settings for Marginalized Youth"
"Urban Communities and Police: The Effects of a Militarized Police Force"
"Battyman Fi Dead: How Buggery Laws Impact the LGBT Population in Kingston, Jamaica"
"Affordable Housing in Mixed-Income Communities: Impacts on Community and Economic Development"
"Intent and Accident: Resistance Through Informed Development"
"Who Wins, Who Loses? : Host Cities and the Olympic Games"