Sustainable Urban Communities

More and more, urban spaces are not only home to most of the world’s population, but are important to economic development, political cooperation and conflict, human-environment relations, and creative expression – that is, to the complex and diverse experience of being human. The Sustainable Urban Communities program investigates what it means to be human in an increasingly urban world. 

Through the Sustainable Urban Communities program you will explore diverse subjects such as urban inequality, development and gentrification, forms of activism and advocacy, community planning, climate change, culture and art, criminal justice issues, and the dynamics of racial, ethnic and cultural diversity. And with Montclair located in the center of one of the largest and most diverse urbanized areas in the United States, it serves as both a laboratory and source of career opportunities for you. 

As an Sustainable Urban Communities student, your training in qualitative, quantitative and digital methods, as well as digital skills, provides you with highly marketable skills. You will be well prepared for a variety of careers related to urban issues including:

• Urban planning
• Community, economic and cultural development
• Urban administration
• Housing and real estate
• Museums and heritage work

See the curriculum.