Advisement Center
The Urban Affairs Master of Arts degree requires that you complete 30 credits or 10 three-credit courses. These include five required courses and five elective courses. The required courses are:
- URBST 705 – Social Justice in Theory and Practice
- URBST 718 – Governing the City
- URBST 725 – Urban Research Methods
- URBST 732 – Researching New York City, or URBST 751 – Critical Perspectives in Urban Research
- URBST 791 – Seminar on Research and Writing
- + 5 ELECTIVE COURES (@3 CREDITS EACH)
NOTE: this is a suggested sequence for students who are able to enroll in 6-9 credits/semester.
Final Project: all students are required to do a Final Project and click here for more information.
For a full list of the requirements to complete the MA in Urban Affairs, please see our Courses and Requirements page.
Each term you should check in with the MA Advisor about courses, opportunities and general information.
Remember: In order to graduate, you must have an overall “B” or 3.00 average or better and you must submit a final project. During the semester before you plan to graduate, you must submit for review a final project.
Important Graduation Info & Steps:
• Active Matriculation: You must be actively matriculated in the semester that you are planning to graduate. This means that you must be enrolled in at least one class OR that you have filed a Maintenance of Matriculation form for this semester.
• No Active Holds on your account. If you have any holds, please contact the appropriate office.
• Apply for graduation on CUNY First (instructions) by the required deadlines. If you miss the deadline, then contact the QC Hub to apply for a late graduation but this is not guaranteed to be allowed.
• Spring Commencement: To participate in Spring commencement and to have your name listed in the commencement booklet, you must apply for graduation by the required deadlines.
• Eligible students: Summer (unless you participated in the prior commencement), Fall, Winter, and Spring (if applied by deadline) graduates of the current college calendar year.
• Summer graduates & Spring Commencement: Students who plan to graduate the summer right after Spring commencement can participate in Spring commence if they apply for Summer graduation by the deadline (read carefully!) that the Registrar provides.
• Please read through the Registrar’s graduation website carefully. This webpage tells you how graduation audits are conducted, when to expect your diploma and other very important information.