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Why earn a master’s degree in Urban Studies?

The modern world is increasingly an urban world. Urban Studies seeks to understand the physical, social, economic, demographic, political, and environmental implications of urbanization and urbanism.

The MS in Urban Studies is an interdisciplinary degree program offered through the School of Public Administration. As UNO is a comprehensive, metropolitan university, the MS in Urban Studies helps fulfill the urban mission of UNO.

Graduates with the MS in Urban Studies will possess a broad range of technical skills and an understanding of the problems and challenges of contemporary urban society. They will pursue professional, research or teaching careers in the urban studies field. Governmental and non-profit agencies and private business employ urban studies graduates in a variety of management, planning, technical, analytical, human service, and other professional positions.

Students enter the MS in Urban Studies with a variety of undergraduate degrees and a range of interests. Omaha, a metropolitan area of three-quarters of a million people, contains a rich and diverse urban environment. Its ethnic neighborhoods contribute to a vital and energetic community. This provides the student in the MS in Urban Studies program with many opportunities and venues for field research and training.

The Center for Public Affairs Research, the Labor Institute, and several neighborhood-based development programs operated by faculty and staff of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service also offer community research, outreach, and service learning activities that the Urban Studies student may utilize.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Meagan Van Gelder, Academic Program Coordinator
Phone: 402-554-3480
E-mail: mvangelder@mail.unomaha.edu
Fax: 402-554-2682

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