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The Urban Studies Program normally offers courses in fall, spring and summer terms, with courses held in the evenings at the Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver. We offer most courses only once per year or in some cases less frequently, depending on student demand and faculty availability.
Urban Studies graduate students receive priority registration for the first two weeks of the registration period.
External students: If you are a student in another graduate program, you will need permission from your senior supervisor or graduate chair to join our courses and may enrol only after the two-week priority registration period for urban studies students has ended, assuming there is space in the course at that time. Please forward the permission to our program manager at urban@sfu.ca.
Current: Summer 2025
| Course | Title | Instructor | Day | Duration | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URB 497-691* | Comparative Urban Sustainability International Field Studies | Annika Airas | various | May/Aug | May 14, 17, 21: 5:30-9:20 PM on campus (HC); Aug 4-15: Study in Helsinki, Finland |
| URB 630 | Urban Development, Planning and Policy | Sarah Robertshaw | Tu/Thu | May-Jun (intersession) | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 660 | Transportation and Urban Development |
Anthony Perl | Mon | May-Aug | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| *Field school applications are closed. URB 497-691 is full. | |||||
Upcoming: Fall 2025
| Course | Title | Instructor | Day | Duration | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URB 101 | What is a City? | Mei Lan Fang | Tu | Sept-Dec | 11:30 AM-2:20 PM (BBY) |
| URB 423/627 | Women in Cities | Tiffany Muller Myrdahl | Thu | Sept-Dec | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 645 | Urban Sustainability |
Annika Airas | Wed | Sept-Dec | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 650 | Urban Governance | Aude-Claire Fourot | Mon | Sept-Dec | 5:30-9:20 PM |
| URB 696 | MURB Thesis Prospectus | Karen Ferguson | Tu | Sept-Dec | 5:30-9:20 PM |
Please note: Offerings subject to change