Overview and Program Benefits
The Undergraduate Certificate in Urban Humanities is associated with Future Histories Lab and provides a framework for the study of cities and urban life that brings together approaches from many disciplines, with an emphasis on approaches from the arts and humanities and the design disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, and urban design.
Participation in the Certificate program makes you part of an active community of scholars, urban practitioners, community organizations, and artists engaged in developing new methods of research and teaching.
By pursuing the certificate, you will gain:
- knowledge of the ways that the humanities can impact social change
- knowledge of how to study a place in-depth using a mix of methods from the arts and humanities and from environmental design (architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, and urban design)
- an understanding of the relationship between power, place, and politics
- transferable skills such as collaboration, teamwork, public communication, and in some cases, technical skills in digital and visual representation
Eligibility
Undergraduate students from any UC Berkeley college or school are eligible.
Curriculum
Recommended curriculum:
1. Summer lecture course: Hidden in Plain Sight: Public History in Public Space
2. Future Histories Lab Studio Course (complete list here)
3. Future Histories Lab Studio Course (complete list here)
As an alternative, you may take:
1. Future Histories Lab Studio Course (complete list here)
2. Elective in the College of Environmental Design (partial list here)
3. Elective in the College of Letters & Science (partial list here)
Electives must be approved by petition (See link below).
Note: Any Future Histories Lab course listed as HUM 132AC/ENVDES132AC, HUM C132/ENVDES C132, or HUM133AC/ENVDES133AC can be counted as the required elective in either the College of Environmental Design or the Letters & Science.
Enroll
We recommend you submit your completed application form before you take courses. That way we can keep you in the loop on exciting opportunities in our program. You may petition to have a course you select count as an elective. In some cases you may receive Certificate credit for courses you have already taken.
Contact
For questions about the program, contact susanmoffat@berkeley.edu.