城市研究系的目标是增进对日益增长的城市和都市世界所面临的复杂挑战的理解。城市研究领域使用跨学科方法来了解都市生活。它使学生​​沉浸在严格的学术和个人挑战性学习过程中，以帮助他们发现自己是谁，以及如何成为这个全球社会的变革推动者。城市研究系培养在当今竞争激烈的世界中有效运作所必需的批判性思维技能的发展。本系毕业生在各种职业中都享有杰出的职业，例如公共管理，政策制定，非营利管理，城市规划，商业，法律，人类服务，医疗保健管理，住房管理，老年医学和社会工作。
The goal of the Department of Urban Studies is to foster an understanding of the complex challenges that face an increasingly urban and metropolitan world. The field of Urban Studies uses an interdisciplinary approach to understand metropolitan life. It immerses students in an academically rigorous and personally challenging course of study that helps them discover who they are, and how they can become change agents in this global society. The Urban Studies Department cultivates the development of critical thinking skills necessary to function effectively in today's competitive world. Department graduates enjoy outstanding careers in a wide variety of occupations, such as, public administration, policy development, non-profit management, urban planning, business, law, human services, health care management, housing management, gerontology and social work.