URSP250

The Sustainable City: Exploring Opportunities and Challanges

An exploration, through an interdisciplinary approach, of a number of issues related to making cities more sustainable in terms of environmental protection, economic opportunity, and social justice. The course assist students to develop skills in critical analysis and systems thinking and to use those skills in analyzing sustainability related problems and potential solutions, and to expand students' understanding of the political implications of crafting and moving towards a sustainable urban future.

Fall 2025

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Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.28 between 1,124 students*

URSP250 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 26.25%
A: 25.09%
A+: 7.3%
B-: 7.3%
B: 8.1%
B+: 13.26%
C-: 0.98%
C: 1.78%
C+: 2.49%
D-: 0.62%
D: 0.53%
D+: 0.36%
F: 1.33%
W: 4.36%
other: 0.27%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.