Hons in City Studies (HBA)

City Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough, offered through the Department of Human Geography, is a pre-professional program for students interested in city-related careers. Students acquire conceptual, methodological, and critical skills relevant to fields such as city planning, real estate development, transportation, housing, community development, urban governance, and city management, with the curriculum organized around three areas of concentration: city-building, community development, and city governance. The program is multidisciplinary, drawing on ideas about cities from the social sciences and related disciplines and applying them to students' professional interests. It is offered as a Specialist, Major (including a Major Co-op work-integrated learning option), or Minor, leading to the Honours Bachelor of Arts. The Specialist stream is designed to prepare students for graduate-level study in fields including public policy, municipal governance, urban planning, and community development.