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The Urban and Community Studies Major …

at UConn is an interdisciplinary degree program in the Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies. We focus on educating citizens on the dimensions of urban and community life and preparing students for careers in public and community service.

Contact Information

Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies
University of Connecticut
10 Prospect Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103-2814

For general inquiries, please email maria.winnick@uconn.edu.

Phone: 959-200-3771

Fax: 860-246-0344

For office hours and advising information, please visit our Advising by Campus page.

 

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Announcements

UCS Fall and Summer 2025 Course Schedule

Below is the UCS course schedule for Fall 2025 as well as Summer 2025. We will make every attempt to notify you via email or via our weekly newsletter when we become aware of any significant changes to our course offerings in the major. The schedule will be maintained on our website UCS Degree> Course […]

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Related Course: Field Methods in Geography

Are you interested in… – Learning outdoors and helping the local land trust? – Field-based geo-technologies like drone imagery, mobile GIS apps, GPS, and surveying? – Historical records and public opinion about preserved lands? – Environmental processes that act in forested watersheds? – How land trusts use these tools for protecting landscapes?   Enroll in […]

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Announcement of new department home for UCS

Beginning July 1st, the Urban and Community Studies will become part of a new Department of Geography, Sustainability, Community and Urban Studies. You may have seen last week’s article in the Daily Campus about our UCS Program: https://dailycampus.com/2024/03/08/college-of-liberal-arts-and-sciences-adds-two-new-departments/ Over the last three years, our program, the Department of Geography, and the Environmental Studies Program have […]

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