Bachelor in Urban Studies
About the program
Today, the city is the dominant environment for people’s lives. It is a complex organism in which economic, administrative, social, political and cultural activities intertwine with each other, creating one complicated, multidimensional structure. Therefore, in order to function efficiently, cities need well-educated staff with interdisciplinary competences and skills. This makes it necessary to educate people who will be able to work in the city and for the city, adopting and integrating different cognitive perspectives. This way of thinking is the concept behind the Urban Studies programs offered at European and American universities. The KUE program in Urban Studies follows those Western premises.
Employment opportunities
Graduates of Bachelor in Urban Studies can find employment in units dealing with urban development planning and institutions managing city resources. These include municipal organizational units, central and local government administration, urban planning offices, business environment institutions, cultural institutions, and regional development agencies.
Program strengths
The study program has been divided into modules:
I – Basic study (introducing the interdisciplinary subject matter of studies)
Thematic modules:
II – The city is people
III – The city is space
IV – The city is culture and heritage
V – City – organization, management, politics
VI – Survey of the inhabitants of the city
VII – Socio-cultural development resources of the city
Students have the opportunity to participate in study trips organized to selected urban centers.
Currently offered specialties
No specialties are offered at present.
Entry requirements
High school diploma, and completion of high school exams in:
- First subject: foreign language
- Second subject (optional): geography, history, Polish language, mathematics, social studies
Competition for places is points-based, with a maximum of 200 points to be gained (100 from each high school exam subject).
Detailed program information
The curriculum information shown below is provided for information purposes. The newest degree curriculum for the upcoming educational cycle is available IN POLISH in the KUE Recruitment Portal.
Program Curriculum
| Bachelor in Urban Studies | ||||||
| 3-year, 6-semester program | ||||||
| Sem. | Subject | Subject type | Total Hours | Lectures | Seminar / labs | ECTS |
| 1 | Economics | Core / General | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| Philosophy | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Geographical determinants of urban development | Core / General | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | |
| Socio-economic history of cities | Core / General | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | |
| Foreign language 1.1 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Foreign Language 2.1 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Research methodology and ethics | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 5 | |
| A city in European civilization | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Commercial law | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sociology | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Physical education | Core / General | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 290 | 245 | 45 | 31 | |||
| 2 | Cultural Economics | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| Municipal finance | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Socio-economic geography | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Foreign language 1.2 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Foreign Language 2.2 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Quantitative research methods in the social sciences | Core / General | 45 | 15 | 30 | 5 | |
| Qualitative research methods | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Fundamentals of urban spatial management | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Management basics | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Sociology of the city | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Statistics | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4 | |
| Physical education | Core / General | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 375 | 255 | 120 | 35 | |||
| 3 | Economics of the city | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 3 | 4 |
| Foreign language 1.3 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| Foreign Language 2.3 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 2 | |
| IT tools for data analysis | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Local government | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Social engineering with elements of urban social engineering | Core / General | 30 | 10 | 20 | 4 | |
| Socio-cultural aspects of space management | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4 | |
| Introduction to multidimensional data analysis | Core / General | 45 | 0 | 45 | 6 | |
| Information and communication management | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| 285 | 190 | 98 | 33 | |||
| 4 | Cultural heritage in the city space | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 |
| Economics of spatial processes | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Foreign language 1.4 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language 2.4 | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Enterprise in urban development | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| Implementation of research projects | Core / General | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thesis Seminar | Diploma | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | |
| Local development strategies | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 5 | |
| Contemporary urban development processes | Core / General | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | |
| Contemporary socio-cultural processes | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| 260 | 180 | 80 | 35 | |||
| 5 | Social analysis of space – analytical project | Speciality | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4 |
| Computer design of space | Speciality | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4 | |
| Methods of spatial analysis | Speciality | 60 | 30 | 30 | 6 | |
| Professional practice | Practice | 60 | 60 | 0 | 2 | |
| Implementation of research projects | Core / General | 40 | 40 | 0 | 3 | |
| Regulation and conflict resolution | Core / General | 40 | 10 | 30 | 4 | |
| Urban movements and civil society | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Thesis Seminar | Diploma | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | |
| Geographic Information Systems | Speciality | 45 | 15 | 30 | 5 | |
| Urban tourism | Speciality | 30 | 15 | 15 | 4 | |
| 385 | 265 | 120 | 39 | |||
| 6 | Analysis and evaluation of socio-economic phenomena in spatial systems | Core / General | 45 | 15 | 30 | 5 |
| Anthropology of the city | Core / General | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Spatial disorder of urban areas | Speciality | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Geomarketing | Speciality | 30 | 15 | 15 | 3 | |
| Creative City – case studies | Core / General | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Implementation of research projects | Core / General | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | |
| Thesis Seminar | Diploma | 20 | 20 | 0 | 6 | |
| Heritage management | Speciality | 45 | 30 | 15 | 4 | |
| 250 | 160 | 90 | 30 | |||
| Degree total: | 1845 | 1295 | 553 | 203 | ||
Program Intended Learning Outcomes
| Degree Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) | |||
| ILO Code | ILO category | Competence | KUE Code |
| WG-ST1-GI-K01-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to critically evaluate their knowledge and recognize the importance of knowledge in solving cognitive and practical problems in the field of spatial management; | P6S_KK |
| WG-ST1-GI-K02-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to fulfill social obligations, initiate activities for the benefit of the public interest, in particular participate in the preparation and implementation of socio-economic projects, anticipating the multidirectional effects of their implementation; | P6S_KO |
| WG-ST1-GI-K03-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to think and act in an entrepreneurial manner and skillfully weigh private interests with public goals in space management; | P6S_KO |
| WG-ST1-GI-K04-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to cooperate in teams and assume various roles in them and resolve social conflicts taking into account the opinions of specialists from other disciplines; | P6S_KO |
| WG-ST1-GI-K05-22/23Z | Social | The graduate is ready to perform professional roles responsibly, being aware of the need to comply with ethics and professional integrity and to demand it from others. | P6S_KR |
| WG-ST1-GI-U01-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to correctly identify and interpret socio-economic phenomena and mutual relations between them – in particular those phenomena that are related to spatial management; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U02-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to apply basic knowledge in the field of techniques and technologies of space visualization, as well as graphic and cartographic presentation of space and phenomena occurring in it; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U03-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to analyze phenomena and complex processes occurring in various spheres of spatial management along with the accompanying technical solutions, in particular he is able to formulate his own opinions and make the right selection of data and analysis methods; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U04-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to make an initial economic analysis of the proposed solutions and engineering activities undertaken; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U05-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to formulate a specification of simple engineering tasks and design a simple device, object, system in the field of spatial management, using appropriate methods, techniques and tools; | P6S_UW |
| WG-ST1-GI-U06-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to use language skills consistent with the requirements specified for level B2 of the European Framework of Reference for Education; | P6S_UK |
| WG-ST1-GI-U07-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to plan and properly organize individual work and the work of the team, correctly assigning its members appropriate roles; | P6S_UO |
| WG-ST1-GI-U08-22/23Z | Skills | The graduate is able to independently plan and implement their own education process | P6S_UU |
| WG-ST1-GI-W01-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands the theory and general methodology of research in the field of scientific disciplines relevant to the field of spatial management covering key issues of spatial management, including economic theory, spatial planning, urban planning, shaping the natural environment and spatial and regional policy along with its historical, geographical and social determinants; | P6S_WG |
| WG-ST1-GI-W02-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands the relationships between the achievements of spatial management and natural sciences and the possibilities of their use in socio-economic life and spatial planning, taking into account the rational use of components of the natural environment; also knows the basics of revitalization of degraded areas, the principles of landscape architecture design and the basics of planning and design of technical infrastructure and its impact on the environment; | P6S_WG |
| WG-ST1-GI-W03-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands technologies using scientific achievements in disciplines relevant to the field of spatial management, in particular: knows the methods, tools and techniques of obtaining and processing data appropriate for spatial management and has knowledge in the field of visualization, creation and analysis of computer images of space along with the principles of recording and reading planning and geodetic drawings; has knowledge of the basics of construction and engineering design; | P6S_WG |
| WG-ST1-GI-W04-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands ethical and legal conditions related to scientific, didactic and implementation activities in the field of study spatial management, including its legal, organizational and technical conditions; also has a general knowledge of the different types of social structures and institutions (cultural, political, legal, economic), their essential elements, as well as the types of social ties and their historical evolution; | P6S_WK |
| WG-ST1-GI-W05-22/23Z | Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands the general principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship and has basic knowledge about shaping the image of a local government unit. | P6S_W |
Program Intended Learning Outcomes Matrix
| Subject name | Knowledge | Skills | Social | ||||||||||||||||
| W01 | W02 | W03 | W04 | W05 | U01 | U02 | U03 | U04 | U05 | U06 | U07 | U08 | U09 | K01 | K02 | K03 | K04 | K05 | |
| Analysis and evaluation of socio-economic phenomena in spatial systems | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Analysis of competitive advantages of cities | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Social analysis of space – analytical project | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Analysis of urban resources and processes – analytical project | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Anthropology of the city | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Spatial disorder of urban areas | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Cultural heritage in the city space | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Economics | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Cultural Economics | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Economics of the city | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Economics of spatial processes | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Philosophy | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Municipal finance | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Socio-economic geography | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Geographical determinants of urban development | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Geomarketing | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Socio-economic history of cities | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Innovation and development | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer design of spaces | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Research methodology and ethics | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Methods of spatial analysis | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Quantitative research methods in the social sciences | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Qualitative research methods | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| City – idea | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Creative City – Case Studies | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| A city in European civilization | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Models of public urban governance | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| IT tools for data analysis | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Participation in the management of cultural heritage | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Basics of urban spatial management | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Management basics | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional practice | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
| Commercial law | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Social problems in the city | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| A company in urban development | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Implementation of research projects | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Regulation and conflict resolution | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Revitalization of the city | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Urban movements and civil society | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Local government | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||
| Sociology | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Sociology of the city | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Social engineering with elements of urban social engineering | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Socio-cultural aspects of space management | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Municipal companies | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Local development strategies | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Spatial Information Systems (GIS) | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban tourism | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Introduction to multidimensional data analysis | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Contemporary urban development processes | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Contemporary socio-cultural processes | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Physical education | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| Heritage management | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Information and communication management | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Development resources of the city | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| English | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| French | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Spanish | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| German | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| Russian | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Italian | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||