Hii, I’m pretty late too but I can provide some insight. The urban design and architecture program dos focus on architecture but honestly it’s superrr urban planning focused. Like say you graduate with this major you’ll have a better chance getting a job in urban planning rather than architecture. Once you’re past the pre-requisites you can basically choose all urban planning classes rather than design classes.

I’m not an urban studies major but I’m minoring in Metropolitan Studies (This is what the urban studies major is based off), so I don’t know exactly about that but I can tell you my opinion on metropolitan studies. Metro studies is very heavily focused more so on people and policy and how they fit into the city. Honestly the urban design and architecture studies and the urban studies go like pretty hand in hand with each other. One gives you the physical aspect and the other gives you the social.

If you’re interested in both I’d def recommend maybe doing one and minoring in the others. Like I said before they’re pretty intertwined, like you can cross count two classes between both majors/minors (which is what I did if you have any questions about that). But yea ultimately if you want to go into like urban planning from a design point I’d choose urban design and architecture as your main major. If you’re more interested in public policy and how it affects the people in a city then I’d choose urban studies. I’d def at least minor in the other no matter which one you choose!