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This research aimed to find the differences between the American undergraduate major Urban Studies and the Chinese undergraduate major Urban Planning and aimed to figure out which major would help students find a better job in China. The researcher reviewed different universities’ syllabi and found that the learning objectives and course contents of the two majors in the two countries were different. The American major Urban Studies was more about social science. The Chinese major Urban Planning was more about planning and designing, including sketching graphs for architecture and communities. Both majors had their advantages. After that, the researcher reviewed different companies’ employment requirements and found that almost none of the planning institutes in China refused to employ overseas returnees who majored in Urban Studies. The researcher then published a survey on a Chinese Q&A platform to check whether overseas returnees had problems when they were working in a Chinese planning institute, and found that some of them were not familiar with the Chinese style of urban planning. As a result, the researcher interviewed two Chinese urban planning experts for finding solutions to the above question and found it was easy to solve since most people who had abroad education experience would have strong learning abilities. In addition, they could work in the field they were familiar with because there were diverse working forms in Chinese planning institutes. Thus, it could be a good choice to learn Urban Studies in America, especially for students who are interested in social science, and those people could find a good job in China. |
