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Schedule & Location

This urban experience facilitates engagement with the city's diversity, complexity, innovation, and forges a Tri-Co learning community.

Course Schedule

Spring 2027 Courses

The Black History of Public Health in Philadelphia (HIST 055/BLST/GNST)
Elise Mitchell, History, SC
Monday 12:15-3:00pm

Social Epidemiology (HLTH H228)
Anna West HC, Health Studies
Wednesday 12:15 - 3:00pm

A City of Homes: Housing Issues in Philadelphia (SOCL B260)
Nora Taplin Kaguru, BMC, Sociology
Thursdays 12:15-3:00 pm

Friday 12:15-3:00 p.m. is an occasional meeting time for program students only.

Stay tuned for upcoming information sessions for Spring 2027 courses.


Fall 2026 Courses

Ecologies of Cooperation: Modeling Participation and Ecological Practice Through Philadelphia-Based Arts, Culture, and Environmental Co-Operatives (ENVS/VIST H317A) 
Dylan Gauthier, HC 
Monday, 12:15-3:00 p.m.

Biostatistics: Data, Health and Ethics in Philadelphia (MATH XXX)
Chaegeun Song, BMC
Wednesday, 12:15-3:00 p.m.

Art and Culture of Indigenous Philadelphia: From Shackamaxon to the Present (ARTH061/ENVS056)
Christopher Green, SC
Thursday, 12:15-3:00 p.m.  

*Friday, 12:15-3:00 p.m. is an occasional meeting time for program students only.


Location

The Tri-Co Philly Program courses will be offered at the Friends Center in Center City. The Friends Center is located at 1501 Cherry Street, at the northwest corner of 15th and Cherry Streets, two blocks north of Suburban Station and City Hall. 

Bryn Mawr students are expected to register for their free SEPTA Key Cards for transportation.

Getting to the Friends Center
From Bryn Mawr, students will take the Paoli/Thorndale line of Septa’s Regional Rail to Suburban Station.
From Haverford, students will take the Norristown High-Speed Line, transfer to the Market-Frankford Line at the 69th Street Transportation Center, and exit at the 15th Street/City Hall Station.
From Swarthmore, students will take the Media/Elwyn Line to Suburban Station.
Train schedules and maps are available on SEPTA’s website.

Note: Costs for travel to classes will be covered for all students. Travel costs for all cohort activities and field trips will also be covered for students accepted into the Philly Program.

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Featured image courtesy of Paul Bartholomew. 

Photo of Philadelphia Skyline from atop City Hall

Contact Us

Tri-Co Philly

Calista Cleary
Tri-Co Philly Program Director
610-795-1576
ccleary@brynmawr.edu