Thirty-six credits are required for the major. Thirty credits are
required if a student presents a second major or a minor in another
discipline. All majors and double majors must take six core
courses. 50:975:102 Approaches to Urban Studies (3)
50:975:204 Poverty and the Urban Environmental Systems (3)
50:975:220 Civic Education and Community Service (Urban Internship) (3) (sophomore/junior year)
50:975:306 Basic Methods of Urban and Regional Planning (3)
50:975:315 Theory and Practice of Urban and Regional Planning (3)
50:975:413 Urban and Regional Revitalizaiton (3)
Majors
must select six additional courses (18 credits) from the seven
concentrations listed below. Majors who present a major in
another discipline or a minor in another discipline, need four courses
(12 credits) in addition to the core courses.
Concentrations: majors: 18 credits
Double majors/minors: 12 credits
Urban Studies Program Concentrations
Voluntary Action and Nonprofit Organization
50:975:104 Power and Decision Making in Urban Communities (3)
50:975:220 Civic Education and Community Service (3)
50:975:231 Social Public Policy Planning (3)
50:975:490 Community Development Techniques--Sustained Dialogues (3)
50:975:492 Nonprofit Organizations in International Perspective (3)
50:975 493 Nonprofit Organizational Management (3)
Urban and Regional Planning
50:975:103 Urban and Regional Ecological Planning (3)
50:975:231 Social Public Policy Planning (3)
50:975:312 Urban and Regional Planning Studio (3)
50:975:339 Housing and Planning Seminar (3)
50:975:478 History of Planning Thought (Global Studies) (3)
Interdisciplinary Concentrations
History, Design, and Structure of Cities
50:082:251 Modern Architecture (3)
50:082:382 History of Design (3)
50:510:255 The Rise of the City (3)
50:512:364 City and Suburb in American History (3)
Urban Politics and Public Administration
50:790:205 American State and Local Governments (3)
50:790:332 Urban Political Systems (3)
50:790:342 Principles of Public Administration (3)
50:790:360 Urban Public Policy (3)
50:790:489 Transportation Policy (3)
Urban Sociology
50:920:208 Contemporary Social Problems (3)
50:920:217 Drugs and Society (3)
50:920:321 Urban Sociology (3)
50:920:326 American Communities--Structure and Change (3)
50:920:370 Globalization and Social Change (3)
Criminal Justice
50:202:201 Criminal Justice in American Society (3)
50:202:322 Juvenile Justice (3)
50:202:337 The Poor, Minorities, and Justice (3)
Economics
50:220:105 Microeconomic Principles (3) or 50:220:106 Macroeconomic Principles (3)
50:220:310 American Economic History (3)
50:220:330 Urban Economics (3)
