Degree Requirements

1. Required of all students:

• Urban Studies 2300: Introduction to Urban Studies

2. Three of the following with no more than one per department:

• Economics 2239: Urban Development and Policy
• Economics 2456: Economics of Poverty
• Geography/Urban Studies 3200: Urban Geography
• Geography 4210: Urban and Regional Planning
• History/Urban Studies 3541: The History of Urban America
• History 3554: Immigration and the Shaping of American History
• History 3564: African American History since 1865
• Political Science 3842: Public Administration or Public Policy 3031: Public Administration in Theory and Practice
• Political Science/Urban Studies 3632: Urban Politics
• Public Policy 4034: Social Policy
• Sociology 3091 / Urban Studies 3275: Urban Sociology
• Sociology 3425: Social Welfare and Social Work
• Sociology 3911: Communities
• Urban Studies 3000: Urban Anthropology

3. One of the following:

• Economics 2327: Information Technology for Economics
• Geography 3500: Geographic Data Analysis
• Political Science 2072: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
• Sociology 3201: Methods of Social Research
• Urban Studies 2100: Survey Research Methods

4. Three additional courses selected from the list of courses under items 2 or 3 above, or from the following list:

• Economics 2431: Economics of Taxation and Government Spending
• Economics 3431: Public Finance
• Economics/Urban Studies 3439: Urban and Regional Economics
• Geography 4200: Geographical Analysis of Urban Social Issues
• Geography 4500: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• Human Development and Family Studies 2001: Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Studies
• Human Development and Family Studies 3510: Planning and Managing Human Service Programs
• Human Development and Family Studies 3530: Public Policy and the Family
• History 3530: Asian-American Experience since 1850
• History 3563: African American History to 1865
• History 3568: Hip-Hop, Politics and Youth Culture in America
• History 3674: History of Latinos/as in the United States
• INTD 3584: Seminar in Urban Problems (Urban Semester Program)
• Political Science 2622: State and Local Government
• Political Science 3642: African-American Politics
• Political Science 3662: Latino Political Behavior
• Political Science 3847: The Policy-making Process
• Public Policy 3001: Public Policy
• Public Policy 4033: State and Local Fiscal Problems
• Sociology 3903: Urban Problems
• Sociology 3907: - City Life
• Urban Studies 3981: Internship in Urban Studies: Seminar or INTD 3594: Urban Semester Fieldwork Seminar (Urban Semester Program)
• Urban Studies 3998: Variable Topics
• Urban Studies 4000: Understanding Your Community
• Urban Studies 4999: - Independent Study