Urban Studies B.A.

Campus

Twin Cities

College

College of Liberal Arts

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Sample Plans

Urban Studies BA-International Urban Issues

Year 1: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CLA 1001	First Year Experience	1
Freshman Composition		4
Language		5
LE	Biological Sciences	4	BIO
	Term credits	14

Year 1: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CLA 1002	First Year Experience	1
Language		5
URBS 1001W	Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life	3	WI
LE	Physical Sciences	4	PHY
LE	Writing Intensive - Lower Division	3	WI
	Term credits	16

Year 2: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
LE	Race, Power, and Justice US	3	RPJ
LE	Environment	3	Env
LE	Arts/Humanities	3	AH
CLA 3002	Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences	1
	Term credits	15

Year 2: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
STAT 3011	Introduction to Statistical Analysis	4	Mth
LE	Historical Perspectives	3	His
STAT 4101	Theory of Statistics I	4
	Term credits	17

Year 3: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
URBS 3871	A Suburban World	3
URBS 3468	Social Change in Modern China	3
Elective		3
	Term credits	13

Year 3: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
AFRO 3433	Economic Development in Contemporary Africa	3	SocS, GP
LE	Literature	3	Ltr
LE	Writing Intensive - Upper Division	3	WI
Elective		3
	Term credits	15

Year 4: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3896	Urban Studies Internship Seminar	2
GEOG 3973	Geography of the Twin Cities	3	SocS
GEOG 3381W	Population in an Interacting World	3	SocS, GP, WI
Elective		4
Elective		3
	Term credits	15

Year 4: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3955W	Senior Paper Seminar	2	WI
LE	Technology and Society	3	TS
LE	Civic Life and Ethics	3	Civ
Elective		4
Elective		3
	Term credits	15

Urban Studies BA-Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life

Year 1: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CLA 1001	First Year Experience	1
Freshman Composition		4
Language		5
LE	Biological Sciences	4	BIO

	Term credits	14

Year 1: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CLA 1002	First Year Experience II	1
Language		5
URBS 1001W	Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life	3	WI
LE	Physical Sciences	4	PHY
Elective		3
	Term credits	16

Year 2: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
LE	Writing Intensive - Lower Division	3	WI
LE	Race, Power, and Justice US	3	RPJ
LE	Environment	3	Env
CLA 3002	Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences	1
	Term credits	15

Year 2: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
STAT 3011	Introduction to Statistical Analysis	4	Mth
LE	Technology and Society	3	TS
Elective		3
	Term credits	16

Year 3: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
GEOG 3973	Geography of the Twin Cities	3	SocS
SW 3501	Theories and Practices of Social Change Organizing	4
Elective		3
	Term credits	14

Year 3: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
HIST 3821	United States in the 20th Century to 1945	3	His
COMM 3451W	Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice	3	WI
LE	Literature	3	Ltr
Elective		3
	Term credits	15

Year 4: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CHIC 4275	Theory in Action: Community Engagement in a Social Justice Framework	3	Civ
URBS 3871	A Suburban World	3
URBS 3896	Urban Studies Internship Seminar	2
LE	Writing Intensive - Upper Division	3	WI
Elective		4
	Term credits	15

Year 4: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3955W	Senior Paper Seminar	2	WI
LE	Global Perspectives	3	GP
LE	Arts/Humanities	4	AH
Elective		3
Elective		3
	Term credits	15

Urban Studies BA-Urban Infrastructure & Environment

Year 1: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CLA 1001	First Year Experience	1
Freshman Composition		4
Language		5
LE	Biological Sciences	4	BIO

	Term credits	14

Year 1: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CLA 1002	First Year Experience	1
Language		5
URBS 1001W	Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life	3	WI
LE	Physical Sciences	4	PHY
LE	Civic Life and Ethics	3	Civ
	Term credits	16

Year 2: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
LE	Race, Power, and Justice US	3	RPJ
LE	Environment	3	Env
LE	Writing Intensive - Lower Division	3	WI
CLA 3002	Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences	1
	Term credits	15

Year 2: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
STAT 3011	Introduction to Statistical Analysis	4	Mth
LE	Writing Intensive - Upper Division	3	WI
Elective		3
	Term credits	16

Year 3: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
GEOG 3973	Geography of the Twin Cities	3	SocS
GEOG 3511	Principles of Cartography	4
Elective		4
	Term credits	15

Year 3: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
URBS 3771	Fundamentals of Transit	3
SUST 4004	Sustainable Communities	3
LE	Literature	3	Ltr
Elective		3
	Term credits	15

Year 4: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3896	Urban Studies Internship Seminar	2
PA 5212	Managing Urban Growth and Change	3
URBS 3871	A Suburban World	3
LE	Technology and Society	3	TS
Elective		4
	Term credits	15

Year 4: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3955W	Senior Paper Seminar	2	WI
LE	Global Perspectives	3	GP
LE	Historical Perspectives	3	His
LE	Arts/Humanities	3	AH
Elective		3
	Term credits	14

Urban Studies BA-Urban Political Economy

Year 1: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
CLA 1001	First Year Experience	1
Language		5
Freshman Composition		4
LE	Biological Sciences	4	BIO

	Term credits	14

Year 1: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
CLA 1002	First Year Experience	1
URBS 1001W	Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life	3	WI
LE	Physical Sciences	4	PHY
LE	Civic Life and Ethics	3	Civ
	Term credits	16

Year 2: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
LE	Writing Intensive - Lower Division	3	WI
LE	Race, Power, and Justice US	3	RPJ
CLA 3002	Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences	1
COMM 3451W	Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice	3	WI
	Term credits	15

Year 2: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
Language		5
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
STAT 3011	Introduction to Statistical Analysis	4	Mth
Elective		3
Elective		3
	Term credits	16

Year 3: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3200	Urban Studies Colloquium	1
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
GEOG 3973	Geography of the Twin Cities	3	SocS
PA 5511	Community Economic Development	3
Elective		3
Elective		2
	Term credits	15

Year 3: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
POL 3462	Politics of Race, Class, Ethnicity	3
URBS 3500	Urban Studies Workshop	3
GEOG 3373	Changing Form of the City	3	His, GP
LE	Literature	3	Ltr
LE	Environment	3	Env

	Term credits	15

Year 4: Fall Semester

Course	Title	Credits
URBS 3896	Urban Studies Internship Seminar	2
PA 4200	Urban and Regional Planning	3
PA 5421	Racial Inequality and Public Policy	3
Elective		3
Elective		3
	Term credits	14

Year 4: Spring Semester

Course	Title	Credits	LE
URBS 3955W	Senior Paper Seminar	2	WI
LE	Global Perspectives	3	GP
LE	Historical Perspectives	3	His
LE	Arts/Humanities	3	AH
Elective		4
	Term credits	15

College

Sample Plans

Urban Studies BA-International Urban Issues

Urban Studies BA-Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life

Urban Studies BA-Urban Infrastructure & Environment

Urban Studies BA-Urban Political Economy

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Urban Studies B.A.

College

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+ Urban Studies BA-International Urban Issues

+ Urban Studies BA-Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life

+ Urban Studies BA-Urban Infrastructure & Environment

+ Urban Studies BA-Urban Political Economy

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Urban Studies BA-International Urban Issues

Urban Studies BA-Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life

Urban Studies BA-Urban Infrastructure & Environment

Urban Studies BA-Urban Political Economy