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Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- International Urban Issues
Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- International Urban Issues
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Year 1: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CLA 1001 | First Year Experience | 1 | |
| Freshman Composition | 4 | ||
| LE | Biological Sciences | 4 | BIO |
| LE | Race, Power and Justice US | 3 | RPJ |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 1: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CLA 1002 | First Year Experience | 1 | |
| URBS 1001W | Introduction to Urban Studies | 3 | WI |
| LE | Physical Sciences | 4 | PHY |
| Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 2: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| LE | Literature | 3 | Ltr |
| SOC 3801 | Sociological Research Methods | 4 | |
| LE | Historical Perspectives | 3 | His |
| Elective | 4 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 2: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| STAT 3011 | Introduction to Statistical Analysis | 4 | Mth |
| GEOG 3511 | Principles of Cartography | 4 | |
| LE | Technology and Society | 3 | TS |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| CLA 3002 | Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences | 1 | |
| Term credits | 16 | ||
Year 3: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| AFRO 3432 | Modern Africa in a Changing World | 3 | His, GP |
| LE | Mathematical Thinking | 3 | Mth |
| LE | Writing Intensive - Lower Division | 3 | WI |
| LE | Civic Life and Ethics | 3 | Civ |
| Term credits | 15 |
Year 3: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| GEOG 3401W | Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change | 3 | Env, WI |
| GEOG 3973 | Geography of the Twin Cities | 3 | SocS |
| GEOG 5385 | Globalization and Development: Political Economy | 4 | |
| GEOG 3388 | Going Places: Geographies of Travel and Tourism | 3 | Civ |
| Term credits | 16 |
Year 4: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3896 | Urban Studies Internship Seminar | 2 | |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| GEOG 3371W | Cities, Citizens, and Communities | 3 | RPJ, WI |
| GEOG 5564 | Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis | 3 | |
| CHIC 3352 | Transborder Theory: Global Views/Borderland Spaces | 3 | |
| Term credits | 14 |
Year 4: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3955W | Senior Paper Seminar | 2 | WI |
| LE | Environment | 3 | Env |
| LE | Arts/Humanities | 3 | AH |
| LE | Writing Intensive - Upper Division | 3 | WI |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 14 | ||
Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- Urban Infrastructure & Environment
Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- Urban Infrastructure & Environment
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Year 1: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CLA 1001 | First Year Experience | 1 | |
| Freshman Composition | 4 | ||
| LE | Biological Sciences | 4 | BIO |
| LE | Civic Life and Ethics | 3 | Civ |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 1: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CLA 1002 | First Year Experience | 1 | |
| URBS 1001W | Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life | 3 | WI |
| LE | Historical Perspectives | 3 | His |
| LE | Mathematical Thinking | 4 | Mth |
| LE | Writing Intensive - Lower Division | 3 | WI |
| Term credits | 14 |
Year 2: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| PA 3002 | Basic Methods of Policy Analysis | 3 | SocS |
| STAT 3021 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 | |
| LE | Physical Sciences | 4 | PHY |
| Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 1 | ||
| Term credits | 16 | ||
Year 2: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| GEOG 3973 | Geography of the Twin Cities | 3 | SocS |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| STAT 3011 | Introduction to Statistical Analysis | 4 | Mth |
| LE | Technology and Society | 3 | TS |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| CLA 3002 | Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences | 1 | |
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 3: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| GEOG 3371W | Cities, Citizens, and Communities | 3 | RPJ, WI |
| GEOG 3561 | Principles of Geographic Information Science | 4 | |
| LE | Global Perspectives | 3 | GP |
| LE | Arts/Humanities | 3 | AH |
| Term credits | 16 |
Year 3: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| URBS 3751 | Understanding the Urban Environment | 3 | Env |
| HIST 3001 | Public History | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 4: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3896 | Urban Studies Internship Seminar | 2 | |
| LA 5204 | Metropolitan Landscape Ecology | 3 | |
| SUST 4004 | Sustainable Communities | 3 | |
| PA 5421 | Racial Inequality and Public Policy | 3 | |
| Elective | 4 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 4: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3955W | Senior Paper Seminar | 2 | WI |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| LE | Literature | 3 | Ltr |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 14 | ||
Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life
Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life
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Year 1: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CLA 1001 | First Year Experience | 1 | |
| Freshman Composition | 4 | ||
| LE | Biological Sciences | 4 | BIO |
| LE | Writing Intensive - Lower Division | 3 | WI |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 1: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CLA 1001 | First Year Experience | 1 | |
| URBS 1001W | Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life | 3 | WI |
| LE | Physical Sciences | 4 | PHY |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| LE | Mathematical Thinking | 3 | Mth |
| Term credits | 14 | ||
Year 2: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| AMIN 3001 | Public History | 3 | |
| EPSY 3264 | Basic and Applied Statistics | 3 | Mth |
| LE | Literature | 3 | Ltr |
| LE | Historical Perspectives | 3 | His |
| CLA 3002 | Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences | 1 | |
| Term credits | 14 |
Year 2: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| GEOG 3973 | Geography of the Twin Cities | 3 | SocS |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| LE | Technology and Society | 3 | TS |
| LE | Global Perspectives | 3 | GP |
| URBS 3751 | Understanding the Urban Environment | 3 | Env |
| GEOG 3541 | Principles of Geocomputing | 3 | |
| Term credits | 16 |
Year 3: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| GEOG 3371W | Cities, Citizens, and Communities | 3 | RPJ, WI |
| Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 1 | ||
| SOC 3811 | Social Statistics | 4 | Mth |
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 3: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| HIST 3001 | Public History | 3 | |
| POL 3462 | Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 4: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CHIC 4231 | Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S. | 3 | |
| CHIC 4275 | Theory in Action: Community Engagement in a Social Justice Framework | 3 | Civ |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 4: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3955W | Senior Paper Seminar | 2 | WI |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| GEOG 3377 | Music in the City | 3 | RPJ, AH |
| LE | Arts/Humanities | 3 | AH |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| URBS 3896 | Urban Studies Internship Seminar | 2 | |
| Term credits | 16 | ||
Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- Urban Political Economy
Sample Plan: Urban Studies BS- Urban Political Economy
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Year 1: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| CLA 1001 | First Year Experience | 1 | |
| Freshman Composition | 4 | ||
| LE | Biological Sciences | 4 | BIO |
| LE | Civic Life and Ethics | 3 | Civ |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 1: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| 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 | Historical Perspectives | 3 | His |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 14 | ||
Year 2: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| EPSY 3264 | Basic and Applied Statistics | 3 | Mth |
| GEOG 3371W | Cities, Citizens, and Communities | 3 | RPJ, WI |
| LE | Global Perspectives | 3 | GP |
| LE | Writing Intensive - Lower Division | 3 | WI |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 16 | ||
Year 2: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| GEOG 3561 | Principles of Geographic Information Science | 4 | |
| GEOG 3973 | Geography of the Twin Cities | 3 | SocS |
| URBS 3200 | Urban Studies Colloquium | 1 | |
| URBS 3771 | Fundamentals of Transit | 3 | |
| LE | Technology and Society | 3 | TS |
| CLA 3002 | Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences | 1 | |
| Term credits | 15 |
Year 3: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| GEOG 3531 | Numerical Spatial Analysis | 4 | |
| GEOG 3161 | Europe: A Geographic Perspective | 3 | GP |
| GEOG 5564 | Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis | 3 | |
| PA 4200 | Urban and Regional Planning | 3 | |
| Term credits | 16 |
Year 3: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| URBS 3861 | Financing Cities | 3 | |
| URBS 3751 | Understanding the Urban Environment | 3 | Env |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 15 | ||
Year 4: Fall Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3896 | Urban Studies Internship Seminar | 2 | |
| URBS 3500 | Urban Studies Workshop | 3 | |
| ECON 4821 | Public Economics | 3 | |
| HIST 3001 | Public History | 3 | |
| LE | Arts/Humanities | 4 | AH |
| Term credits | 15 |
Year 4: Spring Semester
| Course | Title | Credits | LE |
| URBS 3955W | Senior Paper Seminar | 2 | WI |
| LE | Literature | 3 | Ltr |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Term credits | 14 | ||