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Urban and Regional Studies Minor
The scale, diversity, balkanized governance, and natural environment of Southern California all contribute to making it an extraordinary natural laboratory for learning about urban and regional issues, whether the focus is on immigration, employment, the built environment, transportation, poverty, natural resources or a host of other challenges. The Minor of Urban and Regional Studies will offer undergraduates a means of addressing some of these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, offering a balanced mixture of theory, practice, and service learning courses.
The Urban and Regional Studies Minor requires the completion of seven (4 unit) classes. As shown in more detail below, the requirements for the minor consist of three parts meant to be taken in the order listed.
Admission to the Minor:
Prerequisite: Students must earn a grade of C or better in Urban Planning 120 OR Urban Planning 121 as a prerequisite for admission to the minor. Students are also strongly encouraged to take a lower division course in one of the following fields: Geography, Political Science or Sociology.
Students must earn at least the University minimum requirement of a C (2.0) average in courses taken for the minor.
Minor Requirements
Part 1: Introductory Urban Planning Requirement (1 course):
Introduction to Cities and Planning (URBN PL 120) OR Urban Policy and Planning (URBN PL 121)
Part 2: Electives (5 courses):
Choose a total of FIVE ELECTIVES: At least three electives must be selected from courses offered within the School of Public Affairs (List A). The remaining two electives may be chosen from courses within the School of Public Affairs (List A) or outside the School of Public Affairs (List B).
LIST A: School of Public Affairs (at least three courses)
Urban Planning*
URBN PL 120: Introduction to Cities and Planning (if not taken as required course)
URBN PL 121: Urban Policy and Planning (if not taken as required course)
URBN PL 130: Fundamentals of Urban and Regional Economics
URBN PL C133: Political Economy of Urbanization
URBN PL 141: Planning for Minority Communities
URBN PL M150: Transportation Geography
URBN PL CM160: Environmental Politics and Governance
URBN PL CM165: Environmentalism: Past, Present and Future
URBN PL M175: Women and the City
URBN PL C184: Looking at Los Angeles
*All 100-level Urban Planning courses satisfy this requirement
Public Policy
PUB PLC 10A: Introduction to Public Policy
PUB PLC 104: Culture and Political Structure of Los Angeles
PUB PLC C115: Environmental and Resource Economics
PUB PLC M120: Race, Inequality and Public Policy
PUB PLC C147: Critical Policy Issues and Problems in a Globalizing World |
LIST B: Other Courses (up to two courses)
Anthropology: ANTHRO 167: Urban Anthropology
Chicana/o Studies: CHICANO 181: City and Community: History of Chicana/o Los Angeles, 20th Century
Geography: GEOG 150: Urban Geography
History: HIST 145A: U.S. Cities and U.S. Urban History AND
HIST 145B: Topics in U.S. Urban History
Management: MGMT 175: Elements of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
Political Science: POL SCI 143B: Subnational Government: Government of American Cities
Sociology: SOCIOL 158: Urban Sociology |
Part 3: Capstone (1 course):
The purpose of the Capstone course is to enable students to apply and reinforce what they have learned in the classroom through direct participation in a relevant research project or service learning project.
Choose ONE of the following two options:
OPTION 1: Service Learning: Urban Planning 185-SL
OPTION 2: Research: Urban Planning 199 (4 units, Must have junior or senior standing to enroll)
OPTION 3: Internship: Urban Planning 195
Contact Information
Please contact the Urban and Regional Studies Counselor, Sherry Dodge, to receive additional information about the program.
Sherry Dodge
3357H Public Affairs Building
(310) 206-4613
dodge@spa.ucla.edu
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