Urban Planning and Administration

The Urban Policy and Social Problems track is one of the two options for an Urban Studies major. In this track, students will learn about historical and contemporary urban social issues. The Urban Studies Department is distinct in that students are encouraged to develop their own unique course plan. Students take courses from a variety of departments; from political science to biology!

Urban Policy and Social Problems Core Courses

Students should select (3) from the following options. Please note that no more than two from one field should be selected.

History:

HIST 307: History of the United States: Cold War America, 1945–Present

Philosophy:

PHIL 155: Environmental Ethics

Sociology:

SOCY 102: Contemporary Social Issues

SOCY 202: Introduction to Social Institutions

Political Science:

POLS 201: Introduction to Public Policy

POLS 305: Urbanization and Urban Geography

Urban Policy and Social Problems Elective Courses

Students should select (4) from the following options:

Economics:

ECON 304: Labor Economics

ECON 318: Macroeconomics Analysis

ECON 325: Economics for Development

History:

HIST 212: American Labor History

HIST 217: African American History Since 1865

HIST 225: History of the South Since 1865

Political Science:

POLS 200: Introduction to Public Administration

POLS 306: Urban Policy

POLS 387: Political Parties and Interest Groups

Psychology:

PSYC 307: Abnormal Psychology

PSYC 310: Social Psychology

PSYC 321: Industrial Psychology

PSYC 329: Environmental Psychology

PSYC 334: Psychology of Stress

PSYC 340: Nonverbal Communication

Sociology:

SOCY 331: Society and the Individual

SOCY 332: Collective Behavior

SOCY 341: Criminology

SOCY 342: Juvenile Delinquency

SOCY 343: Race and Ethnic Relations

SOCY 344: Social Gerontology

SOCY 358: Sociology of Organizations

SOCY 362: Social and Cultural Change

Urban Studies:

URST 398: Special Topics in Humanities

URST 399: Special Topics in Social Sciences

URST 401: Independent Study (Note: Permission of the instructor and advisor required before registration. A student may take no more than six hours of independent study.)

URST 499: Bachelor’s Essay

Note: In addition to those courses specified above as electives, any concentration courses taken beyond the minimum of three may also be counted as electives.