Requirements for the Undergraduate Minor in Urban and Regional Studies

 Students may fulfill the capstone requirement by one of the following two options:

• OPTION 1:   Service Learning: Urban Planning 185-SL OR Urban Planning 195
• OPTION 2: Research: Urban Planning 199 (Taken for 4 units; Must have junior or senior standing to enroll).

URS Capstone Project Examples

 2011 Spring

• The State of UCLA and the Westwood Neighborhood:Neighborhood Profile of Fair Housing, Affordable Housing and Transit Oriented Development
• The State of Vermont/Sunset:  A Study of Fair Housing, Housing Affordability, and Sustainability
• Boyle Heights: An Analysis of Transit Oriented Development, and Fair and Affordable Housing
• USC and the Surrounding Neighborhood:  Transit Oriented Development, Affordable Housing and Fair Housing

2009 Spring 

• Rediscovering the Urban River: Los Angeles and Beyond