Urban and Regional Studies Minor Requirements

The Urban and Regional Studies Minor requires the completion
of seven (four-unit) courses.

I.) Introductory Urban Planning Requirement (1 course): Urban
Planning 120, Introduction to Cities and Planning OR Urban Planning
121, Urban Policy and Planning.

II.) 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 (Optional) 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

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: Outside 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

III.) Capstone (1 course): Choose ONE of the following two options:
OPTION 1: Service Learning: Urban Planning 185SL
or Urban Planning 195
OPTION 2: Research: Urban Planning 199 (Taken for 4 units; Must have junior or senior standing to enroll).

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