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Urban Studies Minor Sustainability Track Requirements

Urban Studies Minor Sustainability Track Requirements

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Overview: A minor in the urban studies sustainability track requires 18 credits after prerequisites are met. Requirements are as follows:

Prerequisites: Students should have completed their two CAS core science classes, including the environmentally based foundational science course. Information about the CAS core science requirements can be found here.

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Urban Studies Minor Sustainability Track Requirements

AreaCourses

Urban Theory

(3 Hours)

ECON 320 Urban Economics
HIST 386 American Urban History
PLSC 334 Urban Policies and Problems
PLSC 390 Urban Politics
SOCL 234 City, Suburbs & Beyond

Research Methods

(3 Hours)

ANTH 317 Qualitative Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
COMM 365 Naturalistic Methods of Communication Research
COMM 366 Observing and Measuring Communication Behavior
COMM 249 Rhetorical Criticism
CRMJ 315 Criminal Justice Research
PSYC 306 Research Methods in Psychology
SOWK 390 Introduction to Research Methods
SOCL 206 Methods of Social Research

Urban Seminar

(3 Hours)

SOCL 335/PLSC 335 Urban Studies Seminar*
 
*Must be Taken Concurrently with Urban Studies Research at CURL

Urban Studies Research

(3 Hours)

URB 397/PLSC 397 Urban Studies Research*
 
*Must be Taken Concurrently with the Urban Seminar at CURL

Group A Elective Courses

(3 Hours)

ANTH 104 Human Ecological Footprint
SOCL 265 Globalization and Society
SOCL 272 Environmental Sociology
SOCL 275 Sociology of Consumption
SOCL 276 Sociology & Politics of Food
COMM 306 Environmental Advocacy
PLSC 392 Environmental Politics

Group B Elective Courses

(3 Hours)

ENVS 213 Earth, Changing Planet
ENVS 214 Weather & Climatology
ENVS 281 Human Impact Environment
ENVS 282 The Human Environment
ENVS 283 Environmental Sustainability
UNIV 350 STEP (may be repeated with different emphases)
UNIV 410 Geographic Info Systems*
 
*Open to Seniors (Subject to Approval by Instructor)



 



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