Requirements for Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

Lower Division Required Courses (6 Units)

Select two courses from the following:

• URBS 150 The Urban Scene 3
• URBS 250 Planning the Multiethnic City 3
• ECON 160 or 161 Microeconomic or Macroeconomic Principles 3

Upper Division Required Courses (31 Units)

• URBS 300 The Planning Idea 3
• URBS 310 Growth and Development of Cities 3
• URBS 340AB Urban Research Methods 2-2
• URBS 340AL, 340BL Laboratory in Urban Research 1-1
• URBS 440 Community-Based Urban Design 3
• URBS 450 Urban Problems Seminar 4
  (The Urban Studies and Planning normally requires 3 units of Field Work
  [490C] and 3 units of Internship [494C]. However, as an alternative, a
  student may wish to fulfill this 6 unit requirement by taking an
  internship only [494ABC].)

Select four courses from the following:

• URBS 345 The General Plan and Zoning 3
• URBS 400 Planning for the Natural and Built Environment 3
• URBS 410 CEQA for Urban Planners 3
• URBS 412 Grant Writing 3
• URBS 420 Communities, Neighborhoods and Planning 3
• URBS 430 Planning in the Public Sector 3

Field Work and/or Internship (6 Units)

• URBS 490A Field Work 1
• URBS 490B Field Work 2
• URBS 490C Field Work 3
• URBS 494A Internship 1
• URBS 494B Internship 2
• URBS 494C Internship 3

Plus 6 upper division units comprising a specialization in Urban
Planning and Environmental Analysis or Community Services and
Administration. Courses taken to satisfy this requirement must be
approved by the Urban Studies and Planning Chair.

I. Urban Planning and Environmental Analysis

(Choose at least 1 course from each group):

Group A

• ECON 350 Urban Economics 3
• ECON 360 Environmental Economics 3
• FCS 315 Issues in Housing 3
• GEOG 351 Urban Geography 3
• GEOG 452 Urban Land Use Planning 3
• GEOG 459 Environmental Impact Studies 3
• HSCI 352 Environmental Health Policy, Law and Administration 3
• HSCI 453 Health & Physical Aspects of Housing 3
• LRSC 385 Urban Recreation 3
• POLS 461 Environmental Policy 3
• POLS 469 City Planning 3
• URBS 350 Cities of the Third World 3
• URBS 435 Planning for Community Development 3

Group B

• BIOL 322 Population Biology 3
• BIOL 323 Plants & Animals of Southern California 2
• BIOL 328 Biological Conservation 3
• GEOG 305/L Maps and Graphics and Lab 3
• GEOG 306/L Intermediate Geographic Information Science & Lab 3
• GEOG 307/L Air Photo Interpretation and Lab 3
• GEOG 311 Atmosphere 3
• GEOG 344 Conservation 3

II. Community Services and Administration

(Choose at least 1 course from each group):

Group A

• ANTH 308 Women, Sex Roles and Culture 3
• ANTH 345 Ethnicity in the U.S. 3
• ANTH 346 Urban Anthropology 3
• AAS 340 Asian American Women 3
• AAS 345 Contemporary Issues in Asian American Society 3
• FES 424 Resource Management for the Elderly 3
• HIST 350 History of Women 3
• LSRC 330 Women, Leisure & Ethnicity in the U.S. 3
• LSRC 415 Leisure and Aging 3
• PAS 300 Contemporary Issues in the African-American Community 3
• SOC 307 Ethnic Diversity in America 3
• SOC 390 Race Relations 3
• SOC 401 Class, Status and Power 3
• SOC 410 Urban Sociology 3

Group B

• CHS 361 Urbanization and the Chicano 3
• HSCI 314 Organization and Function of Community Health Services 3
• POLS 360 Public Administration 3
• POLS 403 State and Local Government 3
• POLS 405 The Process of Public Policy Formation 3
• POLS 466 The Politics of Public Spending 3
• POLS 467 Urban Administration 3
• SOC 400 Organizational Analysis 3
• SOC 426 Social Legislation and Social Policy 4
• URBS 350 Cities of the Third World 3
• URBS 425 Social Policy, Environmental Justice & the City 3

TOTAL UNITS IN THE MAJOR: 49-52
GENERAL EDUCATION (52 Units)
TITLE 5 (6 UNITS)
ADDITIONAL UNITS: 10-13
TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: 120

This program can be accomplished in two, three, four or five years depending on the status of the enrolled student. To see a breakdown of how that can be accomplished plese refer to the Download page for the various Course Plans.