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Requirements for Bachelor of Arts Degree
A. Core Course Requirements
All urban studies and planning majors are required to complete the lower division required courses and the upper division core courses. Students must then choose from one of four specializations. The first three specializations provide students the opportunity to develop a level of expertise within a subfield of urban studies and planning. These three specializations are: 1) urban and regional planning; 2) housing, community, and economic development; and, 3) environmental planning and sustainability. The fourth specialization provides students the opportunity to customize their own area of specialization in consultation with an advisor. Within each specialization, 9 units must consist of URBS courses and 6 units must be taken outside the department.
1. Lower Division Required Courses (6 Units)
URBS 150 The Urban Scene (3)
URBS 250 Planning the Multiethnic City (3)2. Upper Division Required Courses (22 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)
URBS 460 Legal Foundations of Planning (3)3. Field Work and Internship (6 Units)
URBS 490 Field Work (3)
URBS 494 Internship (3)B. Specialization Requirements
1. Urban and Regional Planning (15 units)
The objective of this specialization is to train students to effectively design and implement plans and public policies in urban, regional, and international settings. Students will study the linkages between the social, economic, and political factors of urban society. Urban and regional planning career opportunities exist in city, county, regional, state and national government, private consulting firms, non-profit organizations, and research and academic institutions. This specialization prepares graduates for positions in transportation planning, zoning administration, economic development planning, and neighborhood planning.
URBS 345 The General Plan and Zoning (3)
URBS 350 Cities of the Third World (3)
URBS 400 Planning for the Natural and Built Environment (3)
URBS 408 Policy Making for Planners (3)
URBS 430 Planning in the Public Sector (3)
URBS 441 Advanced Urban Design (3)
URBS 480 Transportation Planning (3)ECON 160 or 161 Microeconomic or Macroeconomic Principles (3)
GEOG 305/L Maps and Graphics and Lab (3)
GEOG 306/L Intermediate Geographic Information Science & Lab (3)
GEOG 351 Urban Geography (3)
GEOG 407/L Remote Sensing and Lab (3)
GEOG 452 Urban Land Use Planning (3)
POLS 360 Public Administration (3)
POLS 403 State and Local Government (3)
POLS 405 The Process of Public Policy Formation (3)
POLS 461 Environmental Policy (3)
POLS 466 The Politics of Public Spending (3)
POLS 467 Urban Administration (3)
POLS 469 City Planning (3)
SOC 400 Organizational Analysis (3)
SOC 410 Urban Sociology (3)
SOC 426 Social Legislation and Social Policy (4)
2. Housing, Community, and Economic Development (15 units)
This specialization focuses on how planners and policy leaders influence the social and economic factors which shape metropolitan economies and urban neighborhoods. Housing covers the general issues of providing decent, safe, and affordable housing for all members of the community. Community and economic development is concerned with the creation, preservation and revitalization of neighborhoods. This track prepares graduates for positions in housing, community development, neighborhood revitalization, workforce development, and center city redevelopment.
URBS 350 Cities of the Third World (3)
URBS 416 Urban Housing (3)
URBS 420 Communities, Neighborhoods and Planning (3)
URBS 425 Social Policy, Environmental Justice & the City (3)
URBS 435 Planning for Community Development (3)
URBS 441 Advanced Urban Design (3)AAS 340 Asian American Women (3)
AAS 345 Contemporary Issues in Asian American Society (3)
ANTH 308 Women, Sex Roles and Culture (3)
ANTH 345 Ethnicity in the U.S. (3)
ANTH 346 Urban Anthropology (3)
CHS 361 Urbanization and the Chicano (3)
ECON 160 or 161 Microeconomic or Macroeconomic Principles (3)
ECON 350 Urban Economics (3)
EOH 453 Health & Physical Aspects of Housing (3)
FCS 315 Issues in Housing (3)
FES 424 Resource Management for the Elderly (3)
HIST 350 History of Women (3)
HSCI 314 Organization and Function of Community Health Services (3)
PAS 300 Contemporary Issues in the African-American Community (3)
POLS 467 Urban Administration (3)
RTM 330 Women, Leisure & Ethnicity in the U.S. (3)
RTM 415 Leisure and Aging (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)3. Environmental Planning and Sustainability (15 units)
This is an interdisciplinary specialization designed to train planners to make decisions about the interactions between nature and society in a way that balances resources used in the present with the resource needs of the future. Environmental planning rests centrally on the notion of
sustainable development. This field covers a broad range of planning issues that include urban ecology, habitat conservation, environmental justice, land use planning, transportation planning, resource and waste management, environmental health, water, energy, and air quality planning, as well as green building, smart growth and ecosystem management.URBS 350 Cities of the Third World (3)
URBS 380 Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)
URBS 400 Planning for the Natural and Built Environment (3)
URBS 415 CEQA for Urban Planners (3)
URBS 420 Communities, Neighborhoods and Planning (3)
URBS 425 Social Policy, Environmental Justice & the City (3)
URBS 480 Transportation Planning (3)BIOL 322 Population Biology (3)
BIOL 323 Plants & Animals of Southern California 2
ECON 160 or 161 Microeconomic or Macroeconomic Principles (3)
ECON 360 Environmental Economics (3)
EOH 352 Environmental Health Policy, Law and Administration (3)
GEOG 305/L Maps and Graphics and Lab (3)
GEOG 306/L Intermediate Geographic Information Science & Lab (3)
GEOG 311 Atmosphere (3)
GEOG 444 Conservation (3)
GEOG 459 Environmental Impact Studies (3)
POLS 461 Environmental Policy (3)
RTM 300 Recreation and Community Development (3)4. Custom Specialization
This specialization is intended to give students the flexibility to synthesize across the very diverse aspects of urban studies as well as urban and regional planning, community and economic development, urban design, environmental planning and sustainability. In close consultation with faculty advisors, students may customize a program that meets their specific interests and needs. It is particularly suited to individuals who have very broad interests and understand the value of a generalist approach to planning.
URBS 345 The General Plan and Zoning (3)
URBS 350 Cities of the Third World (3)
URBS 380 Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)
URBS 400 Planning for the Built and Natural Environment (3)
URBS 405 Advanced Research Methods (3)
URBS 408 Policy Making for Planners (3)
URBS 412 Grant Writing (3)
URBS 415 The California Environmental Quality Act for Urban Planners (3)
URBS 416 Urban Housing (3)
URBS 420 Communities, Neighborhoods and Planning (3)
URBS 425 Social Policy, Environmental Justice & the City (3)
URBS 430 Planning in the Public Sector (3)
URBS 435 Planning for Community Development (3)
URBS 440 Community Based Urban Design (3)
URBS 441 Advanced Urban Design (3)
URBS 480 Transportation Planning (3)
URBS 495 Selected Topics in Urban Planning (3)AAS 340 Asian American Women (3)
AAS 345 Contemporary Issues in Asian American Society (3)
ANTH 308 Women, Sex Roles and Culture (3)
ANTH 345 Ethnicity in the U.S. (3)
ANTH 346 Urban Anthropology (3)
BIOL 322 Population Biology (3)
BIOL 323 Plants & Animals of Southern California (2)
CHS 361 Urbanization and the Chicano (3)
ECON 160 or 161 Microeconomic or Macroeconomic Principles (3)
ECON 350 Urban Economics (3)
ECON 360 Environmental Economics (3)
EOH 352 Environmental Health Policy, Law and Administration (3)
EOH 453 Health & Physical Aspects of Housing (3)
FCS 315 Issues in Housing (3)
FES 424 Resource Management for the Elderly (3)
GEOG 305/L Maps and Graphics and Lab (3)
GEOG 306/L Intermediate Geographic Information Science & Lab (3)
GEOG 311 Atmosphere (3)
GEOG 351 Urban Geography (3)
GEOG 407/L Remote Sensing and Lab (3)
GEOG 444 Conservation (3)
GEOG 452 Urban Land Use Planning (3)
GEOG 459 Environmental Impact Studies (3)
HIST 350 History of Women (3)
HSCI 314 Organization and Function of Community Health Services (3)
PAS 300 Contemporary Issues in the African-American Community (3)
POLS 360 Public Administration (3)
POLS 403 State and Local Government (3)
POLS 405 The Process of Public Policy Formation (3)
POLS 461 Environmental Policy (3)
POLS 466 The Politics of Public Spending (3)
POLS 467 Urban Administration (3)
POLS 469 City Planning (3)
RTM 300 Recreation and Community Development (3)
RTM 330 Women, Leisure & Ethnicity in the U.S. (3)
RTM 415 Leisure and Aging (3)
SOC 307 Ethnic Diversity in America (3)
SOC 390 Race Relations (3)
SOC 400 Organizational Analysis (3)
SOC 401 Class, Status and Power (3)
SOC 410 Urban Sociology (3)
SOC 426 Social Legislation and Social Policy (4)Exceptions and Restrictions
- Students may take URBS 310 as credit for a core course requirement and a general education requirement.
- Students may count ECON 160 or ECON 161 as an upper division elective course.
Total units in the major: 49
Required courses: 34
Elective courses:15
General education units: 65
Title 5 units: 6
Total units required for the Degree:120