Requirements


The following chart outlines the course requirements for the Urban and Community Studies BS Degree Program.

 

First Year

Quarter Credit Hours

Liberal Arts Core

12

Math & Science General Education Requirement

9-12

Prerequisite: Foundations of Sociology or Cultural Anthropology

4

UCS Core Course: Urban Experience

4

UCS Core Course: Social Change

4

Data Analysis I 1016-319 + lab

6

Free electives

8

First-Year Experience

2

Wellness Education

0

 

 

Second Year

 

Liberal Arts Core

12

UCS Core Course: Diversity in the City

4

UCS Core Course: Global Cities

4

UCS Core Course: Qualitative Methods

4

UCS Core Course: Internet and the Web

4

UCS Core Course: Urban Planning and Policy

4

UCS Core Course: Quantitative Methods

4

Data Analysis I 1016-320

6

Liberal Arts Minor or Concentration

8

Wellness Education

0

 

 

Third Year

 

UCS Core Course: GSI Applications

4

UCS Track courses

24

Liberal Arts Minor or Concentration

4

Liberal Arts Minor or elective

12

Gen. Ed. COLA or COS elective

4

Summer: co-op or internship

0

 

 

Fourth Year

 

UCS Track course

4

UCS Senior Thesis or Project

4

Liberal Arts elective

4

Gen. Ed. COLA or COS elective

12

Free electives

12

Total Quarter Credit Hours

184

 


Cooperative Education


The program requires students to accumulate professional work experience through a co-op or internship in areas such as housing, transportation, community economic development, social welfare, and education. Co-ops or internships are typically done during the summer quarter after the third year and students have the pick of some exciting opportunities in the United States and abroad.

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