Urban Studies Minor

Advisor: Sekou Franklin, Department of Political Science and International Relations, PH 246
Advisor: Stephen Morris, Department of Political Science and International Relations, PH 209A

Students must take 18 hours from the following courses, no more than 6 hours of which may be in a single department.

Interdisciplinary Minors

Interdisciplinary minors require the student to complete a minimum of 15 to 21 hours from a list of specific courses. Unless otherwise noted, a student may take no more than 6 hours of courses from a single department until he or she surpasses the required minimum number of hours necessary for completing the minor. Exceptions to this rule may be found within the discussions of several of the minors. In most cases, a student is also limited to just 3 hours of credit toward the minor in the same department or discipline in which he or she is taking a major. Except for the Paralegal Studies minor, no course may be counted both for major and minor credit. Students must fulfill all departmental prerequisites for any course within an interdisciplinary minor. In some cases, advisors may approve course substitutions within these program requirements.

Required Courses (18 hours)

Select 18 hours from the following:

PLSO 4350 - Soil Survey and Land Use 3 credit hours
PLSO 4390 - Urban and Sports Turf Soils 3 credit hours
PLSO 4640 - Landscaping 3 credit hours
CJA 4220 - Community Relations and Minority Problems 3 credit hours
CMT 3210 - Residential Codes, Regulations, Specifications, and Plan Reading 3 credit hours
FIN 4310 - Problems in Government Finance 3 credit hours OR
ECON 4310 - Problems in Government Finance 3 credit hours
ECON 4500 - Urban and Regional Economics 3 credit hours
EST 4810 - Energy and the Environment 3 credit hours
GEOG 4370 - Urban Geographies: Key Trends, Problems, and Solutions 3 credit hours
PGEO 4490 - Remote Sensing 4 credit hours
HIST 4660 - American Architectural History 3 credit hours
HIST 4665 - American Urban History 3 credit hours
HIST 4755 - Race and Place: The Struggle for Fair Housing Since 1900 3 credit hours
PS 3400 - Municipal Government 3 credit hours
PS 3780 - Study Abroad 3 to 6 credit hours
PSY 4120 - Psychology of Criminal Behavior 3 credit hours
PSY 4380 - Group Dynamics 3 credit hours
SOC 4511 - Social Movements and Social Change 3 credit hours
SOC 4660 - Urban and Community Studies 3 credit hours