Undergraduate Program

Major in Urban Studies

Urban Studies major is currently under review, with an expected launch date of Fall 2008. Click on the title to see the classes offered.

Minor in Urban and Regional Planning

What will you do with your degree? How about-

Clean the air.
Build affordable housing.
Reduce traffic congestion.
Make cities safer.
Make democracy work.

With a minor in urban and regional planning, you can do all that and more. Whether you're majoring in humanities, biology or psychology, you'll find a minor in urban and regional planning expands opportunities to build a career or change the world.

Urban planners design cities that thrive, manage government agencies that deliver, and build a better tomorrow for citizens in communities large and small. They work-locally, regionally, globally-as transportation planners, economic development specialists, city managers, landscape architects, urban designers, community health workers, city and regional planners.

Who can minor in urban and regional planning?

Students from any major can benefit from minoring in urban and regional planning. Social scientists will learn public management and community organizing. Engineers will learn about urban infrastructure systems, including water supply and transportation. Humanities majors will discover that planning thought draws heavily on critical analyses of race, class, and ethnicity. Science majors will find that planners apply knowledge of statistics, engineering, and environmental systems to solve complex problems.

How do I earn a minor in urban and regional planning?

A minor consists of a coordinated set of courses (seven or more) that together take a student well beyond the introductory level in an academic area but are not sufficient to constitute a major. All minors are available to students regardless of their major, with the exception that students may not minor in their major. Minors are listed on a student's final transcript but are not listed on the baccalaureate diploma.

For the urban and regional planning minor, students simply complete the requirements outlined in the catalog (see below) and submit the information with their graduation application.

What are the requirements for the minor in urban and regional planning?

For certification in a minor, a student must obtain a minimum overall GPA of at least C (2.0) in all courses required for the minor program. No more than two courses applied to a minor may be taken Pass/Not Pass.


Urban and Regional Planning Minor: Nine courses (36 units) including Environmental Analysis and Design E8, Urban and Regional Planning E107U and seven additional courses selected from the following:

E102U	Cultural Ecology and Environmental Design
E104U	Urban Sociology
E105U	Environmental Law
E106U	Human Ecology
E108U	Environmental Psychology
E109U	Urban Public Policy
E123U	California's Population
E124U	Leadership
E128U	Race, Ethnicity and Cities
E131U	Diversity and Environments
E132U	Global Environmental Issues
E135U	Elements of Environmental Design
E136U	Environmental Programming
E137U	International Environmental Management
E138U	Design and Behavior
E140U	Survey Analysis of Urban Residents
E141U	Urban and Regional Analysis
E142U	Technology and Economic Development
E143U	Social Ecology of the Borderlands
E144U	Urbanization and Social Change
E145U	Environmental Politics and Policy
E147U	Locational Conflict
E148U	Cities and Transportation
E149U	Urbanization in Developing Countries
E150U	Analysis for Decision Making
E151U	Housing and Urban Development Policy
E152U	Introduction to Urban Geography
E154U	Ethics and Public and Private Life
E155U	Water Resource Policy
E156U	Public Health Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
E157U	Public Policy Analysis
E158U	Economic Analysis of Government Behavior II
E159U	Urban Economic Development Policy
E179U	Foundations of Community Health.

Course descriptions are available in the Department of Environmental Health, Science, and Policy section.

NOTE: A maximum of three courses may be counted toward both the minor in urban and regional planning and the majors in environmental analysis and design or social Ecology. (Environmental Analysis and Design E8 is by necessity one of the three.)