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Duluth Campus
Urban and Regional Studies B.A.Geography & Philosophy
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The urban and regional studies program is an interdisciplinary major, which prepares students for careers in planning, public administration policy analysis, community activism, and other fields related to urban development and urban change. The program incorporates resources from many departments and stresses the inherent interdependence in urban life, such as the connection between urban and rural development, cultural change and economic change, and uneven development. Students gain insight into the complexities of life in urban areas and are encouraged to understand the global context of current urban problems. The program also prepares students for graduate study in planning, public administration, law, and the social sciences.
Honors Requirements: Candidates must have a 3.00 overall GPA and a 3.30 in the major. An honors project and paper must be completed in GEOG 4999. Students who wish to have such work considered for honors must complete a departmental form prior to the second semester of their senior year. Completed project and papers must be approved by the sponsoring faculty member and other members of the faculty in the department.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Introductory Requirement (1 cr)
Transfer students with 24 or more credits and current UMD students who change colleges to CLA are exempt from this requirement. New first-year students with 24 or more PSEO credits may request to be waived from this requirement.
UST 1000 - Learning in Community
(1.0-2.0 cr)
General Requirements
Program Requirements
Requirements for the B.A. in urban and regional studies include:
* The study of foreign language is recommended, but not required.
Lower Division (20 cr)
SOC 1101 - Introduction to Sociology
[LE CAT, LECD C, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(4.0 cr)
SOC 2155 - Introduction to Research Methods and Analysis
(4.0 cr)
URS 1001 {Inactive}
[LE CAT8, SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 1202 {Inactive}
[LE CAT8, LEIP CAT08, GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
or
GEOG 1304 {Inactive}
[LE CAT6, LECD CAT06, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
Elective Categories (8 cr)
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans consisting of three or more classes.
Sustainability, Public Policy, and Public Administration
Take 3 or more course(s) from the following:
·
ECON 3570 - Public Finance
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3721 - Natural Resource and Energy Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3777 - Environmental Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 4935 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ES 3500 - Ecological Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3422 - Natural Hazards
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 4446 - Water Processes and Management
(3.0 cr)
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POL 3015 - State and Local Government
(4.0 cr)
·
SOC 3901 - Social Change and Social Policy
(3.0 cr)
or
Urban Society and Culture
Take 3 or more course(s) from the following:
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COMM 2102 {Inactive}
[LE CAT8, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
·
CST 3715 {Inactive}
[SOC SCI]
(4.0 cr)
·
GEOG 4394 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
SOC 3821 - Sociology of Community
(3.0 cr)
·
SOC 3841 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
SOC 3945 - Social Stratification
(3.0 cr)
·
SOC 4949 - Race and Ethnic Relations
[RACE JUST]
(3.0 cr)
·
WS 2101 - Women, Race, and Class
[LE CAT8, LECD CAT08, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
or
Spatial Analysis and Planning
Take 3 or more course(s) from the following:
·
GEOG 2552 {Inactive}
[LE CAT2, LOGIC & QR]
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3532 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 4533 - Distributed Geographic Information Services: Mobile and Web Based Solutions
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 3563 - Geographic Information Science I: Theory and Analysis
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 3564 - Geographic Information Science II: Applied GIS
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 3580 - Earth Imagery
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 4585 - Advanced GIS Analytics
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 5571 - Geographic Information Science in Urban Analysis
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 5572 - Environmental Application of GIS
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 5573 - GIScience in Regional Sustainability Applications
(4.0 cr)
·
GIS 5581 - Digital Image Processing and Analysis
(4.0 cr)
or
Cities in a Global Society
Take 3 or more course(s) from the following:
·
ANTH 4500 - The New Commons: Governing Shared Resources for Present and Future Generations
[SUSTAIN]
(4.0 cr)
·
ECON 3150 - Development Economics
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3350 {Inactive}
[CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3370 - Geographies of Development
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 3570 - Politics of Developing Nations
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 3451 - Theories of International Relations
(4.0 cr)
·
WS 3000 - Transnational Perspectives on Feminism
[SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
·
WS 3001 - Gender Relations in the Global South
[GLOBAL PER]
(3.0 cr)
Advanced Writing Requirement (3 cr)
WRIT 31xx
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