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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Urban Studies B.S. (Program focus: Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life)
Sample Plan: Track A - Social and Cultural Analysis of Urban Life
Total Credits: 118.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
SOC 3811 - Social Statistics : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
URBS 3202 - Urban Studies Colloquium : 1.0 cr
GEOG 3561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science : 4.0 cr
GEOG 3973 - Geography of the Twin Cities : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
URBS 3201 - Urban Studies Colloquium : 1.0 cr
URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities : 3.0 cr : DSJ, WI
GEOG 5564 - Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop : 3.0 cr
POL 3462 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the United States, South Africa and Cuba : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
HIST 3001 - Public History : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3896 - Urban Studies Internship Seminar : 2.0 cr
URBS 3301W - American Cities As Settings for Cultural Diversity : 3.0 cr : WI
CHIC 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S. : 3.0 cr
CHIC 4275 - Theory in Action: Community Engagement in a Social Justice Framework : 3.0 cr : CIV
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
URBS 3955W - Senior Paper Seminar : 2.0 cr : WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr