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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Urban and Regional Studies B.A.
Sample Plan: Urban and Regional Studies B.A.
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
UST 1000 - Learning in Community : 1.0 cr
POL 1011 - American Government and Politics : 3.0 cr : LE CAT6, SOC SCI
LE (Writing & Information Literacy) :3.0 cr
LE (Logic & Quantitative Reasoning) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
URS 1001 - World Cities: An Introduction to Global Urbanization : 3.0 cr : LE CAT8, SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER
ECON 1023 - Principles of Economics: Micro : 3.0 cr : LE CAT, SOC SCI
LE (Natural Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
GEOG 1202 - World Regional Geography : 3.0 cr : LE CAT8, LEIP CAT08, GLOBAL PER
SOC 1101 - Introduction to Sociology : 4.0 cr : LE CAT, LECD C, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY
LE (Fine Arts) :3.0 cr
LE (Oral Communication & Languages) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ARTH 2300 - The City as a Work of Art : 3.0 cr : LE CAT, HUMANITIES
SOC 2155 - Introduction to Research Methods and Analysis : 4.0 cr
LE (Natural Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 3334 - Urban Geography : 3.0 cr
SOC 3155 - Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis : 4.0 cr
LE (Sustainability) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
GEOG 3335 - Urban Planning : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3481 - The Ecology of Cities : 3.0 cr
SOC 3901 - Social Change and Social Policy : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
URS 3097 - Internship : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3422 - Natural Hazards : 3.0 cr
WRIT 31xx - Adv Writing (3 cr) : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ECON 3721 - Natural Resource and Energy Economics : 3.0 cr
LE (Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr