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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Urban Studies B.A. (Program focus: Urban Political Economy)
Sample Plan: Urban Political Economy
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1001 - CLA First-Year Experience I 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
CLA 1002 - CLA First-Year Experience II 1.0 cr
URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
URBS 3200 - Urban Studies Colloquium : 1.0 cr
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3200 - Urban Studies Colloquium : 1.0 cr
URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3973 - Geography of the Twin Cities : 3.0 cr : SOCS
STAT 4101 - Theory of Statistics I : 4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
POL 3462 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the United States, South Africa and Cuba : 3.0 cr
URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3373 - Changing Form of the City : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3896 - Urban Studies Internship Seminar : 2.0 cr
PA 4200 - Urban and Regional Planning : 3.0 cr
PA 5421 - Racial Inequality and Public Policy : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3955W - Senior Paper Seminar : 2.0 cr : WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr