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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Urban Studies B.S. (Program focus: Urban Infrastructure and Environment)
Sample Plan: Urban Infrastructure & Environment
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience 1.0 cr
URBS 1001W - Introduction to Urban Studies: The Complexity of Metropolitan Life : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :4.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
URBS 3200 - Urban Studies Colloquium : 1.0 cr
PA 3002 - Basic Methods of Policy Analysis : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
GEOG 3973 - Geography of the Twin Cities : 3.0 cr : SOCS
URBS 3200 - Urban Studies Colloquium : 1.0 cr
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 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 :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3500 - Urban Studies Workshop : 3.0 cr
URBS 3751 - Understanding the Urban Environment : 3.0 cr : ENV
HIST 3001 - Public History : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
URBS 3896 - Urban Studies Internship Seminar : 2.0 cr
LA 5204 - Metropolitan Landscape Ecology : 3.0 cr
SUST 4004 - Sustainable Communities : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
URBS 3955W - Senior Paper Seminar : 2.0 cr : WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr