Urban and Community Studies Minor
The minor in Urban and Community Studies is an interdisciplinary minor with a focus on educating citizens on the multiple dimensions of urban and community life and preparing students for careers in public and community service. While available with any undergraduate major, this minor provides an especially appropriate complement to majors in the social sciences, as well as departments and schools that emphasize human services such as Human Development and Family Sciences or Education.
Requirements
The minor requires passing 15 credits at the 2000 or above level. A writing course is not required for the minor, but students may register for these sections if offered.
- Required Core: URBN 2000 Introduction to Urban and Community Studies/URBN 2000W
- Core: Two of the following with no more than one per department(Cross-listed courses count towards the non-URBN department):
Course List Course Title Credits ECON 2439 Urban Development and Policy 3 ECON 2456 Economics of Poverty 3 GEOG 3200/3200W/URBN 3200/3200W Urban Geography 3 GEOG 2000 Globalization 3 GEOG 2400E Introduction to Sustainable Cities 3 GEOG 4210 Urban and Regional Planning 3 HIST 2541/2541W/URBN 2541/2541W The History of Urban America 3 HIST 3554 Immigrants and the Shaping of American History 3 HIST/AFRA 3564 African American History Since 1865 3 HIST 3674/LLAS 3220 History of Latinos/as in the United States 3 POLS 3842 Public Administration 3 or PP 3031 POLS 3632/3632W/URBN 3632/3632W Urban Politics 3 PP 4034 Social Policy 3 SOCI 2820/2820W Sociological Perspectives on Poverty 3 SOCI 2901/2901W/URBN 2901/2901W Urban Sociology 3 SOCI 3425 Social Welfare and Social Work 3 URBN 2600 Work and Economic Justice 3 URBN 3400E Urban Parks and Sustainability 3 - Supporting: Two additional courses selected from Group 2 or the following list:
Course List Course Title Credits ANTH 3150/3150W Migration 3 ECON 2327 3 ECON 2328/2328W 3 ECON 2431 Economics of Taxation and Government Spending 3 ECON 3431/3431W Public Economics 3 ECON 3439/3439W/URBN 3439 Urban and Regional Economics 3 EDLR 3547/3547W Introduction to Sport Based Youth Development 4 ENGL 3235W 3 GEOG/CE 2500 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 GEOG 3000 Race, Sex, Space, and Place 3 GEOG 3500Q Geographic Data Analysis 3 GEOG 4200W 3 HIST/AAAS 2530 Asian American Experience Since 1850 3 HIST/AMST 2550 Crime, Policing, and Punishment in the United States 3 HIST/URBN 2650 History of Urban Latin America 3 HIST 3102 Topics in Public History 3 HIST 3520 Social and Cultural History of Connecticut and New England 3 HIST/AFRA/HRTS 3563 African American History to 1865 3 HIST/AFRA/AMST/MUSI 3568 Hip Hop, Politics and Youth Culture in America 3 HDFS 2001 Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Sciences 3 HDFS 3110 Social and Community Influence on Children in the United States 3 HDFS 3510 Planning and Managing Human Service Programs 3 HDFS 3530 Public Policy and the Family 3 HDFS 3540 Child Welfare, Law and Social Policy 3 INTD 3584 Seminar in Urban Problems 3 NRE 3265 Sustainable Urban Ecosystems 3 POLS 2072Q Quantitative Analysis in Political Science 3 POLS 2622 State and Local Government 3 POLS/HRTS 3212 Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights 3 POLS 3240E 3 POLS 3406/3406W Globalization and Political Change 3 POLS 3617 American Political Economy 3 POLS/AFRA 3642 African-American Politics 3 POLS 3662/LLAS 3270 Latino Political Behavior 3 POLS 3847 The Policy-making Process 3 PP/URBN 2100 Survey Research Methods 3 PP 3020/3020W 3 PP/AFRA 3033/POLS 3633 Race and Policy 3 SOCI 2301/2301W Criminology 3 SOCI 2510/2510W/AFRA 2510 Ethnicity and Race 3 SOCI/AFRA/HRTS 2530 African Americans and Social Protest 3 SOCI 2651/2651W Sociology of the Family 3 SOCI 2655/2655W Sociology of Carework 3 SOCI 2670/2670W Sociology of Religion 3 SOCI 2680/2680W/WGSS 2680/2680W Sociology of Sexualities 3 SOCI 2705E Sociology of Food 3 SOCI 2709E/2709WE Society and Climate Change 3 SOCI 2907/2907W City Life 3 SOCI 3201 Methods of Social Research 3 SOCI 3459/3459W 3 or HDFS 3245 Aging in American Society SOCI 3601/3601W Sociology of Gender 3 SOCI 3903/3903W/URBN 3276/3276W 3 STAT 2215Q Introduction to Statistics II 3 URBN 2301Q Research Methods and Analysis in Urban and Community Studies 3 URBN 2302/2302W Qualitative Methods in Urban and Community Studies 3 URBN/AMST 2400 City and Community in Film 3 URBN 2998 Variable Topics 3 URBN 3981/3991 Internship in Urban Studies: Seminar (three credits combined) 3 or INTD 3594 Urban Semester Field Work Seminar URBN 3993 Foreign Study 1-6 URBN 3995 Special Topics 1-6 URBN 4999 Independent Study 1-6
Students interested in pursuing a minor in Urban and Community Studies are advised to complete 1000-level courses in the social sciences which may be prerequisites for courses in the Urban and Community Studies minor. These include but are not limited to:
Course | Title | Credits |
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GEOG/URBN 1200 | Global Urbanization | 3 |
ECON 1201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
POLS 1602 | Introduction to American Politics | 3 |
PP 1001 | Introduction to Public Policy | 3 |
SOCI 1001 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
SOCI 1251 | Social Problems | 3 |
STAT 1000Q/1100Q | Introduction to Statistics I | 4 |
URBN 1300/1300W | Exploring Your Community | 3 |
URBN 1400/1400W | Site and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music | 3 |
URBN 1600 | Cities of Imagination | 3 |
They should also plan on enrolling in URBN 2000 Introduction to Urban and Community Studies as soon as possible.
The minor is offered by the Urban and Community Studies Program.