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Major Requirements

Lower Division Requirements:

15 semester hours:

URBN 125 and 135;

AFAM 115 or APAM 117 or CHST 116;

SOCL 109 and 210.

A grade of C (2.0) will be required in all lower division major courses. It is recommended that students majoring in Urban Studies complete ECON 100, 105, 110, or 120 in partial fulfillment of the University Core Curriculum requirement in social science.

Upper Division Requirements:

24 semester hours in upper division courses, including:
 
URBN 345, 347, 455, and 456;
 
and 12 semester hours in one or more of the following areas:

1. Law and Justice:

POLS 336    The Judiciary
POLS 471    U.S. Constitutional Law: Case Method I
POLS 472    U.S. Constitutional Law: Case Method II
SOCL 322    Deviant Behavior
SOCL 356    Sociology of Law
SOCL 422    Criminal Justice
SOCL 423    Criminal Law
SOCL 424    Crime and Delinquency

2. Urban Politics, Public Administration, and Policy Analysis:

CHST 337     Racial and Ethnic Politics
CHST 437     Chicana/o Politics
ECON 356     Urban Economics
POLS 340     Public Administration
POLS 341     Race, Class, Culture, and Public Policy
POLS 345     Urban Politics
POLS 436     Politics of Los Angeles
POLS 440     Public Policy Analysis
SOCL 354     Social Organization

3. Urban Culture:

HIST 367    History of Los Angeles
SOCL 340   Urban Sociology
SOCL 341   Community
SOCL 348   Urban Anthropology
SOCL 349   Research in Urban Society
URBN 365   Metropolitan Los Angeles

4. Urban-Ethnic Communities:

APAM 427    Asian American Psychology
CHST 308    Contemporary Urban Chicana/o and other Latina/o Issues
CHST 485    Community Research & Internship
ECON 371    Economic Development of Minority Communities
SOCL 334    Race and Ethnic Relations
SOCL 335    Sociology of the Black Community

5. Urban Planning:

ECON 330     Regression Analysis
ECON 334     Business Forecasting
ECON 532     Econometrics
SOCL 342     Demography and Population Analysis
SOCL 371     Social Ecology

An average grade of C (2.0) must be obtained in the upper division courses included in the major.

Minor Requirements

18 semester hours, including URBN 125, 135, 345, 347, 455, and 3 semester hours in upper division courses selected
from one or more of the areas of specialization.

An average grade of C (2.0) must be obtained in the courses included in the minor.

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