Minor Degree Requirements
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 Studies or Education.
The minor requires passing 15 credits at the 2000 or above level as follows:
Degree Plan as of Academic Year 2023/2024
| GROUP I: REQUIRED CORE COURSE Take required core course = 3 credits |
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| Course Title | Couse Number |
| Introduction to Urban & Community Studies | URBN 2000 (W) |
| GROUP II: CORE Select two courses from two different departments = 6 credits (Cross-listed courses count towards the non-URBN dept.) |
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| Course Title | Couse Number |
| Urban Development & Policy | ECON 2439 |
| Economics of Poverty | ECON 2456 |
| Globalization | GEOG 2000 |
| Introduction to Sustainable Cities | GEOG 2400E |
| Urban Geography | GEOG/URBN 3200 (W) |
| Urban & Regional Planning | GEOG 4210 |
| The History of Urban America | HIST/URBN 2541 (W) (formerly 3541) |
| Immigrants & the Shaping of American History | HIST 3554 |
| African American History Since 1865 | HIST/AFRA 3564 |
| History of Latino/as in the US | HIST 3674/LLAS 3220 |
| Urban Politics | POLS/URBN 3632 (W) |
| Public Admin. or Public Admin. in Theory & Practice | POLS 3842 or PP 3031 |
| Social Policy | PP 4034 |
| Sociological Perspectives of Poverty | SOCI 2820 (W) (formerly 3429) |
| Urban Sociology | SOCI /URBN 2901 (W) (formerly SOCI 3901/URBN 3275) |
| Social Welfare & Social Work | SOCI 3425 |
| Work and Economic Justice | URBN 2600 |
| Urban Parks and Sustainability | URBN 3400E |
| GROUP III: SUPPORTING Select two additional courses from group II, or from the list below = 6 credits |
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| Course Title | Couse Number |
| Migration | ANTH 3150 (W) |
| Information Technology for Economics | ECON 2327 |
| Applied Regional Analysis: The CT Economy | ECON 2328 (W) |
| Economics of Taxation & Government Spending | ECON 2431 |
| Public Economics | ECON 3431 (W) |
| Urban & Regional Economics | ECON 3439 (W) or URBN 3439 |
| Introduction to Sport Based Youth Development | EDLR 3547 (W) |
| Reading the American City | ENGL 3235W |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | GEOG/CE 2500 (formerly GEOG 4500) |
| Race, Sex, Space and Place | GEOG 3000 |
| Geographic Data Analysis | GEOG 3500Q |
| Geographical Analysis of Urban Social Issues | GEOG 4200W |
| Asian American Experience Since 1850 | HIST/AAAS 2530 (formerly HIST 3530/AASI 3578) |
| Crime, Policing, and Punishment in the United States | HIST/AMST 2550 (formerly HIST 2810) |
| History of Urban Latin America | HIST/URBN 2650 (formerly 3650) |
| Topics in Public History | HIST 3102 |
| Social & Cultural History of CT & New England | HIST 3520 |
| African American History to 1865 | HIST/AFRA/HRTS 3563 |
| Hip-Hop, Politics & Youth Culture in America | HIST/AFRA/AMST/MUSI 3568 |
| Diversity Issues in Human Dev. & Family Studies | HDFS 2001 |
| Social & Community Influence on Children in the US | HDFS 3110 |
| Planning & Managing Human Service Programs | HDFS 3510 |
| Public Policy & the Family | HDFS 3530 |
| Child Welfare, Law & Social Policy | HDFS 3540 |
| Semester in Urban Problems (Urban Semester) | INTD 3584 |
| Sustainable Urban Ecosystems | NRE 3265 |
| Quantitative Analysis in Political Science | POLS 2072Q |
| State & Local Government | POLS 2622 |
| Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights | POLS/HRTS 3212 |
| Environmental and Climate Justice | POLS 3240E |
| Globalization and Political Change | POLS 3406 (W) |
| American Political Economy | POLS 3617 |
| African American Politics | POLS/AFRA 3642 |
| Latino Political Behavior | POLS 3662/LLAS 3270 |
| The Policy-making Process | POLS 3847 |
| Survey Research Methods | PP/URBN 2100 |
| Cases in Public Policy | PP 3020 (W) |
| Race & Policy | PP 3033/AFRA 3033/POLS 3633 |
| Criminology | SOCI 2301 (W) |
| Ethnicity & Race | SOCI 2510 (W) or AFRA 2510 (formerly 3501) |
| African Americans & Social Protest | SOCI/AFRA/HRTS 2530 (formerly 3825) |
| Sociology of the Family | SOCI 2651(W) |
| Sociology of Carework | SOCI 2655 (W) |
| Sociology of Religion | SOCI 2670 (W) (formerly 3521) |
| Sociology of Sexuality | SOCI 2680 (W) (formerly 3621) |
| Sociology of Food | SOCI 2705E |
| Society and Climate Change | SOCI 2709WE |
| City Life | SOCI 2907 (W) (formerly 3907) |
| Methods of Social Research | SOCI 3201 |
| Aging in American Society | SOCI 3459 (W) or HDFS 3245 |
| Sociology of Gender | SOCI 3601 (W) |
| Urban Problems | SOCI 3903 (W)/URBN 3276 (W) |
| Introduction to Statistics II | STAT 2215Q |
| Research Methods & (Quantitative) Analysis in UCS | URBN 2301Q |
| Qualitative Analysis of UCS | URBN 2302 (W) |
| Community in Film | URBN/AMST 2400 |
| Variable Topics | URBN 2998 |
| Internship in UCS or Urban Semester: Seminar |
URBN 3981 & 3991** or INTD 3594 (W) |
| Foreign Study | URBN 3993* |
| Special Topics | URBN 3995 |
| Independent Study (With instructor consent) | URBN 4999 |
| * = URBN 3993 requires Department Head Consent
* * = Students seeking to do an internship must take URBN 3981 and URBN 3991 concurrently. One may take up to 6 credits for the combined courses but only 3 credits can be used toward the major, all other approved internship credits will be used to meet the universities 120 credit graduation requirement. |
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| (W) = These courses may be offered by the university with or without a Writing Component. Minors do not have to take a W course in the UCS minor. The information is just provided because minors have the option to enroll in the W section, if they so choose. | |
| Students interested in pursuing a minor in Urban and Community Studies are advised to complete 1000-level courses in the social sciences, which are prerequisites for courses in Urban and Community Studies. These include, but are not limited to GEOG /URBN 1200; ECON 1201; POLS 1602; PP 1001; SOCI 1001, 1251; STAT 1000Q/1100Q; and URBN 1300. They should also plan on enrolling in URBN 2000, which is open to sophomores, as soon as possible. | |
| If you are interested in UCS as a minor or if you would like to learn more about the program, please contact us at (959)200-3771 or visit our UCS advisor page. |
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