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Minor
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The minor in Urban Studies introduces students to several disciplinary approaches to the study of cities and provides the opportunity to explore one of five specialized options:
Global Urban Culture and History
Race, Ethnicity, and Urban Life
Urban Education
Urban Society and Social Change
Urban Sustainability
The minor in Urban Studies requires completing seven courses for a letter grade, including the four core courses, the required course in the student’s chosen concentration area, and two additional courses in that option as listed in the Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies listing.
Requirements
Program Requirements
Core Courses
URBANST 110
Introduction to Urban Studies
URBANST 112
The Urban Underclass
URBANST 113
Introduction to Urban Design: Contemporary Urban Design in Theory and Practice
URBANST 114
The Urban Century: The City in Global Perspective
Concentration Course
Global Urban Culture and History
DLCL 100
CAPITALS: How Cities Shape Cultures, States, and People
COLLEGE 118
Global Capitals: How Cities Shape Cultures, States, and People
Urban Education
EDUC 112
Urban Education
Race, Ethnicity, and Urban Life
CSRE 100
Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Urban Society and Social Change
URBANST 156A
The Changing American City
Urban Sustainability
EARTHSYS 112
Human Society and Environmental Change
Concentration Electives
Complete two courses from concentration course lists.
Global Urban Culture and History
ANTHRO 91
Method and Evidence in Anthropology
ANTHRO 98C
Digital Methods in Anthropology
ARCHLGY 125
Archaeological Field Methods: Excavating Campus Histories at Frenchman's Lake
CEE 31Q
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing
CEE 118X
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area
CEE 118Y
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area
CEE 118Z
Shaping the Future of the Bay Area
CEE 133F
Studio 6: Integrated Design Capstone
CEE 154
Data Analytics for Physical Systems
DATASCI 112
Principles of Data Science
DATASCI 154
Data Science for Social Impact
EARTHSYS 142
Remote Sensing of Land
ECON 102A
Introduction to Statistical Methods (Postcalculus) for Social Scientists
HUMBIO 82A
Qualitative Research Methodology
HUMBIO 82B
Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Research
MED 147
Methods in Community Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
MS&E 125
Introduction to Applied Statistics
PEDS 202C
Qualitative Research Methods and Study Design
POLISCI 150A
Data Science for Politics
POLISCI 150B
Machine Learning for Social Scientists
POLISCI 150C
Causal Inference for Social Science
SOC 180A
Foundations of Social Research
SOC 180B
Introduction to Data Analysis
STATS 60
Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus
URBANST 123A
Designing Research for Social Justice: Creating a Community Engaged Research Project
URBANST 123B
Community Engaged Research - Principles, Ethics, and Design
URBANST 145
Advanced Concepts in Geographic Information Science
Urban Education
EDUC 101
Introduction to Teaching and Learning
EDUC 103A
Tutoring: Seeing a Child through Literacy
EDUC 112
Urban Education
EDUC 202
Introduction to Global and Comparative Education
EDUC 204
Introduction to Philosophy of Education
EDUC 220C
Education and Society
EDUC 271
Education Policy in the United States
HUMBIO 142
Adolescent Health and Development
PSYCH 60
Introduction to Developmental Psychology
Race, Ethnicity, and Urban Life
AFRICAAM 80Q
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley
AFRICAAM 105
Foundations of African American Studies II
ANTHRO 31Q
The Big Shift
ANTHRO 111C
Muwekma: Landscape Archaeology and the Narratives of California Natives
ANTHRO 167
Body and Environment
ARTHIST 291
Riot: Visualizing Civil Unrest in the 20th and 21st Centuries
ASNAMST 100
Introduction to Asian American Studies
ASNAMST 110
The Development of the Southeast Asian American Communities: A comparative analysis
ASNAMST 261
Introduction to Asian American History
CHILATST 100
Introduction to Latinx Studies
CHILATST 173
Mexican Migration to the United States
CHILATST 177A
Well-Being in Immigrant Children & Youth: A Service Learning Course
CHILATST 180E
Introduction to Chicanx/Latinx Studies
CSRE 30Q
The Big Shift
CSRE 147A
Race and Ethnicity Around the World
EDUC 103B
Race, Ethnicity, and Linguistic Diversity in Classrooms: Sociocultural Theory and Practices
EDUC 392
Education for Liberation: A History of African American Education, 1800 to the Present
Urban Society and Social Change
AMSTUD 154D
American Disaster
CEE 32A
Psychology of Architecture
CEE 32B
Design Theory
CEE 141A
Infrastructure Project Development
CEE 141B
Infrastructure Project Delivery
CEE 177L
Smart Cities & Communities: Sustainability Design Thinking
CEE 246
Venture Creation for the Real Economy
CSRE 12
Community Organizing: People, Power, and Change
CSRE 100
Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
CSRE 107
Community Organizing: People, Power and Change
EARTHSYS 181
Urban Agroecology
ECON 150
Economic Policy Analysis
ECON 155
Climate change and global inequality
EDUC 107
Education and Inequality: Big Data for Large-Scale Problems
ENVRES 223
Introduction to Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Gender and Place
HISTORY 106A
Global Human Geography: Asia and Africa
INTNLREL 142
Challenging the Status Quo: Innovation in the Public Sector
LAW 2505
Land Use Law
MS&E 180
Organizations: Theory and Management
OSPCPTWN 79
Engaging Southern Cities: Thinking urbanization, development, and public culture from Cape Town
OSPSANTG 29
Sustainable Cities: Comparative Transportation Systems in Latin America
OSPSANTG 71
Santiago: Urban Planning, Public Policy, and the Built Environment
PEDS 150
Advancing Health Equity: Exploring Social Determinants of Health and Multi-sector Solutions
POLISCI 121L
Racial-Ethnic Politics in US
POLISCI 236
Philanthropy for Sustainable Development
PUBLPOL 135
Regional Politics and Decision Making in Silicon Valley and the Greater Bay Area
SINY 101
The New York City Seminar
SOC 3
America: Unequal
SOC 14N
Inequality in American Society
SOC 118
Social Movements and Collective Action
SOC 145
Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA
SOC 160
Formal Organizations
SOC 179A
Crime and Punishment in America
URBANST 33
Architectural Theory of the American City
URBANST 103C
Housing Visions
URBANST 108H
Housing Affordability Crisis in California: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions
URBANST 115
Urban Education
URBANST 123A
Designing Research for Social Justice: Creating a Community Engaged Research Project
URBANST 126A
Ethics and Leadership in Public Service
URBANST 127A
Community Organizing: People, Power & Change
URBANST 127B
Leadership, Organizing and Action: Intensive
URBANST 127C
Leadership, Organizing and Action: Campaign Coaching
URBANST 131
Very Impactful People (V.I.P.): Social Innovation & the Impact Entrepreneur
URBANST 132
Concepts and Analytic Skills for the Social Sector
URBANST 133
Social Enterprise Workshop
URBANST 141
Gentrification
URBANST 148
Who Owns Your City?: Institutional Real Estate Seminar
URBANST 155
Just Transitions Policy Lab
URBANST 163
Introduction to Land Use Policy and Planning
URBANST 164
Sustainable Cities
URBANST 168
Race, Nature, and the City
URBANST 169
Race, Ethnicity, and Water in Urban California
URBANST 169B
Race and Ethnicity in Urban California: Research Seminar
URBANST 171
Urban Design Studio
URBANST 172A
Introduction to Urban, Rural, and Regional Planning
URBANST 173
The Urban Economy
URBANST 183
Team Urban Design Studio
URBANST 190A
Public Service for Social Impact: Pathways to Purposeful Careers
Urban Sustainability
Complete two courses from any of the following Urban Sustainability pathways.
Environmental Sustainability
BIO 81
Introduction to Ecology
CEE 41Q
Clean Water Now! Urban Water Conflicts
CEE 64
Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions
CEE 100
Managing Sustainable Building Projects
CEE 107A
Understand Energy
CEE 172
Air Quality Management
CEE 173
Urban Water
CEE 176A
Energy Efficient Buildings
CEE 178
Introduction to Human Exposure Analysis
CEE 243
Intro to Urban Sys Engrg
CEE 265F
Environmental Governance and Climate Resilience
CEE 308
Topics in Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Research
EARTHSYS 10
Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 101
Energy and the Environment
EARTHSYS 104
The Water Course
ECON 17N
Energy, the Environment, and the Economy
Social Sustainability
AMSTUD 154D
American Disaster
ANTHRO 167
Body and Environment
ENVRES 221
New Frontiers and Opportunities in Sustainability
ENVRES 223
Introduction to Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Gender and Place
HISTORY 200B
Doing Environmental History: Water Justice
PEDS 150
Advancing Health Equity: Exploring Social Determinants of Health and Multi-sector Solutions
PUBLPOL 153
Energy, Clean Innovation & Sustainability
SINY 122
The Agile City
SOC 3
America: Unequal
URBANST 103C
Housing Visions
URBANST 108H
Housing Affordability Crisis in California: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions
URBANST 125
Shades of Green: Exploring and Expanding Environmental Justice in Practice
URBANST 155
Just Transitions Policy Lab
URBANST 155A
Environmental Justice Colloquium
URBANST 156A
The Changing American City
URBANST 163
Introduction to Land Use Policy and Planning
URBANST 165
Sustainable Transportation: Policy and Planning in Practice
URBANST 169
Race, Ethnicity, and Water in Urban California
Project-based Courses
CEE 124
Sustainable Development Studio
URBANST 125
Shades of Green: Exploring and Expanding Environmental Justice in Practice
URBANST 164
Sustainable Cities
URBANST 165
Sustainable Transportation: Policy and Planning in Practice
URBANST 171
Urban Design Studio
URBANST 172A
Introduction to Urban, Rural, and Regional Planning
URBANST 181
Urban Agroecology
URBANST 183
Team Urban Design Studio
Courses cannot be duplicated with core coursework.