2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Degree Core Requirements | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| UAP 1004 | Introduction to Career & Professional Development in Public Service | 1 |
| UAP 1024 | Leadership, Service, and Public Problem Solving | 3 |
| PSCI 1014 | Introduction to United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| STAT 3604 | Statistics for Social Science | 3 |
| SPIA 3554 | Transdisciplinary Problem Solving for Social Issues | 3 |
| UAP 4754 | Legal Foundations of Planning | 3 |
| UAP 3224 | Policy Implementation | 3 |
| UAP/PSCI 3744 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
| UAP 3024 | Urban and Regional Analysis | 3 |
| UAP 4914 | Seminar in Public and Urban Affairs | 3 |
| UH 4514 | Honors SuperStudio | 1 |
| Subtotal | 29 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Required Core Courses | ||
| SPIA 2004 | Introduction to Urban Analytics (Covers Pathway 5a) | 3 |
| SPIA/GEOG 2244 | Sustainable Urbanization | 3 |
| SPIA 4464 | Data and the Art of Policy-Making and Planning (Covers Pathway 5a) | 3 |
| SPIA 4454 | Future of Cities | 3 |
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| Required Elective Courses | ||
| Select nine credit hours from the list below | 9 | |
| Subtotal | 9 | |
| Bridge Experience | ||
| SPIA 3900 | Bridge Experience (with one of the following) | 0 |
| CEP 3084 | University Internship | 0 |
| or CEP 4084 | Cooperative Education Program | |
| or SPIA 4954 | Study Abroad | |
| or SPIA 4964 | Field Work/Practicum | |
| or UAP 3954 | Study Abroad | |
| or UAP 4624 | The Washington Semester: Seminar in American Politics and Public Policy | |
| or UAP 4964 | Field Study | |
| or UAP 4994 | Undergraduate Research | |
| Free Electives | ||
| Select as many credits as needed to reach 120 credits | 31 | |
| Subtotal | 31 | |
| Pathways to General Education | ||
| Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | ||
| ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 1106 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
| Select three credis in Pathway 1a | 3 | |
| Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | ||
| PHIL 1304 | Morality and Justice | 3 |
| or PHIL 2304 | Global Ethics | |
| Select three credis in Pathway 2 | 3 | |
| Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | ||
| Select one of the following: | 6 | |
| Principles of Economics and Principles of Economics | ||
| Economics of the Food and Fiber System and Economics of the Food and Fiber System | ||
| Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
| Select six credits in Pathway 4 1 | 6 | |
| Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking The Pathways 5a requirement is met by completing the SSC Major core (specifically - SPIA 2004 and SPIA 4464) | ||
| MATH 1014 | Precalculus with Transcendental Functions | 3 |
| Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | ||
| Select three credits in Pathway 6a | 3 | |
| Select three credits in Pathway 6d | 3 | |
| Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
| SPIA 2554 | Collaborative Policy-Making and Planning | 3 |
| Subtotal | 39 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
No labs are required
Select nine (9) credit hours from the elective courses listed below. All courses listed below are 3 credit hours.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Urban Policy and Decision-Making | ||
| UAP 3014 | Urban Policy and Planning | 3 |
| UAP/PSCI 3714 | The U. S. Policy Process | 3 |
| UAP 3264 | Contemporary Urban Issues | 3 |
| UAP 4344 | Law of Critical Environmental Areas | 3 |
| UAP 4374 | Land Use and Environment: Planning and Policy | 3 |
| UAP 4394 | Community Renewable Energy Systems | 3 |
| UAP 4854 | Planning of the Urban Infrastructure | 3 |
| UAP/PSCI 4624 | The Washington Semester: Seminar in American Politics and Public Policy | 3 |
| UAP/PSCI 4644 | Washington Semester: Politics, Policy and Administration in A Democracy | 3 |
| SPIA 4964 | Field Work/Practicum | 3 |
| SPIA/HNFE 2314 | Active Transportation for a Healthy, Sustainable Planet | 3 |
| SPIA 3704 | Urban Contention and Mobilization | 3 |
| HD 3024 | Community Analytics | 3 |
| PSCI 3424 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| PSCI 3434 | Urban Politics | 3 |
| UAP 4964 | Field Study | 3 |
| GIS/Data | ||
| GEOG 2084 | Principles of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GEOG/GEOS 4084 | Modeling with Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| CS 1064 | Introduction to Programming in Python | 3 |
| Urban Design | ||
| ARCH 3504 | Topics in Architectural Media and Methods | 3 |
| ARCH 4324 | Advanced Topics in Architectural Media and Methods | 3 |
| LAR 3044 | Land Analysis and Site Planning | 3 |
| CEE 2834 | Civil Engineering Drawings and Virtual Modeling | 3 |
| Cities, Culture, and Place | ||
| LAR 2254 | Social and Cultural Landscapes | 3 |
| LAR 3264 | People Community and Place | 3 |
| LAR 4034 | Evolution of the American Landscape | 3 |
| FREC/HORT 2134 | Plants and Greenspaces in Urban Communities | 3 |
| FREC 4454 | Urban and Community Forestry | 3 |
| GEOG 3244 | The U.S. City | 3 |
| Economics | ||
| UAP/REAL 2004 | Principles of Real Estate | 3 |
| ECON 3024 | Economic Justice | 3 |
| ECON 4014 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| AAEC 3324 | Environment and Sustainable Development Economics | 3 |
| International | ||
| UAP 3954 | Study Abroad | 3 |
| UAP/SOC/GEOG 4764 | International Development Policy and Planning | 3 |
| SPIA 4954 | Study Abroad | 1-19 |
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