Program: Minor in Urban Studies and Planning
Program Description
The minor in Urban Studies consists of 18 units.
Program Requirements
1. Required Courses (12 units)
URBS 150 Discover the City (3)
URBS 250 Planning the Multiethnic City (3)
or URBS 350 Cities of the Developing World (3)
or URBS 380 Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)
URBS 300 Planning Theory (3)
or URBS 345 The General Plan and Zoning (3)
2. Electives (6 units)
Choose two of the following courses:
URBS 340A Quantitative Urban Research Methods (3)
URBS 340B Qualitative Urban Research Methods (3)
URBS 400 Planning for the Natural and Built Environment (3)
URBS 408 Policy Making for Urban Planners (3)
URBS 412 Grant Writing (3)
URBS 415 The California Environmental Quality Act for Urban Planners (3)
URBS 416 Urban Housing (3)
URBS 420 Communities, Neighborhoods and Planning (3)
URBS 425 Social Policy, Environmental Justice and the City (3)
URBS 430 Planning in the Public Sector (3)
URBS 435 Planning for Community Development (3)
URBS 460 Legal Foundations of Planning (3)
URBS 480 Urban Transportation (3)
Total Units in the Minor: 18
More information
For more information about this program, please contact rob.kent@csun.edu.
Contact
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Chair: Robert B. Kent
Sierra Hall (SH) 220
(818) 677-2904