City and Regional Planning, Minor

The Department of Geography and City and Regional Planning

The City and Regional Planning Minor consists of 21 units of urban planning and geography courses as well as courses related to urban issues from other departments in the College of Social Science. The minor degree provides exposure to urban and regional issues in American cities and how urban and regional planning can help to address these problems.

Coordinator: Consult department chair, Geography Department.

Faculty Advisers: Undergraduate advisors of the Geography Department, Anthropology Department, and Sociology Department.

Required Courses

Concepts and Issues* (9 units)

CRP 80 - Introduction to Cities and Urban Planning Units: 3
CRP 125 - Environmental Planning Units: 3
CRP 110 - Planning Process and Theory Units: 3
CRP 120 - Community Development Theory & Practice Units: 3
OR
SOC 163 - Urban Sociology Units: 3

Methods and Techniques* (6-9 units)

Select from the following list of courses:

CRP 130 - Transportation Planning Units: 3
CRP 140 - Economics for Planners Units: 3
GEOG 30 - Introduction to Spatial Statistics Units: 3
GEOG 132 - United States Environmental Law Units: 3
GEOG 141 - GIS I: Data Display and Manipulation Units: 3
PLSI 90 - Methods of Analysis of Quantitative Political Data Units: 3
SOC 175 - Quantitative Research Methods in Sociology Units: 4

Electives (3-6 units)

With the approval of a program advisor, select 3-6 units the following list of courses:

AFRS 1 - Ethnic Experience Units: 3
AFRS 104W - Writing About American Inequality Units: 3
AFRS 135 - The African American Community Units: 3
ANTH 120 - Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S. Units: 3
BA 154 - Real Estate Law Units: 3
CLAS 3 - Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies Units: 3
CRIM 2 - Administration of Justice Units: 3
CRP 110 - Planning Process and Theory Units: 3
CRP 115 - Urban Design Units: 3
CRP 120 - Community Development Theory & Practice Units: 3
CRP 130 - Transportation Planning Units: 3
CRP 135 - Planning Law & Administration Units: 3
CRP 140 - Economics for Planners Units: 3
CRP 150A - Community Plan Making - A Units: 3
CRP 150B - Community Plan Making - B Units: 3
CRP 191T - Topics in Urban Planning Techniques Units: 1-3
ECON 40 - Principles of Microeconomics Units: 3
ECON 50 - Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 3
FIN 180 - Real Estate Principles Units: 3
GEOG 128 - Environmental Pollution Units: 3
GEOG 132 - United States Environmental Law Units: 3
GEOG 141 - GIS I: Data Display and Manipulation Units: 3
GEOG 142 - GIS II: Data Creation and Project Implementation Units: 3
GEOG 143 - GIS III: Spatial Analysis and Modeling Units: 3
GEOG 160 - Urban Geography Units: 3
GEOG 190 - Independent Study Units: 1-3
GEOG 192 - Directed Readings Units: 1-3
PLSI 90 - Methods of Analysis of Quantitative Political Data Units: 3
PLSI 103 - California Politics Units: 3
PLSI 160 - State and Local Governments Units: 3
PLSI 163 - Municipal Government Units: 3
PLSI 181 - Public Administration Units: 3
SOC 111 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Units: 3
SOC 131 - Sociology of Sex and Gender Units: 3
SOC 163 - Urban Sociology Units: 3
SSCI 185I - Internship Units: 1-6 (Senior students may Select internship for credit up to 3 units)

Total: 21 Units

* Students with a course equivalent to one in this category, taken in their major, may, with the approval of the coordinator, substitute additional units from the electives list for the units required here.

Note: The minors also require a minimum of 2.0 GPA and 6 upper-division units in residence.