USP Course Schedule

Below is a list of courses offered at UCSD that could be taken to fulfill the USP requirements. Select the term you are insterested in to see the courses offered. 

Key

* Research Methods Courses
+ Foundation Courses

Fall Quarter 2011

  • USP 1 - History of US Urban Communities
  • USP 102/ECON 135  - Urban Economics +
  • USP 105/SOC C153 - Urban Sociology +
  • USP 121 - Real Estate Law and Regulation
  • USP 124 - Land Use Planning +
  • USP 144 - Environmental and Preventive Health IssuesUSP 170 Sustainable PlanningUSP 177 Urban Design Practicum
  • USP 186 - Senior Sequence Research Proposal
  • USP 191 - GIS for Urban and Community Planning *
  • ECON 116 - Economic Development
  • ECON 131 - Economics of the Environment
  • EDS 130 - Introduction to Academic Mentoring of Elementary/School Students
  • HIUS 180/ETHN 134 - Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society
  • PSYCH 104  Introduction to Social Psychology
  • SOCI 100 - Classic Sociological Theory
  • SOCI 117/EDS 117 - Language, Culture and Education
  • SOCI 132 - Gender and Work
  • SOCI 136E - Sociology of Mental Illness: An Historical ApproachSOCI 141 Crime and Society
  • VIS 110G - The Natural and Altered Environment

Summer Sessions 2011

Summer Session I, 2011

  • USP 102/ECON 135 - Urban Economics
  • USP 104/ETHN 105 - Ethnic Diversity and the City
  • USP 107/POLI 102E - Urban Politics
  • USP 115/POLI 103C - Politics and Policymaking in San Diego
  • USP 121 - Real Estate Law and Regulation
  • USP 130/ETHN 107 - Fieldwork in Racial and Ethnic Communities
  • USP 144 - Environmental and Preventive Health Issues 
  • USP 179 - Urban Design, Theory and Practice
  • ECON 116 - Economic Development
  • ECON 130 - Public Policy
  • ECON 139 - Labor Economics
  • ETHN 103 - Environmental Racism
  • HIUS 124/ETHN 125 - Asian American History
  • PHIL 163 - Biomedical Ethics
  • POLI 100H - Race amd Ethnicity in American Politics
  • POLI 162 - Environmental Policy
  • PSYCH 104 - Introduction to Social Psychology
  • SOCI 100 - Classical Sociological Theory

Summer Session II, 2011

  • USP 100 - Introduction to Urban Planning
  • USP 113/POLI 103B - Politics and Policymaking in Los Angeles
  • USP 124 - Land Use Planning
  • USP 143 - The U.S. Health SystemUSP 171 Sustainable Development
  • ECON 131 - Economics of the Environment
  • ECON 150 - Economics of the Public Sector: Taxation
  • ETHN 104 - Race, Space, and Segregation
  • ETHN 131/HIUS 159 - Social and Economic History of the Southwest II
  • HIUS 117 - History of Los Angeles
  • POLI 125A - Communities and the Environment

Special Summer Session 2011

  • SOCI 117/EDS 117 - Language, Culture, and Education

Spring Quarter 2011

  • USP 3 - City and Social Theory
  • USP 104/ETHN 105 - Ethnic Diversity and the City +
  • USP 105/SOC C153 - Urban Sociology +
  • USP 109/POLI 103A - California Government and Politics
  • USP 110/POLI 102J - Advanced Topics in Urban Politics
  • USP 113/POLI 103B - Politics and Policymaking in Los Angeles
  • USP 133/SOCI 152 - Social Inequality and Public Policy
  • USP 137 - Housing and Community Development Policy and Practice
  • USP 147 - Case Studies in Health Care Programs/Poor and Underserved Populations
  • USP 170 - Sustainable Planning
  • USP 171 - Sustainable Development
  • USP 174 - Regional Governance and Planning Reconsidered
  • USP 173 - History of Urban Planning and Design (may substitute for USP 124) +
  • USP 177 - Urban Design Practicum
  • USP 180 - Transportation Planning
  • USP 190 - Senior Honors Seminar
  • USP191 - GIS for Urban and Community Planning *
  • ANBI 132/BIEB 176 - Conservation and the Human Predicament
  • EDS 130 - Introduction to Academic Mentoring of Elementary/School Students
  • ENVR 102 - Selected Topics in Environmental Studies
  • ENVR 130 - Environmental Issues: Social Sciences
  • HIUS 117 - History of Los Angeles
  • HIUS 141/ECON 158 - Economic History of the United States
  • POLI 105A - Latino Politics in the U.S.
  • PSYCH 104 - Introduction to Social Psychology
  • SOCI 117 - Language, Culture and Education
  • SOCI 148 - Political Sociology
  • SOCI 159 - Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions

Winter Quarter 2011

  • USP 2 - Urban World Systems
  • USP 102/ECON 135 - Urban Economics +
  • USP 107/POLI 102E - Urban Politics +
  • USP 116 - California Local Government: Finance and Administration
  • USP 120 - Urban Planning Infrastructure and Real Estate
  • USP 122 - Redevelopment Planning, Policymaking and Law
  • USP 132/ETHN 188 - African American Religion & the City
  • USP 143 - The U.S. Health Care System
  • USP 177 - Urban Design Practicum
  • USP 179 - Urban Design, Theory and Practice
  • USP 187 - Senior Sequence Research Project
  • USP 191 - GIS for Urban and Community Planning *
  • USP 193 - San Diego Community Research *
  • ECON 116 - Economic DevelopmentECON 118 Law and Economics: Torts, Property and Crime
  • ECON 131 - Economics of the Environment
  • ECON 150 - Economics of the Public Sector: Taxation
  • EDS 130 - Introduction to Academic Mentoring of Elementary/School Students
  • ENVR 110 - Environmental LawETHN 103 Environmental Racism
  • ETHN 131/HIUS 159 - Social and Economic History of the Southwest II
  • HIUS 140/ECON 158 - Economic History in the United States I
  • PHIL 163 - Biomedical EthicsPOLI 150A Politics of Immigration
  • PSYCH 104 - Introduction to Social Psychology
  • SOCI 100 - Classical Sociological Theory
  • SOCI 121 - Economy and Society
  • SOCI 126/EDS 126 - Social Organization of Education
  • SOCI 141 - Crime and SocietySOCI 159 Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions
  • SOCI 179 - Social Change
  • VIS 111 - Structure of Art