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Urban Studies and Planning

Sophomore:
Fall
Winter
Spring
  1 USP 1 2 USP 2 3 USP 3
      4 Politcal Science 30
       
Junior: 1 *research methods course 4 +foundation course 6 +foundation course
  2 +foundation course 5 USP UD 7 USP UD
  3 USP UD    
     
Senior: 8 USP 186 (6 units) 10 USP 187 (6 units)  
  9 USP UD 11 USP UD 12 USP UD

The USP major consists of 16 courses: 4 lower division and 12 upper division

 

  • The above courses are offered in the quarter they are listed.
  • All USP courses taken to satisfy the major must be taken for a letter grade.
  • All USP courses for the major must receive no lower than a C-grade.
  • Completing the USP major is flexible. Courses can be moved around to be taken in different academic years, except the one required research methods course(*) must be taken junior year, and the senior sequence, USP 186 and USP 187 should be taken the last consecutive fall and winter quarter enrolled.
  • It is recommended lower division courses be taken before upper division courses, but overlapping is allowed. Six upper division electives chosen from the USP approved courses are required.

* Of the five research methods courses only one is required:

USP 125
USP 129/ETHN 190
USP 130/ETHN 107
USP 191
USP 193

+Choose three foundation courses from the list of six foundation courses:

USP 102/ECON 135
USP 103/HIUS 148 (USP 165/HIUS 147 may be substituted for USP 103)
USP 104/ETHN 105
USP 105/SOC C/153
USP 107/Political Science 102E
USP 124: Land Use Planning (USP 173:may be substituted for USP 124)