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The School of Urban and Public Affairs
Dean: Richard L. Cole, Ph.D.
501C University Hall • Box 19588 • 817-272-3071 •
www.uta.edu/supa
The School of Urban and Public Affairs
offers three undergraduate minors as follows:
1. Public Administration
2. Urban Planning and Environment
3. Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Each of these multidisciplinary minors is designed
to focus on particular aspects of the urban experience and urban
career opportunities. Students selecting any of these will complete
eighteen hours of course work including URPA 1301 and URPA 3301
(as described below) plus twelve additional hours of support courses
drawn from various departments and listed below. Students selecting
one of these minors should consult first with the advisor in their
department or program, then with the Director of Undergraduate Studies
in the School of Urban and Public Affairs. Students completing any
of these minors may petition to have six hours of credit applied
to the appropriate masters degree in the School of Urban and Public
Affairs.
Director of Undergraduate
Studies: Guisette Salazar
Room 552 University Hall, 817-272-3302, salazar@uta.edu
Faculty
Dean
Professor Cole
Professors
Anjomani, Cornehls, Geisel,
Goldsteen, Hissong, Taebel, Wyman
Associate Professors
Barrett, Bright, Wegner
Assistant Professors
Arvidson, Li, Salazar
Required Courses for
Each Minor
Course fee information is published in the online student Schedule
of Classes at www.uta.edu/schedule. Please refer to this Web site
for a detailed listing of specific course fees.
URPA 1301. INTRODUCTION TO URBAN LIFE (3-0) 3 hours credit. An examination
of major urban problems, opportunities, and policy issues including
crime, transportation, housing, education, welfare, and the environment
with emphasis on racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity issues and
alternative future possibilities; and an examination of the major
political, social, and economic challenges facing contemporary urban
planners and administrators -- with emphasis on the interrelations
among the national, state, and local governments.
URPA 3301. THE METROPLEX
(3-0) 3 hours credit. An in-depth orientation to urban dynamics,
using as a case study the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex -- with its
hundreds of cities, governmental units, neighborhoods, and business
enterprises as well as its major concentrations of racial minorities
and ethnic groups. Special attention to be paid to the changing
patterns of growth and demography occurring in the Dallas/Fort Worth
metropolitan area and the impact of these on emerging social, political,
and economic issues of this area. Emphasis also placed on career
specializations and professional opportunities in the urban context.
Other Courses
Course fee information is published in the online student Schedule
of Classes at www.uta.edu/schedule.
Please refer to this Web site for a detailed listing of specific
course fees.
URPA 4391. CONFERENCE
COURSE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Designed for undergraduate students
pursuing a minor in urban affairs and public policy, or public administration
or urban planning and the environment. Permission of the director
of undergraduate studies is required.
Support Courses for the Public Administration
Minor
Course fee information is published in the online
student Schedule of Classes at www.uta.edu/schedule.
Please refer to this Web site for a detailed listing of specific
course fees.
Accounting
ACCT 4325. GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING (3-0) 3 hours credit. Budgeting,
accounting, and financial reporting for local governmental units,
hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations and other
nonprofit entities. Prerequisite: ACCT 2302.
Criminal Justice
CRCJ 3336. LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (3-0) 3
hours credit. Examines the principles of administration,
management, politics and leadership with emphasis on their applicability
to law enforcement planning, organization, direction, control and
personnel management.
CRCJ 4332. COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Evaluation of practices,
issues and trends in community corrections. Emphasis is on the de-institutionalization
movements, probation, parole, intermediate punishments, and other
community alternatives to incarceration.
Economics
ECON 3304. PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Examines various economic reasons that may justify government involvement
in the economy with particular focus on the problems inherent in
government intervention. It considers topics such as the efficiency
and fairness of alternative taxing systems, the growth and effects
of government debt, and public choice (how spending and taxing decisions
are made). It analyzes various government programs such as Social
Security, health care, expenditure programs for the poor, etc. Prerequisite:
ECON 2306 or consent of instructor.
ECON 3313. INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC POLICY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Explains
market structure and its relation to strategic behavior, advertising,
pricing and product differentiation decisions. Further topics include
the organization of the firm, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions.
R&D and the various regulatory controls placed on firms and
industries. Prerequisite: ECON 2306.
ECON 4311. ECONOMICS
FOR MANAGERS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Economic forces that influence
the quality of the environment; economic theory and environmental
management; regulatory requirements for economic impact analysis;
international issues including trade and implications for Third
World economics. Prerequisite: ECON 3206.
Management
MANA 3320. PERSONNEL/HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Process of effective management of human resources and those elements
essential to such a process. The objectives of an adequate personnel
program. Effective planning, recruitment, selection, training. Employee
compensation and the nature of pay and its relative importance.
The nature of union-management relationships. The impact of organized
labor upon personnel management. Prerequisite: MANA 3319.
Political Science
POLS 2312. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit.
The principles and organization of American state, county and municipal
government, together with current problems and the constitution
and government of Texas.
POLS 3303. INTRODUCTION
TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. The scope
and development of public administrative organizations; both the
traditional and behavioral approaches to the treatment of administrative
principles, decision making, and organizational environment.
POLS 3305. GOVERNMENT
IN URBAN AMERICA (3-0) 3 hours credit. Governmental problems
associated with the growth of urban areas and proposed solutions
for Texas and elsewhere.
POLS 3307. STATE AND
LOCAL POLITICS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Comparison of state
and local political systems. State and local political components,
philosophies, leaders and issues. Prerequisites: POLS 2311 and 2312.
POLS 4303. PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS (3-0) 3 hours credit.
The relationships of public administration at all levels with democratic
institutions, including its interactions in the formulation and
execution of public policies with the chief executive, the legislative
and judicial branches, political parties, clientele groups, and
the public at large.
POLS 4353. PUBLIC
BUDGETING AND TAXATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. The concepts,
processes, and policy impacts of taxation and public budgeting.
Individual, group, and institutional roles in taxes and budgeting
are emphasized. Introduction to current research techniques in political
economy.
Sociology
SOCI 3350. POWER AND BUREAUCRACY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The
development, structure, and operation of formal organizations in
society, with emphasis on internal processes, the effects of technology,
and variations in the institutional setting. Prerequisite: junior
standing or permission of instructor.
SOCI 3353. URBAN SOCIOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. A comparative examination
of metropolitan and other urban communities. Origins of urbanization,
urbanization in America, urban lifestyles, and the problems of urban
areas.
Support Courses for Urban
Planning and the Environment Minor
Course fee information is published in the online student Schedule
of Classes at www.uta.edu/schedule.
Please refer to this Web site for a detailed listing of specific
course fees.
Architecture
ARCH 4306. URBAN DESIGN THEORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Design
theory and its application to the urban scale, as applied to historical
and contemporary examples. Prerequisite: junior standing.
ARCH 4308. HISTORY OF URBAN FORM (3-0) 3 hours credit. The history
of cities as physical form, influenced by political, economic, and
social forces.
Biology
BIOL 2311. MAN AND ENVIRONMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Reviews
some of the major problems facing man in our modern technological
society. Topics addressed include population problems, resource
depletion, and pollution.
City and Regional Planning
CIRP 4391. STUDIES IN CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Advanced studies in various subjects of city and regional planning.
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
Economics
ECON 3328. PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Impact of freight and passenger transport upon individual, business,
and governmental decision making in an evolving, competitive world
economy. Prerequisite: ECON 2306 or consent of instructor.
ECON 4302. ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMICS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Economic forces that influence
the quality of the environment; economic theory and environmental
management; regulatory requirements for economic impact analysis;
international issues including trade and implications for Third
World economies. Prerequisite: ECON 2306.
History
HIST 3350. READING AND THE LANDSCAPE (3-0) 3 hours credit.
How historians and geographers identify and interpret clues in the
landscape (such as place names, architecture, vegetation, transportation,
field and street patterns) that reflect historical change and its
social, economic, environmental and geographic consequences. Also
listed as GEOG 3355; credit will be granted only once.
HIST 3355. ENVIRONMENTAL
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3-0) 3 hours credit. People
and the natural environment from the colonial period to the present.
Ecological change, conservation movements, and artistic and literary
interpretations of landscape and nature. Also offered as GEOG 3335;
credit will be granted only once.
HIST 3362. UNITED
STATES URBAN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The rise of the
city from colonial times to the present, focusing on the economic
base of urban expansion, the human ingredients, the social and cultural
scene, the pattern of urban politics, urban services, municipal
administration, and the image of the city in popular thought.
Political Science
POLS 2312. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit.
The principles and organization of American state, county and municipal
government, together with current problems and the constitution
and government of Texas.
POLS 4351. ENERGY
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. Basic issues
underlying the politics, economics, and administration of energy
policy within the United States. Emerging energy sources, such as
solar and geothermal. Prerequisites: POLS 2311 and 2312.
Psychology
PSYC 3316. ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The
effect of the social, physical, and ecological features of the environment.
Social influence processes, interpersonal attraction, group behavior,
aggression, conformity, and attitude formation and change. Prerequisite:
PSYC 1315.
Real Estate
REAE 3325. REAL ESTATE FUNDAMENTALS (3-0) 3 hours credit.
A foundation for study and research in specialized areas such as
real estate financing, real estate investment and counseling, real
estate management, real estate development, and property appraising.
Prerequisite: junior standing.
REAE 4314. REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The land conversion process
including feasibility analysis, site selection, design, construction,
and financial analysis. Land use controls, planning, and environmental
constraints are also examined. Prerequisite: junior standing.
Sociology
SOCI 3343. POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Major substantive issues related to poverty and homelessness; understanding
the structural causes and the stigma of poverty. Problems of the
working poor and homeless; community responses to these problems.
SOCI 3353. URBAN SOCIOLOGY
(3-0) 3 hours credit. A comparative examination of metropolitan
and other urban communities. Origins of urbanization, urbanization
in America, urban lifestyles, and the problems of urban areas.
SOCI 4318. SOCIAL
CHANGE AND CONFLICT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The sources of
conflict and social change as an outgrowth of inequality. Movements
arising out of such conflicts which attempt to bring about fundamental
social change. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the
instructor.
Support Courses for Urban
Affairs and Public Policy Minor
Course fee information is published in the online student Schedule
of Classes at www.uta.edu/schedule.
Please refer to this Web site for a detailed listing of specific
course fees.
Criminal Justice
CRCJ 3380. ETHNIC AND GENDER ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE (3-0) 3
hours credit. An overview of ethnic and gender issues focusing
on victims, offenders, and professionals in the criminal justice
system.
CRCJ 4301. THE AMERICAN
JUDICIAL SYSTEM (3-0) 3 hours credit. Federal, state and
local judicial systems, with special emphasis on state trial courts
having criminal jurisdiction. Court structure and function, court
management, and judicial behavior.
Economics
ECON 2337. ECONOMICS OF SOCIAL ISSUES (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Economic consequences and solutions of current social issues. Each
semester, a series of topics will be covered in line with current
events and the instructor’s expertise to facilitate an understanding
of the economic structure.
ECON 3301. ECONOMICS
OF HEALTH (3-0) 3 hours credit. Determinants of health status;
impact of economic forces on the health sector; demand for and supply
of health services; role of competition; new organizational entities;
the changing regulatory climate. Prerequisite: ECON 2306.
ECON 3302. THE ECONOMICS
OF CRIME (3-0) 3 hours credit. Economic analysis of criminal
activity and its impact on the allocation of scarce resources; economic
models of criminal behavior, optimum allocation of criminal justice
resources, public and private sector approaches to deterrence, and
current issues such as gun control and drug abuse prevention. Prerequisite:
ECON 2306 or consent of instructor.
ECON 3335. ECONOMICS
OF PUBLIC POLICIES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Economic analysis
of issues of general interest. A non-technical application of principles
of economics to current topics such as abortion, crime, deficit
spending, divorce, education, health care, immigration, politics,
recycling, risk and safety, social security, sports, and tax policy.
Prerequisite: ECON 2306 or consent of instructor.
History
HIST 3351. HISTORY OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX (3-0) 3 hours
credit. The growth and development of Dallas and Fort Worth
from competitive 19th century trade centers in a rural setting to
cooperative high-tech cities in a rapidly urbanizing metroplex.
Political, economic, cultural and spatial changes of this area are
explored within a national urban context.
HIST 3362. UNITED STATES URBAN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The
rise of the city from colonial times to the present, focusing on
the economic base of urban expansion, the human ingredients, the
social and cultural scene, the pattern of urban politics, urban
services, municipal administration, and the image of the city in
popular thought.
HIST 3366. AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1865-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours
credit. Emphasis on the transition from slavery to freedom,
the political, social, and economic status of blacks in the late
19th century, 20th century black institutions and culture, and the
evolution of the civil rights movement.
HIST 3368. THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN (3-0) 3 hours credit.
The role of the Mexican American in the cultural and historical
development of the United States with special emphasis on the Southwest.
Political Science
POLS 2312. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The
principles and organization of American state, county, and municipal
government, together with current problems and the constitution
and government of Texas.
POLS 3312. INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS (3-0) 3 hours
credit. Concepts of public policy and problems of policy
formation, measurement and prediction of outcomes.
POLS 4318. POLITICS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS (3-0) 3 hours credit. The
influence of African American politics on United States government
and policies with special attention given to organizational development,
participation in political parties, leadership, ideology, the Civil
Rights movement, current issues, and relations with other ethnic
groups.
POLS 4319. POLITICS OF MEXICAN AMERICANS (3-0) 3 hours credit. The
influence of Mexican American politics on United States government
and policies with special attention given to organizational development,
participation in political parties, leadership, ideology, the Chicano
movement, current issues, and relationships with other ethnic groups.
Sociology
SOCI 3343. POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Major substantive issues related to poverty and homelessness; understanding
the structural causes and the stigma of poverty. Problems of the
working poor and homeless; community responses to these problems.
SOCI 3353. URBAN SOCIOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. A comparative
examination of metropolitan and other urban communities. Origins
of urbanization, urbanization in America, urban lifestyles, and
the problems of urban areas.
SOCI 3354. POPULATION
AND SOCIETY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The factors and processes
determining population size, composition, and distribution. The
relationship of population to social organizations and human welfare,
recent population trends, policies, and programs.
SOCI 4310. MINORITIES
(3-0) 3 hours credit. The role of racial and minority categories
in the social order. The role, and the associated problems, of groups
within the American culture and the impact of these persons on the
total cultural milieu. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission
of the instructor.
SOCI 4318. SOCIAL
CHANGE AND CONFLICT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The sources of
conflict and social change as an outgrowth of inequality. Movements
arising out of such conflicts which attempt to bring about fundamental
social change. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the
instructor.
Social Work
SOCW 3303. SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES AND SERVICES (3-0) 3 hours credit.
A critical, analytical examination of policy choices in selected
social welfare institutions, programs, and proposals with respect
to benefits provided, beneficiaries, delivery strategies, and finances.
The significance of social welfare policy for social work practitioners.
Prerequisite: SOCW 2311.
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