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SUPA's Undergraduate & Minor Programs

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

SUPA also offers both a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies and Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree.

The Interdisciplinary Studies Program allows students to design an academic program that meets their unique professional and educational objectives.

Please visit www.uta.edu/ints for more information.

MINOR PROGRAMS

Undergraduate students interested in adding a minor field to complement their academic career in Urban Affairs, Uban Planning or Public Administration may do so by completing 6 courses or 18 hours from one of the fields of choose listed below: (Before registering for any course, students should consult with the advisor of their major).

Students complete the Minor Field Degree Plan form and submit it to the School of Urban and Public Affairs, Dr. Edith Barrett, University Hall, 5th floor or fax to 817.272.3415.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Students interested in a minor in Public Administration are required to completing 18 hours:

The following courses are required for this minor:
URPA 1301 Intro to Urban Life
URPA 3301 The Metroplex

Student may select four courses from the list below:
ACCT 4325 Governmental Accounting
CRCJ 3336 Law Enforcement Management
CRCJ 4332 Community Corrections
ECON 3304 Public Sector Economics
ECON 3313 Industrial Organization & Public Policy
ECON 4311 Economics for Managers
MANA 3320 Personnel/HR Management
POLS 2312 State & Local Government
POLS 3303 Intro to Public Administration
POLS 3305 Government in Urban America
POLS 3307 State and Local Politics
POLS 4303 Public Administration and the Political Process
POLS 4353 Public Budgeting and Taxation
SOCI 3350 Power and Bureaucracy
SOCI 3353 Urban Sociology

URBAN PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Students interested in a minor in Urban Planning and the Environment are required to complete 18 hours:

The following courses are required for this minor:
URPA 1301 Intro to Urban Life
URPA 3301 The Metroplex

Student may select four courses from the list below:
ARCH 4306 Urban Design Theory
ARCH 4308 History of Urban Form
BIOL 2311 Man and the Environment
CIRP 4391 Studies in City and Regional Planning
CIRP 4393 Gender, Space and Planning
ECON 3328 Principles of Transportation
HIST 3350 Reading and the Landscape
HIST 3355 Environmental History of the U.S
HIST 3362 US Urban History
POLS 2312 State and Local Government
POLS 4351 Energy Policy and Administration
PSYC 3316 Environmental Psychology
REAE 3325 Real Estate Fundamentals
REAE 4341 Real Estate Development
SOCI 3343 Poverty & Homelessness in America
SOCI 3353 Urban Sociology
SOCI 4318 Social Change and Conflict

URBAN AFFAIRS

Students interested in a minor in Urban Affairsare required to complete 18 hours:

The following courses are required for this minor:
URPA 1301 Intro to Urban Life
URPA 3301 The Metroplex

Student may select four courses from the list below:
CRCJ 3380 Ethnic and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice
CRCJ 4301 The American Judicial System
ECON 2337 Econ in Social Issues
ECON 3302 The Economics of Crime
ECON 3335 Economics of Public Policies
HIST 3351 History of DFW Metroplex
HIST 3362 US Urban History
HIST 3366 African—American History 1865-Present
HIST 3368 History of the Mexican American
POLS 2312 Sate and Local Government
POLS 3312 Intro to public policy analysis
POLS 4318 Politics of African Americans
POLS 4319 Politics of Mexican Americans
SOCI 3354 Population and Society
SOCI 3343 Poverty & Homelessness in America
SOCI 4310 Minorities
SOCI 4318 Social Change and Conflict
SOCW 3303 Social Welfare Policies and Services

For questions concerning the minor course work contact Dr. Edith Barrett: ebarrett@uta.edu.