University of New Orleans
Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies and Planning
Curriculum Outline & Student Advising Guidelines
(Academic Year 2012-2013)
Overview
120 Total Hours
4 Academic Years Taking Standard Full Time Course Load
 45 Credit Hours of General Education Requirements
 63 Credit Hours of Foundation Studies
 12 Credit Hours of Electives
General Education Requirements
Credit Hours

English
o ENGL 1157
o ENGL 1158 or ENGL 1159
6

Literature
o Any Two Courses
6

Mathematics
o Two Courses (MATH 1115 required - Algebra)
6

Sciences
9
o BIOS, CHEM, EES, or PHYS,
(Nine hours. Six hours of one science and three hours of a different science.
Students must complete at least one biology course within these nine hours. Note:
Credit towards graduation is not allowed for both Biology 1083 and 1053 or for
Biology 1073 and 1063.)

Humanities and Arts
o ENGL 2152 Technical Writing or
 URBN 4670 Grant Writing for Planners
o FTCA 2650 Oral Communications
o Fine Arts
9

Social Sciences
o Six hours from Anthropology, Geography, Political
Science, Psychology or Sociology. (At least 6 hours in Arts,
Humanities and Social Science must be 3000 or 4000 level).
6

Humanities or Social Science Elective
3
General Education Requirements TOTAL
1
45
Foundation Studies
Credit Hours

Computer Science, Business Administration or GIS
o CSCI 1000, BA 2780, or MURP 4081 (or any GEOG
GIS/Remote Sensing course)
3

Economics one of the following
o ECON 1203 Principles of Microeconomics
o ECON 1204 Principles of Macroeconomics
o GEOG 2254 Elements of Economic Geography
(Required in geography option)
3

Statistics one of the Following:
o SOC 2707 Descriptive Statistics (Highly Recommended)
o POLI 2900 Methods of Political Research
o GEOG 2801 Quantitative Methods in Geography
3
 Social Sciences
o
Three pairs of Social Sciences courses from ANTH, GEOG,
POLI, PSYC, or SOC
o
Students in the geography option must pick geography
as one of their course pairs
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POLI 2500 Intro to Political Theory
POLI 2600 Intro to Comparative Gov.
Anthropology
ANTH 1010 Peoples of the World
ANTH 1030 America as a Foreign Culture
ANTH 2051 Human Origins
ANTH 2052 Cultural Anthropology
Psychology
PSYC 1000 General Psychology
PSYC 1009 General Psychology Honors
PSYC 1310 General Statistics
PSYC 1500 The Psychology of Personal Adjustment
PSYC 1520 Human Sexual Behavior
PSYC 2091 Special Topics in Psychology
PSYC 2110 Child Psychology
PSYC 2120 Adolescent Psychology
PSYC 2130 Adult Development and Aging
PSYC 2200 Educational Psychology
PSYC 2300 Experimental Design and Methodology
PSYC 2320 Introduction to Biopsychology
PSYC 2340 Motivation and Emotion
PSYC 2380 Psychology of Cognition
PSYC 2400 Social Psychology
Economics
ECON 1000 Intro to Current Economic Issues
ECON 1273 Development of the Economic
System in the US
ECON 2200 Economic Principles
ECON 2260 International Economics
Geography
GEOG 1001 World Regional Geography
GEOG 1002 World Regional Geography
GEOG 1356 Human Geography
GEOG 1600 Environmental Geog
GEOG 2151 Elements of Physical Geog
GEOG 2158 Conservation
GEOG 2254 Elements of Economic Geog
GEOG 2356 Cultural Geography
Sociology
SOC 1051 Introductory Sociology
SOC 2098 Special Topics in Sociology
SOC 2871 The Environment as a Social Problem
SOC 2881 The City
SOC 2962 Current Social Problems
SOC 2994 Multiculturalism & Diversity in the US
SOC 2273 Society and the Person
SOC 2708 Methods in Social Research
Political Science
POLI 2151 American Government
POLI 2157 Public Policy
POLI 2158 Issues in Black Politics
POLI 2200 The Judicial Process
POLI 2450 Current Issues in Criminal Justice
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
Urban Studies Requirements
o URBN 3002
o MURP 4200
o Ten courses from the following lists.
(Students in the geography option are required to take at
least 4 courses in geography).
Foundation Studies TOTAL

Electives- Electives should first be used to fulfill any prerequisites.
BSUSP Degree TOTAL
36
63
12
120
Of the total 36 hours of urban studies requirements up to twelve may be taken at
the 3000 level. At least 18 of the hours (excluding URBN 3002 and MURP 4200)
must be URBN, MURP, GEOG, or PADM courses.
BSUSP students can take up to 9 credits of 6000 level courses with the permission
of the Instructor and the BSUSP Program Coordinator. The student must have a
3.2 overall GPA and be within 12 hours of completing the bachelor’s degree..
Please see the posted department schedules for a listing of course schedules
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Urban Studies
Urban studies requirements may be filled by any of the following classes. If a class you wish to
take is not included on the list below it must be approved by the department in order to be
counted towards your BSUSP Degree.
BSUSP Urban Studies and Public Administration Courses
Urban Studies
URBN 2890 Special Topics
URBN 3002 Introduction to Urban Studies
URBN 3100 Intermodal Transportation
URBN 3200 Maritime Transportation
URBN 3300 Introduction of Waterborne
Freight Transportation
URBN 3710 Fundamentals of Urban Design
URBN 3998 Planning Internship
URBN 4000 New Orleans Metro Region
URBN 4002 The Shape of the City
URBN 4003 The Post WWII City
URBN 4670 Grant Writing for Planners
URBN 4800 Urban Culture
URBN 4900 Independent Study
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
MURP 4005 Intro to Neighborhood
Planning
MURP 4010 Intro to Historic Preservation
MURP 4030 Social Policy Planning
MURP 4061 Introduction to Transportation
MURP 4062 Applied Techniques for
Transportation Planners
MURP 4081 Information Technology for
the Planning Profession
MURP 4140 Environmental Planning
MURP 4145 Coastal Zone Planning &
Administration
MURP 4160 Development &Environmental
Management
MURP 4200 American City Planning
MURP 4400 Introduction to Preservation
Planning
MURP 4600 History & Practice of Planning
MURP 4670 Grant Writing for Planners
MURP 4710 Urbanism & Urban Design
MURP 4711 Principles of Landscaping
MURP 4800 Studies in Special Urban
Problems
MURP 4800 Legal Aspects of Housing and
Historic Preservation
MURP 4800 Community Development
and Public Finance
MURP 4800 Urban Services in the Developing
World
MURP 4900 Directed Study in Urban &
Regional Planning (Independent
Study)
Public Administration
PADM 4150 Planning for Hazards
PADM 4220 The Nonprofit Sector
PADM 4221 Collaboration, Partnership and
Coalition Building
PADM 4222 Legal & Ethical Issues of the
Nonprofit Sector
PADM 4223 Financial Administration and
Development for Nonprofits
PADM 4224 Leadership in Nonprofit
Organizations
PADM 4300 The Dynamics of the
Administration of Large Cities:
A Case
PADM 4800 Special Topics
PADM 4810 Environmental Justice in
Urban Environments
PADM 4900 Independent Study
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Social Science, Humanity and Arts Courses
GEOG 4514 Climatology
GEOG 4523 Hurricane Meteorology
GEOG 4530 Biogeography
GEOG 4540 Biogeography of Birds
GEOG 4610 Urban Geography
GEOG 4615 Cultural Ecology
GEOG 4715 Geography of Sports and Recreation
GEOG 4805 Fund of Mapping in GIS
GEOG 4810 Remote Sensing
GEOG 4820 Remote Sensing II
GEOG 4821 RS for Water Resource Analysis
GEOG 4830 GIS Theories and Concepts
GEOG 4831 GIS Applications
GEOG 4901 Field Methods
Anthropology
ANTH 3215 North American Archeology
ANTH 3301 Doing Ethnography
ANTH 3401 Folklore
ANTH 3737 Women: Cross Cultural Perspectives
ANTH 3750 Food and Culture
ANTH 4070 Qualitative Research
ANTH 4454 Social Structure
ANTH 4462 Economic Anthropology
ANTH 4565 Language and Culture
ANTH 4721 Cultural Resource Management
& Preservation Archeology
ANTH 4723 Historic Site Archeology
ANTH 4765 Ethnicity in Contemporary Soc
ANTH 4766 Sex and Gender
ANTH 4767 Race and Racism
ANTH 4768 Anthropology & Policy
ANTH 4772 Applied Anthropology
ANTH 4775 Urban Anthropology
History
HIST 4001 The City and Civilization
HIST 4005 History of Social Radicalism
HIST 4510 Recent American History
HIST 4511 Recent American History
HIST 4521 The New South
Economics
ECON 3231 Labor Economics
ECON 3211 Evolution of Econ Thought
ECON 4241 Public Finance
ECON 4242 Econ of State & Local Finance
ECON 4251 Economics of Gov. Regulation
ECON 4253 Environmental Economics
ECON 4264 Economics of Nat. Resources
ECON 4265 Regional Economics
ECON 4266 Urban Economics
ECON 4400 Economic Found for Managers
Philosophy
PHIL 3201 Advanced Ethics
PHIL 3431 Philosophy of the Soc. Sci.
PHIL 4205 Environmental Ethics
Political Science
POLI 4101 Intro to Public Administration
POLI 4170 The Politics of Public Policy
POLI 4210 Politics of Metropolitan Areas
POLI 4230 Policy Making & the Urban
Environment
POLI 4440 Urban Judicial Process
POLI 4530 American Political Theory
POLI 4650 Southern Politics
POLI 4657 Black Political Thought
POLI 4670 Women & Politics
POLI 4710 Politics of the Developing Areas
POLI 4870 American Foreign Policy
Finance
FIN 3301 Small Business Finance
FIN 3366 Income Property Analysis
FIN 3368 Real Estate Finance
FIN 3370 Residential Real Estate Development
FIN 4232 Capital Budgeting
FIN 4362 International Finance
Fine Arts
FA 4238 Architecture of the Renaissance & Baroque
FA 4263 Twentieth Century Architecture
Sociology
SOC 4094 Social Change
SOC 4124 Social Stratification
SOC 4152 Social Welfare Institutions
SOC 4161 Political Sociology
SOC 4178 Occupations & the Urban Labor Force
SOC 4191 Seminar in Nonprofit Orgs
SOC 4219 Social Deviance
SOC 4871 Sociology of the Environment
SOC 4881 The Urban Community
SOC 4882 Urban Issues Planning and Social Policy
Geography
GEOG 3190 Special Topics in Regional Geography
GEOG 3390 Special Topics in Cultural Geography
GEOG 3490 Special Topics in Physical Geography
GEOG 4150 Geography of Hazards and Disasters
GEOG 4158 Environmental Impact Assessment
GEOG 4310 Political Geography
GEOG 4513 Meteorology
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Looking for ways to enhance your degree? Consider one of the following minors to
complement your Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies and Planning.
Minor in Anthropology
Minor in History
Minor in Sociology
Minor in Geography
Minor in Environmental Analysis
Please meet with the Undergraduate Program Coordinator as soon as possible to plan
your course of study to ensure that your time at UNO is as productive as possible.
On the next page you will find a BSUSP degree “Check Off” sheet to plan your course of
study.
Please Note: the Double Counting of some courses is possible.
Students can double count two courses (for four check sheet slots).
1. Any GIS/Remote Sensing course double counts as the basic UNO computer
proficiency requirement (CSCI 1000) as well as an URBN course on the check off
sheet.
2. The Grant Writing for Planners course double counts as the basic UNO Technical
Writing Requirement (ENGL 2152) and an URBN course on the check off sheet.
If you have any questions with regards to the BSUSP degree or any of the courses above
please contact.
Patrick Haughey, Ph.D. AICP
Assistant Professor, BSUSP Program Coordinator,
Department of Planning and Urban Studies,
University of New Orleans,
Milneburg Hall, Room 304,
New Orleans, LA. 70148.
Tel: (504) 280-1231
Fax: (504) 280-6272
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Or visit our Webpage at:
http://planning.uno.edu
BSUSP GRADUATION CHECK-OFF SHEET
NAME
ENGL 1157
ENGL 1158
LITERATURE 1
LITERATURE 2
MATH 1115
MATH 2ND
SCIENCE 1A
SCIENCE LAB 1A
SCIENCE 1B
SCIENCE LAB 1B
SCIENCE 2
ARTS
FTCA 2650
ENGL 2152
SOC SCI 1
SOC SCI 2
CSCI 1000 / GIS
HUM/SOC SCI ELEC
ECON 1203
STATISTICS
SOC SCI 1A
SOC SCI 1B
SOC SCI 2A
SOC SCI 2B
SOC SCI 3A
SOC SCI 3B
ELECTIVE 1
ELECTIVE 2
ELECTIVE 3
ELECTIVE 4
ELECTIVE 5
URBN 3002
MURP 4200
URBN 1
URBN 2
URBN 3
URBN 4
URBN 5
URBN 6
URBN 7
URBN 8
URBN 9
URBN 10
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