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PROGRAM OF STUDY

The Master of Science in Urban Studies and Planning degree requires the completion of 36 semester hours of graduate course work, the equivalent of two years of full-time student. Course work is organized into the following curriculum components:

1.) Core Curriulum: 21 Credit Hours
2.) Field Paper or Master's Thesis: 6 credit hours
3.) Electives: 9 credit hours

Core Curriculum

MSUS 8810 - History of American Urbanization
MSUS 8820 - Methods for Urban Research
MSUS 8821 - Statistical Methods for Urban Analysis
MSUS 8830 - Introduction to Planning
MSUS 8840 - Computer Applications for Urban Information Systems
MSUS 8850 - Public Finance and Economics
MSUS 8864 - System and Processes of Policy Development

 

Choose one of the following:

MSUS 8875 - Field Paper
MSUS 8880 - Master Thesis

 

Electives

Choose three courses for a total of 9 elective hours.

MSUS 8801 - Classic of Urban Politics
MSUS 8803 - State and Local Government
MSUS 8806 - Minority Group Politics
MSUS 8807 - Historic Preservation
MSUS 8808 - Politics of Poverty
MSUS 8809 - Policy Advocacy and Empowerment
MSUS 8823 - Urban Development Process
MSUS 8824 - Urban Development Finance
MSUS 8851 - Seminar in Urban and Regional Planning
MSUS 8852 - Urban Geography
MSUS 8854 - Housing and Community Development
MSUS 8855 - Population Growth and Residential Development
MSUS 8856 - Transportation and Urban Development
MSUS 8857 - Environmental Issues and Waste Disposal
MSUS 8860 - Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Urban Development
MSUS 8861 - History, Scope and Practice of Public Administration
MSUS 8862 - Organizational Theory
MSUS 8863 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology
MSUS 8865 - Urban Policy and Administration
MSUS 8866 - African-American Administrators in Urban Bureaucracy and Public Policy
MSUS 8867 - Conflict Resolution
MSUS 8874 - Urban Design Seminar

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