Undergraduate programs

Urban and Public Affairs B.A./B.S.

Program Requirements

Internship/field experience (4 credits)

Choose an approved course from any participating academic unit to complete in senior year.

Dean's seminar (4 credits)

The Dean's seminar is to be completed in senior year.
UPA 425CUPA Dean's Seminar

4

Research skills course (4 credits)

Complete a pre-identified and approved research methods, statistics, or data analysis course from any of the participating academic units.
CCJ 340Crime Analysis

4

CCJ 380Criminal Justice Research

4

PHE 450Epidemiology

4

PS 495Topics in Specialized Research Methods for Political Science

4

Stat 243Introduction to Probability and Statistics I

4

USP 430Participatory Research Methods for Community Development

4

USP 440Measuring People and Communities in the Urban Context

4

USP 452GIS for Community Development

4

Elective courses (20 credits)

Choose 5 courses with no more than 3 courses from CCJ, PA, PS, USP, PHE, Ec, Intl, or UPA. All of the 20 required credits must be from upper-division (300- or 400-level) courses.

Required courses (24 credits)

Students must complete 6 courses representing at least 3 of the 7 academic disciplines listed below:

CCJ 200Criminology and Criminal Justice

4

 

CCJ 230Policing in America

4

or

CCJ 240Punishment and Corrections

4

  

CCJ 330UCrime Control Strategies

4

PA 311UIntroduction to Civic Engagement

4

PA 312UFoundations of Community Leadership

4

PA 313UFundamentals of Public Service

4

 

PS 101United States Government

4

or

PS 102United States Politics

4

 

PS 204Comparative Politics

4

or

PS 205International Politics

4

 

PS 431State and Local Politics

4

USP 300UIntroduction to Urban Studies

4

USP 301UIntroduction to Community Development

4

USP 311UIntroduction to Urban Planning

4

PHE 350Health and Health Systems

4

PHE 446UCommunity Health Principles and Practices

4

PHE 250Our Community: Our Health

4

Ec 201Principles of Microeconomics

4

Ec 202Principles of Macroeconomics

4

Ec 332UEconomics of Environmental Issues

4

Intl 201Introduction to International Studies

4

Intl 296The United States and the World

4

Intl 397Theory and Policy in International Development

4

Total Credit Hours: 56

Students will be expected to receive a "C" or better in all required coursework. At least 9 upper-division courses must be taken as part of the 56 credits; further, at least 24 of the required 56 credits must be taken at PSU.