Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Science Concentration Electives*

Approved by the Texas A&M Board of Regents December 1, 2006. Pending Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approval Admissions to the BS-URS effective Fall Semester 2007

URBAN & REGIONAL SCIENCE EMPHASIS AREA ELECTIVES
4 Directed Electives	BS-URS Concentration Electives	3 cr. X 4 courses = 12 cr. hours	Junior & Senior standing

There are 6 BS-URS specialty concentration areas: (listed alphabetically)
	Hazard & Emergency Planning
	Housing, Economic & Urban Development
	Health & Human Services
	Land Development
	Landscape & Sustainable Urbanism
	Spatial Analysis & Planning
Recommended courses for each concentration area are listed separately. Work closely with advisor & faculty to select courses.
NOTE: Prerequisites are not listed here. Check with Course Catalogue for details.

*Approved by the Texas A&M Board of Regents December 1, 2006.
Pending Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approval
Admissions to the BS-URS effective Fall Semester 2007

HAZARD & EMERGENCY PLANNING
Course	Title	Credit Hours
URSC 450	Emergency Planning	3
	Choose 3 other courses from the following, selecting ONE course FROM EACH of the three groupings:	-

Group 1: Social Processes & Systems:
ANTH 201	Social & Cultural Anthropology	3
GEOG 306	Iintroduction to Urban Geography	3
POLS 456	Environmental Political Theory	3
SOCI 312	Population & Society	3
SOCI 328	Environmental Sociiology	3

Group 2: Methods & Tools
GEOG 390	Principles of Geographic Information Systems	3
GEOG 475	Advanced Topics in GIS	3
LAND 461	Geographic Information System Application in Resource Management	3
RELM 305	Watershed Analysis & Planning	3

Group 3: Physical Processes & Systems
ATMO 201	Atmospheric Science	3
ATMO 251	Weather Observation & Analysis	3
GEOG 203	Planet Earth System Science	3
GEOG 370	Coastal Processes	3
OCNG 251	Oceanography	3
RLEM 301	Range and Forest Watershed Management	3

HOUSING, ECONOMIC & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Course	Title	Credit Hours
PLAN 356	Housing & Community	3
URSC 454	Neighborhood Revitalization	3
-	Choose 2 courses from the following:	-
ECON 312	Poverty, Inequality & Social Policy	3
ECON 418	Economics of Labor	3
POLS 316	Urban Politics	3
POLS 341	Urban Administration	3
POLS 442	Social Welfare Pollicy	3
SOCI 404	Sociology of the Community	3
SOCI 419	Social Class in Contemporary Society	3

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES PLANNING
Course	Title	Credit Hours
PLAN 370	Introduction to Health Planning	3
-	Choose 3 courses from the following:	-
BESC 314	Pathogens, the Environment & Society	3
COMM 370	Health Communication	3
HLTH 236	Race, Ethnicity & Health	3
PHIL 480	Medical Ethics	3
SOCI 328	Environmental Sociology	3
SOCI 425	Medical Sociology	3
VIBS 432	Public Health Practices	3

LAND DEVELOPMENT
Course	Title	Credit Hours
COSC 353	Construction Project Management	3
-	Choose 3 courses from the following:	-
ARCH 310	Site Planning	3
AGEC 422	Land Economics	3
FINC 309	Survey of Finance Principles	3
PLAN 414	Sustainable Communities	3
PLAN 356	Housing and Community	3

OR

		Credit Hours
		3
		3
		3
		3
		3

LANDSCAPE & SUSTAINABLE URBANISM
Course	Title	Credit Hours
PLAN 414	Sustainable Communities	3
-	Choose 3 courses from the following:	-
ARCH 310	Site Planning	3
ARCH 446	Introductin to Historic Preservation	3
ENDS 250	History of Architecture	3
LAND 310	Landscape Theory	3
LAND 340	History of Landscape Architecture	3
URSC 454	Neighborhood Revitalization	3
URSC 475	Sustainable Urbanism	3

SPACIAL ANALYSIS & PLANNING
Course	Title	Credit Hours
LAND 461	Geographic Information Systems Applications	3
-	Choose 3 courses from the following:	-
CPSC 110	Programming I	3
CPSC 111	Introduction to Computer Science Concepts & Programming	3
CPSC 210	Data Structures	3
FRSC/GEOG 398	Interpretation of Aerial Photographs	3
GEOL 352	GPS in the Geosciences	3
PLAN 626	Advanced GIS (permission of instructor)	3
RENR 444	Remote Sensing in Renewable Natural Resources	3