Students : Undergrad Ed : General Ed

9. Urban environment (3 credits)

Students attending a public, urban university should have some understanding and appreciation of the urban environment, the challenges and opportunities that face cities today, and the influences of cities on human activities. The three-credit requirement dealing with aspects of modern urban life may be completed within the major, through general education courses, or as an elective. With a few exceptions, the course will be taken at VCU during the last 60 credits (see Approved list K).

Approved list K – Urban environment

(See course descriptions in the Undergraduate Bulletin for any prerequisites.)

ANTH 391 Topics in Anthropology: Urban Anthropology
CRJS 181 Justice System Survey
CRJS 305 Policing Theories and Practice
CRJS 352 Crime and Delinquency Prevention
CRJS 468 Economic Offenses and Organized Crime
CRJS 491 Youth in Corrections/Service Learning (only this topic)
ECON 321/URSP 321 Urban Economics
ENGL/INTL/ANTH 454 Cross-cultural Communication
ENVS 491 Topics in Environmental Studies: Ecology of Urban
             Environments
FREN 301 Advanced Grammar and Writing
FRLG 490 Foreign Language Internship
GEOG 311, 312/ANTH 311, 312 History of Human Settlement
HUMS 291 Special Topics in the Humanities and Sciences:
              Discover Richmond
HUMS 391 Science Education in the Urban Environment
MASC 303 General Assignment Reporting
MASC 403 Advanced Reporting
MASC 404 Specialized/Project Reporting
MASC 439 Public Relations Campaigns
MASC 464 Electronic Media Writing III
POLI 321 Urban Government and Politics
PSYC 491 Fieldwork: Youth in Corrections/
             Service Learning (only this topic)
PSYC 493 Fieldwork: Mentoring Urban Youth
SLWK 422 Social Welfare Legislation and Services
SOCY 302 Contemporary Social Problems
SOCY 321 Class, Status and Power
SOCY 327 Urban Sociology
SOCY 391 Field Research: Youth in Corrections/
              Service Learning (only this topic)
SPAN 402 Language Issues in the Spanish-speaking World
URSP 116 Introduction to the City
URSP 245 Housing and Community Revitalization
URSP 261 Design of the City
URSP 302/GEOG 302 Land Use Capability
URSP 304 Urban Social Systems
URSP 306/GEOG 306 Urban Economic Geography
URSP 315 The Evolution of American Cities
URSP 316 Urban Life in Modern America
URSP 340/GEOG 340/INTL 340 World Cities Outside of North America
URSP 350/INTL 345/EUCU 345 Culture and Urbanism in Great Cities
             of the World