Undergraduate Minor Program
Minor in Children and Families in Urban America
Twenty-two units of course work are required for the completion of the minor; a total of 16 of these units must be upper division course work.
Required courses | Units |
SOWK 304 | Children and Families in Urban America (gateway course) | 4 |
SOWK 305L | Children and Families in Urban America Integrative Seminar | 2 |
SOWK 400 | Children and Families in Urban America Capstone Course | 4 |
Students choose three elective (4-unit) courses, one from each of the following three content areas. Of the three electives, only two may be taken from the same school or department.
Families and Children
OT 330 | Perspectives on the Daily Life of Families | 4 |
PSYC 336L | Developmental Psychology | 4 |
PSYC 437 | Adolescent Development | 4 |
SOCI 305 | Sociology of Childhood | 4 |
SOCI 369 | The Family in a Changing Society | 4 |
Communities and Culture
ANTH 370 | Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 4 |
COMM 324 | Intercultural Communication | 4 |
EDCO 102x | Human Diversity: People, Power and Politics | 4 |
PPD 245 | The Urban Context for Policy and Planning | 4 |
PPD 439 | Housing and Community Development | 4 |
PPD 478 | Social Innovations | 4 |
SOWK 200x | Institutional Inequality in American Political and Social Policy | 4 |
Professions and Partnerships
COMM 320 | Small Group and Team Communication | 4 |
COMM 388 | Ethics in Human Communication | 4 |
EDPA 308 | Politics and American Education | 4 |
PPD 342 | Crime and Public Policy | 4 |
PPD 402 | Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations | 4 |