School of Social Work

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
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