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
NURS 308	Human Development: Health Issues Across the Lifespan
OT 330	Perspectives on the Daily Life of Families
PSYC 336L	Developmental Psychology
PSYC 338	Adolescent Development
SOCI 303	Crises in Human Development
SOCI 305	Sociology of Childhood
SOCI 369	The Family in a Changing Society

Communities and Culture
ANTH 370	Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COMM 324	Intercultural Communication
EDCO 102	Human Diversity: People, Power and Politics
NURS 420	Transcultural Health Care
NURS 421	Understanding Domestic Violence and Community Responses
PLDV 100	Los Angeles, the Enduring Pueblo
PLDV 440	Housing and Community Development
PLDV 452	Planning, Policy-Making and Social Change
SOWK 200x	Institutional Inequality in American Political and Social Policy

Professions and Partnerships
COMM 320	Small Group and Team Communication
COMM 388	Ethics in Human Communication
CTSE 203	Teaching and Learning in School Settings
EDCO 101x	The Experience of Gender: Social Science Research Perspective
EDPA 308	Politics and American Education
NURS 202	Gateway to Health: Social Ecology Perspectives
PPMT 215	Public Organizations and Management
PPMT 340	The American System of Justice
PSYC 295	Urban Psychology