Degree Requirements | GenEd Requirements | College Requirements | Major Requirements

The Urban Services Administration major is designed for students aspiring to enter the field of human services and nonprofit management and for those currently employed in positions in these areas. It provides management skills and training directed toward mobilizing community assets and capacity building.


Degree Requirements
  • A minimum of 128 credit hours of academic work in which 36 credit hours must be upper division (300 and 400 level) courses.
  • Achievement of a grade point average of 2.00 or above
  • Completion of foreign language requirement, if necessary to remedy a high school deficiency
  • Completion of ASC 101, Introduction to University Life (incoming freshmen only)
  • Completion of the university, college and major-field requirements.

General Education Requirements

University and Levin College requirements will be met upon completion of the courses (or their transfer equivalents) listed below. Please meet with an advisor for an official determination of credit applicability.

Category

Description

Freshman Orientation

ASC 101: Intro to University Life (freshmen only)

Freshman English: 7 Sem. Hrs.

ENG 101: English I and UST 102: Professional Writing OR ENG 102: English II

Math & Logic: 6 Sem. Hrs.

Choose from University GenEd list

Arts/Humanities: 9 Sem. Hrs., two fields

Choose from University GenEd list. May include Non-Western Culture

Social Science: 9 Sem. Hrs., two fields

UST 200: Introduction to Urban Studies
UST 202: Cleveland: Past, Present & Future
UST 290: Urban Geography (Urban Studies and Environmental Studies majors only)
ANT 102: Study of Culture

Natural Science: 8 Sem. Hrs., to include at least one (1) lab hour

GEO 100/101: Introductory Geology and Lab
ENV 259: Natural History of Cleveland
UST 289: Physical Geography Or other courses from University GenEd list.

Non-Western Culture: One course, minimum 3 Sem. Hrs.

Choose from University GenEd list. May double-count with Arts/Humanities

Western Culture: One course, minimum 3 Sem. Hrs.

UST 240: Democracy & the Bureaucratic City or
PSC 111: American Government

Human Diversity/African-American Experience: Two courses, minimum 6 Sem. Hrs. total

UST 200: Introduction to Urban Studies (also counts as Social Science)
UST 302: Contemporary Urban Issues (major field requirement)

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC): Three courses

Courses taken to fulfill major field/college requirements will also fulfill WAC. Transfer students with 60-89 credits need two WAC courses; transfer students with 90 hours or more need one WAC course

College Requirements

Course No.

Sem. Hrs.

Title

UST 401

4

Computer Applications for Urban Research

UST 404

4

Urban Data Analysis

UST/PSM/USA 490

4-8

Internship (may be waived for prior professional experience)

Major Requirements: B.A. in Urban Services Administration

Course No.

Sem. Hrs.

Title

UST 302

4

Contemporary Urban Issues

USA 380

4

Urban Family Development

USA 433

4

Conflict Management

USA 452

4

Management of Urban Organizations

USA 456

4

Institutional Development of Non-Profits

USA 459

4

Budgeting & Policy Analysis

Choose 3 of the following electives:

USA 410

4

Proposal Writing

UST 415

4

Neighborhood Analysis

USA 453

4

Managing Urban Diversity

USA 455

4

Gender & Leadership

UST 458

4

Urban Policy

SWK 303

4

Human Behavior & Social Environments

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