Sustainable Urban Development Minor

As population worldwide becomes concentrated in cities and metropolitan regions, it has become imperative that urban development occur in a sustainable and resilient manner. The minor in Sustainable Urban Development will provide students with an opportunity to further their understanding of what it will take to make cities sustainable. Students who complete the minor will understand environmental, economic, and social sustainability as they relate to issues and challenges of making places sustainable. To reach the undergraduate program director, contact cuspmajor@pdx.edu.

Requirements

The minor requires a total of 24-27 credits. The GPA for courses used to fulfill the minor requirements must be 2.0 or higher. Courses taken under the undifferentiated grading option (Pass/No Pass) will not be accepted toward fulfilling minor requirements.

Required Courses (15 credits)

USP 313UUrban Environmental Issues

4
USP 324UHealthy Communities

4
USP 325UCommunity and the Built Environment

4
USP 490Green Economics and Sustainable Development

3

Electives (9 credits)

Choose three courses from the approved list (contact your academic advisor or the CUSP undergraduate program director to discuss additional options, including study abroad courses).
BSt 484African American Community Development

4
CE 351Introduction to Transportation Engineering

4
CE 364Water Resources Engineering

4
CE 367Environmental Sustainability

4
CE 371Environmental Engineering

4
ChLa 301UChicano/Latino Communities

4
CR 304UParticipating in Democracy

4
Ec 332UEconomics of Environmental Issues

4
EES 355UUnderstanding Environmental Sustainability I

4
ESM 356UUnderstanding Environmental Sustainability II

4
ESM 428Urban Ecology

4
Geog 340UGlobal Water Issues and Sustainability

4
Geog 345UResource Management

4
Geog 347UEnvironmental Issues and Action

4
Geog 412Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4
Geog 442Sustainable Cities

4
Geog 446Water Resource Management

4
Geog 448The Urban Forest

4
Geog 462Sense of Place

4
Geog 467Community Resilience in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems

4
Hst 337UHistory of American Cities

4
Intl 490Global Sustainable Development

4
NAS 348Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability

4
NAS 349Indigenous Leadership for Sustainable Futures

4
PHE 443UEnvironmental Health

4
Phl 310UEnvironmental Ethics

4
PS 319UPolitics of the Environment

4
PS 389UEnvironmental Political Theory

4
Soc 465Environmental Sociology

4
UNST 421CAP: PORTLAND'S WATER

6
UNST 421CAP: SUSTAINABLE LIVING

6
USP 311UIntroduction to Urban Planning

4
USP 419/Soc 441Population and Society

4
USP 427Commercial District Revitalization

3
USP 434Green Buildings

3
USP 445/Intl 445Cities and Third World Development

3
USP 451Community Economic Development

3
USP 455Land Use: Legal Aspects

3

Total Credit Hours: 24