COURSEWORK
All students majoring in Urban and Environmental Policy are required to take the following courses in the freshman or sophomore year:
| ECON 101 | Principles of Economics I | 4 units |
| POLS 101 | American Politics and Public Policy | 4 units |
| UEP 101 | Environment and Society | 4 units |
*Or another Economics course approved by the chair.
Upper Division Coursework
Students majoring in UEP are required to take the following upper division courses:
| UEP 301/POLS 301 | Urban Policy and Politics | 4 units |
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| UEP 304 | Research Methods for Urban and Environmental Policy | 4 units |
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| UEP 305 | Urban Data Analysis | 4 units |
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| UEP 310 | Community Organizing and Leadership | 4 units |
| UEP 311 | Community Internship | 4 units |
| UEP 410 | Controversies in Policy and Politics | 4 units |
| UEP 411 | Applied Public Policy Practicum | 4 units |
Additional Electives
Majors are required to complete two additional UEP electives. Students may also choose courses from the list below as approved by the chair. Additionally, one study abroad course will be allowed to count as a UEP elective as approved by the chair.
| ECON 301 | Environmental Economics and Policy | 4 units |
| ECON 324 | The Economics of Immigration | 4 units |
| ECON 328 | Economics of Race and Gender | 4 units |
| PHIL 255 | Environmental Ethics | 4 units |
| POLS 206 | Race and American Politics | 4 units |
| POLS 207 | Los Angeles Politics | 4 units |
| POLS 208 | Movements for Social Justice | 4 units |
| POLS 260 | Community Law Internship | 4 units |
| RELS 242 | Environmental Ethics and Religion | 4 units |
| SOC 250 | Race and Ethnicity in American Society | 4 units |
SECOND-STAGE WRITING REQUIREMENT
Students majoring in UEP will satisfy the second-stage component of Occidental College's writing requirement by successfully completing:
Students should familiarize themselves with the departmental requirement at the time of declaring the major. Contact the department chair for more information.
COMPREHENSIVE REQUIREMENT
During their senior year, UEP majors design and complete a policy-oriented comprehensive project that has an applied focus and includes original research. This project may take several forms. It can be a traditional research paper, a hands-on policy research report, a project in collaboration with other students, or a study conducted for a community-based "client" or "partner" organization. Students should enroll in UEP 410 in the fall semester and UEP 411 in the spring semester to undertake their comprehensive project.
HONORS
Students are required to have an overall grade point average of 3.50. See the Honors Program and contact the department chair for more information and specific requirements.
Recommended Math/Science courses
For their college math/science requirement, we strongly encourage UEP majors to take at least one of the following:
| GEO 150 | Geographic Information Science I | 4 units |
| GEO 245 | Earth's Climate: Past and Future | 4 units |
| GEO 255 | Spatial Analysis with Geographic Information Science | 4 units |
| UEP 201 | Environmental Health and Policy | 4 units |
| UEP 305 | Urban Data Analysis | 4 units |
*UEP 201 and GEO 150 satisfy the lab science requirement.