Urban Studies and Planning
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The Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Cities are now home to more than half of the people on earth—and this proportion is increasing rapidly. The number of city dwellers is projected to grow to 6.4 billion by 2050, making the planet’s population two-thirds urban. Global urbanization is one of the twenty-first century’s most complex and transformative trends worldwide. Accordingly, the United Nations adopted a New Urban Agenda in 2016 to set global standards for sustainable urban development, addressing how cities, their neighborhoods, and the regions in which they are situated are planned, designed, financed, developed, governed, and managed. Sustainable urban development will require a significant change in the ways in which we plan, build, and live in human settlements. Cities across the world will need to balance population growth, land scarcity, social and economic equity, demographic shifts, and climate-change related adaption. The Department of Urban Studies and Planning recognizes the critical importance of educating the next generation of urban problem solvers and offers two undergraduate degrees: the BA in Urban Studies and Planning and the BS in Real Estate and Development.
The Department of Urban Studies and Planning has a rich history dating back to 1971. It is a diverse community of students, faculty, and staff with a broad range of interests and goals. The department has four undergraduate student clubs and student chapters or affiliations with prominent organizations such as NAIOP, the Urban Land Institute, the American Planning Association, the Association of Environmental Professionals, and the Construction Management Association of America. Urban studies and planning provides students with the opportunity to engage in experiential learning, place-based research, internships, and practicum experiences focused on issues such as community economic development, physical planning, urban design, affordable housing, real estate development, sustainable development, transportation policy, healthy placemaking, and active living. The Department of Urban Studies and Planning provides students with a solid foundation for graduate study or for professional work in a number of fields in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors both domestically and internationally. After graduation, some alumni pursue graduate work in social science disciplines. Others pursue graduate studies in urban planning, real estate development, public policy, law, landscape architecture, or architecture. The Department of Urban Studies and Planning also attracts students interested in medicine and public-health issues who continue to study in these areas at schools of medicine or public health. Many students find employment opportunities through internship placements. More generally, graduates of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning will have the analytic skills to think clearly and act creatively about the problems and prospects of neighborhoods, cities, and metropolitan regions.
The Urban Studies and Planning Major
The urban studies and planning major provides students with a variety of perspectives for understanding the development, growth, and culture of cities and the communities within them. Course work introduces students to the ways different disciplines understand cities and the societies of which they are a part. Upper-division requirements educate students about the parameters within which urban choices are made. The urban studies and planning major is the oldest and most comprehensive undergraduate urban planning degree program in the University of California system.
One of the outstanding features of the urban studies and planning major is the upper-division senior sequence—an integrated research, internship, and writing requirement. During the two-quarter senior sequence, designed to be taken in the fall and winter of the senior year, all USP majors learn how to write a research proposal, carry out the proposed research, and share the results in the form of a scholarly thesis, poster, and video. The posters go on display at USP’s well-attended annual Urban Expo. The senior sequence allows students to self-select a topic of interest and work on specific planning, policy, urban design, and development projects in San Diego and the surrounding region, including sites across the international border in Mexico. Eligible students may choose to enroll in USP 190 in the spring to write an honors thesis. The honors option is an opportunity to do advanced research and writing that builds on work already completed in the senior sequence.
A Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies and Planning will be given to students who satisfactorily complete the general-education requirements of Muir, Revelle, Marshall, Warren, Roosevelt, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth College in addition to the urban studies and planning courses described below. The undergraduate program in urban studies and planning requires six lower-division courses in urban studies and planning, and twelve courses in upper-division urban studies and planning. Students are encouraged to complete the lower-division prerequisites before they enroll in the upper-division courses.
In accordance with campus academic regulations, courses used to satisfy the major cannot be applied toward a minor, although some overlap is allowed for double majors. All lower-division and upper-division requirements must be taken for a letter grade. A 2.0 grade point average is required in the major, and students must earn at least C– in each course used for the major. Transfer students should see the USP student services adviser to determine whether courses taken elsewhere satisfy USP major requirements. No more than one special studies course, USP 198 or USP 199, will be accepted to count toward the major.
Lower-Division Requirements
Students majoring in urban studies and planning must complete the introductory sequence:
USP 1. History of US Urban Communities (4)
USP 2. Urban World System (4) OR USP 6. Introduction to Global Architecture (4)
USP 3. The City and Social Theory (4) OR USP 5. Introduction to the Real Estate and Development Process (4)
USP 4. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4)
USP 30. Planning Practicum (2)
USP 60. The Practice of Planning Research (4)
Upper-Division Requirements
The upper-division requirements in urban studies and planning are
- USP 124, USP 173, and one additional foundation course
- one research methods course to be taken junior year
- one technical elective course to be taken junior year
- two senior sequence courses
- five upper-division elective courses
Foundation Courses
Foundation courses provide the conceptual tools for the major. Students are required to complete USP 124, Land Use Planning, USP 173, History of Urban Planning and Design, and to choose one of the following:
USP 100. Introduction to Urban Planning (4)
USP 103. American City in the Twentieth Century (HIUS 148) (4)
USP 104. Ethnic Diversity and the City (ETHN 105) (4)
USP 105. Urban Sociology (SOCI 153) (4)
USP 106. The History of Race and Ethnicity in American Cities (HIUS 129) (4)
USP 107. Urban Politics (POLI 102E) (4)
USP 108. Planning Theories (4)
USP 170. Planning for Sustainable Communities (4)
USP 171. Sustainable Development (4)
USP 171GS. International Sustainable Development (4)
Research Methods Courses
Students are to choose one course of the following:
USP 125. The Design of Social Research (4)
USP 128A. Climate Action Scholars: Community Engagement and Research (6)
USP 141A. Life Course Scholars Research and Core Fundamentals (4)
USP 142B. Urban Challenges: Homelessness in San Diego Fieldwork (6)
USP 160. Research Methods: Analyzing Crime (4)
USP 163. Community-Based Research and Planning (4)
USP 188. Mexican Migration Field Research Practicum (SOCI 188) (4)
USP 193. San Diego Community Research (4)
Technical Elective Courses
Students are to choose one course of the following:
USP 169. Introduction to Green Building (4)
USP 172. Graphics, Visual Communication, and Urban Information (4)
USP 175. Site Analysis (4)
USP 177A. Urban Design Practicum (4)
USP 183GS. International Urban Design Practicum (4)
USP 191A. Intermediate Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Community Planning (prerequisite: USP 4) (4)
Senior Sequence Requirement
In their senior year, all students must complete the senior sequence: USP 186 in the fall, and USP 187 in the winter. These courses must be taken in order. The sequence develops each student’s ability to (1) critically review research literature; (2) formulate interesting research questions of their own; (3) design an original research project and investigative strategy; (4) conduct research; and (5) analyze, interpret, and write up findings. The final requirement of USP 186 is a research proposal. By the end of USP 187, each student must complete a Senior Research Project that includes a scholarly thesis coupled with a poster and video designed to share the research with select audiences.
Because the senior sequence includes an internship, no other internship or field placement will be counted toward the major. Students are required to complete USP 30, USP 60, USP 124, a research methods course, and a technical elective course prior to enrolling in USP 186.
Honors in Urban Studies and Planning
Candidates for honors in urban studies and planning are required to take USP 190, Senior Honors Seminar, in which students write a senior thesis. Prerequisites for enrolling in USP 190, are a minimum 3.5 GPA in the major, senior standing, USP 187, and consent of instructor. Majors who plan to enroll in USP 190 must apply for the course in winter quarter.
USP 190. Senior Honors Seminar (4)
Upper-Division Elective Courses
Students can use any USP course numbered 100–149 and 160–194 toward the USP upper-division elective requirement. Courses numbered 150–159 are reserved for the real estate and development major and therefore do not count toward USP major requirements. Students may also use one special studies course (USP 198 or USP 199) toward their five upper-division USP electives. At least three of the upper-division elective courses must be USP courses. The full list of USP upper-division electives are below:
ANBI 132/ BIEB 176. Conservation and the Human Predicament
COMM 111C. Cities and Politics of Space
COMM 124A. Critical Design Practice/Advanced Studio
ECON 116. Economic Development
ENVR 102. Selected Topics in Environmental Studies (special topics can change quarterly and must be petitioned for credit)
ENVR 110. Environmental Law
ENVR 111. Environmental Law and Federal Indian Policy
ENVR 140. Wilderness and Human Values
ETHN 103. Environmental Racism
ETHN 104. Race, Space, and Segregation
ETHN 118. Contemporary Immigration Issues
ETHN 121. Contemporary Asian-American History
ETHN 123. Asian-American Politics
ETHN 131/ HIUS 159. Social and Economic History of the Southwest II
ETHN 142. Medicine, Race, and the Global Politics of Inequality
ETHN 151. Ethnic Politics in America
ETHN 160. Global Indigenous Studies
ETHN 161. Black Politics and Protest since 1941
ETHN 184. Black Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century
ESYS 103. Environmental Challenges: Science and Solutions
HIEU 129. Paris, Past and Present
HIUS 114. California History
HIUS 117. History of Los Angeles
HIUS 124/ETHN 125. Asian-American History
HIUS 139. African-American History in the Twentieth Century
HIUS 158/ETHN 130. Social and Economic History of the Southwest I
HIUS 180/ ETHN 134. Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society
POLI 100H. Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
POLI 100J. Race in American Political Development
POLI 103A. California Government and Politics
POLI 105A. Latino Politics in the U.S.
POLI 117/SIO 109. Bending the Curve: Solutions to Climate Change
POLI 150A. Politics of Immigration
POLI 162. Environmental Policy
SOCI 125. Sociology of Immigration
SOCI 139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender
SOCI 151. Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
SOCI 159. Special Topics in Social Organizations and Institutions (special topics can change quarterly and must be petitioned for credit)
SOCI 169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture
SOCI 179. Social Change
SOCI 180. Social Movements and Social Protest
USP 100. Introduction to Urban Planning
USP 101/POLI 160AA. Introduction to Policy Analysis
USP 102/ECON 135. Urban Economics
USP 103/HIUS 148. American Cities in the Twentieth Century
USP 104/ETHN 105. Ethnic Diversity and the City
USP 105/SOCI 153C. Urban Sociology
USP 106/ HIUS 129. History of Race and Ethnicity in American Cities
USP 107/POLI 102E. Urban Politics
USP 110/POLI 102J. Advanced Topics in Urban Politics (special topics can change quarterly and must be petitioned for credit)
USP 111/POLI 102J: Advanced Topics in Urban Politics (special topics can change quarterly and must be petitioned for credit)
USP 120. Urban Planning, Infrastructure, and Real Estate
USP 128A/ANTH 128A. Climate Action Scholars: Community Engagement and Research
USP 128B/ANTH 128A. Climate Action Scholars: Capstone Project
USP 131. Culture, Tourism, and the Urban Economy: Case Studies of Craft Breweries
USP 132/ETHN 188. African Americans, Religion, and the City
USP 133/SOCI 152. Social Inequality and Public Policy
USP 135/ETHN 129. Asian and Latina Workers in the Global Economy
USP 136. Community Organizing
USP 137. Housing and Community Development and Practice
USP 138. Urban Economic Development
USP 140. Placemaking
USP 141A. Life Course Scholars Research and Core Fundamentals
USP 141B. Life Course Scholars Capstone Project
USP 142A. Urban Challenges: Homelessness in San Diego Research
USP 142B. Urban Challenges: Homelessness in San Diego Fieldwork
USP 142C. Urban Challenges: Food Systems
USP 143. The US Health Care System
USP 144. Environmental and Preventive Health Issues
USP 145. Aging—Social and Health Policy Issues
USP 147. Case Studies in Health Care Programs/Poor and Underserved Populations
USP 148. Health and the Built Environment
USP 160. Research Methods: Analyzing Crime
USP 161. Environmental Design and Crime Prevention
USP 162. Migration and the City
USP 163. Community-Based Research and Planning
USP 164. Cities in Film
USP 165A. Advanced Special Topics in Housing
USP 165B. Advanced Special Topics in Sustainability
USP 165C. Advanced Special Topics in Transportation
USP 165D. Advanced Special Topics in Urban Design and Land Use
USP 167/HIUS 123. History of New York City
USP 168/HIUS 117. History of Los Angeles
USP 169. Introduction to Green Building
USP 170. Planning for Sustainable Communities
USP 171. Sustainable Development
USP 171GS. International Sustainable Development
USP 172. Graphics, Visual Communication, and Urban Information
USP 173GS. International History of Urban Planning and Design
USP 175. Site Analysis
USP 176. International Planning and Development: US-Mexico Border
USP 177A. Urban Design Practicum
USP 177B. Advanced Urban Design
USP 179. Urban Design, Theory, and Practice
USP 180. Transportation Planning
USP 181. Public Transportation
USP 182. Gentrification
USP 183/SOCI 183. The Geography of American Opportunity
USP 183GS. International Urban Design Practicum
USP 184. Decolonizing Design: Histories and Theories
USP 188/SOCI 188. Field Research in Migrant Communities—Practicum
USP 188B. Research Analysis and Reporting
USP 189. Special Topics in Urban Planning
USP 190. Senior Honors Seminar (four units offered only in spring quarter)
USP 191A. Intermediate Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Community Planning
USP 191B. Advanced Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Community Planning
USP 193. San Diego Community Research
USP 194. Research Seminar in D.C. (four units)
VIS 101A. Designing Urban Ecologies
VIS 103. Architectural Practices
VIS 103B. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea
The Minor Program
The Urban Studies and Planning Minor
The urban studies and planning minor consists of seven courses (twenty-eight units) in urban studies and planning. Students who wish to minor in urban studies and planning may do so by taking one required lower-division course, one required upper-division foundation course, and five upper-division elective courses that serve the USP major. At least three of the upper-division elective courses must be USP courses. All courses must be taken for a letter grade not lower than C–. Courses selected need approval from the USP student services adviser. Students can declare the minor online.
Lower-Division Requirements
Students minoring in urban studies and planning must complete one of the following:
USP 1. History of US Urban Communities (4)
USP 2. Urban World System (4)
USP 3. The City and Social Theory (4)
USP 5. Introduction to the Real Estate and Development Process (4)
USP 6. Introduction to Global Architecture (4)
Upper-Division Requirements
The upper-division requirements in urban studies and planning are:
- one foundation course
- five upper-division electives
Foundation Courses
Foundation courses provide the conceptual tools for the major. Students are to choose one course (four units) from the following:
USP 100. Introduction to Urban Planning (4)
USP 108. Planning Theories (4)
USP 124. Land Use Planning (4)
USP 170. Planning for Sustainable Communities (4)
USP 171. Sustainable Development (4)
USP 171GS. International Sustainable Development (4)
USP 173. History of Urban Planning and Design (4)
Upper-Division Electives
Students are to choose five courses (or twenty units) from the list of approved upper-division electives for the USP major. At least three of the courses must be taken in the USP department.
The Real Estate and Development Major
The real estate and development (RED) major at UC San Diego is one of the most comprehensive undergraduate programs of its kind in the country. It recognizes that the next generation of real estate and development innovators will need to understand the nexus between real estate finance and development, data analysis, urban planning and design, environmental regulations, and new technologies. The major also emphasizes the importance of public-private partnerships and knowledge of the role and function of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors at the neighborhood, city, and regional level. It recognizes the importance of supplementing classroom instruction with professional development opportunities and uses the San Diego-Tijuana city-region as a living laboratory for hands-on, project-based learning.
The curriculum for the bachelor of science in RED is broad and interdisciplinary in response to the diverse ways in which real estate impacts the ways people live, work, and enrich their lives. Required courses include economics, business management, urban planning, real estate finance, real estate law, sustainable development, and urban design. All course work is designed to facilitate qualitative, quantitative, analytical, strategic, design, and problem-solving, solutions-oriented skills. Students pursuing the RED major are encouraged to pair their degree with a minor degree in urban studies and planning or one of the many minor degrees offered at UC San Diego, particularly those offered by the Rady School of Management including the minor in business and the minor in entrepreneurship and innovation.
One of the outstanding features of the real estate and development major is the upper-division capstone studio requirement. During a two-quarter “Capstone Studio Sequence,” designed to be taken in fall and winter of the senior year, all RED majors are guided through a hands-on, actual real estate finance and development project. Through project-based learning, students work in teams culminating with the presentation of their findings at the annual Urban Expo hosted by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
A bachelor of science degree in RED will be given to students who satisfactorily complete the general-education requirements of Muir, Revelle, Marshall, Warren, Roosevelt, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth College in addition to the real estate and sustainable development courses described below. The undergraduate RED major requires eight lower-division courses, ten upper-division courses, and the required two-quarter Capstone Studio Sequence. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the lower-division requirements before they enroll in the upper-division courses.
Lower-Division Requirements
Students majoring in real estate and development must complete
USP 1. History of US Urban Communities (4) OR USP 2. Urban World System (4) OR USP 6. Introduction to Global Architecture (4)
USP 5. Introduction to the Real Estate and Development Process (4)
USP 15. Applied Urban Economics for Planning and Development (4) (to be taken after completion of ECON 1)
USP 25. Real Estate and Development Principles and Analysis (4)
USP 50. Real Estate and Development Colloquium (2)
MATH 10A. Calculus 1 (4) OR MATH 20A. Calculus for Science and Engineering (4) OR MGT 3. Quantitative Methods (4)
ECON 1. Principles of Microeconomics (4)
ECON 4/MGT 4. Financial Accounting (4)
MGT 5 (4) (ECON 4/MGT 4 and MGT 5 may be replaced with MGT 45)
Upper-Division Requirements
The upper-division requirements in real estate and development are
- Five foundation courses (twenty-eight units)
- One technical elective (four units)
- One sustainable development/sustainable planning course (four units)
- Three upper-division electives (twelve units)
- Two real estate finance and development Capstone Studio Sequence courses (eight units)
Foundation Courses
Foundation courses provide the conceptual tools for the major. Students are to complete the following:
USP 124. Land Use Planning (4)
USP 150. Real Estate and Development Law and Regulation (4)
USP 151. Real Estate Planning and Development (4)
USP 152. Real Estate Development Finance and Investment (4) OR USP 152A. Real Estate Development Finance and Investment (4)
USP 153. Real Estate and Development Market Analysis (4)
Technical Elective
Students are to choose one course (four units) from the following:
USP 172. Graphics, Visual Communication, and Urban Information (4)
USP 175. Site Analysis (4)
USP 177A. Urban Design Practicum (4)
USP 183GS. International Urban Design Practicum (4)
USP 191A. Intermediate Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Community Planning (4)
Sustainable Planning/Sustainable Development Elective
Students are to choose one course (four units) from the following:
USP 169. Introduction to Green Building (4)
USP 170. Planning for Sustainable Communities (4)
USP 171. Sustainable Development (4)
USP 171GS. International Sustainable Development (4)
Upper-Division Electives
Students are to choose three courses (or twelve units) from the following:
ECON 116. Economic Development
ECON 125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting
ECON 131. Economics of the Environment
USP 120. Urban Planning, Infrastructure, and Real Estate
USP 137. Housing and Community Development Policy and Practice
USP 138. Urban Economic Development
USP 155. Real Estate Development in Global and Comparative Perspective
USP 158A. Advanced Special Topics in Real Estate and Development
USP 159A. NAIOP Real Estate University Challenge I
USP 165B. Advanced Special Topics in Sustainability
USP 173. History of Urban Planning and Design
USP 177B. Advanced Urban Design
USP 179. Urban Design, Theory, and Practice
USP 180. Transportation Planning
USP 181. Public Transportation
USP 190. Senior Honors Seminar
USP 191B. Advanced Geographic Information Systems for Urban Community Planning
MGT 112. Global Business Strategy
MGT 153. Business Analytics
MGT 157. Real Estate Securitization
MGT 158. Real Estate and the Tech Sector
MGT 162. Negotiation
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership
MGT 166. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
MGT 172. Business Project Management
MGT 181. Enterprise Finance
Real Estate and Development Capstone Studio
In their senior year, all RED majors must complete the Capstone Studio Sequence: USP 185A in fall, and USP 185B in winter. These courses must be taken in order. Working in teams, the real estate and development studio advances each student’s ability to (1) critically approach the real estate finance, development, and design process; (2) gather and manage complex sources of research and knowledge as part of an integrated team approach; (3) prepare a detailed pro forma financial analysis; (4) evaluate all site constraints and opportunities; (5) evaluate all market constraints and opportunities; (6) develop a complete urban design program; (7) develop a plan to market, lease, and/or sell the development; and (8) analyze, interpret, and write up the findings. Each team will prepare a final written report and presentation drawings. The studio will culminate with a public presentation of the students’ work at USP’s annual Urban Expo held every March to showcase undergraduate research.
Students must complete USP 5, USP 15, USP 25, USP 50, USP 124, USP 151, USP 152 or USP 152A, and USP 153 prior to enrolling in USP 185A.
Honors in Real Estate and Development
Candidates for honors in urban studies and planning are required to take USP 190, Senior Honors Seminar (4), in which students write a senior thesis. Prerequisites for enrolling in USP 190 are a minimum 3.5 GPA in the major, senior standing, USP 185B, and consent of instructor. Majors who plan to enroll in USP 190 must apply for the course in winter quarter.
The Minor Program
The real estate and development minor (RED) consists of eight courses (thirty-two units). Students who wish to minor in real estate and development may do so by taking three required lower-division courses, four required upper-division courses, and one upper-division elective. All courses must be taken for a letter grade not lower than a C–. Courses selected need approval from the USP student services adviser. Students can declare the minor online.
Lower-Division Requirements
Students minoring in real estate development must complete the following:
USP 5. Introduction to the Real Estate and Development Process (4)
USP 15. Applied Urban Economics for Planning and Development (4)
USP 25. Real Estate and Development Principles and Analysis (4)
Upper-Division Requirements
The upper-division requirements in real estate and development are:
- four foundation courses
- one upper-division elective
Foundation Courses
Foundation courses provide the conceptual tools for the major. Students are required to complete the following:
USP 124. Land Use Planning (4)
USP 150. Real Estate and Development Law and Regulation (4) OR USP 153. Real Estate and Development Market Analysis (4)
USP 152. Real Estate Development Finance and Investment (4) OR USP 152A. Real Estate Development Finance and Investment (4)
USP 151. Real Estate Planning and Development (4)
Upper-Division Electives
Students are to choose one of the following and it must not duplicate a foundation course requirement:
USP 120. Urban Planning, Infrastructure, and Real Estate
USP 137. Housing and Community Development Policy and Practice
USP 138. Urban Economic Development
USP 150. Real Estate and Development Law and Regulation
USP 153. Real Estate and Development Market Analysis
USP 155. Real Estate Development in Global and Comparative Perspective
USP 158A. Advanced Special Topics in Real Estate and Development
USP 159A. NAIOP Real Estate University Challenge I
USP 161. Environmental Design and Crime Prevention
USP 169. Introduction to Green Building
USP 170. Planning for Sustainable Communities
USP 171. Sustainable Development
USP 171GS. International Sustainable Development
USP 172. Graphics, Visual Communication, and Urban Information
USP 173. History of Urban Planning and Design
USP 175. Site Analysis
USP 177A. Urban Design Practicum
USP 177B. Advanced Urban Design
USP 179. Urban Design, Theory, and Practice
USP 180. Transportation Planning
USP 181. Public Transportation
USP 191A. Intermediate Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Community Planning
USP 191B. Advanced Geographic Information Systems for Urban Community Planning
MGT 112. Global Business Strategy
MGT 153. Business Analytics
MGT 157. Real Estate Securitization
MGT 158. Real Estate and the Tech Sector
MGT 162. Negotiation
MGT 164. Business and Organizational Leadership
MGT 166. Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
MGT 172. Business Project Management
MGT 181. Enterprise Finance
Education Abroad Program
Students are encouraged to participate in the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) or Opportunities Abroad Program (OAP) while still making progress toward completing their major. For more information on EAP, see the section of this catalog on the Education Abroad Program or visit http://studyabroad.ucsd.edu/. Students considering this option are advised to discuss their plans with the USP student services adviser before going abroad.
Global Seminars Program
USP faculty lead the Global Seminar in Sustainable Planning, Development, and Design in the Netherlands. UC San Diego Global Seminars are summer session global experiences led by a UC San Diego professor. Students enroll in a package of two courses for a total of eight UC San Diego quarter units. Class sizes are between 15–28 students, so there are excellent opportunities for one-on-one interaction with some of the best faculty at UC San Diego. All courses are taught in English, except for the courses that are part of an intensive language program.
Study Abroad UC San Diego assists students with advising, application, financial aid, predeparture orientation, and reentry issues. Special study abroad scholarships and grants are available. For more information, consult http://studyabroad.ucsd.edu/students/programs/global-seminars/index.html.
Semester Exchange
The USP department has a strategic partnership with Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany, one of the preeminent schools of planning and design in the world. As part of the partnership, we have the opportunity to send several students (USP and/or RED majors) to study for a semester in Weimar, Germany, during either the Bauhaus fall semester from September–February or the Bauhaus summer semester from April–July. USP has one of the only undergraduate department-to-department study abroad programs in the UC system. The program has complete tuition reciprocity (you will pay your UC San Diego tuition and study at Bauhaus). All courses are approved for UC San Diego credit and all can be applied to the requirements for the USP major and minor. USP seniors may complete their senior sequence requirement at Bauhaus. Some of the courses can also be applied to the RED major. Rising sophomores and juniors are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information, consult https://usp.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/study-abroad/semester_exchange.html.