Bachelor of Arts in Urban Services Administration

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	Budgetary & 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

Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue, UR 335
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

Campus Location
Urban Building, Room 335
1717 Euclid Avenue
Phone: 216.687.2135
urbanweb@csuohio.edu

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