The Concentration in Community Studies is designed to give sociology majors a concentration in urban community studies which includes an applied sociology focus emphasizing city and community planning with a required internship. The urban community concentration allows sociology majors to concentrate in one area of sociology that our metropolitan location makes feasible. The concentration provides a more explicit career and vocational emphasis than the general sociology major with its applied emphases, such as planning internships, and community development. With the required Internship and Urban Planning course, students with this concentration should be prepared for entry level positions in Twin Cities neighborhood organizations, various levels of governmental administration and program development/entry level public administration.

Students who concentrate in Community Studies are required to take four courses to complete the concentration in addition to the 7 core courses required for the sociology major. Of the four courses, three are required: SOC 211, SOC 381 and SOC 399. The elective course must be selected from the below list of urban courses taught in the other social science departments at Augsburg or the ACTC colleges.

Seven (7) Core Required Courses in Sociology Major:

• SOC 121 Introduction to Human Society
• SOC 349 Organizational Theory
• SOC 362 Statistical Analysis
• SOC 363 Research Methods
• SOC 375 Social Psychology
• SOC 485 Sociological Theory
• SOC 490 Sociology Capstone

Required Urban Community Courses (3):

• SOC 211 Human Community and the Modern Metropolis
• SOC 381 City and Metro-Urban Planning
• SOC 399 Internship or HECUA's MUST Program [Fall or Spring]

Recommended Electives [choose one (1)]:

• ECO 110 Economics of Urban Issues
• POL 122 Metropolitan Complex
• HIS 225 History of the Twin Cities
• HIS 335 American Urban History
• GEOG 25 [Macalester] Introduction to Cartography & GIS
• GEOG 321 [St. Thomas] Geographic Info. Systems
• SOC 265 Race, Class, and Gender

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