The minor in Environmental Design and Urbanism in Developing Countries serves students majoring in humanities, social sciences, and a variety of professional fields. The minor is intended to expose students to basic problems, cultural contexts, policy alternatives, and design solutions in the Third World. Students must take five courses in this minor to satisfy the requirements, with a minimum of 16 units. The minor is open to all majors at UC Berkeley.

For your minor to be added to your transcript, you must file the CED Minor Completion form with the Office of Undergraduate Advising in 250 Wurster Hall during the semester in which you complete your last class for the minor.

* For paperwork and basic scheduling issues.

Prerequisites

One course from the following:

• ENV DES 1 (3) People and Environmental Design
• ARCH 170A or ARCH 170B (4) An Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism
• ANTHRO 3 (4) Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• ECON 1 (4) Introduction to Economics
• SOCIOL 1 (4) Introduction to Sociology
  
• ENV DES 100 (4) The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies
   

Required Courses

Five additional courses from the following two lists, all completed with a letter grade of C- or better:

List 1: CED Offerings. Three courses required:

• CY PLAN 111* (3) Introduction to Housing: An International Survey or ARCH 111* (3) Housing: An International Survey (co-listed)
• CY PLAN 115* (4) Urbanization in Developing Countries or IAS 115* (4) Global Poverty: Hopes and Challenges in the New Millennium (co-listed)
• ENV DES 100* (4) The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies
• ARCH 179 (1-4) Special Topics in Architectural History (when topic relates to developing countries ONLY)
• ARCH 218 (4) Housing, Urbanization, and Urbanism: Design, Planning, and Policy Issues in Developing Countries (formerly ARCH 219A) (with permission of instructor only)
• Other CY PLAN or ARCH courses offered by visiting faculty on subjects related to developing countries with advisor approval when CY PLAN 111 or CY PLAN 115 are not offered
   
  

* Urban Studies majors may not choose these classes for the minor. Students may take other CY PLAN or ARCH courses offered by visiting faculty on subjects related to developing countries with faculty minor adviser approval when CY PLAN 111 or CY PLAN 115 are not offered. Please contact the staff adviser listed above for more information.

List 2: University Offerings - Specialized Area Studies. Two courses required:

• ANTHRO 141 (4) Comparative Society
• ANTHRO 170-188 (4) Anthropology specialized topics
• DEV STD C100 History of Development and Underdevelopment (also offered as GEOG C112)
• ESPM 155 (4) Sociology of Natural Resources
• GEOG 165 (4) Africa: Ecology and Development
• HISTORY 109C (4) The Middle East From the 18th Century to the Present
  
• HISTORY 111B (4) Modern Southeast Asia
• HISTORY 111C (4) Political and Cultural History of Vietnam
  
• HISTORY 112B (4) Modern South Africa
• HISTORY 113A (4) Traditional Korean History
• HISTORY 113A (4) Modern Korean History
• HISTORY 114A (4) Medieval and Early Modern India to the Coming of the British
• HISTORY 114B (4) Modern South Asia
• HISTORY 116B (4) Two Golden Ages: China During the Tang and Song Dynasties
• HISTORY 116C (4) Modern China
• HISTORY 140B (4) Modern Mexico
• HISTORY 141B (4) Social History of Modern Latin America
• HISTORY 143 (4) Brazil
• POL SCI 139B (4) Development Politics
  
• POL SCI 141C (4) Politics and Government in Eastern Europe
• POL SCI 142B (4) Middle East Politics
• POL SCI 143A-B (4) Northeast Asian Politics
• POL SCI 144B (4) Politics of Divided Korea
• POL SCI 145B (4) South Asian Politics
• POL SCI 146B (4) African Politics
• POL SCI 148A (4) Latin American Politics
   

NOTES

All International and Area Studies (IAS) courses including those in Middle Eastern Studies (M E STU), Latin American Studies (LATAMST), Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS), Development Studies (DEV STD), and Political Economy of Industrial Societies (POLECIS) may be used as substitutes provided prior approval of the faculty minor adviser is granted. Please contact the staff adviser listed above for more information.  

Graduate courses in subjects related to those on Lists 1 and 2 may be used as substitutes if approved by the faculty adviser.