{"id":30635,"date":"2011-08-01T11:56:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T15:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=30635"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:22:31","slug":"minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/met\/programs\/urban-affairs\/minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Urban Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sidebar\">\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>For contact information, please visit the Metropolitan College <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/contact\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This program is no longer accepting new students.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Students may earn a minor in Urban Affairs in conjunction with their major by successfully completing a coordinated set of approved courses. Twenty units must be earned with a minimum grade of C. Two courses may be credited toward both a major and minor specialization. All minor concentrators develop their programs in consultation with and the approval of the program advisor.<\/p>\n<h2>Required Courses<\/h2>\n<p><strong>(total 12 units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET SO 201 Sociological Methods<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET UA 301 Introduction to Urban Affairs<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET UA 509 Public Finance and Urban Infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Elective Courses<\/h2>\n<p><strong>(total 8 units)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose two additional courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET AH 364 Architecture and City Planning in Old Boston<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET AH 394 Urban Environment and Aesthetic Experience<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET EC 367 Economics of the Public Sector<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET HI 373 History of Boston<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET HI 535 Urban History<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET UA 508 Real Estate Development<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET UA 510 Selected Topics in Urban Affairs<\/li>\n<li data-gc-list-depth=\"1\" data-gc-list-style=\"bullet\">MET UA 515 History, Theory, and Planning Practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact For contact information, please visit the Metropolitan College website. This program is no longer accepting new students. Students may earn a minor in Urban Affairs in conjunction with their major by successfully completing a coordinated set of approved courses. Twenty units must be earned with a minimum grade of C. Two courses may be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2696,"featured_media":0,"parent":15247,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30635"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100388,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30635\/revisions\/100388"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}