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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY


PROPOSAL

MINOR IN
TRANSPORTATION

STUDIES

AT UNION COLLEGE

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The field of transportation is concerned with the movement of people and goods. This six course interdisciplinary minor provides planning, political, social, and economic insight into the development of transportation systems (highways, railroads, etc.) and their interactions with society and the environment. The Transportation Studies Minor has no prerequisites beyond one GenEd math course.
dotblue.gif (904 bytes) The following TWO courses are required:
CE-36 Engineering’s Impact on Society: An American Experience
CE-160 Transportation Engineering *
dotblue.gif (904 bytes) Choose ONE design course from the list below:
CE-161 Highway Engineering and Route Surveying
CE-162 Traffic Engineering
dotblue.gif (904 bytes) Choose TWO courses from one of the areas described below
         plus ONE additional course from either of the remaining areas
Economics Area
ECON-28 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ECON-139 Public Finance
ECON-160 Seminar in Economic Growth and Development
ECON-166 Seminar in Public Policy
Political Science Area
PS-60 Policy Making and American Society
PS-72 The Environment, Energy, and American Politics
PS-84 Political Sociology
PS-142 Urban Political Problems: The United States, Japan, and Europe
Psychology and Sociology Area
PSY-24 Social Psychology
PSY-33 Psychology of Memory and Thinking
PSY-36 Psychology of Learning
SOC-155 Sociology of Community

* Prerequisite for non-engineering students is the Gen Ed math course.


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