Senior Sequence Urban Studies and Planning
Senior Sequence Urban Studies and Planning 
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Description: UCSD's Urban Studies and Planning (USP) Program is an interdisciplinary social science undergraduate major that provides students with a variety of approaches and tools to understand the development, environment and culture of cities and communities. The USP major enables students to: (1) learn how local, regional and global forces shape cities and their interconnections worldwide; and (2) develop a core set of conceptual and technical skills necessary to design, conduct, evaluate and communicate original research for policy and/or planning purposes.
The capstone requirement for all USP majors is called the Senior Sequence--an integrated (fall-winter) field research methods and service learning requirement. The Sequence is made up of two classes including USP 186: Senior Sequence Research Proposal in the fall quarter, and USP 187: Senior Sequence Research Project (SRP) in the winter quarter. Each student also completes 100 hours of service learning in an internship placement of their own choosing. Over this six-month journey (September to March), each student learns how to: (1) critically review/evaluate research literature, (2) formulate significant, theoretically-informed research questions of their own, (3) write a research proposal with an original topic and investigative strategy, (4) conduct research individually and as part of student-mentor research teams, (5) analyze, interpret, and share findings in the form of a scholarly thesis, and (6) effectively communicate research results by distilling their thesis projects into large format poster presentations and on-line multimedia vignettes that go on public display during USP’s annual Urban Expo in mid-March. This year the Expo will take place March 10, 2011 ((10:30am-3:30pm) in UCSD's Price Center Ballroom. Students gain an intellectual identity and stride in this process while helping build strong university-community ties.
This SciVee Community is designed for students in the Senior Sequence. They will use this space to upload short videos that describe their senior research projects in a nutshell. http://usp.ucsd.edu/
This is a group in Regional Workbench Consortium.
The capstone requirement for all USP majors is called the Senior Sequence--an integrated (fall-winter) field research methods and service learning requirement. The Sequence is made up of two classes including USP 186: Senior Sequence Research Proposal in the fall quarter, and USP 187: Senior Sequence Research Project (SRP) in the winter quarter. Each student also completes 100 hours of service learning in an internship placement of their own choosing. Over this six-month journey (September to March), each student learns how to: (1) critically review/evaluate research literature, (2) formulate significant, theoretically-informed research questions of their own, (3) write a research proposal with an original topic and investigative strategy, (4) conduct research individually and as part of student-mentor research teams, (5) analyze, interpret, and share findings in the form of a scholarly thesis, and (6) effectively communicate research results by distilling their thesis projects into large format poster presentations and on-line multimedia vignettes that go on public display during USP’s annual Urban Expo in mid-March. This year the Expo will take place March 10, 2011 ((10:30am-3:30pm) in UCSD's Price Center Ballroom. Students gain an intellectual identity and stride in this process while helping build strong university-community ties.
This SciVee Community is designed for students in the Senior Sequence. They will use this space to upload short videos that describe their senior research projects in a nutshell. http://usp.ucsd.edu/
This is a group in Regional Workbench Consortium.
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Background: The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in school-aged children is potentially linked to contextual influences such as the food environment around schools. The proximity of fast-food and convenience stores to schools may enhance access to unhealthy foods and have a...
Your research proposal should present a well defined topic and research strategy for your SRP. A good proposal has a clearly defined question, argument, or problem. It convinces the reader that the proposed study is interesting, significant, and possible to complete within the timeframe...
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My Senior Research topic is on the feasibility of offshore wind farms in San Diego. This video describes my findings.
