<p>I'm currently a community college student working towards transfer to a university. I want to go to San Francisco State's Urban Studies and Planning program (with Urban Geography as a double major if I can swing it), but it that doesn't happen I'll probably end up a Geography major. Either way I plan to go to graduate school for Urban Planning.</p>
<p>Most of my major is upper division coursework, so after factoring all my GE requirements and recommended but not required coursework for my major I still have to take more credits before I have enough to transfer (undergraduate transfers are not allowed in my circumstances). So, now is the perfect time to start working on a minor. I have several I'm considering at SF State:</p>
<p>Anthropology: The subject in general is fun, especially Archaeology. It's also somewhat useful in Urban Studies. Biological Anthropology is what I took for my life science GE, and I always came out talking about something interesting I'd seen.</p>
<p>Art History: Another very fun subject (I'm taking Asian Art History to fill a GE requirement right now, and I'm loving it), plus something very useful when looking at cities from a point of view of their character (and who tours San Francisco for the gridded street system over it's artistic merits?). You also get to learn about architecture.</p>
<p>California Studies: For a native I know surprisingly little about homeland.</p>
<p>Earth Sciences: Geology is pretty fun and I'd like to learn more, and it's another useful subject.</p>
<p>European Studies: I like Europe, and they have some great cities to study, too.</p>
<p>Pacific Asian Studies: Chinese and Japanese culture are interesting, China is one of the fastest urbanizing countries, and Japan and Hong Kong have a lot of urban planners that I should be taking inspiration from.</p>
<p>Technical Writing: The skill is just plain useful in my field.</p>
<p>I'm currently leaning towards Art History both out of personal interest and the usefulness aesthetic principles have to an urban planner. Does anybody have some input on my decision here?</p>