Urban and Regional Planning General Program (BS)

A. Urban Planning Foundations (20 credits)

• ESS 151 - Earth System Science (4)
• URP 111 - Introduction to Urban Geography and Planning (3)
• URP 140 - Healthy Planet Healthy People: Shaping a Sustainable Healthy Future (3)
• URP 212 - Urban design and Design Tools for Planners (3).
• URP 260 - Statistical Methods in Planning and Sustainability Science (3)

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• One from:

• URP 297 - Special Topics in Planning and Sustainability Science I (1).
• URP 298 - Special Topics in Planning and Sustainability Science II (1).

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• URP 310 - Reading the City: Urban Planning History, Theory, and Law (3).

B. Social Science Foundations (12 credits)

• ECN 201 - Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics) (3)
• POL 120 - American National Government and Politics (3)
• SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology (3)
• URP 116 - Human Geography (3)

C. Communications (6 credits)

• COM 210 - Introduction to Public Speaking (3)
• ENG 345 - Technical Writing (3).

D. Planning Electives (9 credits)

Three from:

• URP 312 - Resource Planning and Management (3).
• URP 364 - Global Perspectives in Planning (3).
• URP 411 - Reimagining Legacy Cities (3).
• URP 476 - Environmental Planning (3).
• URP 485 - Environmental Emergency Management (3).
• URP 486 - Environmental Site Assessment (3).
• URP 491 - Transportation Planning (3)

E. Spatial Methods (14 credits)

• GEO 203 - Introduction to Spatial Analysis (3)
• GEO 304 - Remote Sensing of the Environment (3).
• GEO 452 - Geographic Information Systems I (4).
• GEO 453 - Geographic Information Systems II (4).

F. Urban Planning in Research and Practice (6 credits)

• URP 460 - Research in Planning and Sustainability Science (3).
• URP 497 - Urban Planning Studio (3).

G. Internship (highly recommended)

• URP 498 - Internship (3).

H. Additional Requirements

All requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Bachelor of Science degree, including General Education requirements.
 

Minimum Credits for the Degree: 124 credits