Undergraduate Admissions

Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning

The undergraduate program in urban planning is a pre-professional degree that provides an academic foundation for developing a career in understanding, analyzing, and planning the urban and small town environment. For those seeking work at the graduate level, it also provides preparation for the Master of City & Metropolitan degree.

The program is designed to respond the particular planning issues that exist in the “new west.” These might be characterized as environmental management, fragile landscape protection, recreation and tourism, public lands planning, rapid population growth, rural towns, regional transportation, and low density sprawl. These issues are very similar to problems in developing third-world cities. These needs are not usually addressed in traditional urban planning programs currently available in other states.

The program is an open major at the undergraduate level. Please check out the following links to find out more about urban planning admissions to the undergraduate program.