Undergraduate Course Requirements

Core Courses (32 credit hours)

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The following courses are required:

• URBPL 2010 Shaping Urban America (3)
• URBPL 3100 Issues in Urban and Environmental Planning (3)
• URBPL 3250 Planning Process & Methods (3)
• URBPL 3270 Graphic Communication in Urban Planning (3)
• URBPL 4260 Planning Law and Administration (3)
• URBPL 4280 Community Planning Workshop (4) (CW)
• URBPL 4954 Internship in Planning (4)
• URBPL 5010 Research Methods in Planning (3) (QI)

Two of the following are required:

• URBPL 5020 Urban and Regional Planning Analysis (3) Spring
• URBPL 5030 Public Participation and Consensus Building (3) Fall
• URBPL 5040 Physical Plan Analysis (3) Fall
• URBPL 5240 Theory and Ethics in Planning (3) Spring

Distributed Electives in the Major (12 cr. hrs.)

Four courses are required with at least one course in each area:

A. Physical Planning and Design

• URBPL 5400 Urban Design Visualization
• URBPL 5410 Site Plan Analysis and Review
• URBPL 5420 Open Space Design
• URBPL 5500 Preservation Theory and Practice

B. Environmental Planning

• URBPL 5030 Public Participation and Consensus Building
• URBPL 5270 Planning for Metropolitan Regions
• URBPL 5330 Urban Growth Management
• URBPL 5350 Public Lands and Environmental Policy
• URBPL 5360 Environmental Planning Law and Policy
• URBPL 5370 System Dynamics and Environmental Policy
• URBPL 5371 Complexity and Systems Thinking
• URBPL 5390 Community, Economy and Sustainability

C. Land Use, Growth and Transportation

• URBPL 5020 Urban & Regional Planning Analysis
• URBPL 5030 Public Participation and Consensus Building
• URBPL 5220 Land Use Planning
• URBPL 5270 Planning for Metropolitan Regions
• URBPL 5300 Housing and Community Development
• URBPL 5320 Economic, Financial and Fiscal Aspects of Urbanization
• URBPL 5330 Urban Growth Management
• URBPL 5340 Public/Private Interests in Land Development
• URBPL 5390 Community, Economy and Sustainability
• URBPL 5600 Politics of Planning
• URBPL 5710 Transportation Planning
• URBPL 5720 Community Transport