Urban Planning Minor

With the successful completion of six undergraduate courses in urban planning, a student from any major at the University of Utah may earn a minor in Urban Planning. This supplementary undergraduate program may be of use to students from a wide variety of disciplines who wish to acquire a base of knowledge about urban planning.

Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.4 or higher to be admitted to the minor. To enter the minor, a student must first seek consultation from the Planning advisor for review and approval of the courses to be used. The student may then request to be coded into the minor. Completion of six courses with a grade of B- or better are required as specified below.

1. Planning Core Courses (12 cr. hrs.)
URBPL 2010 Shaping Urban America (3)

URBPL 3100 Issues in Urban and Environmental Planning (3) CW or URBPL 3101 Honors: People & Place I (3)
BF URBPL 3250 Planning Process & Methods (3)
QI URBPL 4260 Planning Law and Administration (3) CW

2. Electives (6 cr. hrs.) Selected from Planning 5000-level classes

If you would like to speak with an advisor about obtaining a minor in Urban Planning please feel free to contact us by phone or email.

The University of Utah
College of Architecture + Planning
375 South 1530 East Room 235
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Phone (801) 581-8255
plan@arch.utah.edu

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