Urban and Regional Planning (B.S.)

Program Requirements

General Education 23 Requirements
33 credit hours33
Urban and Regional Planning Major Requirements (39 credit hours)
PLN 215INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING3
PLN 225PLANNING METHODS3
PLN 315PRINCIPLES OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING3
PLN 325MAPS AND MAPMAKING USING GIS3
PLN 340LAND USE PLANNING AND ZONING3
PLN 401PLANS AND PLAN-MAKING3
PLN 431PLANNING PRACTICUM3
Electives Selected by Advisement (18 credit hours)
Select from the following:18
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
HOUSING AND EQUITABLE URBANISM
PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUITIES
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
URBAN ANALYSIS USING GIS
COMMUNITY PLANNING AGENCIES AND ISSUES
INTERNSHIP (1-15)
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING APPLICATIONS IN GIS
All College Electives
42-48 credit hours42-48
Total Credit Hours120

Students will:

  1. understand the basic themes in the planning field and the multidisciplinary aspects of the profession.
  2. be able to assemble ideas and information from prior planning practice and scholarship and understand its relationship to plan development.
  3. be able to organize planning information into maps, graphs, and other visual representations and analyze that information to seek patterns, relationships, and connections.
  4. be able to prepare and deliver clear and convincing written and oral presentations.