2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Major in Urban Planning and Development (BUPD)

82 credits

Required Courses

ARCH 100Introduction to Architecture

2

CAP 101Environmental Design, Communications, and Planning 1

4

CAP 102Environmental Design, Communications, and Planning 2

4

CAP 161Design Communications Media 1

2

ECON 201Elementary Microeconomics

3

ECON 485Urban Economics

3

or

GEOG 321Urban Geography

3

LA 100Introduction to Landscape Architecture

2

PLAN 100Introduction to Urban Planning and Development

2

PLAN 202Site Planning and Design Studio

4

PLAN 203Regional Analysis and Design Studio

4

PLAN 220History and Theory of Planning 1

3

PLAN 221History and Theory of Planning 2

3

PLAN 240Planning and Private Development

3

PLAN 261Communication and Presentation Techniques

3

PLAN 302Urban and Neighborhood Analysis Studio

4

PLAN 303Economic Development Studio

4

PLAN 320Quantitative Methods for Urban Planning

4

PLAN 369Planning Internship

0

PLAN 401Field Studio

4

PLAN 421Urban Land-use Planning

3

PLAN 452Urban Planning Law

3

POLS 237State and Local Politics

3

POLS 454Politics and Administration of Local Government Budgets

3

or

ECON 345The Economics of Government Budgets

3

3 credits from

ECON 311Environmental Economics

3

NREM 203Decision Making in Natural Resource Management

3

NREM 371Outdoor Recreation and Society

3

POLS 238Urban Government in the United States

3

POLS 370Public Opinion and Political Behavior

3

POLS 372Political Campaigns

3

PSYS 316Social Psychology

3

SOC 242Social Problems

3

SOC 260Social Interaction

3

9 credits from PLAN electives