Urban and Regional Planning Emphasis (BIS)

Courses Required (6 credit hours)

• GEOG 4410  - Land Use Planning Techniques and Practices (3)
• GEOG 4420  - Advanced Planning Techniques (3)

Electives (12 credit hours)

For students completing both a major and a minor, the requirements of the major field will be reduced by fifteen hours. They will be replaced by 12 hours of interdisciplinary courses selected outside the major field from the following.

• BTNY 1403 LS - Environment Appreciation (3-4) (3 credit hours required)
• GEOG 3450  - Cartography (3)
• GEOG 3460  - Advanced Cartography (3)
• GEOG 3210  - Urban Geography (3)
• GEOG 3360  - Economic Geography (3)
• GEO 4150  - Environmental Assessment (3)
• GEO 4210  - Introduction to Computer Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (4)
• MICR 1153 LS - Elementary Public Health (3)
• POLS 3700  - Introduction to Public Administration (3)
• POLS 3750  - Urban Government and Politics (3)
• SOC 3840  - Cities and Urban Life (3)
• SOC 3850 DV - American Minorities in Urban Settings (3)
• SOC 3300  - Environment and Society (3)

Note:

And a basic statistics course taken in a department of the student’s choice.

For students who wish to complete the Planning Emphasis Program in lieu of a minor, GEOG 4410  and GEOG 4420  will be required as well as 12 hours of interdisciplinary courses from the above list outside the major field.