DEGREE PROGRAMS
SECTION 7
 
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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

Mulatu Wubneh, Chairperson, 139 Rawl Annex

BS IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Students entering the Department of Planning are encouraged to declare their major as soon as possible.  Minimum degree requirement is 126 s.h. of credit as follows:

1.
General education requirements (See Section 6, Undergraduate Studies, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree Programs.). Students intending to major in planning should be cognizant of prerequisites for required courses in the planning curriculum and make such courses a part of their general education course work.
42 s.h.
2.
Core.
PLAN 3021. Introduction to Planning Techniques (3) (F)
PLAN 3022. History and Theory of Planning (3) (WI*) (F,S)
PLAN 3031. Quantitative Analysis in Planning (3) (S) (P: PLAN 3021 or consent of instructor)
PLAN 3032. Planning Legislation and Administration (3) (WI) (F,S)
PLAN 4099. Practicum in Planning (3) (WI) (P: PLAN 4046; PLAN majors only)
15 s.h.
3.
Skills courses.
ENGL 3880. Writing for Business and Industry (3) (WI) (F,S,SS) (P: ENGL 1200) or ITEC 3290. Technical Writing (3) (WI) (F,S,SS) (P: ENGL 1200) 
MATH 2228. Elementary Statistical Methods I (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or equivalent) or MATH 2283. Statistics for Business (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or 1066 or equivalent) or GEOG 3400. Quantitative Techniques in Geography (3) (F) (P: GEOG 2400; MATH 1065; or equivalent)
PLAN 3041. Computer Applications in Planning (3) (F) (P: ITEC 2000, 2001; or equivalent; PLAN 3021; or consent of instructor)
SPCH 2510. Public Speaking (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:FA) or SPCH 2520. Business and Professional Communication (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:FA)
12 s.h.
4.
Area of emphasis (In consultation with the planning adviser, choose one area from the following.).
Coastal Planning and Development:
PLAN 3010. Regional Planning (3) (F,S,SS)
PLAN 3015. Planning for Circulation (3) (S)
*PLAN 3018, 3028, 3038. Planning Internship (1,2,3) (F,S,SS) (P: Completion of a minimum of 80 s.h. course work, including 4 of the 5 required core courses specified above; consent of a planning faculty member and the dept chair based on the student’s submitting a written proposal indicating the applicability of the planning internship to his or her educational and professional objectives)
PLAN 3020. Environmental Planning (3) (F)
PLAN 4015. Emergency Management Planning (3) (F,SS)
PLAN 5025. Coastal Area Planning and Management (3) (S,SS) (P: Consent of instructor)
PLAN 5045. Environmental Resources Planning and Management (3) (S) (P: PLAN 3010 or equivalent or consent of instructor)
PLAN 5065. Land Use Planning (3) (F)
*PLAN 5121, 5131. Problems in Planning (2,3) (F,S,SS) (P: Consent of instructor)
PLAN 5985. Historic Preservation Planning (3)
*May count a maximum of 3 s.h. from PLAN 3018, 3028, 3038, 5121, 5131 toward the degree.
Urban and Regional Planning:
PLAN 3000. Urban Planning (3) (F,S,SS)
PLAN 3010. Regional Planning (3) (F,S,SS)
PLAN 3015. Planning for Circulation (3) (S)
*PLAN 3018, 3028, 3038. Planning Internship (1,2,3) (F,S,SS) (P: Completion of a minimum of 80 s.h. course work, including 4 of the 5 required core courses specified above; consent of a planning faculty member and the dept chair based on the student’s submitting a written proposal indicating the applicability of the planning internship to his or her educational and professional objectives)
PLAN 4025. Housing and Neighborhood Planning (3) (F)
PLAN 4046. Planning and Design Studio (3) (F,S) (P: 3041 or consent of instructor)
PLAN 5035. Community Planning for Health Facilities (3)
PLAN 5045. Environmental Resources Planning and Management (3) (S) (P: PLAN 3010 or equivalent or consent of instructor)
PLAN 5065. Land Use Planning (3) (F)
*PLAN 5121, 5131. Problems in Planning (2,3) (F,S,SS) (P: Consent of instructor)
PLAN 5985. Historic Preservation Planning (3)
*May count a maximum of 3 s.h. from PLAN 3018, 3028, 3038, 5121, 5131 toward the degree.
18 s.h.
5.
Minor or concentration area (In consultation with the planning adviser, choose a minor from another discipline or two concentration areas from below, with a minimum of 9 s.h. chosen from each of the two areas.).
Accounting and Public Finance:
ACCT 2401. Financial Accounting (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or 1066)
ACCT 2521. Managerial Accounting (3) (F,S,SS) (P: DSCI 2223)
ECON 4214. Public Finance (3) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2133, 3144)
POLS 3242. Municipal Policy and Administration (3)
POLS 3253. Government Fiscal Administration (3) (S) (RP: POLS 1010)
Coastal Resources:
BIOL 3660. Introduction to Marine Biology (3) (F,S,SS) (P/C: BIOL 2250, 2251)
BIOL 3661. Introduction to Marine Biology Laboratory (1) (F,S) (C: BIOL 3660)
GEOG 3002. Coastal Geography (3) (WI) (S) (P: GEOG 1200 or 3200 or consent of instructor)
GEOL 1550. Oceanography (4) (S) (GE:SC)
HIST 5520. Maritime History of the Western World Since 1815 (3)
SOCI 3410. Introduction to Maritime Sociology (3) (GE:SO) (P: ANTH 1000 or SOCI 2110)
Community Health:
EHST 2110. Introduction to Environmental Health Science (3) (F,S)
EHST 3600. Air Pollution (3) (F) (P: EHST 2110 or consent of instructor)
EHST 5800. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3) (S) (P: CHEM 1160, 1161)
HLTH 3001. Principles of Community Health Education (2) (S)
HLTH 3030. Health Behavior (3) (WI) (S) (P: PSYC 1000)
HPRO 4300. Survey of the Allied Health Professions (2)
Decision Science:
DSCI 2223. Introduction to Computers (3) (F,S,SS)
DSCI 3023. Management Science I (3) (F,S,SS) (P: Minimum grade of C in MATH 1066, 2283)
DSCI 3063. Management Information Systems I (3) (F,S,SS) (P: DSCI 2223) 
DSCI 3123. Operations Management (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 2283; C: DSCI 3023; MGMT 3202)
DSCI 4103. Decision Support Systems (3) (F,S) (P: DSCI 3063)
Economic Development:
ECON 3144. Intermediate Microeconomics (3) (F,S) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2113)
ECON 3244. Intermediate Macroeconomics (3) (F,S) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2133)
ECON 3353. Economics of Underdeveloped Countries (3) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2133)
ECON 4020. Industrial Organization (3) (WI) (S) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 3144)
ECON 4850. Resource Economics (3) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2133, 3144)
Environmental Resources:
BIOL 1060. Environmental Biology (4) (F,S,SS) (GE:SC)
ECON 4850. Resource Economics (3) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2133, 3144)
GEOG 2300. Geography of Environmental Resources (3) (F)
GEOL 1700. Environmental Geology (4) (F,S) (GE:SC)
PHYS 1050. Physics and the Environment (4) (F,S,SS) (GE:SC)
POLS 3256. Environmental Politics (3) (F)
Historic Preservation and Design:
AMID 2700. Historic Interiors I: 3000 BC Through Mid-Nineteenth Century (3) (WI) (S)
AMID 2750. Historic Interiors II: Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (3) (WI) (F)
AMID 4750. Interior Design for Adaptive Reuse (3) (WI) (S) (P: AMID 3600, 3700)
CMGT 2660, 2661. Construction Techniques I (3,0) (F,S)
HIST 3205. History of American Urban Life (3)
HIST 5920. Techniques of Museum and Historic Site Development (3)
HIST 5985. Historic Preservation Planning (3) (S)
International Development:
ECON 3353. Economics of Underdeveloped Countries (3) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2133)
ECON 4373. International Trade (3) (S) (GE:SO) (P: ECON 2133, 3144)
GEOG 2003. Economic Geography (3) (WI) (F,S) (GE:SO)
POLS 4360. Politics of Developing Areas (3) (GE:SO)
Land Use and Real Estate:
ANTH 4260. Cultural Ecology (3) (GE:SO) (P: ANTH 1000 or 2010 or 2200 or consent of instructor) 
FINA 3554. Principles of Real Estate (3) (F,S) (P: ACCT 2401; ECON 2133)
FINA 4564. Real Estate Appraisal (3) (F) (P: FINA 3554)
POLS 3241. Urban Political Systems (2) (S)
SOCI 3225. Urban Sociology (3) (GE:SO) (P: SOCI 2110)
Personnel Management and Administration:
MGMT 3202. Fundamentals of Management (3) (F,S,SS) (P: ECON 1000 or 2113)
MGMT 4342. Organizational Change and Development (3) (F) (P: MGMT 3202)
MGMT 4402. Human Resource Management (3) (F,S) (P: MGMT 3202)
POLS 3242. Municipal Policy and Administration (3) (RP: POLS 3241)
POLS 3252. Public Administration (3) (F) (GE:SO)
POLS 3254. Governmental Personnel Administration (3) (RP: POLS 3252 or consent of instructor)
Recreation:
GEOG 2019. Geography of Recreation (3) (F) (GE:SO)
RCLS 2000. Introduction to Leisure Services (3) (F,S)
RCLS 2601. Leisure in Society (3) (GE:SO)
RCLS 3300. Outdoor Programming (3) (S) (P: Declared RCLS major or minor; RCLS 2000)
Societal Issues and Policies:
ANTH 2005. Environmental Anthropology (3) (S) (GE:SO)
SOCI 2110. Introduction to Sociology (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:SO)
SOCI 2111. Modern Social Problems (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:SO) (P: SOCI 2110)
SOCI 3225. Urban Sociology (3) (GE:SO) (P: SOCI 2110)
SOCI 3289. Community Organization (3) (S) (GE:SO) (P: SOCI 2110)
SOCI 4345. Racial and Cultural Minorities (3) (F) (GE:SO) (P: ANTH 1000 or SOCI 2110)
SOCI 4347. Social Inequality (3) (S) (GE:SO) (P: SOCI 2110)
24 s.h.
6.
Electives to complete degree requirements for graduation.

NOTE: Excluding general education requirements, no one course may be used to fulfill two or more degree requirements.

PLANNING MINOR

The planning minor offers two options: coastal planning and development, and urban and regional planning minor requires 24 s.h. of credit as follows:

1.
Core.
PLAN 3000. Urban Planning (3) (F,SS)
PLAN 3010. Regional Planning (3) (F,S,SS)
PLAN 3020. Environmental Planning (3) (F)
PLAN 3022. History and Theory of Planning (3) (WI*) (F,S)
PLAN 3032. Planning Legislation and Administration (3) (WI) (F,S)
15 s.h.
2.
Option (Choose one.).
Coastal Planning and Development:
PLAN 3021. Introduction to Planning Techniques (3) (F)
PLAN 4015. Emergency Management Planning (3) (F,S,SS)
PLAN 4025. Housing and Neighborhood Planning (3) (F)
PLAN 5025. Coastal Area Planning and Management (3) (S,SS) (P: Consent of instructor)
PLAN 5035. Community Planning for Health Facilities (3)
PLAN 5045. Environmental Resources Planning and Management (3) (S) (P: PLAN 3010 or equivalent or consent of instructor)
PLAN 5065. Land Use Planning (3) (F)
PLAN 5985. Historic Preservation Planning (3)
Urban and Regional Planning:
PLAN 3015. Planning for Circulation (3) (S)
PLAN 3021. Introduction to Planning Techniques (3) (F)
PLAN 4025. Housing and Neighborhood Planning (3) (F)
PLAN 5025. Coastal Area Planning and Management (3) (S,SS) (P: Consent of instructor)
PLAN 5035. Community Planning for Health Facilities (3)
PLAN 5045. Environmental Resources Planning and Management (3) (S) (P: PLAN 3010 or equivalent or consent of instructor)
PLAN 5065. Land Use Planning (3) (F)
PLAN 5985. Historic Preservation Planning (3)
9 s.h.

BACHELOR’S AND ACCELERATED MBA PROGRAM

Planning majors who are interested in careers in private or public sector management, may complete the BS in urban and regional planning, and if qualified, may complete the master of business administration in one additional year.  (See Section 6, Undergraduate Studies, Bachelor’s and Accelerated MBA Program.)


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