Department of Urban and Regional
Planning
111 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
611 East Lorado Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-3890
The Department of Urban
and Regional Planning offers a program leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Arts in Urban Planning. Urban planning gives practical expression to human values.
Its aim is to sustain and enhance the quality of life in cities and regions,
to create the good society. Therefore, in addition to special technical skills,
each student is helped to acquire a broad liberal education that leads to an
understanding of the natural and social environments, their problems, and their
potentialities for enriching human life. Undergraduate planning education leads
to diverse professional employment careers or graduate study in urban planning
or related professions and is particularly useful as a pre-law program. Continuation
in the program requires the student to maintain a 2.5 grade point average. The
degree is professionally accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board.
A transfer student must have completed 30 or more semester hours of
acceptable undergraduate college work (including introductory courses in microeconomics,
statistics, political sciences, and sociology; a sequence in English composition
is desirable) with an earned grade point average of at least 2.5 (A = 4.0).
Transfer applicants not meeting these requirements will be considered in special
cases.
The department's administrative offices, classrooms, and workshop space
are located in Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. Students may go to Room 111 for information.
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning also offers a program of graduate
studies leading to the Master of Urban Planning degree, dual degree programs
with the Master of Architecture and the Juris Doctor degrees, and the Doctor
of Philosophy degree in Regional Planning.
CURRICULUM IN URBAN
AND REGIONAL PLANNING
For the Degree of Bachelor
of Arts in Urban Planning
A minimum of 120 hours is required for this degree.
First and second years
| HOURS |
REQUIRED GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES |
| 4 |
RHET105 or equivalent (Composition 1) |
| 6 |
Humanities and the arts |
| 3 |
Natural sciences and technology |
|
Social and behavioral sciences (Cultural Studies, General Ed) |
|
3
ECON102- Microeconomics
|
|
4
SOC100-Introduction to Sociology
|
|
3
POLS150-American Government: Organization and Powers
|
| HOURS |
REQUIRED URBAN PLANNING COURSES |
| 3 |
UP101-Planning of Cities and Regions |
| 3 |
UP108-Planning Policy and Law (transfer students take UP308 in the senior year) |
| 4 |
UP116-Analytical Planning Research Methods (Quantitative Reasoning I, General Ed) |
| 3 |
UP203-Cities, Regions, and Social Science |
| 3 |
UP205-Ecological Systems in Planning (Natural Science, General Education) |
| 3 |
UP260-Social Inequality and Social Welfare Planning |
| 18 |
General electives3 |
| 60 |
First and second year total |
Third year*
| HOURS |
FIRST SEMESTER |
| 4 |
UP212-Graphics and Written Communications for Planners (Composition II) |
| 3 |
UP216-Planning Analysis |
| 3 |
Department elective in Urban Planning1 |
| 3 |
Planning elective2 |
| 3 |
General elective3 |
| 16 |
Total |
| HOURS |
SECOND SEMESTER |
| 6 |
UP247-Planning Workshop, I |
| 3 |
Department elective in Urban Planning1 |
| 3 |
Planning Elective2 |
| 2 |
General elective3 |
| 14 |
Total |
*Transfer students must fulfill first and second year requirements.
Fourth year
| HOURS |
FIRST SEMESTER |
| 3 |
UP308-Law and Planning Implementation (Transfer students) |
| 6 |
Planning electives3 |
| 6 |
General electives3 |
| 15 |
Total |
| HOURS |
SECOND SEMESTER |
| 6 |
Urban Planning Workshop4 or Independent Study |
| 3 |
Department elective in Urbana Planning1 |
| 3 |
General elective3 |
| 3 |
Planning elective
2 |
| 15 |
Total |
1.A total of nine
hours of electives must be taken in Department of Urban and Regional Planning
courses.
2.Planning elective courses totaling 15 hours must be chosen from courses
taught in other departments (in addition to introductory courses listed under
the first two years), with approval of departmental adviser. A list is maintained
by the department.
3.General electives as needed to complete the total hours required are
to be selected from the approved college list. Excess department and planning
courses may be applied toward this requirement.
4.Urban planning workshop classes include U P 327, 347, 348, and 378.
TEACHER
EDUCATION MINOR IN URBAN STUDIES*
Students electing the urban studies minor must consult with the head of the
Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
A minimum of 21 hours of
course work in urban and regional planning and urban studies (approved planning
elective courses) is required for the completion of this minor.
*This minor does not lead to endorsements in an additional
teaching field.