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Department of Urban and Regional Planning

111 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
611 East Lorado Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-3890
URL: www.urban.uiuc.edu

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 prelaw 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 stu dies 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     RHET 105 or equivalent (Composition I)

6     Humanities and the arts

3     Natural sciences and technology

     Social and behavioral sciences (Cultural Studies, General Ed)

     3      ECON 102-Microeconomics

     4     SOC 100-Introduction to Sociology

     3     POL S 150-American Government: Organization and Powers

hours     REQUIRED Urban Planning COURSES

3     U P 101-Planning of Cities and Regions

3     U P 108-Planning Policy and Law (transfer students take 

U P 308 in the senior year)

4     U P 116-Analytical Planning Research Methods 

      (Qu

antitative Reasoning I, General Ed)

3     U P 203-Cities, Regions and Social Science

3     U P 205-Ecological Systems in Planning 

      (Natural Science, General Ed)

3     UP 260-Social Inequality and Social Welfare Planning 

      (Social Science, General Ed)

18     General electives3



60     First and second year total

Third year*

HOURS     FIRST SEMESTER 

4     U P 212-Graphics and Written Communications for Planners 

      (Advanced Composition)

3     U P 216-Planning Analysis

3     Department elective in Urban Planning1

3     Planning elective2

3       General elective3

16     Total

HOURS     SECOND SEMESTER

6     U P 247-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 S



EMESTER

3     U P 308-Law and Planning Implementation (Transfer students)

6     Planning electives2

6     General electives3

15     Total

HOURS     SECOND SEMESTER

6     Urban Planning Workshop4 or Independent Study

3     Department elective in Urban Planning1

3     General elective3

3     Planning elective2

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.

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