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 prelaw program. Continuation in the program
requires the student to maintain a 2.25grade point average. The degree
is professionally accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board.
A transfer student must have completed 60or more semester hours (30
or more if transferring within the University) 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 2.75(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
Required General Education Courses
Current University of Illinois General
Education requirements.
The following Social and Behavioral Science General Education Courses
are required by Urban Planning:
| 3 |
ECON 102—Microeconomic Principles |
| 4 |
SOC100—Introduction to Sociology |
| 3 |
PS 101—Intro to US Gov &
Pol |
Urban Planning courses which fulfill the University General Education
requirements are noted in the program listing below.
Foreign Language Requirement 0 - 12 hours: Students entering the University
of Illinois as freshmen in fall 2000 or later need to complete the
foreign language requirement in order to graduate. To satisfy this
requirement, students must complete a third semester level college
foreign language course. This requirement may also be satisfied by
three years of the same foreign language in high school. Students
entering the University of Illinois without three years of the same
foreign language in high school must take a foreign language placement
test to determine the courses in which to enroll.
| Hours |
Required
Urban Planning Courses |
| 3 |
UP 101—Planning of Cities and
Regions |
| 3 |
UP 108—Planning Policy and
Law (transfer students take UP 408 in the senior year) |
| 4 |
UP 116—Analytical Planning
Methods (Quantitative Reasoning I, General Ed) |
| 3 |
UP 203—Cities Regions&Social
Science |
| 3 |
UP 205—Ecology and its Applications
(Natural Science, General Ed) |
| 3 |
UP 260—Social Inequality and
Planning (Social Science, General Ed) |
| 18 |
General Education and General electives3 |
| 60 |
First and second year total |
Third year*
| Hours |
First Semester |
| 4 |
UP 312—Communication for Planners
(Advanced Composition) |
| 3 |
UP 316—Planning Analysis (Quantitative
Reasoning II, General Ed) |
| 3 |
Department elective in Urban Planning1 |
| 3 |
Planning elective2 |
| 3 |
General Education or General elective3 |
| 16 |
Total |
| Hours |
Second Semester |
| 6 |
UP 347—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 |
UP 408—Law and Planning (Transfer
students) or |
| 3 |
General elective (Students who took
UP 108 in the freshmen year) |
| 6 |
Planning electives2 |
| 6 |
General Education or General electives3 |
| 15 |
Total |
| Hours |
Second Semester |
| 6 |
Urban Planning Workshop4
or Independent Study |
| 3 |
Department elective in Urban Planning1 |
| 3 |
General Education or 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 UP 427, 447, 448, and
478. 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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