Department of Urban and Regional Planning

www.urban.uiuc.edu

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 60 or 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 Workshop⁴or 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.