Undergraduate Minor

The Department of City and Regional (DCRP)  offers an undergraduate minor in Urban Studies and Planning in addition to first-year seminars. PLAN 246 and PLAN 247 are introductory courses open to all sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Students in any department or curriculum at the University can elect the Minor in Urban Studies and Planning. The Minor is offered through the Department of City and Regional Planning and consists of five courses. Students are required to take two core courses: PLAN 246 and 247. PLAN 246/247 is a sequence of courses that introduces students to the structure and function of cities and ways planners solve urban problems.

In addition to the core curriculum in the Minor, students choose three additional planning courses. Students can select any other planning course with permission of the instructor after completing PLAN 246/247. These courses enable students to develop knowledge in a planning specialization, such as land-use/environmental planning or transportation planning; or, students may use this opportunity to develop a better understanding of cross-cutting planning issues, such as planning ethics or international issues.

PLAN 246 Cities of the Future
PLAN 247 Solving Urban Problems
PLAN 260 Urban Politics and Public Policy (may not be selected by students majoring in public policy)
PLAN 267 Ethical Bases of Public Policy and Decision-making
PLAN 585 Environmental Management and Policy
PLAN 636 Urban Transportation Planning
PLAN 637 Public Transportation
PLAN 641 Ecology and Land Use Planning
PLAN 691 Honors Seminar