The department offers a Bachelor of Arts major and a 15 credit minor in urban and regional planning. The Bachelor of Arts major is a fully accredited professional degree that prepares the student for entry-level positions in planning.

Students majoring in planning may enter the program any time up to their third year of undergraduate studies. We also welcome transfers to enter as juniors. The Planning minor should be utilized by students majoring in other programs who perceive planning as a complement to their education.

In addition to the baccalaureate programs, the department also offers students the opportunity to earn dual degrees with other academic programs. In the past, students have earned concurrent degrees in geosciences, economics, sociology, and political science. Students from other programs may also take courses in the department.

Note: two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college-level foreign language is required.

Required Courses
CSBS 320	STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES	5
PLAN 201	INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING	5
PLAN 400	PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE	2
PLAN 402	PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION	5
PLAN 404	PLANNING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES	5
PLAN 405	PLANNING PRESENT TECHNIQUES	5
PLAN 406	PLANNING LAW AND LEGISLATION	5
PLAN 407	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT	5
PLAN 430	ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING	5
PLAN 440	LAND USE PLANNING	5
PLAN 450	TRANSPORTATION PLANNING	5
PLAN 460	URBAN DESIGN	3
PLAN 464	GIS FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS	4
PLAN 498	SEMINAR	3
Electives		16
PLAN 100	THE CITY
PLAN 376	COMPARATIVE URBANIZATION
PLAN 403	COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLANNING
PLAN 435	PLANNING, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
PLAN 441	SITE PLANNING
PLAN 442	SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
PLAN 445	LAND DEVELOPMENT
PLAN 451	WALKABLE COMMUNITIES
PLAN 470	COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION TECHNIQUES
PLAN 471	RURAL AND SMALL TOWN PLANNING
PLAN 472	HOUSING
PLAN 475	TRIBAL GOVERNANCE
PLAN 495	PLANNING INTERNSHIP
Electives–courses offered with the following topical/non-standard numbers may be used as electives if approved by a planning advisor.
Note: electives in other departments possible upon consultation with and permission of the undergraduate planning advisor.
PLAN 496	EXPERIMENTAL COURSE
PLAN 497	WORKSHOP, SHORT COURSE, CONFERENCE, SEMINAR
PLAN 499	DIRECTED STUDY
SOCI 498	SEMINAR
Required Capstone
PLAN 490	SENIOR CAPSTONE: PLANNING STUDIO	5
Total Credits		83

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

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General Education Requirements (GER)

• Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
  • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
• Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

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Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

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University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List

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Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.

1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

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