Urban and Regional Planning, B.S. Land Use Planning Track

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Dr. Amal Ali, Program Director
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Advisement for the major is available from the Urban and Regional Planning Program.

Urban and Regional Planning, B.S. Land Use Planning Track Curriculum Guide (Suggested 4-Year Plan of Study)

All courses applied to the major must be completed with grades of C or better.
Except for GEOG 219 , GEOG 319 MATH 155 , MATH 214 , URPL 308 , URPL 326 , URPL 328 , URPL 402 and URPL 416 , the core courses may be taken in any order, and a student may register for more than one in any given semester.
Transfer students must complete a minimum of 15 semester hours with grades of C or better in URPL and GEOG courses at Salisbury University, at least 12 semester hours of which must be at the 300/400 level.

Checklist

This checklist is an unofficial tool for planning. Matriculated students and advisors should consult the Academic Requirements Report in GullNet before and after registering for classes each semester to track academic progress.

University Undergraduate Major Policies

Refer to the program page for this major and the Courses section of this catalog for approved prerequisites and General Education courses.
Program requirements may not equal 120 credit hours. Students must register for additional electives to complete 120 credits required for graduation.
All graduates must have a minimum of 30 credits of 300/400-level courses with C grade or above; at least 15 of those credits must be taken at SU.
Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 for graduation.
Students must complete at least 30 credit hours by direct classroom instruction and/or laboratory experience.
Students must take 30 of the last 37 credit hours at SU.
It is the student’s responsibility to satisfy graduation requirements. Please refer to the program page of this catalog for detailed major requirements.
Students must apply online for graduation by November 15 for May and by May 15 for December.

General Education Requirements

See which courses fulfill specific General Education requirements: General Education Courses

Please Note: There may be courses required for your major or minor that also satisfy a requirement below.

SU Signature Outcomes Requirements (3 Courses)

These courses may also meet additional General Education and/or major requirements.

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following Areas (3 Courses):

GENE CCE - Civic and Community Engagement 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
GENE DI - Diversity and Inclusion 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
GENE ES - Environmental Sustainability 3-4 Hour(s) Credit

Additional General Education Requirements (11 Courses)

These courses may also meet SU Signature Outcomes and/or major requirements.

* To be taken in the first 24 credit hours of courses

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following (3 Courses):

GENE FYS - First Year Seminar 4 Hour(s) Credit
GENE CTW - Communicating Through Writing 3-4 Hour(s) Credit *
GENE QA - Quantitative Analysis 3-4 Hour(s) Credit *

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):

GENE HE - Human Expression 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
GENE HIC - Humanity In Context 3-4 Hour(s) Credit

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):

GENE SC - Social Configurations 3-4 Hour(s) Credit
GENE SI - Social Issues 3-4 Hour(s) Credit

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following - Must Be From Different Content Areas (2 Courses):

GENE HOS - Hands-On Science 4 Hour(s) Credit
GENE STS - Solutions Through Science 3-4 Hour(s) Credit

Complete 1 Course In Each Of The Following (2 Courses):

GENE PW - Personal Wellness 4 Hour(s) Credit
GENE EL - Experiential Learning Min. of 3 Hour(s) Credit

Major Requirements

Core Requirements (12-13 Courses)

CADR 321 - Research Methods 4 Hour(s) Credit
COMM 205 - Interpersonal Communication 4 Hour(s) Credit
ECON 150 - Principles of Economics 3 Hour(s) Credit
OR
ECON 211 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Hour(s) Credit
GEOG 219 - Map Interpretation and Analysis 4 Hour(s) Credit
GEOG 319 - Geographic Information Science 4 Hour(s) Credit
MATH 216 - Statistical Thinking 4 Hour(s) Credit
OR BOTH
MATH 155 - Modern Statistics with Computer Analysis 3 Hour(s) Credit
AND
MATH 214 - Statistics Laboratory 1 Hour(s) Credit
POSC 202 - State and Local Government In the United States 4 Hour(s) Credit
URPL 100 - Creating Sustainable Cities 4 Hour(s) Credit
URPL 308 - City Planning 4 Hour(s) Credit
URPL 326 - Planning Law 3 Hour(s) Credit
URPL 402 - Environmental Planning 3 Hour(s) Credit
URPL 408 - Seminar in Urban Theory 3 Hour(s) Credit

Land Use Planning Track Requirements (5 Courses):

Complete the Following (4 Courses):

CADR 300 - Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution 4 Hour(s) Credit
POSC 440 - Public Administration 4 Hour(s) Credit
URPL 328 - Applied Planning 3 Hour(s) Credit
URPL 416 - Smart Growth 3 Hour(s) Credit

Complete at Least 1 from the Following:

ENVR 320 - Environmental Justice 4 Hour(s) Credit
POSC 360 - Environmental Policy 4 Hour(s) Credit
SOCI 390 - Sociology of the Environment 4 Hour(s) Credit

Recommended Minor Areas:

Recommend completing one of the following minors: Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Geographic Information Science, Political Science, or Sociology