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Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning

Curriculum

The Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning degree requires a minimum of 120 hours. Students must complete:

The BAUP core (UP 101, UP 408, UP 203, UP 260, UP 316 and UP 347)
The Senior Workshop
Twelve (12) hours of Urban Planning electives
Fifteen (15) hours of Approved Planning Electives
The University General Education Requirements
The University Language Requirement

Print out and use the worksheet below along with resources on this page to map out your planned BAUP program. Completion of a planning internship is optional. Additional information is available on the University's Programs of Study page.

BAUP Course Planning Worksheet
Name:	Advisor:
120 Semester Hours Required
UP CORE COURSES (22 credit hours)
COURSE	SEM/YEAR	CR. HOURS	UP HOURS	GRADE
UP 101 (3) Planning of Cities & Regions
UP 203 (3) Cities, Regions & Social Science
UP 260 (3) Social Inequality & Planning
UP 316 (3) Planning Analysis
UP 347 (6) Planning Workshop I
UP 408 (4) Planning Policy & Law

SENIOR WORKSHOP (6 credit hours)
COURSE	SEM/YEAR	CR. HOURS	UP HOURS	GRADE
FAA 391 (3) Action Research Seminar (must take twice to get required 6 hours)
UP 397 (6) Special Problems
UP 427 (6) Preservation Planning Workshop
UP 428 (6) International Planning Studio
UP 436 (6) Urban Design Workshop
UP 447 (6) Land Use Planning Workshop
UP 448 (6) Environmental Planning Workshop
UP 478 (6) Community Development Workshop

DEPARTMENTAL PLANNING ELECTIVES (12 credit hours)
COURSE	SEM/YEAR	CR. HOURS	UP HOURS	GRADE
UP
UP
UP
UP
UP

APPROVED PLANNING ELECTIVES (15 credit hours)
COURSE	SEM/YEAR	CR. HOURS	UP HOURS	GRADE






OPEN ELECTIVES (22 credit hours)
COURSE	SEM/YEAR	CR. HOURS	UP HOURS	GRADE









GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
COURSE	SEM/YEAR	CR. HOURS	UP HOURS	GRADE
Composition I (4 credit hours)
ESL 114/115, RHET (both) 103/104, 101/102, 105 or 108
Composition II (3 credit hours)
UP 312 (4) Communication for Planners
Quantitative I (3 credit hours)
UP 116 (4) Analytical Planning Methods
Quantitative II (3 credit hours)
UP 316 (3) Planning Analysis
Humanities (6 credit hours)
Open
Open
Cultural Studies (6 credit hours)
Western
Non-Western
Social Science (10 credit hours)
Economics 102 (3)
Political Science 101 (3)
Sociology 100 (4)
Natural Science (6 credit hours)
UP 205 (3) Ecology & its Applications
Open
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (3 credit hours) (If the requirement of 3 years of high school foreign language is not fulfilled)
COURSE	SEM/YEAR	CR. HOURS	UP HOURS	GRADE
Open


		University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • College of Fine and Applied Arts • Department of Urban & Regional Planning 111 Temple Buell Hall • 611 Taft Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 • (217) 333-3890 • E-mail: urbplan@illinois.edu