Urban Planning and Design (Direct Admit to EJBSPPP)
This program is designed to accommodate the needs of transfer and
nontraditional students.
Students seeking the urban planning and design major must have at
least 30 credits before applying to the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning
and Public Policy. Successful applicants will have completed the prerequisite
courses with a grade of C or better, and have achieved an overall GPA of at
least 2.5. Please visit the school's website at https://bloustein.rutgers.edu for more information.
Only courses with C or better may be counted
toward the major requirements. Upon
completing the major, all general education requirements, and 120 credits in
good academic standing, the student will receive the bachelor of science (B.S.)
degree from the Bloustein School.
For the most current configuration of courses for this major, please see the school's website at https://bloustein.rutgers.edu.
URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Prerequisites (12-13 credits) 01:220:102 Introduction to Microeconomics (3)
01:355:101 Expository Writing (3) A 200-level or higher basic statistics course (3)
Sociology
Major requirements (51 credits) One of the following: 10:971:201 Introduction to Urban Planning and Design (3)
11:550:231 Social and Cultural Issues in Environmental Design (3) 10:971:202
Designing Healthy Cities (3)
10:971:314 Graphic Communication for Planners (3)
10:971:315 Introduction to GIS (3)
10:971:316
Introduction to Site Planning and Urban Design (3) Prerequisite: 10:971:201 10:971:318
History and Theory of Urban Planning and Design (3)
One
of the following:
10:762:317 Urban Municipal
Management (3)
10:762:360 Principles of Public
Management (3)
10:971:363
Planning Administration and Practice (3)
One of the following:
10:762:307
Community Development (3)
10:762:413
Urban Revitalization (3)
One of the following: 10:971:472 Transportation Planning (3)
10:762:473 Transportation Policy (3)
10:971:395 Methods of Planning Analysis (3) (Open to majors only) 10:971:463
Environmental and Land Use Law (3) 10:971:403 Advanced Graphic Communication (3) Prerequisites: 10:971:201 and 316 10:971:404 Planning and Design Studio I (3) Pre- or corequisite: 10:971:403 10:971:405 Planning and Design Studio II (3) Prerequisite: 10:971:404
Three 3-credit electives from the following and/or the approved program list (see adviser) (9) 10:971:298 Independent Study (3) 10:971:299 Independent Study (3) 10:971:400 Internship (3) Prerequisites: 10:971:395, senior status, and a faculty sponsor 10:971:485 Independent Study (3) Prerequisites: senior status and a faculty sponsor 10:971:486 Independent Study (3) Prerequisites: senior status and a faculty sponsor 10:971:497 Bloustein Honors Research (3) Prerequisites: Senior status and a faculty sponsor 10:971:498 Bloustein Honors Research (3) Prerequisites: senior status and a faculty sponsor
General Education Requirements (24 credits)
Course
| Credits
| Course Number
| Expository Writing or Equivalent | 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite | An Intensive Writing Course
| 3
| 10:971:300 or equivalent | College-Level Math
| 3
| Fulfilled by prerequisite
| Science
| 3
|
| Science
| 3
|
| Arts and Humanities
| 3
|
| Arts and Humanities
| 3
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| History
| 3
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Joint B.A. or B.S./ M.C.R.P. Program Exceptional, well-prepared
students who wish to pursue graduate studies in urban planning are encouraged
to seek advising about the 3-1-1 master of city and regional planning (M.C.R.P.) program.
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