The 5-year combination program, Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning and the Master of Land and Property Development, allows high-performing undergraduate students to streamline their undergraduate and professional education.
The undergraduate core is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills to deal effectively with the opportunities and challenges inherent in the development, growth and culture of neighborhoods, cities, and regions, is based on theoretical training in the natural, physical, and social sciences. Students acquire skills that enable them to apply these theories to develop communities, cities, and regions which are safe, healthy, and sustainable. While still completing undergraduate credits, students begin graduate coursework in land and property development, where their core knowledge of urban growth and development can be enhanced with real estate, financial and management skills, leading to a fruitful career in real estate and land development.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| LAND 101 | Introduction to Landscape Architectural Practice 1 | 1 |
| POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
| URPN 201 | The Evolving City 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| URPN 202 | Building Better Cities 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ARCH 212 | Social and Behavioral Factors in Design | 3 |
| LAND 240 | History of Landscape Architecture | 3 |
| URPN 220 | Digital Communication I 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| URPN 325 | Introduction to GIS in Urban and Regional Planning 1 | 3 |
| 1,2 | 3 |
| Digital Communication II | |
3 | |
| 1 | 3 |
| Social Problems | |
| Classical Sociological Theory | |
| Social Change | |
| Population and Society | |
| Racial and Ethnic Relations | |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| RWFM 375 | Conservation of Natural Resources 1 | 3 |
| URPN 210 | Urban Analytical Methods I 1 | 3 |
URPN 302
| Planning Law 1,2
or Advanced GIS in Urban and Regional Planning | 3 |
URPN 420
| Principles of Urban Design 1,2
or Urban and Regional Economic Development | 3 |
| URPN 483 | Studio in Urban and Regional Science 1 | 4 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| CARC 481 | Seminar 1 | 1 |
| URPN 310 | Urban Analytical Methods II 1 | 3 |
| URPN 330 | Land Development I 1,4 | 3 |
| URPN 331 | Public and Private Infrastructure Funding 1 | 3 |
| URPN 401 | Policy Implementation 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 1,6 | |
CARC 301
| Field Studies in Design Innovation
or Internship | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
|---|
| LDEV 661 | Development and the Environment 1,4 | 3 |
| URPN 493 | Urban and Regional Studies Capstone Course 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fifth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| LDEV 663 | Introduction to Project Management 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 664 | Market Analysis for Development 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 668 | Land Development Practice 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 669 | Income Property Land Development 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 687 | Development Feasibility and Design 1 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| LDEV 650 | Land and Property Development Analysis 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 651 | Property Development Agreements and Regulation 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 660 | Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Real Estate 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 685 | Directed Studies 1 | 3 |
| LDEV 688 | Development Feasibility and Design II 1 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 150 |
The program includes a total of 156 hours, which up to 6 hours may be applied toward both the Bachelor of Science in Urban & Regional Planning and the Master of Land and Property Development.
