Interdisciplinary Studies: Sustainability, BA/Urban & Regional Planning, MURP

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5-Year Plan

This is a sample academic plan. Students should meet with an academic advisor prior to registration to formulate their own plan.

Year 1

Fall

FW (or FQ) Credits: 3
FG (A/B/C)* Credits: 3
DS Credits: 3
Major Prerequisite Credits: 3
HSL 101 Credits: 3

Credits 15

Spring

FQ (or FW) Credits: 3
FG (A/B/C) Credits: 3
DB & DY Credits: 4
Major Prerequisite Credits: 3
HSL 102 Credits: 3

Credits 16

Total Credits 31

Year 2

Fall

Major Foundation Credits: 3
Major Prerequisite Credits: 3
DA/DH/DL Credits: 3
HSL 201 Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3

Credits 15

Spring

Major Foundation Credits: 3
DA/DH/DL Credits: 3
DS Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3
HSL 202 Credits: 3

Credits 15

Total Credits 61

Year 3

Fall

Major Core 300+ Credits: 3
Major Core 300+ Credits: 3
PLAN 310 - Introduction to Planning Credits: 3 (Elective 300+) *
Elective 300+ Credits: 3
Elective 300+ Credits: 3

Credits 15

Spring

Major Core 300+ Credits: 3
Major Core 300+ Credits: 3
Major Elective (Area 1) Credits: 3
DP Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3

Credits 18

Total Credits 94

Year 4

Fall

SUST 620 - Environmental Planning and Policy Credits: 3 **
OR
PLAN 620 - Environmental Planning and Policy Credits: 3 **
SUST 625 - Climate Change, Energy and Food Security in the Asia/Pacific Region Credits: 3 **
OR
PLAN 625 - Climate Change, Energy and Food Security in the Asia/Pacific Region Credits: 3 **
Major Elective (Area 2) Credits: 3
Elective 300+ Credits: 3
PLAN 600 - Public Policy and Planning Theory Credits: 3 ^

Credits 15

Spring

MURP Elective or Method** Credits: 3
Capstone Credits: 3
Elective 300+ Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3
PLAN 600 - Public Policy and Planning Theory Credits: 3 ^

Credits 18

Total BA w/ Excess Credits 127

Summer

DURP Method or Elective if PLAN B; Thesis credits if PLAN A Credits: 3
MURP Method Credits: 3

Credits 6

Graduate (Year 5)

Fall

Credits 9

Spring

PLAN 650 - Research Design Seminar Credits: 3
DURP Method or Elective if PLAN B; Thesis credits if PLAN A Credits: 3
PLAN 751 - Planning Practicum Credits: 6
OR
PLAN 754 - Urban Design Studio Credits: 6

Credits 12

Total Credits 27

Double Counted & Excess Credits 15

Total MA Credits 42

Notes:
This is a sample plan to finish both BA and MURP in five years. This pathway is primarily for students pursuing the MURP Plan B. However, should a BAM student enroll in the program and decide to pursue a PLAN A (minimum 6 cr of PLAN 700 ) option, this is possible with the pathway as shown above. It is likely to add an extra summer or semester, however, to have a better sequence between PLAN 650 and the thesis.
The BA major prerequisite of statistics will also meet the MURP’s statistics prerequisite.
A student will apply to the Master’s program during their “second-semester junior” semester, and be admitted to the Master’s program via the pathway in their “first-semester senior” semester, when they would be allowed to begin taking double-counted and excess credit courses.
*PLAN 310 is the gateway course for the pathway, which requires a grade of ‘B’ or better. PLAN 310 fulfills an undergraduate upper-division writing intensive elective (W 300+).
Double-counted courses for the BAM are denoted with **.
Courses denoted with ^ are required for the MURP and taken as excess credits during the undergraduate fourth year.