Minor in Urban Planning course outline ( 95.2 KB) - Landscape ...

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTUREREQUEST FOR MINOR INURBAN & REGIONAL PLANNINGNAME:___________________________________________DATE:_____________________________________UIN: ____________________________________________MAJOR:____________________________________EMAIL: _________________________________________ANTICIPATED GRAD DATE:___________________Students must receive signed approval from the Department of Urban & Regional Planning Undergraduate Advisor or the Program Coordinator for the minor. A copy of this form should be kept in the student’s academic file within the students major. The courses listed below constitute the 15 hours required for a minor in urban planning: IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT STUDENTS TAKE URPN 201 & URPN 301 PRIOR TO THE UPPER LEVEL COURSES COURSE TITLE HOURS URPN 201* Urban Form & City Planning 3 URPN 301 Urban & Regional Planning 3 Choose one URPN 360** OR URPN 370 Choose one URPN 340 OR URPN 461 Choose one URPN 460 OR URPN 471 Issues in Environmental Quality Health Systems Planning Housing and Community Urban Issues Sustainable Communities Planning Healthier Communities *To fulfill the URPN 201 requirement, the student’s home college or major department may approve/disapprove the following urban form/geography course: GEOG 306 **To fulfill the URPN360 requirement, the student’s home college or major department may approve/disapprove the following environmental quality course:RENR 375 Eligibility: Students applying for a minor in Urban Planning must have a 2.5 or better overall GPR. Application is made in the student’s home college or major department, with signature approval from the department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. Satisfactory completion of courses: To be awarded the minor in Urban Planning and receive transcript recognition, students must obtain a “C” or better in each course listed above. Transfer courses are not permitted. Effective date: Students declaring a minor in Urban Planning must meet all requirements listed in this document to receive transcript recognition. Upper-­‐level courses: All students pursuing the minor in Urban Planning must have more than 60 credit hours per COMPASS to enroll in URPN 340, URPN 360, URPN 370, URPN 460, URPN 461 and URPN 471. LAUP makes no exceptions to this enrollment prerequisite and regrets that we are not able to force URPL minors into full URSC courses. 3 3 3 15

Advising: Per university guidelines, the student’s home college or major department is responsible for advising students pursuing a minor in urban planning. However, without signature approval from the minor department you cannot apply for or be placed in this minor. Degree audit: Degree evaluation in COMPASS will certify during the graduating semester that students have met the requirements for the minor. The minor will be recognized after graduation on the transcript, but not on the diploma. Once declared, minor requirements become graduation requirements.I request the Urban Planning Minor to be added to my degree requirements for the semester of ____________________. I understand that I must have: 1. Minimum of 2.5 overall GPR at time of request. 2. To make a grade of “C” or better in all minor coursework. 3. Must have more than 60 credit hours per COMPASS to enroll in URPN 340, URPN 360, URPN 370, URPN 460, URPN 461 and URPN 471. Student Signature: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________Office Use Only:Reviewed and approved by the Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban PlanningStudent GPR above 2.5 : _____YES _____NO________________________________________________Academic Advisor, College of Architecture - LAUP__________________________________________Date