Urban, Rural, and Community Planning Minor

Requirements

At least 18 credits in minor courses, including:

Requirement DescriptionCredits
CORE COURSE3
GEOG 1790Intro Urban&Rural Planning3
or CDAE 1790 Intro Urban&Rural Planning
METHODS COURSES6-8
At least 2 courses from the following (at least one must be at the 2000-level or above). Students should take a variety of methods courses across qualitative, quantitative, GIS/remote sensing, and design.
Geographic Information Systems (only one may count):
Anthro Applications of GIS
Geog Info:Cncpts & Applic
Intro to Geog Info Systems
Qualitative Research Methods/Ethnography:
Museum Anthropology
Qualitative Research Methods
Social Research Methods:
Social Research Methods
Social Research Methods
Remote Sensing:
Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing
Applied Research Methods:
Applied Research Methods
Community Design:
Community Design Studio
Additional courses in Statistics, Geomatics, Advanced GIS, Remote Sensing, and Data Science allowed with permission
EXPERIENTIAL COURSE3
At least 1 course from the following:
Communities of Practice (Sustainable Urban Planning):
Topics in Cmties of Practice
Planning-related Internship:
Internship
Internship
Landscape Design:
Landscape Design Studio
Urban Landscape Design Studio
Travel Course:
Community Develpmt:St Lucia II
CR: Sustainability Theory&Prac
Semester in the City, Study Abroad, Independent Study, and Undergraduate Research with permission:
ADVANCED CONTENT & CONTEXT COURSES6
At least 2 courses, from 2 different subject codes from the following:
College of Arts and Sciences:
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences:
College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences:
Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources:

Pre/Co-requisites

Introductory and intermediate courses for various subject areas may be necessary to reach some of the courses that can be applied to the minor.

Reminders

In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), only one course may overlap between a major and a minor or between two minors.

Courses for the minor and/or its pre/co-requisites that are cross-listed in the catalog or schedule of courses under another course subject code may be taken under that other subject code and still count for these requirements.

With the approval of the chair/director, courses that applied to the minor in previous years but have since been deactivated may be applied to this year’s minor requirements if they are reactivated.

For a Bachelor of Arts degree, no more than 45 credits in courses with the same departmental subject code may be used toward completion of the 120 credits required for graduation. For a Bachelor of Science degree, the maximum is 50 credits.

At least half of the credits used to complete minor requirements must be taken at the University of Vermont.