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Urban and Regional Analysis and Planning, B.S.
About the Program
Urban and regional analysis and planning provides students with an understanding of how communities are structured, what their needs are, and how they are governed. Planners develop long-term and short-term plans to use land for the growth and revitalization of urban, suburban, and rural communities, while helping local officials make decisions concerning social, economic, and environmental problems.
*Evening study available.
About the Geography and Planning Department
A213 Classroom Building
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-6216
Fax: (716) 878-4009
www.buffalostate.edu/geography/
Contact Faculty and Staff in the Geography and Planning Department
Program Requirements
Intellectual Foundations Requirements 39–66 cr
Total Required Credit Hours in the Major 40–42 cr
A. Required Courses (21 cr)
GEG 307 Conservation and Environmental Management
PLN 390 Quantitative Methods in Geography and Planning
PLN 315 Principles of Urban and Regional Planning
PLN 325 Maps and Mapmaking using GIS
PLN 396 Research Methods
PLN 412 Community Planning Agencies and Issues
PLN 430 Senior Thesis
B. Urban-Regional Planning (21 cr)
Specialized Required Courses (3 cr)
GEG 309 Introduction to Urban Geography
Electives (18 cr)
Selected by advisement:
PLN/GEG 310 Urban Transportation Planning
PLN/GEG 330 Land Resource Analysis and Planning
PLN 340 Fundamentals of Zoning
PLN 341 Housing and Real Estate
PLN 401 Comprehensive Planning Principles
PLN 488 Internship (3 cr maximum)
GEG 305 Principles of Economic Geography
GEG 425 Fundamentals of GIS
GEG 427 Corporate Applications in GIS
GEG 485 Interactive and Web-based Mapping
ECO 412 Urban Economics
ECO 424 Business and Economic Forecasting
PSC 215 Urban Government
C. Environmental Planning (19-21 cr)
Specialized courses to be selected by advisement from outside the major (7 cr)
Students in this concentration must demonstrate college-level competency in general chemistry and general biology. These courses are taken outside the major.
Select one course from the following:
BIO 212 Introduction to Organismal Biology and Diversity (4 cr)
BIO 213 Introduction to Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (4 cr)
Select one course from the following:
CHE 101 General Chemistry I (3 cr)
CHE 102 General Chemistry II (3 cr)
Electives (12-24 cr)
Selected by advisement
PLN 360 Environmental Impact Assessment
PLN 370 Water Resources Planning
PLN 488 Internship (3 cr maximum)
GEG 365 Soil Science and Management
GEG 375 Principles of Hydrology
GEG 386 Applied Climatology
GEG 421 Watershed Analysis
GEG 425 Fundamentals of GIS
GEG 428 Environmental Assessment and Planning Applications in GIS
BIO 315 Ecology
BIO 418 Limnology
GES 452 Hydrogeology
Required Credit Hours (Urban-Regional Analysis and Planning Track) 42 cr
Required Credit Hours (Environmental Planning Track) 40-42 cr
(This total includes 7 credit hours from outside the major)
