Environmental Planning - BS

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

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Program Description

The mission of the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Planning is to prepare future professionals to recognize the reciprocal relationship between the biophysical attributes of a region and the human dimensions of settlement and culture; build expertise in large-scale landscape level analysis and planning, and serve as leaders within a transdisciplinary environment to develop better alternatives for land-use decisions and policy.

The program will produce highly skilled environmental planners for multiple levels of professional practice while actively engaging and benefitting communities with landscape-scale planning projects.

 

Minimum University Requirements
Total Credits	120			Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)	2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better	100			Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)	40
Total USU Credits	30			Upper-division USU Credits	20
USU Credits within the Major	10			Credits in Minor (if required)	12
Credits in Major	see below			Credits in American Institutions	3
General Education Requirements	see link			University Studies Depth Requirements	see link
NOTES: highest Math Requirement for this degree is:  MATH 1100 - Calculus Techniques (QL)  or  STAT 1040 - Introduction to Statistics (QL)  or  STAT 1045 - Introduction to Statistics with Elements of Algebra (QL)  or  STAT 2000 - Statistical Methods (QI)

 

Admissions Requirements for this Program
New freshmen	Admitted to USU in Good Standing			Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU	2.50 GPA

First Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
Quantitative Literacy (QL)	3-5	MATH 1050 - College Algebra (QL)  recommended		ENGL 1010 - Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)	3	Communications Literacy (CL1)
USU 1010 - University Connections	2	Enroll for 2 credits		APEC 1600 - Natural Resources and American Economic Institutions (BAI)	3	Breadth American Institutions (BAI)
Breadth Creative Arts (BCA)	3	LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture (BCA)  recommended		Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS)	3	PSC 2010 - Soils, Waters, and the Environment (BPS)  recommended
LAEP 1040 - Introduction to Environmental Planning and Sustainable Development (BLS)	3	Breadth Life Sciences (BLS)		LAEP 1300 - Digital Drafting, Illustration, and Modeling	3
Elective course	3	See suggested electives		MATH 1100 - Calculus Techniques (QL)	3	Quantitative Literacy (QL)
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Second Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
ENGL 2010 - Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)	3	Communication Literacy (CL2)		Breadth Humanities (BHU)	3	CMST 1020 - Public Speaking (BHU)  recommended
LAEP 2700 - Analysis Design I	5			STAT 1040 Introduction to Statistics (QL)  or STAT 1045 Introduction to Statistics with Elements of Algebra (QL)  or STAT 2000 Statistical Methods (QI)	3  or 5  or 4	Quantitative Literacy (QL) or Quantitative Intensive (QI)
DATA 2100 - Data and Information in Business	3			ENVS 3010 Fundamentals of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy	3
APEC 2010 - Introduction to Microeconomics (BSS)	3	Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)		Elective course	6	See suggested electives
Elective course	3	See suggested electives
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Third Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
LAEP 3300 - GIS for Environmental Planning	4			LAEP 3400 - Advanced Geospatial Analysis and Visualization for Environmental Planning	3-5	Must be taken for 5 credits
LAEP 3700 - City and Regional Planning (CI)	3	Communications Intensive (CI)		LAEP 4910 - Foundations of Business in Design and Planning	3
PHIL 3530 - Environmental Ethics (DHA)  or  ENVS 4020 - Foundations of Environmental Studies (CI/DHA)	3  or 3	Depth Humanities and Creative Arts (DHA)		APEC 2900 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Law	3
Elective course	3	See suggested electives		APEC 5560 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics	3
				LAEP 4700 - Planning Methods	3
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Fourth Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
LAEP 4200 - Bioregional Analysis and Planning	5	Approval from advisor needed		LAEP 4210 - Bioregional Management and Policy	5	Approval from advisor needed
PSC 4810 - Climate and Climate Change (DSC/QI)	3	Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC)/Quantitative Intensive (QI)		SOC 3600 - Finding Community in Today’s Society (DSS)  or  SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Environment and Natural Resources (DSS)  or  SOC 3610 - Rural People and Places (DSS)	3  or 3   or 3	Depth Social Sciences (DSS)
APEC 5700 - Regional and Community Economic Development	3			APEC 5950 - Applied Economics Policy Analysis	3
ENGL 3080 - Introduction to Technical Communication (CI)  or  ASTE 3050 - Technical and Professional Communication Principles (CI)	3  or 3	Communications Intensive (CI)		Elective course	3	See suggested electives
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