The Department of Urban and Regional Planning offers a program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning.
Urban planning gives practical expression to human values.
Its aim is to sustain and enhance the quality of life in cities and regions, to create the good society. Therefore, in addition to special technical skills, each student is helped to acquire a broad liberal education that leads to an understanding of the natural and social environments, their problems, and their potentialities for enriching human life. Undergraduate planning education leads to diverse professional employment careers or graduate study in urban planning or related professions and is particularly useful as a pre-law program. Continuation in the program requires the student to maintain a 2.5 grade point average. The degree is professionally accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board.