Planning (Option)

Ideal for future urban planners, this career-focused option will challenge you to develop and design healthy, sustainable and efficient urban communities. With plenty of hands-on intensive field work, you’ll acquire advanced knowledge about urban planning and position yourself as an excellent candidate for grad school.

An option is a “mini-minor” – a set of courses in one discipline that can be completed in conjunction with any undergraduate degree program, allowing you to focus on an additional subject of interest.

Courses & Eligibility

This option is open to all undergraduate students who successfully complete the following course requirements

• GEOG 1030 (Human Geography in a Global Context)
• GEOG-ERSC 2090 (Introduction to GIS)
• GEOG-CAST 2710 (Cities: An Introduction to Urban Geography)
• GEOG-CAST 3710 (Urban and Regional Planning)
• GEOG 3790 (Exploring the Practice of Urban Planning)

At least two (2) from:

• GEOG 2310 (Geography of Recreation)
• GEOG 3110 (Practice and Profession of Geography)
• ERST 3000 (Environmental Professional Practice)
• GEOG-INDG 3220 (Indigenous People in Urban Selected Issues and Cities)
• GEOG-WMST-CAST 3220 (Gender, Society & Space)
• ERST 3502 (Environmental Communication + Writing)
• GEOG-NURS 3820 (Health Geography)
• GEOG-CAST-SAFS 4444 (Rural Community Sustainability)
• GEOG-POST 4555 (City Economy & Society)
• IESS-ERST-INDG 4730 (Sustainable Indigenous Communities)
• ERST 4810 (Ecological Design)

At least one (1) from:

• GEOG 3530 (Hydrology)
• GEOG-ERSC 3010 (Fundamental GIS Analysis)
• GEOG-ERCS 3020 (Remote Sensing)
• GEOG-ERSC-EGEO 3003 (Field Methods in Environmental Geoscience)
• ERST 3081 (Local Waste Management)
• GEOG-ERST-CAST 3720 (Urban Environments)
• ERST-GEOG 4140 (Climate and Energy Policy)
• ERST 3250 (Introduction to Environmental Law)

Program Coordinator:

Dr. Roger Picton rogerpicton@trentu.ca