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There are a total of 60 units in the undergraduate degree program, comprised of the following major and support courses.

Major Courses:
CRP 101 Intro to Profession of CRP - 1 unit
  Introduction to what professional planners do in the public and private sectors and how they help manage growth and change. Credit/No Credit grading only. 1 lecture. Required of freshmen in the major; optional course for transfer students and non-majors.
CRP 201 Basic Graphic Skills - 4 units
  Basic techniques used in graphic communication for representation of the real world on two-dimensional planes. Use of scale, drawing conventions, orthographic and isometric projections, perspective drawings. Sketching, delineation and rendering including the use of black and white and color techniques. 4 laboratories.
CRP 202 Introduction to Environmental Design - 4 units
  Exploring elements and principles of environmental design. Understanding the form and character of the designed urban environment. Introduction to problem analysis and problem solving in environmental design. Implications of design decisions and solutions on urban context. Assignments of object, project and system scale in an urban context. 4 laboratories. Prerequisite: CRP 201.
CRP 203 Intermediate Environmental Design - 4 units
  Applications of basic design fundamentals and skills to the design of environments through design exercises applied to planning. Problem analysis and problem solving skills as applied to environmental design issues. 4 laboratories. Prerequisite: CRP 202.
CRP 212 Introduction to Urban Planning - 4 units
  Understanding the issues of contemporary urban growth and change. Development of theories of urban planning and design. Introduction to zoning, planning regulations and codes, and professional practice. Relationship of environmental design disciplines, citizen groups, and individuals to urban planning. 4 lectures.
CRP 213 Population, Housing and Econ Apps - 4 units
  Collection, organization, and presentation of information and data related to population, housing and employment. Analytical applications to estimate population over time, housing demand by type and income and employment by standard classification. Application of urban economic theory related to jobs and housing. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: CRP 212, ECON 201 or consent of instructor.
CRP 214 Land Use and Transportation Studies - 4 units
  How cities and regions work. Relationship between human activities and patterns of land use and circulation. Spatial analysis and location theories. Methods for conducting studies to describe, analyze, and map land uses. Regional-scale transportation analysis, traffic impact studies, and multimodal transportation plans. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: CRP 212.
CRP 215 Planning for and With Multiple Publics - 4 units (UCSP)
  How the social/spatial relationships among racial/ethnic and gender groups are expressed in terms of human settlement patterns, civic involvement and everyday negotiations. Ways in which segregation and marginalization are expressed in western and non-western contexts. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Area D1.
CRP 216 Computer Applications for Planning - 4 units
  Introduction to the use of computer applications for planners. Includes spreadsheets, statistical applications, database, geographic information systems, and graphics. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories.
CRP 314 Planning Theory - 3 units
  Theories of planning. Role of planner in society, purpose of planning, administrative framework in which planning takes place. Alternative approaches to planning, values, ethics in planning. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: CRP 212.
CRP 315 Fiscal and Project Feasibility - 4 units
  Analysis of the revenue streams and costs involved in project development. Impact analysis of costs and revenues on private and public sectors included. Impact analysis of costs and revenues on private and public sectors included. Construction of pro-formas for various project types. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 221.
CRP 336 Foundations of Env/Regional Planning - 4 units
  Theories, institutional frameworks, and technologies used in environmental planning for human settlements. Comparative study of practices at international, national, bioregional and state/local levels. Impact assessment technologies used in impact analysis for plan administration. Application of environmental mitigation to community planning. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: LA 213 or LA 114 or consent of instructor.
CRP 341 Community Design Laboratory - 4 units
  Built environment of the suburb. Urban theories and design methods related to suburban development. Technical aspects of subdivision site planning. 4 laboratories. Prerequisite: CRP 201, CRP 202, CRP 203.
CRP 342 Regional and Environmental Planning - 4 units
  Case studies and applications of theory and methods to regional and environmental systems. Interrelationships between natural, economic, and social and political systems. Application of California Environmental Quality Act and environmental impact assessment methods. Environmental equity and sustainable bioregions. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories. Prerequisite: CRP 336.
CRP 409 Planning Internship - 2 units
  Work experience as a supervised employee in a planning-related agency or private firm. Prior contract specifying the product of internship required between student, agency and faculty. Thirty hours work experience per unit of credit. Total credit limited to 4 units. Credit/No Credit grading. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
CRP 410, 411 Community Planning Lab 5,5
  Application of planning theory to the community, its components, and to the city and its region. Relationships of city spaces and structures. Emphasis on developing basic planning studies and plan-making. Field trips. Individual, team, and interdisciplinary approaches utilizing digital methods for analysis and presentation. 5 laboratories. Prerequisite: CRP 341, CRP 342.
CRP 412 Implementation - 4 units
  Theory and practice of plan implementation. Regulation and nonregulatory approaches to plan implementation, including development regulation, economic development, growth management, habitat conservation planning, capital improvement planning, redevelopment programs, and transportation system management. The California Specific Plan will serve as the course model. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: CRP 410, CRP 411, or consent of instructor.
CRP 420 Land Use Law - 4 units
  Public controls protecting natural environmental systems. Land use and environmental controls. Review of control mechanisms. State and federal legislation. Legal implications of controls, public planning and policy issues. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: senior standing, or consent of instructor.
CRP 430 Public Sector Planning Practice - 3 units
  Relationships of planning agencies to other governmental bodies, public agencies and citizen groups. The public planning agency and the private practitioner. Public and personnel relations. Current topics in public sector planning practice. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: CRP 212.
CRP 436 Collaborative Planning - 4 units
  Focus on processes and skills of citizen participation and consensus building. Application of mediation and negotiation techniques. Use of collaboration in forming visions of the future and reaching agreements among multiple interests. Use of group process skills to establish effective communication and agreements. Organizing and operating public meetings. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: CRP 212 or consent of instructor.
CRP 461, 462 Senior Project - 2,2
  Research and problem analysis in planning. Selection and completion of a project under faculty supervision. Projects typical of problems addressed in planning practice. Project results presented in a formal report. To be completed in two quarters. Minimum 120 hours time. Prerequisite: CRP 341, CRP 342.

Support Courses
BIO 112 Environmental Biology and Conservation (B5)* - 4 units
 

A biologically centered exploration of our planet focusing on natural resource conservation and contemporary environmental issues. Interactions between components of the biosphere and impacts of human society on interrelationships within ecosystems. Trends in natural resource conservation and biodiversity preservation. 4 lectures.

ECON 201 Survey of Economics (D2)* - 4 units
  Basic principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Emphasis on applications to current national and global economic issues. For majors requiring one quarter of economics. Not open to students having previous credit in ECON 222 or equivalent. 4 lectures.
FNR 306 Natural Resources Ecology/Habitat Mgt - 4 units
  Resource ecology and management implications in the major ecosystems of North America. Importance of maintaining the natural dynamics of energy flow and nutrient cycles at the community and ecosystem level for the benefit of man. Humanity's role as a principal factor of change of the resources in natural systems. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: One course in biological sciences.
GEOL 102 Physical Geology (B3)* - 4units
  Processes responsible for the Earth's minerals, rocks, and structure surface features. Volcanism; mountain building; plate tectonics; weathering. Erosion and deposition by streams, glaciers, wind and waves. Geological resources, earth hazards, and interaction of man with global processes. 4 lectures.
LA 213 Site and Terrain Analysis - 4 units
  Research and analysis techniques of primary natural components of a landscape. Contour maps, aerial photographs, soil reports, climate and hydrologic studies, vegetation surveys, visual and sensory assessments, program analysis, suitability/sensitivity analyses, and ethics. Mapping, case study reviews, individual and team field studies, research and project analysis and land use planning. 4 laboratories.
MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra (B1)* - 4 units
  Pre-calculus algebra without trigonometry. Special products and factoring, exponents and radicals. Fractional and polynomial equations. Matrices, determinants, and systems of equations. Polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Graphing, inequalities, absolute value, and complex numbers. MATH 118 is equivalent to MATH 116 and MATH 117. Not open to students with credit in MATH 117 or MATH 120. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on ELM examination, or an appropriate ELM exemption.
POLS 472/471/452 - 4 units
  Theoretical approaches, concepts, and politics associated with urban governments. Urban power structures, the relationship between urban society and politics, and inter-governmental relations. 3 lectures and a research paper. Prerequisite: POLS 112
STAT 221 Intro to Probability & Statistics (B2)* - 5 units
  Data classification, descriptive statistics, elementary probability. Binomial and normal distributions. Random sampling, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing on common parameters. Introduction to regression and correlation, analysis of variance, contingency table analysis. Not open to students with credit in STAT 217 or STAT 218. 5 lectures. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the ELM examination for MATH 116 eligibility, or an ELM exemption, or MATH 104.

* Satisfies General Education course requirement as listed.