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School of Environmental Planning (BPl)
Andrew Seidel, Professor and Chair
David Connell, Associate Professor
John Curry, Associate Professor
Orland Wilkerson, Assistant Professor
Raymond Chipeniuk, Adjunct Professor
Richard Krehbiel, Adjunct Professor
Eric Rapaport, Adjunct Professor
Kerry Pateman, Senior Lab Instructor
The Bachelor of Planning degree provides a broad education in environmental planning. The focus is on understanding the relationship between people and the environment and on reducing the environmental impact of human activities.
The study of planning examines public processes that improve the quality of decisions affecting the environment. Responsible planning integrates various private and public interests and identifies viable, workable options. Planners play a vital role in decision-making processes concerning the future of human settlements, resource management, environmental protection, human health and well-being, economic development, and many other areas. Ultimately, the work of planners becomes part of, or a catalyst to, public policy.
To achieve its purposes, Environmental Planning offers a comprehensive program of courses, such as environmental assessment, ecological design, economic development, First Nations planning, land use planning, and sustainable communities. Each course provides a creative and challenging learning environment for students to tackle today's most contentious issues such as sustainability, climate change, biodiversity, environmental stewardship, and urban sprawl. Environmental Planning offers unique perspectives on a rapidly evolving field of study and solutions for an increasingly complex world.
Environmental Planning is dedicated to upholding professional standards of practice and is accredited by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC). Accreditation is a system for promoting national standards of education in planning and for recognizing educational institutions for a level of performance, integrity, and quality.
Accreditation benefits students in Environmental Planning in three ways:
- Current students can apply for Student Membership in PIBC;
- Graduates are eligible for Full Membership in PIBC and CIP after only two years of professional planning experience; and
- Employers in the planning field look for students graduating from an accredited planning program, thus significantly improving graduates' job prospects.
Three majors are available to students completing the Bachelor of Planning:
- Northern and Rural Community Planning
- First Nations Planning
- Natural Resources Planning
Planning students complete a set of general program requirements totaling 69 credit hours in addition to completing specialized course requirements for each Major.
Program Requirements for All Majors in Planning
Lower Division General Environmental Planning Requirement
100 Level
One of the following:
ENGL 170-3
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One of the following:
GEOG 204-3
| | Introductory Geographical Information Systems for the Social Sciences
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| | Geographical information Systems |
One of the following:
| ECON 205-3 | | Statistics for the Social and Management Sciences
| | or MATH 240-3 | | Basic Statistics | | or MATH 371-3 | | Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers
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Upper Division General Planning Requirement
300 Level
| ENPL 301-3 | | Sustainable Communities: Structure and Sociology | | ENPL 303-3 | | Spatial Planning with Geographical Information Systems | | ENPL 304-3 | | Mediation, Negotiation and Public Participation | | ENPL 305-3 | | Environmental Impact Assessment | |
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Rural Community Economic Development | | ENPL 318-3 | | Professional Planning Practice | |
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Social Research Methods |
400 Level
In addition, students may undertake ENPL 420-1 Research Methodology, ENPL 430-3 Undergraduate Thesis, ENPL 431-3 Professional Report, ENPL 440 (2-6) Internship as part of their electives.
Major Requirements
Students must choose to specialize in one major. All course requirements in the major must be completed.
Major in Northern and Rural Community Planning
The focus of this major is to promote an understanding of the complexity and diversity of environmental problems, to develop an appreciation of community change processes, and to provide planners with knowledge which will improve the quality of the built environment and reduce the impact of human activities on the natural world. The unique planning requirements of smaller communities and rural regions demand a grounding in both physical and social science methods and an understanding of the relationship between northern communities and surrounding rural resource regions. Environmental planning necessitates strategic thought and action combined with knowledge grounded in professional practice. The northern rural and community planning major combines concepts such as bioregionalism, sustainability, and landscape design within the context of physical land use planning, social planning and community economic development.
Northern and Rural Community Planning is the application of environmental planning principles and practices to the often unique social, economic, and ecological issues confronting northern and circumpolar communities in Canada and elsewhere in the northern hemisphere. Successfully addressing these issues requires an appreciation of how and why communities change, an understanding of relationships between northern communities and surrounding rural resource regions, an understanding of the place and function of northern communities and rural regions in the global environment, and a grounding in both physical and social science methods of research and analysis.
Students enrolled in the Northern and Rural Community Planning Major must successfully complete 120 credit hours. Students must ensure that all prerequisites are fulfilled prior to registering in any courses.
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Program requirement for all majors in planning: |
69 credit hours | |
Major requirement: |
15 credit hours | |
Major elective requirement: |
18 credit hours | |
General elective requirement: |
18 credit hours |
The minimum requirement for a Bachelor of Planning with a Major in Northern and Rural Community Planning is 120 credit hours.
Major Requirements
Lower-Division Requirements for Major in Northern and Rural Community Planning
| BIOL 110-3 | | Introductory Ecology
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Law and Municipal Government
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One of:
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Peoples and Cultures | | ENVS
306-3 | | Human Ecology (regional campus only)
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The Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
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Issues in Internal Organization for Contemporary Indigenous People
| GEOG 100-3
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Human Geography
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Geography of BC
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Economic Geography
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Social Geography
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Introduction to International Studies
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Precalculus
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Contemporary Political Issues
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Canadian Law and Aboriginal Peoples
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Local Services and Public Policy
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Politics of Public Finance
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Introduction to Social Welfare
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Upper-Division Requirements for Major in
Northern and Rural Community Planning
One of:
| ENVS 325-3 | | Global Environmental Change: Science and Policy
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Municipal Government and Politics
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Canadian Politics and Policy
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One of:
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424-3 | | Social Geography of Northern Communities
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Comparative Northern Development | or POLS 434-3
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Three of:
ANTH 316-3
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| The Social Theory and Structure of Contemporary Canadian Society
| ANTH 413-3
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Topics in Environmental Anthropology
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
| ENSC 302-3
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| Energy Development
| ENSC 404-3
| | Waste Management | | ENVS 325-3 | | Global Environmental Change: Science and Policy
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Canadian Law and Aboriginal Peoples
| GEOG 305-3
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Economic Geography of Northern BC
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Aboriginal Geography
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Social Geography of Northern Communities
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Society, Policy and Administration
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Canadian Public Administration
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Municipal Government and Politics
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Canadian Politics and Policy
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Community Development
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Community Politics
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Comparative Northern Development
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Resource Communities in Transition
| SOCW 320-3
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Students must ensure that all prerequisites are fulfilled prior to taking the course.
General electives courses are comprised of a total of 18 credit hours. Students are encouraged to use the general electives to take a minor offered in Geography and Political Science, First Nation Studies, or other fields associated with community development.
Major in First Nations Planning
First Nation communities have significant and growing demands for qualified planners. As many First Nations move to define land claims in Canada, potentially giving First Nations significant responsibilities for land and community planning, and as others work to build upon existing treaties, the availability of skilled planners becomes essential. However, planning by, and with, First Nations requires specific skills and abilities in the planners, whether or not they themselves are First Nation.
For most First Nation communities few distinctions are made between ecological/environmental planning and planning for social and cultural needs. Cultural and social needs are developed from within, and are grounded in, the ecosystem. First Nations planning must necessarily integrate all; First Nations wish to remain grounded in tradition and seek to move into the future through sound community economic development and skilled land management. Most face significant community development needs, including infrastructure development, housing , and health planning. Students need not just a sound grasp of planning principles, but also an understanding of the protocols, history, social structure, and ecology of Canadian First Nations. Further, cross cultural translation skills, community participation techniques, and a solid grounding in ethics are required.
Students enrolled in the First Nations Planning Major must successfully complete 121 credit hours. Major and elective course requirements must also be met.
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Program requirement for all majors in planning: |
69 credit hours | |
Major requirement: |
19 credit hours | |
Major elective requirement: |
18 credit hours | |
General elective requirement: |
15 credit hours |
The minimum requirement for a Bachelor of Planning with a Major in First Nations Planning is 121 credit hours.
Lower-Division Requirements for Major in First Nations Planning
| BIOL 110-3 | | Introductory Ecology | | FNST 100-3 | | The Aboriginal Peoples of Canada | |
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A First Nations Language: Level 1 |
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Peoples and Cultures | | FNST 161-3 | | A First Nations Culture: Level 1 | |
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Methods and Perspectives in First Nations Studies | |
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Introduction to Traditional Environmental Knowledge
| | FNST 215-3 | | Issues in External Relations for Contemporary Indigenous Peoples | | FNST 216-3 | | Issues in Internal Organization for Contemporary Indigenous Peoples | GEOG 100-3
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| HHSC 102-3
| | Introduction to Health Sciences II: Rural and Aboriginal Issues
| MATH 115-3
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| NREM 210-4
| | Integrated Resource Management | | POLS 250-3 | | Law and Municipal Government
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Upper-Division Requirements for Major in First Nations Planning
| ENPL 409-4 |
| Advanced First Nations Community and Environmental Planning | | FNST 304-3 | | First Nations Environmental Philosophy and Knowledge
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Canadian Law and Aboriginal Peoples
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Ethnobotany | |
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Global Environmental Change: Science and Policy | | FNST 303-3 | | First Nations Religion and Philosophy | | FNST 305-3 | | Seminar in First Nations Studies
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First Nations' Approaches to Resource Management | |
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Indigenous Tourism and Recreation | |
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First Nations Governance and Social Policy | |
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Individual and Community Wellness |
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the above lower- and upper-division course requirements, students must select a
minimum of three FNST courses (nine credit hours).
Students
must ensure that all prerequisites are fulfilled prior to registering in any
courses.
General electives courses are 15 credit hours.
Students are encouraged to use the general electives to take a minor offered in
First Nations Studies, or other courses associated to aboriginal and First Nations
issues.
Major in Natural Resources Planning
The major in Natural Resources Planning is designed to provide students with an understanding of the complexities of including the natural and cultural environment in planning decision-making. The major is intended to address both project-level and large-scale environmental planning issues that occur in developments that impact the natural environment.
The objective of this major is to familiarize students with planning and decision-making in a variety of sectors that include provincial land use planning, environmental assessment, watershed planning and integrated resource and environmental management. These areas of planning are characterised by complex and intricate problems that revolve around how to use our natural resources and who should decide. The multidimensional aspects of environmental management include natural and cultural complexity, different desired futures, value differences, assessment and monitoring tools, and integration methods. This major emphasizes an understanding of planning in both the substantive realm (natural and social sciences) and the procedural realm (the process of including people in the decision-making process).
Students enrolled in the Natural Resources Planning Major must successfully complete 120 credit hours. Major and elective course requirements must also be met. Students must ensure that they complete course prerequisites before registering in any course. Students
interested in working with biological and environmental aspects of natural
resource planning should take BIOL 101 and BIOL 102 as elective courses and BIOL
201 as the ecology elective as they are prerequisite courses for many of the other
biological and environmental courses. Furthermore, those students interested in
the environmental sciences should also consider taking first- and second-year Chemistry
courses as part of the general electives. Students interested in integrated
natural resource planning are encouraged to take BIOL 102 and a mix of courses
in areas of Political Science, First Nations (FNST or ENPL),
Environment Sciences (ENSC), Geography and Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
Management, and International Studies and Economics.
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Program requirement for all majors in planning: |
69 credit hours | |
Major requirement: |
17 credit hours | |
Major elective requirement: |
18-22 credit hours | |
General elective requirement: |
Elective credit hours as necessary to ensure the completion of 120 credit hours. |
Lower-Division Requirements for Major in Natural Resource Planning
One of:
Three of:
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Introductory Biology I | BIOL 102-4
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Weather and Climate | |
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Introduction to Aquatic Systems | | FNST 100-3 | | The Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
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Introduction to Soil Science | GEOG 100-3
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| INTS 205-3
| | Introduction to International Studies
| MATH 115-3
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| NREM 101-3
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| Resource Inventories and Measurements
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Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries | |
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Sustainable Outdoor Recreation and Tourism | | POLS 250-3 | | Law and Municipal Government
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Upper-Division Requirements for Major in Natural Resource Planning
Three of:
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Limnology | |
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Environmental Economics | |
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Resource Economics | |
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Forestry Economics | |
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Cost Benefit Analysis | |
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Advanced First Nations Community and Environmental Planning | |
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Energy Development | |
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Northern Contaminated Environments | |
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Boundary-layer Meteorology | |
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Waste Management | |
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Air Pollution | |
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Global Environmental Change: Science and Policy | |
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Natural Resources, Environmental Issues and Public Engagement | |
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Traditional Use Studies | |
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Resource Geography | |
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Global Resources | |
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International Environmental Policy | |
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Agroforestry
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Recreation and Tourism Impacts | |
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Protected Area Planning and Management | |
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Recreation, Tourism and Communities | | POLS 334-3 |
Society, Policy and Administration of Natural Resources |
Students
must ensure that all prerequisites are fulfilled prior to registering in any
courses.
Students are encouraged to use the general
electives to take a minor offered in areas of Natural Resource, International
Studies and First Nation Studies, or other fields associated with natural resources
and environmental management.
Minor in Planning
The minor in Planning is designed to provide students with an opportunity to acquire a basic knowledge of planning theory and methods. The minor consists of 12 required credits (four designated courses) and six credits from a set of elective courses. A maximum of two courses (six credit hours) used to fulfill program requirements for a major or another minor may also be used to fulfill requirements for a minor in Planning.
The Minor in Planning requires the completion of 18 credit hours of ENPL Planning Courses, of which 12 credit hours must be at the upper division level.
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