PLAN 105 - Dynamics of Community Planning
This course introduces key concepts in community planning within the Canadian context. The course emphasizes the dynamic interplay of external forces that shape communities, including economic, environmental, political, and social factors. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of how these forces influence policy development and implementation. Through experiential learning, students apply their knowledge to develop a community plan that is sustainable, equitable, and innovative.
ENPL 205 - Environment and Society
The course focuses on understanding the relationship between people and their environment. It provides a social science perspective on environmental issues, examining how human activities impact the environment and how society responds and adapts to environmental change
PLAN 301 - Sustainable Communities
This course explores the concept of sustainability within built and natural environments, focusing on the interplay between planning and sustainable development. Students develop a comprehensive, systems-based understanding of sustainability, examining how economic, environmental, and social dimensions intersect and influence each other. This course covers the use of indicators to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of planning initiatives, equipping students with tools to assess progress towards sustainable planning outcomes.
PLAN 320 - Land Use and Development Studio
In this studio, students prepare a feasible land use plan and development scenario for a location in an urban setting at the neighbourhood scale. Students consider physical and regulatory constraints, and the influence of broader economic, environmental, political, and social forces. Students are introduced to site, market, and financial analyses; land use policy analysis; and regulatory and policy tools to support implementation.
PLAN 333 - Field School in Planning
This field-based course provides students with a practical understanding of principles of planning in applied settings. Engagement with community members and professionals working in the field allows students to explore relevant and contemporary issues including determining a public interest. The course involves preparatory work during the regular semester, and an intensive field experience after the end of the semester.
PLAN 411/606 - Philosophy of Community Change
How do we bring about change for the common good in a diverse and increasingly fragmented society? This question frustrates and animates professionals across public domains, in community development, health, planning, natural resources management, and social policy. In this course, students learn philosophies of the common good, how such philosophies interact with other forms of knowledge such as science, and how 'the good and the right’ are mobilized in public argument and decisions.
PLAN 498 - Sustainable Neighbourhoods
Selected environmental topics.
PLAN 498 - Rural Futures in British Columbia's ProvinciaL North
Selected environmental topics.