Urban and Community Planning
Urban and Inner City Studies · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter, Every Year
UIC-3030 prerequisites
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Counts toward 8 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- IDS 3-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- IDS 4-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- UIC 3-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
- UIC 4-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
- UIC HONOURS BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
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Description
Urban planning shapes the city spaces where we live, work, and play, and affects the well-being of all urban dwellers. Students critically examine planning history, theory, and practice in local context, with anbemphasis on understanding values, power, and process. Students explore planning at city and neighbourhood scales through assignments, activities, and field trips that highlight current issues and planning strategies for equity and transformation. Topics may include community leadership and participation in planning, Indigenous urban planning, planning as social control, and planning for sustainable and equitable cities.
Requisite courses
UIC-1001 or UIC-2001 or GEOG-1105 or the previous GEOG-1103, or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and GEOG-3432.
Cross-listed
GEOG-3432(3).
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.