Regional and Community Planning — bachelor's degree

FEATURES:

• Practicum provides work experience and industry contacts
• Integration of Indigenous Ways of Knowing
• Builds towards a registered planning status

The University of the Fraser Valley’s Bachelor of Regional and Community Planning (BRCP) is an interdisciplinary program that builds connections between environmental studies, art, natural sciences, policy and law, urban design, history, and communications. The BRCP stands as a professional planning program, with the department actively seeking accreditation from the Planning Standards Board (PSB) and the Canadian Insitute of Planners. Upon accreditation, the UFV BRCP graduates will also have the opportunity to pursue professional designation as a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) after fulfilling the certification criteria established by the PSB or by a similar board in countries where there is a reciprocal relationship.

This program will provide you with the skills, experiential learning opportunities, and valuable work experience needed to work as a planning professional in Canada or abroad or pursue graduate studies or another professional designation.

The new planning degree prepares you for a career as a Registered Professional Planner working with international organizations, First Nations Governments, and governments at all levels. Your degree also qualifies you to work with nonprofits, policymakers, private firms, and developers locally and globally to tackle challenges such as transportation, public spaces and parks, housing affordability, and food security.

Planning opens opportunities to explore various career pathways depending on your interest.

Program outline

Program admission requirements

Lower-level courses

Upper-level courses

As a Bachelor of Regional and Community Planning graduate, you will be well equipped to work as Professional Planners in a variety of fields.

For example, you may find work with:

• Consulting firms
• Development Firms
• International Development Agencies
• UN-Habitat or C-40
• First Nation Governments
• Local/Provincial/Federal Governments
• Nonprofits and Nongovernmental Organizations

You may find employment as a:

• Community Planner
• Development Planner
• Emergency Planner
• Environmental Planner
• Heritage Planner
• Parks Planner
• Planning Consultant
• Social Planner
• Transportation Planner
• Rural Planner
• Urban Designer

You must meet the following requirements to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Regional and Community Planning program:

• A minimum of 45 university credits including:
  o One of: GDS 100/GEOG 109, GEOG 111 (or equivalent)
  o One of: GEOG 241, GEOG 242 or GEOG 260 (or equivalent) o ENGL 105 or CMNS 125 (or equivalent)
  o One of: GEOG 253, CMNS 235, or CMNS 251 (or equivalent)

• A minimum CGPA of 2.85 on all attempted courses

*Please note that there will be changes to admission that will be implemented in Fall 2024 to allow direct entry. Please email cherie.enns@ufv.ca or afia.raja@ufv.ca for more information. 

Students who do not meet BCRP’s entrance requirements should start with a BA or BSc and take the above courses in preparation for entry in third year.

*Please note that there will be changes to admission that will be implemented in Fall 2024 to allow direct entry. Please email cherie.enns@ufv.ca or afia.raja@ufv.ca for more information. 

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Email: pg.es@ufv.ca