BA Urban Policy and Planning

Urban planners play a vital role in designing and creating our communities in Texas, across the nation and around the world. As populations grow, so does the need to develop communities that provide identity, sustainability, service and leisure.

Urban planners identify community needs, then partner with public officials, engineers, architects, artists, developers and others to provide short- and long-term solutions through innovation and design.

The primary role you'll serve as an urban planner will be to assist with all facets of land use projects in a community. Projects may include:

• Adding more green spaces to a city
• Developing an arts district or housing community
• Improving a busy street with safer crosswalks and lighting
• Revitalizing downtown areas

An education at UNT in Urban Policy and Planning will equip you with these core competencies:

• Building design
• Community mapping
• Demographic data
• Economic development
• Environmental issues and sustainability practices
• GIS (geographic information systems)
• Government function
• History of cities
• Land-use and zoning regulations
• Transportation planning