Program Overview

Regional and Community Planning — bachelor's degree

QUICK FACTS

• Credential: Bachelor's degree
• Duration: 4 years (Intake: year 2, after meeting prerequisites)
• Format: Full-time
• Start date: January, May, September
• Location: Abbotsford campus
• Cost: Fees and costs

FEATURES

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

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This program provides students 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. Combining regional and global perspectives, the BRCP prepares students to work both locally and internationally. Students benefit from courses that address current industry concepts, including human-centered design, sustainability, and smart cities — meaning they graduate ready to make a positive change in the communities and projects they serve.

The University of the Fraser Valley’s Bachelor of Regional and Community Planning (BRCP) is an interdisciplinary program that builds connections between environmental studies, policy and law, urban design, history, art, natural sciences, and communications. The BRCP faculty bring diverse skills and knowledge to the program, both in teaching and planning practice. In addition, the BRCP program incorporates Indigenous ways of learning and knowing thanks to collaboration with the Stó:lō First Nation.

COURSES

View the program outline for the Bachelor of Regional & Community Planning in the Academic Calendar.

CAREER EXPECTATIONS

The new planning degree prepares students for a career as a Registered Professional Planner working with international organizations, First Nations Governments, and governments at all levels. The degree also qualifies students to work with nonprofits, policymakers, private firms, and 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 interest.

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

For example, students 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

Students 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

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

View entrance requirements in the UFV Academic Calendar.