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Ontario Urban and Regional Planning University Programs and Courses in Canada

Urban and Regional Planning undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate certificates and degrees available in Ontario. Study for a bachelor's, master's or a doctorate (PHD) Urban and Regional Planning program in Ontario.

Urban and Regional Planning Programs, Courses, Schools and Degrees in Ontario Universities

What is Urban and Regional Planning?

Urban Studies and Regional Planning is a field that can be approached from several directions: either from an interdisciplinary perspective or a specialized area of study such as planning or architecture. In general, however, urban studies is a field that strives to improve the social, political and economic welfare of the people living in urban communities both in Canada and around the world.

What do Urban and Regional Planning students learn?

As mentioned above, there are several types of urban studies degree. The interdisciplinary degree gives students an overall education in civil planning and policy making through studies in disciplines including economics, geography, political science, sociology, planning and anthropology. Another form of specialization usually involves the planning and architecture department of a university, and is geared more toward training specifically in community planning (for more information on planning, visit the University of Waterloo’s site: http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/planning/about/whatisplanning.html). In all programs, there is usually a component of professional, hands-on experience in the community to the degree; furthermore, all students in urban studies programs learn to develop their own informed critiques of current public policy and to create improvements of that policy that are sensitive to the needs of their communities.

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