(90 credits)
Department of Urban Planning, Public and Health Administration
College of Business and Public Administration
Why study planning?
Planning is a problem-solving profession concerned with the forces that influence the quality of life in the neighborhood, city, region, state, nation, and world.
Planning is a unique occupational avenue for those who desire a role in shaping a better future.
Career Opportunities
Planners work in the public sector dealing with comprehensive planning, land use regulation, and transportation management; and in non-profit organizations involved in community problem solving.
There is also an expanding need for planners in consulting firms, land development companies, and large corporations.
Urban and Regional Planning Advisor
Dr. Dick Winchell
326 Phase 1 Classroom Bldg
Riverpoint Campus, Spokane
509.828.1205
dwinchell@ewu.edu
Department Chair
Dick Winchell
326 Phase 1 Classroom
Bldg
Riverpoint Campus,
Spokane
509.828.1205
dzhou@ewu.edu
Department Assistant
325 Phase 1 Classroom
Bldg
Riverpoint Campus,
Spokane
509.828.1218
Sample Careers
City, Community, or
Urban Planner
Land Development
Manager
Environmental Planner

Course(s) listed in the left column are those offered at your institution, course(s) listed in the right column are those that are equivalent at EWU.
COMMUNICATION (10 credits)
ENGL& 101 English Composition I (5)
ENGL& 102 Composition II (5)
ENGL 101 College Composition:
Argument and Exposition (5)
ENGL 201 College Composition:
Analysis/Research/Document (5)
QUANTITATIVE/SYMBOLIC REASONING (5 credits)
Consult your advisor for course options.
HUMANITIES (15 credits)
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SOCIAL SCIENCES (15 credits)
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MATHEMATICS/SCIENCE (15 credits)
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HEALTH/REC/LEISURE/ACTIVITIES COURSES (5 credits)
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ELECTIVES (25 credits)
BUS 217 Business Statistics (5) DSCI 245 Data Analysis for Business (5)
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These courses can be taken before or during the major Program.
 Foreign Language o Two full years of high school-level or one full year of college-level credit is required for graduation.
Cultural Diversity (4 quarter credit minimum)
 ANTH& 210 Indians of North America (5)
 ART 112 Non-Western Art (5)
 CMST 226 Gender Communication (5)
 CMST 227 Intercultural Communication
(5)
 ENGL 247 American Multicultural
Literature (5)
 ENGL 259 African American Literature
(5)
 ENGL278 Women Writers (5)
 HIST& 219 Native American History (5)
 HUM 102 Introduction to Women’s
Studies (5)
 HUM 107 Introduction to Cultural
Studies (5)
 SOC 221 Race and Ethnic Relations (5)
 SOC 230 Sociology of Gender (5)
 WS 201 Women of Our World (5)
 International Studies (4 quarter credit minimum)
 BUS 120 International Business (5)
 GEOG 230 World Regional
Geography (5)
 HIST 142 History of Japan (5)
 HIST 230 Latin American History (5)
 HUM 224 Contemporary Global
Cinema (5)
 HUM 241 The Impact of the Nazi Past
(5)
 MUSC 109 World music (5)
 POLS 102 Comparative Government
(5)
 POLS 125 Introduction to Global
Issues (5)
 POLS& 203 International Relations (5)
 POLS 205 Islam and the West; Theater of Cooperation and Conflict (5)
 SOC& 201 Social Problems (5)