Extracurriculars for a Career in Urban Planner

Students gain hands-on experience in civic engagement and learn how organizations address community development challenges.

Hands-on involvement in affordable housing solutions and understanding housing policy connects to urban planning priorities.

Trail and campground maintenance work involves landscape design and public space management principles.

Core activity involves imagining, researching, and designing innovative cities to solve pressing sustainability issues.

Field trips to diverse Texas buildings and landscapes build understanding of the built environment and urban design.

Urban Planning track teaches site analysis, design workshops, and critical thinking about city planning challenges and opportunities.

Exposure to urban planning and design through interdisciplinary summer camp curriculum and projects.

Students gain hands-on experience improving NYC's open spaces and community green infrastructure through horticultural projects.

Focus on smart city innovation and technology solutions for shaping the future of urban living.

Explores urban design and city planning as college majors; addresses real-world urban planning issues.

Camp explores architectural solutions to real-world design situations, core to urban planning and built environment work.

Design institute curriculum covers design thinking and collaborative teamwork relevant to community-focused planning work.

Students identify and solve problems facing their communities through service projects and advocacy work.

Students help shape community resources like food gardens and refrigerators that serve local populations.

Urban planning is explicitly featured as a real estate career explored through hands-on activities and site visits.

Students design for their communities' futures, considering impact and relevance to local contexts.