The first goal of the RUP Program is to prepare its graduates to step into the current state of planning practice with the disciplinary knowledge needed to meet the demand of public and private sector employers for competent and creative community planners. In achieving our first goal, we maintain the high standards of the Professional Standards Board of the Canadian Institute of Planners.

The second goal is to prepare graduates to challenge the current state of planning practice and bring their critical thinking skills to bear on a profession that needs to continuously improve the quality of public and private development decisions affecting our environment and society. By achieving our second goal, we ensure that the planning profession in Saskatchewan and across Canada does not stagnate and miss out on the considerable innovations occurring internationally in planning.

The RUP Program embraces the promise of an engaged university through its interdisciplinary curriculum and maintains a high level of commitment to active learning through project-based assessment, guest lectures, field trips, and applied studio work focused on solving real problems in communities throughout Saskatchewan.

Contact Information

Dr. Bob Patrick, MCIP, RPP

Associate Professor and Chair, Regional and Urban Planning
Department of Geography and Planning
University of Saskatchewan
Rm. 116, 117 Science Place
Saskatoon, SK  CANADA  S7N 5C8
1-306-966-6653
1-306-966-5680
robert.patrick@usask.ca 
Website

All students majoring in Regional and Urban Planning should apply for Student Membership in the Saskatchewan Professional Planners Institute. Student members of SPPI should keep an eye on employment postings on both the SPPI website and the website of the Canadian Institute of Planners. Also refer to the Student Employment and Career Centre website for postings.

CIP’s Student Membership package is  here. Membership is free for students.

All employers wishing to post positions for graduates of the RUP Program or summer employment positions for continuing RUP students should use the services of the Student Employment and Career Centre.  They can be contacted by phone at (306) 966-5003.  You may also contact the RUP Chair with job ads for continuing or graduating students robert.patrick@usask.ca 

PLAN 410.3 - Planning Internship

Students volunteer for 80 hours/term (roughly six hours/week) at a company or organization
undertaking planning or planning-related work. The internship will occur in a workplace
environment, with location details determined in consultation between the workplace internship
supervisor, course coordinator, and student. Students will have the opportunity to learn about
professional, intellectual, organizational, and other practical issues that occur in a planning or
planning-related work environment, and consider how their university studies in planning relate
and bring value to that environment. A reflective journal, participation in three seminars, and
presentation at end of the term are required, in addition to deliverables agreed upon at the start
of the internship between the workplace internship supervisor, course coordinator, and student,
if applicable. Student grades are determined by the course coordinator, with structured input
from the workplace internship supervisor.

PLAN 411.0 - Planning Work Placement

Students gain applied work experience at a company or organization undertaking planning or
planning-related work for a minimum of 420 hours of paid employment over 3-12 months, after
having reached third or fourth year standing in the Regional and Urban Planning major.
Students are responsible for securing their own placement, though it must be approved by the
course coordinator as suitable planning or planning-related work for enrolment in PLAN 411.0.
Typically, work placements are full-time during the Spring/Summer (May-August), during the
months when students are not enrolled full-time in course-work on campus. However, flexibility
is applied in order to allow for part-time work over a longer duration. The Planning Work
Placement gives students the opportunity to learn about professional, intellectual,
organizational, and other practical issues that occur in a planning or planning-related work
environment under the supervision of a suitable employer, and have it noted on their transcript
as satisfying the RUP major requirement to complete either PLAN 410.3 or 411.0.

Coordinator: Dr. Ryan Walker, RPP, MCIP
email: ryan.walker@usask.ca

The new Urban Design Certificate offers a micro-credential to supplement your degree. It will appear on your transcript. Regional and Urban Planning (RUP) majors and Art and Art History majors, and students across campus, can take a suite of courses from Interdisciplinary Studies, Art, Geography, and Planning to complete this certificate (18-21 credit units). RUP majors can double-count the courses toward their Planning Major and toward the Urban Design Certificate. Details on requirements can be found here.

How do I receive recognition for completing the Certificate?

It takes 3 easy steps to receive recognition for completing the Urban Design Certificate at graduation and on your final transcript. 

1. The student need to notify the RUP Program Chair of their intent to complete the certificate.
   
   
2. Each term the RUP Program Chair provides the list to the Manager of the Undergraduate Services of Undergraduate Office, College of Arts and Science.
   
   
3. Prior to graduation the student must inform the Undergradate Services at Undergraduate Office, College of Arts and Science, that they have completed the certificate requirements.