Preparing to join

Usually, this is the point when a School tells you what courses you must take to join. But Planning isn’t like that – doubly so for UBC SCARP!  

Image
Young people giving thumbs up, overlayed with direction symbol

Planning is an extremely diverse field of knowledge and practice, because we represent a conversation with countless other fields brought together in partnership. Students join UBC SCARP from dozens of other fields, bringing their prior expertise to SCARP, and leaving with new expertise you offer to whatever future you choose. 

Here’s a VERY incomplete list of fields our Planning students come from, taken from one of our MCRP cohort’s prior undergrad majors:

As for what you'll learn once you get here, each degree has some customisation options to gear your program towards your goals. After all, you'll find Planners everywhere! So specialise where your passion lies.

UBC Crest The official logo of the University of British Columbia. Arrow An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Caret An arrowhead indicating direction. E-commerce Cart A shopping cart. Time A clock. Chats Two speech clouds. Facebook The logo for the Facebook social media service. Home A house in silhouette. Information The letter 'i' in a circle. Instagram The logo for the Instagram social media service. Linkedin The logo for the LinkedIn social media service. Location Pin A map location pin. Mail An envelope. Telephone An antique telephone. Play A media play button. Search A magnifying glass. Arrow indicating share action A directional arrow. Speech Bubble A speech bubble. Speaker emmitting sound A speaker emmitting sound. Star An outline of a star. Twitter The logo for the Twitter social media service. Urgent Message An exclamation mark in a speech bubble. User A silhouette of a person. Vimeo The logo for the Vimeo video sharing service. Youtube The logo for the YouTube video sharing service. Future of work A logo for the Future of Work category. Inclusive leadership A logo for the Inclusive leadership category. Planetary health A logo for the Planetary health category. Solutions for people A logo for the Solutions for people category. Thriving cities A logo for the Thriving cities category. University for future A logo for the University for future category.