##  [Preparing to join](/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!

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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:

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ArchitectureEnvironmental ScienceInternational RelationsBiologyEnvironmental StudiesJournalismBusinessFood and EnvironmentLandscape ArchitectureChemistryFood Systems PlanningPolitical ScienceCinema StudiesGeographyPsychologyCommunicationsGovernmentSociologyEconomicsHealth SciencesUrban ForestryEngineeringHistoryUrban StudiesEnvironmental ManagementInterior DesignWriting



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.

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