The Classroom Evolves
New Technology Offers More Virtual Engagement
Increase Planning Capacity
We offer programs to meet the needs of future planners, current planning professionals, and community members throughout Idaho.
Community Engagement
We work with communities throughout Idaho on local planning issues.
Unique Bioregions
Our students can choose to study in Moscow, Boise, or online from their local communities.
The Places We Call Home
Our mission is to create a culture of planning that connects people with the places they call home.
Bioregional Planning + Community Design
Our Future: A New Approach to Planning
With rapid change facing cities and small towns throughout the country, we are in jeopardy of losing the unique sense of place that defines these cities and towns. At the same time, today’s planners are seeking an education that meets the changing needs of communities in an increasingly global world.
Fostering Innovation & Diversity
The Bioregional Planning and Community Design (BIOP) program challenges the traditional planning education paradigm by leading with people and place-based community values—not statistics. Led by planning practitioners and a diverse faculty from eight academic units, our curriculum was designed, and is continuously evaluated, to be responsive to today's planning needs. We offer a shared-class format where graduate students and practitioners seeking continuing education come together to explore new concepts and current planning issues from their unique perspectives.