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UW-River Falls adds community and environmental planning degree
10 Jun 2024
Pierce, pierce county, News
Students seeking to design communities now and into the future will have the opportunity to learn those important, in-demand skills at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls following the addition of an undergraduate community and environmental planning degree at the university.
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted Friday to add the new Bachelor of Science degree at UW-River Falls. The program will be offered as a major at the university beginning this fall.
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