COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT, AND PLANNING
"Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP) is a self-directed, diverse undergraduate major comprised of students, faculty, and staff engaged in holistic growth and a collaborative process of experiential and interdisciplinary learning. In our major, we develop skills, techniques, and knowledge necessary to be active leaders and conscientious planners in our communities and environments."
INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN | 2015-2017
"Students begin their two years in CEP by creating an Individualized Study Plan (ISP), a document written by the student highlighting learning goals and guiding choices about their courses and extracurricular activities. In the ISP, students tie together the various components of their education, including classes, service learning, study abroad, and other activities that are pertinent to their learning experience."
The Individual Study Plan (ISP) is the most important planning document that you will write in CEP. It is the program’s way of ensuring that you are intentional about your education, and that you use the considerable freedom in the major to chart your own educational path in ways that are carefully thought out and consistent with your goals as well as with the requirements of the major and the UW. In this manner, the ISP is both an academic “road map” that lays out the courses you plan to take and the activities you hope to engage in over the next two years, as well as a way to document your educational aspirations, goals, and accomplishments while in the CEP program. Of course, plans are likely to evolve while in the program. You should also think of the ISP as a “living document” – regularly revising it to reflect the changes you make as you discover new opportunities and interests."
REFLECTION
The education within CEP is not passively taken; it is actively learned. CEP provides a learning experience both inside and outside of the classroom. The unique structure of the program allows for a self-guided exploratory undergraduate career. During this time, there have been many opportunities to reflect. Below is a reflection regarding my time at the University of Washington.