We hope to inspire our students to have the same enthusiasm we feel for addressing the planning needs of sustainable communities. In addition to these required courses, all students take at least two planning application courses. A planning application course combines theory and application, with emphasis on application, through a project approach. The subject matter of these courses rotates among land use planning, housing, community development, environmental impact analysis, social planning, transportation planning, neighborhood analysis, and other subjects. The core courses provide the basic curriculum for all students.
Students meet with their advisors to plan a course of specialized study.
Their purpose is to guide the student in designing a coherent program with an individual focus. The Planning Concentrations listed below should not be viewed as mutually exclusive program compartments. Rather, they should be viewed as umbrella categories which assist students to focus their interests. Within these categories, sub-specialties may be developed for individual students. The PCs overlap, combine, and reinforce each other.