In addition to these required courses, all students will take at least two Planning Application courses. A Planning Application course combines theory and application, with emphasis on application, through a project approach. These Planning Application courses are designated each semester in the class schedules. The subject matter of these courses encompasses land use planning, housing, community development, environmental impact analysis, social planning, transportation planning, neighborhood analysis and other subjects. The core courses provide the common curriculum for all students.
Students meet with their advisors to plan a course of specialized study.
Their purpose is to design a coherent program with considerable depth. The formal 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.