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Program Requirements

General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required to Earn the Degree: 45

Required Courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Courses
颁罢搁笔听5014	Planning Politics and Administration	3
颁罢搁笔听5413	Planning Communications	3
颁罢搁笔听5513	Planning Analysis	3
颁罢搁笔听5524	Spatial Analysis Techniques/Geographic Information Systems 1	3
颁罢搁笔听8013	Planning History and Theory	3
颁罢搁笔听8016	Planning Law	3
颁罢搁笔听8213	Environmental Planning	3
Electives 2		18
Capstone Course
颁罢搁笔听9889	Planning Studio	6
Total Credit Hours		45

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With permission from the graduate advisor or chair of the Department of Architecture and Environmental Design, students who have had significant training in geographic information systems may be allowed to substitute an elective for 颁罢搁笔听5524.

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CTRP or related courses are selected in consultation with a department advisor.

Students may undertake one of two transcripted optional concentrations in fulfilling the coursework requirements for the MS degree:

Sustainable Community Planning

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Concentration Courses
颁罢搁笔听5256	Sustainable Community Design and Development	3
颁罢搁笔听8276	Regional Development	3
Electives
Select two from the following: 1		6
颁罢搁笔听8155	Ecological Planning and Development
颁罢搁笔听8156	Neighborhoods, Cities, and Regions
颁罢搁笔听8255	Sustainability in Suburban Communities
颁罢搁笔听8257	Environmental Policy
颁罢搁笔听8266	Sustainable Business Practices
颁罢搁笔听8355	Environmental Infrastructure Planning and Management
颁罢搁笔听8476	Collaborative Planning
颁罢搁笔听8755	Introduction to Emergency Management Planning
Total Credit Hours		12

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In consultation with a department advisor or chair, students may substitute one relevant 3-credit CTRP graduate course as an elective.

Transportation Planning

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Concentration Course
颁罢搁笔听8655	Transportation Planning	3
Electives
Select three from the following: 1		9
颁罢搁笔听8276	Regional Development
颁罢搁笔听8656	Integrated Transportation and Land-Use Planning: Context-Sensitive Design Solutions
颁罢搁笔听8657	Non-motorized Transportation Planning
颁罢搁笔听8666	Travel Demand Modeling
Total Credit Hours		12

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In consultation with a department advisor or chair, students may substitute one relevant 3-credit CTRP graduate course as an elective.

Internship: A supervised 180-hour internship is required. The internship emphasizes the acquisition and application of practical skills in planning. Placements are made at public agencies, nonprofit institutions and private firms, with designated onsite and Planning and Community Development faculty supervisors. Internships may require interim reports and must culminate in a written report regarding the experience. Students have the option of registering for 颁罢搁笔听9885 Internship in Planning for 3 elective credits. If the student has relevant professional experience, the internship requirement is waived and 颁罢搁笔听9885 may not be taken for credit toward the degree.

Culminating Events:
Capstone Course:
All students must complete 颁罢搁笔听9889 Planning Studio (6 credits), which involves undertaking a planning project in cooperation with a local or regional client. Students synthesize the knowledge gained from previous courses in the development of an integrated approach that is appropriate to their project.

Thesis Option:
The master's thesis is substantial in length and follows a knowledge-enhancement model, based on planning theory, methodology and history. Requirements are specified in the Graduate School鈥檚 Dissertation and Thesis Handbook, found at . Up to 6 elective credits may be earned for taking 颁罢搁笔听9995 Thesis in Planning.

The student's Master's Committee is responsible for evaluating the thesis and its defense. No thesis should go to defense unless it is ready for public scrutiny. The committee evaluates the student's ability to express in writing and orally their research question, methodological approach, primary findings and implications. Committee members vote to pass or fail the thesis upon conclusion of the public defense. If the student must make revisions, those changes must be approved as arranged by the聽Master's Committee.