The Master of Community Planning (MCP) degree program offers a breadth and depth of course material to ensure that graduates are competent contributors to professional planning practice. The degree requirements are intended to be completed in two (academic) years of full-time study, which entails a minimum of nine (9) credit hours per semester for graduate students. Typically, students take twelve (12) credit hours per semester, and are permitted to take up to sixteen (16) credit hours.

In addition to the MCP degree, the Community Planning program offers three joint degree options with the Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Public Administration degree programs; and a graduate Minor in Community Planning.

For more information on the curriculum models for all MCP degree options, please explore the links to the right.

Courses Offered
CPLN 6000: History and Theory of Urban Form
CPLN 6020: Death and Life of Great American Cities
CPLN 6100: Urban Design Methods
CPLN 6300: Real Property Development
CPLN 6400: Preservation Planning
CPLN 6970: Special Topics in Planning*
CPLN 7200: Urban Design Studio
CPLN 7240: Quantitative Methods
CPLN 7400: Community Planning Studio
CPLN 7430: Planning Law, Ethics and Implementation
CPLN 7440: Planning Theory
CPLN 7450: Planning History
CPLN 7460: Digital Applications for Planning, Design and Development
CPLN 7600: Synthesis Studio
CPLN 7620: Research Methods
CPLN 7800: Synthesis Project (OR Comprehensive Examination)
CPLN 7920: Planning Internship

*Recent “special topics” have included transportation planning, urban economics, and environmental planning.