Three joint degree options exist in conjunction with the Master of Community Planning degree program for students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Public Administration:

The BArch-MCP joint degree couples the five-year Bachelor of Architecture and the Master of Community Planning degrees. Undergraduate architecture students eligible to participate in this joint degree program must have taken CPLN 5000: History and Theory of Urban Form during their first four years of the Bachelor of Architecture curriculum, and must have completed one hundred twenty (120) undergraduate credit hours toward their Bachelor of Architecture degree. Including CPLN 5000, students complete a total of thirty-nine (39) CPLN-listed credit hours to earn this joint degree. The model below begins after the student has completed both CPLN 5000 and the fourth year of the architecture studio sequence.

FALL
CPLN 7200: Urban Design Studio (6)
CPLN 7240: Quantitative Methods (3)
CPLN 7450: Planning History (3)

SPRING
CPLN 7400: Community Planning Studio (6)
CPLN 7460: Digital Applications for Planning, Design and Development (3)
CPLN 7620: Research Methods (3)

FALL
ARCH 5010: Studio (6)
ARCH 5990: Thesis Research (2)
CPLN 7440: Planning Theory (3)
Directed Elective (3)

SPRING
CPLN 7430: Planning Law, Ethics and Implementation (3)
CPLN 7800: Synthesis Project (6) OR Comprehensive Exam + Directed Electives (6)
Directed Elective (3)

The MCP-MLA joint degree program couples the Master of Community Planning and Master of Landscape Architecture degrees. Graduate landscape architecture students eligible to participate in this joint degree program must have taken CPLN 7460: Digital Applications for Planning, Design and Development during their first two years of the Master of Landscape Architecture curriculum. Including CPLN 7460, students complete a total of thirty-six (36) CPLN-listed credit hours to earn this joint degree. The model below begins after the student has completed both CPLN 7460 and the second year of the landscape architecture studio sequence.

FALL
CPLN 7200: Urban Design Studio (6)
CPLN 7240: Quantitative Methods (3)
CPLN 7450: Planning History (3)

SPRING
CPLN 7400: Community Planning Studio (6)
CPLN 7430: Planning Law, Ethics and Implementation (3)
CPLN 7620: Research Methods (3)

FALL
LAND 7500: Thesis Studio (6)
LAND 7510: Advanced Research Topics (3)
CPLN 7440: Planning Theory (3)

SPRING
LAND 7420: Landscape History Seminar (3)
CPLN 7800: Synthesis Project (6) OR Comprehensive Exam + Directed Electives (6)

The MCP-MPA joint degree program couples the Master of Community Planning and Master of Public Administration degrees. A total of fifty-seven (57) credit hours are required to earn this joint degree. Students who choose the comprehensive exam option must complete CPLN 7240 (3) and CPLN 7620 (3) in lieu of CPLN 7800 (6).

Common Core (12)
CPLN 7240: Quantitative Methods OR POLI 7000: Research Methods (3)
CPLN 7620: Research Methods OR POLI 7520: Program Evaluation (3)
CPLN 7800: Synthesis Project* OR POLI 7980: Research Project (6)

*or Comprehensive Exam + CPLN 7240 and CPLN 7620

Required MCP Core (21)
CPLN 6000: History and Theory of Urban Form (3)
CPLN 7400: Community Planning Studio (6)
CPLN 7430: Planning Law, Ethics and Implementation (3)
CPLN 7440: Planning Theory (3)
CPLN 7450: Planning History (3)
CPLN 7460: Digital Applications for Planning, Design and Development (3)

Required MPA Core (18)
POLI 7140: Budgeting (3)
POLI 7150: Personnel (3)
POLI 7260: Organization Theory (3)
POLI 7330: Administrative Leadership (3)
POLI 7350: Seminar in Public Administration (3)
POLI 7360: Policy (3)

Electives (6)