Core Courses

Of the 48 credits needed for graduation, the following classes are required for each student.* If the student pursues a Master's project, 25 credits are part of the core requirements. If the student does a Master's thesis, 28 credits are part of the core curriculum. The Concentration selected by each student requires an additional 9 credits.

• RP 625 Quantitative Methods in Planning (3 credits)

• RP 643 Economic and Social Planning Analysis (3 credits)

• RP 651 Planning History and Theory (3 credits)

• RP 656 Judicial Planning Law (3 credits)
  
  
• RP 675 Regional Planning Studio I (4 credits)

• RP 681 Regional Planning Studio II (5 credits)

• RP 691F Research Issues in Landscape Architecture and
  Regional Planning (3 credits)

• RP 693S Planning with Multiple Publics (3 credits)

  Either:
  
  

• RP 698 Master's Project (6 credits)
  
  
• RP 699 Master's Thesis (8 credits)
  

* Some of these requirements may be waived when students have had comparable graduate level courses or there is another compelling reason. Waivers must be approved by the Regional Planning Program faculty.

Note: A 3.0 average must be maintained for the Regional Planning program core, for the
student's area of concentration and for all courses taken. A maximum of 2 C's are
permitted during the student’s entire residency.

Recommended Sequence for Core Courses

First Year

Second Year

This schedule enables each student to take several elective courses in addition to the three required for their Concentration. In most cases, concentration requirements should be completed by the end of the third semester.