Program Overview
This graduate certificate in Urban Planning provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, focusing on community engagement and creating livable spaces. It covers the social, economic, and political aspects of planning policy, preparing students for roles in government and non-governmental settings. The program requires 12 credit hours, including core courses on city and county planning and planning history and theory, plus two elective courses.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This graduate certificate provides an essential introduction to the field and practice of urban planning. It aims to engage communities for better futures and create places where people can lead meaningful lives. The program provides a framework for understanding the social, economic, and political environments influencing the formation and implementation of planning policy. It is designed to meet the need for planning policy on urban issues at all levels of government - federal, state, regional, and local - and in non-governmental settings. The program is offered only at the Lawrence Campus.
Outline:
The graduate certificate requires 4 courses for a total of 12 graduate credit hours.
Required Courses:
- UBPL 730: City and County Planning (3 credit hours)
- UBPL 785: History and Theory of Planning (3 credit hours)
Elective Courses (Choose 2):
- UBPL 705: Urban Economic Theory and Analysis (3 credit hours)
- UBPL 710: Housing Policy and Planning (3 credit hours)
- UBPL 720: Sustainable Land Use Policy and Planning (3 credit hours)
- UBPL 736: Planning Law and Institutions (3 credit hours)
- UBPL 750: Transportation Policy and Planning (3 credit hours)
Other:
- Current graduate students can earn a graduate certificate credential by submitting a graduate application for the specific certificate program no later than enrollment in their final certificate course.
- Students pursuing more than one SPAA certificate may use a maximum of one course to count towards both certificates.
- Graduate students are expected to understand and follow Office of Graduate Studies policies relevant to their student status and academic standing.
