Urban Planning
The Department of Urban Planning prepares planners who are equipped to address the diverse needs of community members and build a better future. Planners work to enhance quality of life and opportunities for people of all incomes, ages and physical abilities, whether working on revitalizing an older neighborhood or developing a regional transportation plan.
Urban planning is an interdisciplinary field of study, reflected in the academic backgrounds of our faculty, who have expertise in economics, urban design, urban revitalization, transportation, housing and the intersections among these areas of study.
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The Department of Urban Planning program equips students with skills they need to tackle the challenges facing cities in the decades ahead — from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, from central cities to suburbs to small towns. Students build their planning and problem-solving skills through course projects, often working with community clients.
Partnerships. Power. Place. Possibilities.
All four of these concepts underpin the long-term pursuit of environmental sustainability, social justice and economic opportunity in urban planning practice.