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Draft Community and Regional Planning Undergraduate Study For undergraduate curriculum in community and regional planning leading to the degree bachelor of science, see College of Design, Curricula. Community and regional planning is a professional field of study aimed at assessing the ever-changing socioeconomic and physical environments of our communities and planning for their future. Planners evaluate and seize opportunities to understand and solve problems. Most planners work at the local level, but they are concerned with issues that affect the world: the preservation and enhancement of the quality of life in a community, the protection of the environment, the promotion of equitable economic opportunity; and the management of growth and change of all kinds. Planning has its roots in landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, law, economics, and public administration. Most contemporary planners are trained in the physical and social sciences so they can understand the society and economy in which plans must be implemented. Planning demands technical competence as well as creativity, plus pragmatism and an ability to envision alternatives to the physical and social environments in which we live. Graduates of the Community and Regional Planning department will be capable of performing in entry level positions in public planning agencies or with planning consulting firms. Graduates are able to integrate planning knowledge and skills in practical applications to current planning issues, and to communicate in written and oral form. Graduates of the Community and Regional Planning Department are expected to have knowledge of the structure and functions of urban settlements, the history of planning, and aspects of plan and policy making. Graduates should have skills in problem formulation, quantitative analysis, written/oral and graphic communications, collaborative approaches to these, and in synthethesizing and applying knowledge to practice. Graduates are expected to assess the impact of values in terms of equity and social justice, economic welfare and efficiency, environmental sustainability, and cultural heritage in the context of citizen involvement in decision Make Corrections Here
graphic communications, collaborative approaches to these, and in synthesizing and applying knowledge to practice. Graduates are expected to assess the impact of values in terms of equity and social justice, economic welfare and efficiency, environmental sustainability, and cultural heritage in the context of citizen involvement in decision making. (spelling edit)
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making. The curriculum is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, thus providing the student with an education which, when combined with experience, supports the individual’s eligibility for membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners. The department cooperates in the undergraduate minors in design studies and environmental studies. Graduate Study The Department offers work for the Master of Community and Regional Planning degree with areas of concentration in land use and transportation, community design and development, and rural and environmental planning. In addition, students can design their own area of concentration if it does not fit in any of the three areas, with the assistance of their major professor. The program of graduate study is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Degree requirements include completion of a 2-year, 48credit program, including a thesis of 6 credits or a professional planning report of 4 credits. Students with a bachelors’ degree in community and regional planning from an accredited planning school can waive up to 9 credits from an approved list of classes. The ability to waive credits is determined by a review of the coursework completed during undergraduate study, the grades received (only a grade of “B” or higher is acceptable) and the student’s planning experience. The decision to waive up to 9 credit hours of the masters program should be made before first time registration for classes through a petition to the DOGE. The planning core consists of C R P 501, 502, 511, 521, 523, 532, 561, and 592. Satisfactory completion of the core requirements and the acceptance of a thesis (6 credits) or a professional planning report (4 credits) are required for the M.C.R.P. degree. In addition, the student is encouraged to complete three months of acceptable work experience in a planning office between the first and second year of study. No foreign language is required for the degree master of community and regional planning. Delete: “from an approved list of courses” Edit order of sentences. New text reads: Degree requirements include completion of a 2-year, 48credit program, including a thesis of 6 credits or a professional planning report of 4 credits. The planning core consists of C R P 501, 502, 511, 521, 523, 532, 561, and 592. Satisfactory completion of the core requirements and the acceptance of a thesis (6 credits) or a professional planning report (4 credits) are required for the M.C.R.P. degree. Students with a bachelors’ degree in community and regional planning from an accredited planning school can waive up to 9 credits. The ability to waive credits is determined by a review of the coursework completed during undergraduate study, the grades received (only a grade of “B” or higher is acceptable) and the student’s planning experience. The decision to waive up to 9 credit hours of the masters program should be made before first time registration for classes through a petition to the DOGE. In addition, the student is encouraged to complete three months of acceptable work experience in a planning office between the first and second year of study. No foreign language is required for the degree master of community and regional planning.
Double degree programs are offered with architecture (M.C.R.P/M.Arch.), business (M.C.R.P./M.B.A.), public administration (M.C.R.P./M.P.A.), and landscape architecture (M.C.R.P./M.L.A.). The department also 10/31/2008
participates in the interdepartmental major in transportation. The department also offers a 13-credit graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in spatial analysis, GIS applications and program management. The program is open to graduate students in all disciplines of the University. Information guides for the graduate degree and certificate may be obtained from the department office at the department’s web page at: http://www.design.iastate.edu/CRP/ CRP currently offers several courses via distance learning to graduates and planning professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of planning. Further details of current distance course offerings may be found on the CRP website and on the ISU Continuing Education website. For more information, send an e-mail to crp@iastate.edu
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