Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning

This course-based program requires the completion of 42 units in graduate level course work, including 36 units of required, core courses and 6 units of optional graduate-level course work in PLAN courses. The core courses include a research project that is to be undertaken in the last semester of the program as a capstone course. Students must maintain standards acceptable to the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies to remain in the program. For thesis based programs the Department will approve only thesis topics which lie within the research expertise of one or more of its Faculty members.The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has a planning studio, digital imaging and printing facilities, research laboratories, instructional facilities, and technical support for numerous graduate students.