Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Community Development and Master of Regional Planning

The Sustainable Community Development (BS-SCD) core curriculum is designed to provide students with an interdisciplinary foundation in natural and social sciences, as well as design and digital fields, applicable to a wide range of planning and design issues. The Master of Regional Planning (MRP) core curriculum combines theoretical, historical, legal, social, political, economic and environmental dimensions of planning practice with emphasis on real-world application through studio coursework and through service to local communities. The five-year accelerated degree program provides students a rich educational experience in many areas of urban landscape design, management and planning, including sustainable development, policy analysis and implementation, environmental policy and planning, use of information technology, and other planning tools and techniques. The BSSCD Plus MRP graduate will be prepared for a professional career in public policy, resource management, economic development and land-use planning at the regional, state and local level, in public, private, and civic sectors of practice. Students considering the 4 Plus1 must meet with both the undergraduate and graduate program director and be admitted to each program separately (applying to the graduate program in year four through the Graduate School), and satisfy all of the academic progress requirements for each program.

Official high school transcript (grades 9 -11)
Official transcripts for all completed college coursework
Letter of recommendation
TOEFL: minimum composite score of 80 no subscore lower than 20
IELTS: minimum composite score of 6.5 on the academic test with no subscore lower than 6.0 (We will not accept paper IELTS test report forms).