Objectives

Equip students with professional and technical skills to engage in critical urban planning challenges.
Introduce students to established and state-of-the-art technologies and urban planning methods.
Expose students to faculty with diverse research and professional experiences.
Provide students with opportunities to engage in innovative planning research at the local and regional level.
Reinforce established relationships with local and regional planning stakeholders and create opportunities for collaboration.
Foster an interdisciplinary approach to urban planning education at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Support diversity within the student body.
Prepare students for diverse job opportunities accessible to urban planners (such as governmental agencies, international development authorities, ecological planning, historic preservation, transportation planning, ecological conservation, and housing).