MCP Core Curriculum Print

Every MCP student must complete the core curriculum as follows:

1.  History and Theory Requirement: Students must complete at least one of the following courses:

  • CY PLAN 200: History of City Planning (Fall, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN 281: Theories of Planning Practice (Spring, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN 282: Planning and Governing (Fall, 3 units)
     

2.  Skills and Methods Requirement: Students must complete a minimum of 8 units from the following courses:

  • CY PLAN 204A: Methods of Planning Data Analysis (Fall, 2 or 4 units)*
  • CY PLAN 204B: Research Methods for Planners (Spring, 2 or 4 units)
  • CY PLAN 204C: Introduction to GIS and City Planning (Spring, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN 204D: Multivariate Analysis in Planning (Spring, alternate years, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN 209: Methods of Negotiation and Collaborative Planning (Spring, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN C241: Research Methods in Environmental Design (Fall, 4 units)
  • CY PLAN 255: Urban Planning Applications of GIS: Spatial Analysis and Modeling for Urban and Environmental Planning (Spring, 3 units)
     

*Note: All students must take the first two units of CY PLAN 204A.

3.  Institutions Requirement: Students must complete at least one of the following courses:

  • CY PLAN 203: Metropolitan Governance and Planning (Fall 2010, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN 205: Introduction to Planning and Environmental Law (Fall, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN 206: Planning Institutions and Organizations (Spring, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN C251: Environmental Planning and Regulation (Fall, 3 units)
     

4.  Economics Requirement:* Students must complete at least one of the following two courses:

  • CY PLAN 207: Urban Economics for Planners (Spring, 3 units)
  • CY PLAN C234: Housing and the Urban Economy (Fall 2010, 3 units)
     

*Note: Students who have not previously taken an undergraduate microeconomics course may petition the MCP Program Committee to complete this requirement by taking CY PLAN 113A.

5.  CY PLAN 290: Professional Report/Client Report/Thesis Workshop

  • CY PLAN 290A: PR/CR/Thesis Workshop (Fall, 1 unit) (normally taken students' third semester)
     
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