Master of City and Regional Planning

This program educates the student whose career goal is to be a professional planner. The program requires fifty-five total credit units for graduation. Approximately half of the program consists of required courses, called the core. The core is composed of three substantive streams:

  1. planning theory and process, including planning law, institutional analysis, plan implementation, and history and theory of planning;
  2. planning methods, including data analysis, computer applications, descriptive and inferential statistics, microeconomic analytic techniques, and planning information systems; and
  3. urban and regional theory, which explores the structure and function of urban systems.

The core is largely contained within the student's first two semesters. Students must choose one of the seven areas of concentration. Each specialization consists of at least four courses.

The MCRP program provides an education that is broad based and comprehensive, providing the knowledge base and technical skills necessary for employment in a wide array of public and private sector firms. It is comprehensive in that the subject matter is viewed to be interrelated and interdependent. The faculty strives to provide a good balance between theoretical and historical perspectives on the one hand, and analytical skills and applications on the other. Students graduate from the program with highly marketable skills and an understanding of planning that will allow them to grow and develop throughout their entire careers.

The two-year curriculum requires, for most students, four semesters of coursework, including a four-credit hour applied research paper. Some students choose to write a ten-credit hour thesis. An approved internship is required for those students without substantial previous planning work experience.

The Graduate Record Examination is required for all applicants to the Master of City and Regional Planning. A minimum IB TOEFL score of 100 is required for international applicants. Since the course material is sequential in nature, fall matriculation is strongly recommended. Applications must be completed before February 1 to ensure consideration for financial aid.

For more information about the M CRP program, contact:

Academic Advisor
School of City and Regional Planning
College of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0155.