Planning and Community Development (Graduate Certificate)
- Degree Levels:
- Graduate Certificate
The graduate certificate in Planning and Community Development offers you a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive education in planning and community development to help you further your career goals. The program is tailored to students seeking a credential in the field, but who are not in need of a complete master’s degree.
Planning and community developers work to improve the physical, economic, social and environmental qualities of their communities as they design and implement programs that make communities better places to live and work.
You will learn how to identify issues confronting your communities and design strategies for change through community planning, urban and regional planning, citizen participation, community design, economic development, advocacy and sustainable development.
Program Requirements
Planning and Community Development
School of Graduate Studies
Program Highlights
- Available online, on campus or a combination of both
- Tailored to students seeking a credential in the field, but who don't need a master's degree
Program Distinctions
- An interdisciplinary program, the program provides students with a concentration in core courses related to general planning, such as land use planning, heritage preservation and design, environmental planning and local economic development
- Faculty research interests encompass historical, cultural, economic, physical and environmental geography and geographic information systems (GIS)
Graduate Director
Dr. Chukwunyere "Chuks" UgochukwuPopular Careers
- Architects
- Business managers
- Economists
- Elected officials
- Public agency managers
- Non-profit professionals
Application Deadlines
| U.S. Citizens | International Outside U.S. |
International Inside U.S. |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Aug. 1 | June 15 | Aug. 1 |
| Spring | Dec. 1 | Oct. 15 | Dec. 1 |
| Summer | N/A | N/A | N/A |