Graduate Certificate in City & Metropolitan Planning

The Graduate Certificate in City & Metropolitan Planning provides students and professionals with an appreciation of planning methods and strategies needed to meet contemporary planning challenges. This minimum 15-credit hour certificate is particularly well-suited for professionals and consultants whose work in architecture, real estate, public agencies, private and non-profit organizations and other areas affect the built environment. It is also well-suited for graduate students whose studies are in or related to those fields.

Certificate in City & Metropolitan Planning Requirements

Certificate program requirements are in three parts: (1) Foundational Knowledge, (2) Practical Skills and (3) Substantive Area Electives. Requirements are satisfied by completing the minimum credit hours needed in each part, including courses cross-listed with ARCH or REDEV, or others approved by the Department.

Foundational Knowledge (minimum 3 credits from among):

• URBPL 6100 City and Profession
• URBPL 6200 Urbanization
• URBPL 6240 Planning Theory & Ethics
• URBPL 6260 Planning Law and Administration

Practical Skills (minimum 3 credits from among):

• URBPL 6010 Urban Research
• URBPL 6020 Urban Analysis
• URBPL 6030 Public Participation and Consensus Building
• URBPL 6040 Physical Plan Analysis
• URBPL 6430 Technology in Planning
• URBPL 6450 Geographic Information Systems in Planning
• GEOGR 6140 Methods in GIS
• LAW 7010 Mediation/Advanced Negotiation

Substantive Area Electives (minimum 9 additional credits from the above and/or from among):

• URBPL 6011 Planning Seminar
• URBPL 6220 Land Use Planning
• URBPL 6221 Topics in Land Use Planning
• URBPL 6230 Utah Architecture & Cities
• URBPL 6262 Urban Design Theory
• URBPL 6270 Metropolitan Regional Planning
• URBPL 6300 Housing and Community Development
• URBPL 6310 Urban Development Methods and Policies
• URBPL 6311 Topics in Urban Real Estate Development
• URBPL 6320 Topics in Metropolitan Fiscal Structure & Analysis
• URBPL 6330 Urban Growth Management
• URBPL 6331 Topics in Growth Management
• URBPL 6340 City & Metropolitan Economic Development
• URBPL 6341 Topics in City & Metropolitan Economic Development
• URBPL 6345 Project Finance and Economics
• URBPL 6350 Public Lands and Environmental Policy
• URBPL 6360 Environmental Planning Law and Policy
• URBPL 6370 System Dynamics and Environmental Policy
• URBPL 6371 Complexity & Systems Thinking
• URBPL 6360 Sustainability Planning
• URBPL 6400 Urban Design Visualization
• URBPL 6410 Site Planning
• URBPL 6420 Open Space Design
• URBPL 6500 Preservation Theory & Practice
• URBPL 6581 “Main Street” Revitalization
• URBPL 6710 Introduction to Transportation Planning
• URBPL 6720 Community Transport
• URBPL 6721 Topics in Transportation Planning
• FCS 6120 Demographic Methods
• GEOGR 6160 Spatial Modeling in GIS
• LAW 5420 Mediation Clinic
• POL S 6240 Local Government Law
• POL S 6380 Public Budgeting & Finance

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