City and Regional Planning

The city and regional planning (CRP) curriculum prepares students for professional practice as community planners or as private consultants. Graduates achieve effective, entry-level professional work through applied learning in a studio mode with community-based case studies. The program offers two nationally accredited and complementary degrees:

The Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) program, through laboratory, lecture and seminar course work, allows students to build upon their individual undergraduate preparation. The program is broadly balanced with emphasis options in either land use and development or environmental and regional planning.
The four-year Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning (BSCRP) offers unique and excellent preparation in physical planning and urban design with opportunities for individual focus on transportation and infrastructure, economic development, environmental planning, and government and public management.

Through projects involving local communities, both programs build from analytic and design foundations, to create practical applications of communication and computer skills. Emphasis is on collaborative teamwork with practical assignments ranging from formulating city-scale plans to the planning and design of precise residential and commercial projects. Faculty academic and professional backgrounds cover a wide range of planning areas with strong academic support from practicing professionals.

The department actively participates in interdisciplinary labs which are taught with faculty from the departments of architecture, landscape architecture and construction management in such areas as housing, feasibility studies, community design and sustainable environments.

For more information on the City and Regional Planning Dept., visit their website: http://planning.calpoly.edu