Joint
MCRP/MS Engineering with Specialization in
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING – 2001-03 Catalog
City and Regional Planning
Dexter Bldg. (34), Room 251
(805) 756-1315
College of Engineering
Engineering Bldg. (13), Room 266
(805) 756-2131
The Transportation Planning Specialization is a joint interdisciplinary program between the College of Engineering and the City and Regional Planning Department, College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Participation in the program requires enrollment in both Colleges. Students successfully completing the program will be awarded both the M.C.R.P. and the M.S. in Engineering, each with a Specialization in Transportation Planning.
The major objectives of this joint program are:
(a) To provide an interdisciplinary graduate program which combines elements of transportation planning with city and regional planning to address a need for professionals who have a command of both the technology of transportation planning and the place of transportation within the urban environment. The required master's project is intended to allow the students a period of directed study that will allow them to integrate their work and to apply this to special areas of their choosing.
(b) To provide planners with courses essential to understanding the technologies of transportation planning. To provide engineers with a broad background in urban studies and a knowledge of contemporary environmental issues.
(c) To take advantage of the backgrounds of program participants. The graduate students of both sponsoring departments include both mature professionals returning for advanced degrees and recent graduates with a diversity of specializations.
Prerequisites. Applicants must have satisfactorily
completed courses that cover the following or equivalent subject areas:
CE 221 Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering
CE 381 Geotechnical Engineering or
GEOL 201 Physical Geology
CSC 231 Fortran for Engineering Students
ECON 201 Survey of Economics
ENGL 118 Reasoning, Argumentation and Technical Writing
MATH 143 Calculus
PHYS 131 General Physics
SCOM 101 Public Speaking
STAT 321 Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
Applicants for admission to the joint program with a specialization in Transportation Planning are expected to:
1. Have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college,
2. Have attained a grade point average of 3.0 in last 90 units of undergraduate work,
3. Provide results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Aptitude Test to the Admissions Committee (required only if grade point average is below the required 3.0),
4. Give indications of motivation, maturity, and high standards of academic involvement through work and references (three letters required) and submission of a project or paper demonstrating writing ability,
5. Provide a statement (maximum of 300 words) addressing their understanding of and areas of interest in planning, career objectives, and educational objectives.
Applicants lacking prerequisites or other background requirements for classified standing may be admitted on a conditionally classified basis, depending on the results of an individual analysis of their applications.
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Core Courses |
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CE 523 Transportation
System Planning (4) |
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CE 528 Transportation
Analysis or |
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CE 591 Graduate Seminar
(1) |
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CE 599 (2,2,5) or CRP 599 Thesis (6) |
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CRP 409 Planning
Internship (2) |
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CRP 420 Land Use Law (4) |
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CRP 435 Transportation
Theory (3) |
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CRP 501 Foundations of
Cities and Planning (4) |
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CRP 510 Planning Theory
(4) |
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CRP 513 Planning Research
Methods (4) |
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CRP 515 Presentation and
Communication Techniques for Planners (3) |
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CRP 516 Quantitative
Methods in Planning (4) |
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CRP 518 Policy Analysis
for Planners(4) |
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CRP 525 Plan
Implementation (4) |
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CRP 530 Planning Agency
Management (3) |
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CRP 552 Urban Planning
Laboratory (4) |
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CRP 553 Project Planning
Laboratory (4) |
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CSC, MATH, STAT or other
approved quantitative methods course (3) |
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Emphasis Area (select one
of the following) |
10 |
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Urban Land Planning
Emphasis |
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CRP 520 Feasibility
Studies in Planning (4) |
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CRP 548 Principles of City
Design (3) |
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Urban Land Planning
electives (3) |
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Regional and
Environmental Planning Emphasis |
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CRP 404 Environmental Law
(3) or Env elective |
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Regional and Environmental
Planning electives (7) |
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Approved CE/ENVE
electives: |
14 |
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Electives may
include: CE 421, 422, 424, 522, 525,
528, 529, 573, 574, ENVE 411, 465 |
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