Joint MCRP/MS Engineering with Specialization in
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING  – 2005-07 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 MCRP and the MS in Engineering, each with a Specialization in Transportation Planning.

The major objectives of this joint program are to:

(a)  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)  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)  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 148 Reasoning, Argumentation and Professional 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 500 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.

Core Courses

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CE 523 Transportation System Planning (4)

 

CE 528 Transportation Analysis or
CE 525 Airport Planning and Design (4)



CE 591 Graduate Seminar (1)

 

CE 599 Design Project (Thesis) (2,2,2) or CRP 599 Thesis (2)(2)(2) or CRP 596 Professional Project (2)(2)(2)

 

CRP 409 Planning Internship (4)

 

CRP 435 Transportation Theory (3)

 

CRP 501 Foundations of Cities and Planning (4)

 

CRP 510 Planning Theory (4)

 

CRP 513 Planning Research Methods (4)

 

CRP 516 Methods of Data Analysis (4)

 

CRP 518 Policy Analysis for Planners(4)

 

CRP 525 Plan Implementation (4)

 

CRP 530 Planning Agency Management (3)

 

CRP 535 Land Use and Planning Law (4)

 

CRP 552, 554 Community and Regional Planning Studio I, II (4) (4)

 

CSC, MATH, STAT or other approved quantitative methods course (3)

 

Emphasis Area (select one of the following)

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Urban Development and Design Emphasis

 

CRP 520 Feasibility Studies in Planning (4)

 

CRP 548 Principles of Urban Dev. and Design (4)

 

Urban Development and Design elective (3)

 

Environmental Planning Emphasis

 

CRP 545 Principles of Env. Planning (4)

 

Environmental Planning electives (7)

 

Approved CE/ENVE electives:

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Select from:  CE 421, 422, 424, 522, 525, 528, 529, 573, 574,  ENVE 411, 465, or other advisor approved CE/ENVE courses

 

 

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