Offered at: San Luis Obispo Campus
The Concurrent CE-MS/MCRP with Specialization in Transportation Planning is a joint interdisciplinary program between the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in the College of Engineering and the City and Regional Planning Department in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Participation in the program requires enrollment in both Colleges. Participants successfully completing the program are awarded both the Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE-MS) and the Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) with a Specialization in Transportation Planning.
Requirements for Admission
Students must meet the requirements for admission for both the Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE-MS) and the Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) with a Specialization in Transportation Planning programs.
Application due date: Please see Graduate Student Dates and Deadlines for application deadlines. Students begin the program Fall semester.
Advancement to Candidacy
Completion of at least 6 units of graduate coursework with cumulative and higher ed GPA of 3.0 or higher and an approved culminating experience proposal.
Culminating Experience
The degree culminates in a thesis (CE 5599 or CRP 5599), professional project ( CRP 5596), or a studio project (CRP 5598).
Program Learning Objectives
Master of City and Regional Planning
- Critically assess the historical, theoretical, legal, and methodological foundations of planning.
- Analyze the theory and practice of planning’s impact on equity and social justice.
- Systematically gather, organize, analyze and present quantitative and qualitative data and information
- Transform data and information into knowledge for action.
- Critically assess and apply scientific research from a broad array of disciplines.
- Lead processes that integrate and apply the necessary skills and knowledge to address planning problems.
- Develop, manage, and implement a planning process.
- Organize and engage with a variety of audiences: multiple publics, officials, and decision-makers.
- Integrate knowledge from the broad array of fields represented by student’s undergraduate backgrounds.
- Provide leadership and innovation in the professional practice of planning.
- Evaluate, implement and advocate for sustainability, diversity, and environmental and social justice through leadership in all planning endeavors.
- Act in accordance with the AICP Code of Ethics.
MS Civil Engineering
- Apply and synthesize technical knowledge to provide solutions to advanced Civil and Environmental Engineering challenges.
- Integrate principles of sustainability, resilience, and restoration into engineering solutions.
- Communicate and collaborate with diverse stakeholders in an inclusive, effective, equitable, and professional manner.
- Implement systems thinking in engineering designs and solutions that promote public health, safety, and welfare on a local and global scale.
- Pursue life-long professional development through study, licensure, certification, leadership, and service.
- Acknowledge, understand, and incorporate the needs of diverse and vulnerable populations in outreach and engineering practice.
- Demonstrate independent thinking and decision-making skills.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| REQUIRED COURSES | ||
| CRP 4435 | Advancing the Transportation Revolution | 4 |
| CRP 5101 | Homes, Health, and Social Justice | 4 |
| CRP 5103 | Creating Sustainable and Resilient Communities | 4 |
| CRP 5104 | Technology and Urban Planning | 4 |
| CRP 5504 | Foundations of Planning | 4 |
| CRP 5512 | Urban Data Analysis | 4 |
| CRP 5553 | Project Planning and Design Studio | 4 |
| CRP 5554 | Community Planning Studio | 4 |
| Select from the following: | 4-6 | |
| Project - Professional | ||
| Project - Studio | ||
| Thesis | ||
| Thesis | ||
| Specialization Required Courses | ||
| CRP 4455 | Transportation Policy and Planning | 3 |
| CE 5523 | Transportation Systems Planning | 3-4 |
| or CE 4421 | Traffic Engineering | |
| CE 5527 | Sustainable Mobility | 3 |
| Concurrent MS Civil Engineering | ||
| CE 5526 | Transportation Safety | 4 |
| CE 5529 | Modeling and Simulation in Transportation | 4 |
| CE 5575 | Engineering Project Management | 4 |
| CE 5591 | Graduate Seminar I | 1 |
| CE 5592 | Graduate Seminar II | 1 |
| Select from the following: | 6-7 | |
| Intelligent Transportation Systems | ||
| Public Transportation | ||
| Airport Planning and Design | ||
| Transportation Economics and Analysis | ||
| Modeling and Simulation in Transportation | ||
| Total Units | 65-69 | |