Focus Areas
Application Deadline:
January 15 annually
Enrollment Deposit and Intent to Enroll Deadline:
April 15 annually
The Master of Urban Regional Planning program’s flexible curriculum provides students the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics in the field of urban and regional planning or gain depth in a specific area. The focus areas described below provide guidance about elective courses a student could take to more fully explore that topic. Focus areas are structured to be potential courses of study, and are not a requirement for the Master of Urban Regional Planning degree.
Courses listed as “Primary Courses” provide a majority of the material directed toward the focus area, “Secondary Courses” provide a smaller share of course material on the focus area; and “Non-URP courses” are offered in other units on campus.
Applied Planning Skills
Community and Economic Development
Global and Comparative Planning
Housing and Equitable Development
Land Use and Environmental Planning
Physical Planning and Design
Social Justice and Urban Development
Sustainability, Resilience, Adaptation and Climate Change
Transportation Planning

/ Applied Planning Skills
Coordinator: Robert Goodspeed

/ Community and Economic Development
Coordinator: Scott Campbell

/ Global and Comparative Planning
Coordinator: Lesli Hoey

/ Housing and Equitable Development
Coordinator: Lan Deng

/ Land Use and Environmental Planning
Coordinator: Dick Norton

/ Physical Planning and Design
Coordinator: María Arquero de Alarcón

/ Social Justice and Urban Development
Coordinator: Joe Grengs

/ Sustainability, Resilience, Adaptation, and Climate Change
Coordinator: Larissa Larsen

/ Transportation Planning
Coordinator: Jonathan Levine