Director: Robert Beauregard

MISSION STATEMENT

The Urban Planning Program seeks to develop the capacity of planners to understand and effectively address the challenges brought about by a rapidly urbanizing world. It brings to this task a curriculum that focuses on:

- theoretical and analytical skills,
- an understanding of the inherently political nature of urban planning,
- the importance of ethics and morals in professional work, and
- a commitment to matters of social equity and social justice.

Our overarching goal is to educate students so that they can make a meaningful contribution to the improvement of urban life through professional practice. We impress upon our Masters students the need to create plans that will sustain and improve social conditions as well as enhance the quality of the natural and built environments. For our doctoral students, we focus on developing sophisticated theoretical and research skills that can be used in shaping public policy.