The master's degree program of study
The City Planning master's degree program prepares students to function as professionals who are capable of understanding and resolving planning problems in depth. To enable students to focus their education on a consistent and cumulative body of knowledge, the program offers the following seven specializations: economic development, environmental planning and management, geographic information systems, land and community development, land use planning, transportation, and urban design.
The curriculum is a two-year, 55-semester-hour program. Two options exist for completing the curriculum: the formal thesis or the applied research (option) paper. Credit-hour requirements for both tracks are shown here:
|
Research paper |
Thesis |
|---|---|---|
24 hours |
24 hours |
|
12 hours |
12 hours |
|
15 hours |
9 hours |
|
4 hours |
10 hours |
|
TOTAL |
55 hours |
55 hours |
In addition to these standard courses of study, several dual degree programs are available, four of them within Georgia Tech and one with Georgia State University. Students may also earn participate in certificate programs in real estate or historic preservation at Georgia State.