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The School of City and Regional Planning offers several dual-degree programs pairing the Master of City and Regional Planning with allied professional studies. By enrolling in a dual degree program, students are able to obtain two degrees in less time than it would take if the student were pursuing the degrees separately. Both degrees are awarded simultaneously upon completion of the program of study. Dual degrees position graduates to tackle urban and regional policy problems that benefit from a multidisciplinary perspective or to be competitive for work settings that traditionally involve professionals from multiple fields. MCRP dual degree programs at Georgia Tech are:

MCRP + MS (Civil Engineering)

This dual degree program is to meet the need of planning agencies and transportation departments for people who combine competence in city and regional planning and transportation engineering. The program consists of course work in city planning, transportation engineering, mathematical and experimental statistics, principles of digital computers and operations research. It is administered jointly by the School of City and Regional Planning and the School of Civil Engineering.

MCRP + M Arch (Architecture)

The dual Master of Architecture and Master of City & Regional Planning degree program trains those who wish to engage directly in the process of city building. The program is intended to meet the needs of planning agencies, consultants, institutions, and architectural firms for graduates who can deal competently with the complexities of urban areas.

MCRP + JD (Planning Law)

This dual Georgia Tech Master of City & Regional Planning and Georgia State University Juris Doctor degree program broadens the intellectual horizons of both Georgia State University College of Law and the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture by facilitating interdisciplinary study. The program supports the interest of students who wish to pursue study in the field of both law and urban planning. Students are exposed to an educational opportunity that reflects the fact that land management law and city and regional planning have become increasingly integrated and interdisciplinary in nature and that training for today’s land use law or planning profession requires expertise in both disciplines. Dual MCRP + JD studies typically required four years of study rather than the five normally required to complete both degrees.

MCRP + MS (Public Policy)

The objective of the dual degree program in City and Regional Planning and Public Policy is to provide an education and research experience to those students wishing to work in urban environmental, and/or economic development policy analysis at the national, state, and local level. The dual degree student receives both degrees in less time than it would take to receive the two degrees sequentially, typically three academic years, rather than four.