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Beginning its first intakes in September 2023 and January 2024, this two-semester graduate certificate program prepares students for planning roles that focus on ensuring urban areas are sustainable, inclusive, and equitable. In addition to utilizing the technical skills from the program, students will integrate economic, social-cultural, political and environmental considerations to imagine creative solutions to for urban and transportation projects.

This program will help students better understand land development and environmental and social issues through the analysis and review of case studies. Further, it will familiarize graduates with the legal basis for land use planning. Graduates will also be introduced to legislation and current policies used to develop sustainable communities and enhance urban infrastructure and transportation facilities. Graduates will learn and work with the most up-to-date technologies, including Geographical Information System (GIS). They will learn the fundamentals of urban planning, planning policy frameworks and the structure of planning practices.

Skills

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

Create development plans for urban planning and transportation projects
Analyze environmental impact assessments
Interpret, analyze, and manage urban infrastructure assets using Geographic Information Systems
Conduct environmental assessments and environmental impact studies
Transportation and land planning for Indigenous communities
Spatial data acquisition and analysis
Stakeholder negotiation
Case study review and analysis
Urban projects management
Planning policy frameworks
Planning justification reports

Your Career

Graduates of the program can explore the following career options:

Urban planners
Transportation planners
Land-use planners
Environmental planners