Program Overview

City and Regional Planning and Civil Engineering (Concurrent CRP/CE)

The Concurrent CE-MS/MCRP with Specialization in Transportation Planning is a joint interdisciplinary program between the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in the College of Engineering and the City and Regional Planning Department in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Participation in the program requires enrollment in both Colleges. Participants successfully completing the program are awarded both the Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE-MS) and the Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) with a Specialization in Transportation Planning.

Requirements for Admission

Students must meet the requirements for admission for both the Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE-MS) and the Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) with a Specialization in Transportation Planning programs.

Advancement to Candidacy

Completion of at least 6 units of graduate coursework with cumulative and higher ed GPA of 3.0 or higher and an approved culminating experience proposal.

Culminating Experience

The degree culminates in a thesis (CE 5599 or CRP 5599), professional project (CRP 5596), or a studio project (CRP 5598).

Program Learning Objectives

1. Describe the foundational concepts, theories, and methods of critical, humanistic, and social scientific approaches to studying communication.
2. Analyze mediated and non-mediated communication practices, messages, and effects considering the culture and context in which they occur.
3. Practice self-reflexivity about one's own communication practices.
4. Develop a critical framework for making ethical and inclusive communication choices.
5. Select appropriate modalities and technologies to accomplish communication goals.
6. Apply communication concepts, theories, and methods to real-world events, issues, and problems.
7. Produce effective and ethical communication based on awareness of diverse perspectives, contexts, and social identities.

Course List

• REQUIRED COURSES
  • CRP 4435: Advancing the Transportation Revolution (4 units)
  • CRP 5101: Homes, Health, and Social Justice (4 units)
  • CRP 5103: Creating Sustainable and Resilient Communities (4 units)
  • CRP 5104: Technology and Urban Planning (4 units)
  • CRP 5504: Foundations of Planning (4 units)
  • CRP 5512: Urban Data Analysis (4 units)
  • CRP 5553: Project Planning and Design Studio (4 units)
  • CRP 5554: Community Planning Studio (4 units)
• Select from the following: (4-6 units)
  • CRP 5596: Project - Professional
  • CRP 5598: Project - Studio
  • CRP 5599: Thesis
  • CE 5599: Thesis
• Specialization Required Courses
  • CRP 4455: Transportation Policy and Planning (3 units)
  • CE 5523: Transportation Systems Planning (3-4 units)
  • or CE 4421: Traffic Engineering
  • CE 5527: Sustainable Mobility (3 units)
• Concurrent MS Civil Engineering
  • CE 5526: Transportation Safety (4 units)
  • CE 5529: Modeling and Simulation in Transportation (4 units)
  • CE 5575: Engineering Project Management (4 units)
  • CE 5591: Graduate Seminar I (1 unit)
  • CE 5592: Graduate Seminar II (1 unit)
• Select from the following: (6-7 units)
  • CE 4423: Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • CE 4424: Public Transportation
  • CE 5525: Airport Planning and Design
  • CE 5528: Transportation Economics and Analysis
  • CE 5529: Modeling and Simulation in Transportation

Total Units

65-69 units

Offered at

San Luis Obispo Campus