Program Overview

Sustainable Urban & Transportation Planning (UBS)

Overview

This two-semester graduate certificate program prepares students for planning roles that focus on ensuring urban areas are sustainable, inclusive, and equitable. Students integrate economic, social-cultural, political, and environmental considerations to imagine creative solutions for urban and transportation projects.

Program Details

• Campus: Newnham
• Delivery: Flexible
• Duration: 2 Semesters (8 Months)
• Credential: Ontario College Graduate Certificate
• School: School of Environmental & Civil Engineering Technology

About the Program

This program enhances students' understanding of land development, environmental, and social issues through the analysis and review of case studies. Students learn about the legal basis for land use planning and explore legislation and current policies used to develop sustainable communities and enhance urban infrastructure and transportation facilities.

Skills

Throughout this program, students 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

Work Experience

This program does not offer a co-op; however, students engage in experiential learning through the completion of a series of industry-related capstone projects. Examples of experiential learning methods include studio-based projects, field trips, and guest speakers.

Program Availability

• Start in: September, January
• Location: Newnham
• Availability: Open (subject to change)

Program and Course Delivery

This program is offered in Seneca's flexible delivery format, with some courses delivered online. In courses delivered in the flexible format, professors teach in person to students in a physical classroom or lab and stream to students online at the same time. Students have a choice of coming to campus for an in-person experience or learning online.

Your Career

Graduates of the program can explore the following career options:

• Urban planners
• Transportation planners
• Land-use planners
• Environmental planners

Affiliations/Associations

• Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)