About Us

The Department of Community & Regional Planning (DCRP) at Alabama A&M University. In the DRCP, we are committed to training students in sustaining and enhancing the quality of life in cities and regions, and designing livable communities. This student-centered program prepares graduates with the ability to enrich communities through leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, social responsibility, sustainable planning, and policy.

We are thrilled to be expecting a large, excited audience for this conference. With an exceptional group of speakers featuring key influencers throughout the industry, this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear directly from the pros.

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The Department of Community and Regional Planning offers two accredited planning programs: BSUP and MURP programs and coordinates a Bachelor of Liberal Studies program.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN URBAN PLANNING: The Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning (BSUP) Program is a PAB (Planning Accreditation Board) accredited program. The BSUP prepares students for diverse entry level professional planning careers in governmental agencies, land development, consulting businesses, community service organizations, community development corporations, and private industry or for graduate study in urban and regional planning and related disciplines. The curriculum is designed to train students to acquire a broad liberal education that leads to an understanding of the natural and social environment and their problems, to develop an understanding of urban and rural development issues and problems, and to formulate programs for achieving public development objectives.

MASTER OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING: The Master of Urban and Regional Planning is a PAB accredited program. The MURP Program is designed to prepare students to become competent professional planners who possess the knowledge, skills and values to improve the quality of public and private decisions which address the social, economic and physical development needs of diverse urban and rural communities. Pursuant to this mission, the Program gives students a broad understanding of urban and regional settlement systems, planning principles and concepts, and significant depth in a particular substantive area of planning application to function effectively as planning professionals upon graduation. The MURP Program has three major components totaling 46 credit hours for students without a PAB accredited Bachelor in Planning and 42 credit hours for those who possess the PAB accredited Bachelors. The components included a core of 28 credit hours, 12 credit hours of specialization, along with 6 credits hours of thesis. Student choosing the non-thesis option take 3 hours of Terminal Research/Project and a 3-credit elective course. The MURP program’s knowledge base addresses the dynamic forces that determine the structure and function of human settlement, the theory and history urban planning, the process of plan-making and implementation, and the application of planning principles. The skills component train students in problem conceptualization, data collection and analysis, problem solving, project design and management, and oral and graphic communication. The value component consists of activities which build professional behavior and provides an understanding of equity and social justice.

BACHELOR OF LIBERAL STUDIES: The department also coordinates a Bachelor of Liberal Studies program. It is a non-planning degree consisting of 124 credit hours. It is designed to support the educational pursuit of upper level undergraduate students by allowing flexibility in structuring an academic program of study best suited for their needs and goals.

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