Urban Planning courses

About City Planning, M.c.p in San Diego State University

The Master of City Planning (MCP) Program was inaugurated in the Fall of 1968 and has since graduated over 400 students who have secured positions in planning agencies at all levels of government, in private and public institutions concerned with planning and urban affairs, and in academic and research institutions.

Our mission is to provide graduate students with the knowledge, specialized skills, and professional experience to creatively engage in problem-solving and in the practice of urban and regional planning in public policy contexts; and to equip them with the skills and techniques that will enable them to assume effective, ethical leadership roles in the field of planning. The program also emphasizes an understanding of the broader international context of planning and how regions can respond to or help shape trends into the future.

The program provides the opportunity for students to engage in a wide range of field-based education through an interdisciplinary set of courses. It fosters mutual learning through a participatory experience that emphasizes academic excellence, sound professional preparation, and ethical conduct, with an emphasis on working in the public interest. The program seeks to impart an understanding of the spatial and physical dimensions of planning and design; the challenges of sustainability, livability, environment, mobility, and social equity in shaping policy choices; and the techniques and process of community-building.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Individual university mark sheets for every year with marks obtained and course titles;
  Provisional degree certificates or final degree certificates.

English language requirements

• TOEFL

     Score of at least  80 (iBT).

• International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

              Overall band score of the academic test of at least 6.5. 

• Pearson Test of English (PTE)

              Score of at least 58.

San Diego State University Annual Cost to Attend

California Resident Tuition-$5,742

Graduate cost of attendance at San Diego State University is tabulated below:

Out of State Resident Tuition- $17,622

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