MCP Community Planning at University of Cincinnati

Programme overview

The challenge this urbanized world poses is the substance of the planning profession. Planners are dedicated to developing innovative approaches to managing cities and planning their development. The constructive management of change is at the heart of the profession. Planning is growing in importance throughout the country, and the number of planners is rising rapidly.

Faculty: College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States

Career pathways

The MCP degree prepares students for the professional practice of planning at local, regional, state, federal, and international levels of government, as well as within the private sector with a planning consultant, land developer, law firm, economic development agency/corporation, non-profit organization, or other related business.

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Application information

Entry requirements

The application for the Master of Community Planning program requires: UC Graduate Admissions Application Two letters of recommendation (3 preferred) Professional résumé Unofficial Transcripts (to be uploaded with online application). Upon acceptance to the program, official transcripts, stating an undergraduate degree was conferred, must be submitted to complete the enrollment process. (For International Students: Official transcript evaluations from a NACES member organization are required.) Statement of purpose. This two-page paper should describe your broader goals within the field of planning, and why pursuing an MCP degree is the right path for you. Please also describe your significant academic experiences and touch on why you believe that you can successfully undertake graduate study. What Planning faculty members would you like to work with? Applicants interested in a graduate assistantship should upload a one-page description of relevant skills and knowledge (such as teaching experience, computer programming, design software, statistics, languages, drafting/design, and knowledge of research tools such as SPSS or SAS) that could be utilized as a graduate assistant. Be sure to include some qualitative judgment of your skills, and describe how you have used these skills in prior academic/work experiences. International Students also need: TOEFL (Minimum score: 87), IELTS (Minimum score: 6.5), ELS (Minimum Level: 112), or Duolingo (Minimum score: 110) scores. GRE not required. A portfolio is optional Attention International Students : An important characteristic of the MCP program at the University of Cincinnati is that it is recognized as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) degree. Not all Master's degrees in planning have this designation. The importance of the STEM designation is that international students who graduate from a STEM program are given the opportunity to remain in the United States for 3 years of OPT (Optional Professional Training) if they obtain a planning position. Non-STEM programs only allow an international graduate one year of OPT.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applicants select an entry term (semester) when applying; not all programmes start every term, and each programme sets its own start terms.

Graduate application fee: $65 domestic and $70 international for most degree programmes; $75 domestic and $80 international for the College of Engineering & Applied Science; $140 for the MS Physiology.

Graduate applications: programmes set their own deadlines and decision schedules. Most programmes use the UC Graduate Admissions Application; Nursing uses NursingCAS, Occupational Therapy OTCAS, Physical Therapy PTCAS, Athletic Training ATCAS, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology CSDCAS, and Public Health SOPHAS.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uc.edu/admissions.html

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