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Graduate Certificate in Urban Planning Analytics at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech, United States

Programme overview

The Urban Planning Analytics graduate certificate develops students’ ability to use data to study cities and support urban planning and policy decisions. Students build skills in data collection, management, and analysis while learning to consider the economic, environmental, social, ethical, and political dimensions of those decisions. The certificate prepares students to apply analytical methods to understand and address challenges facing cities.

Faculty: Liberal Arts and Human Sciences  |  Location: Blacksburg, VA, United States

What you will study

12 graduate credits required. Core courses include UAP 5114: Computer Applications in Urban Planning and Management; UAP 5224: Planning Methods and Technologies; UAP 5494: Advanced Quantitative Techniques for Urban Research; UAP 5564: Information Technology, Society, and Public Policy.

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Entry requirements

Open to VT graduate students and others not enrolled in VT graduate programs. Admission: VT students: Complete the Application for Graduate Certificate Program form Non-VT students: Complete online Admission Application

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