Graduate Field
City and Regional Planning
Program Description
Master’s students from any discipline at Cornell (with the exception of students pursuing the M.R.P. degree) are eligible to pursue the Graduate Minor in City and Regional Planning, provided their degree program allows it. The minor gives graduate students across the university the opportunity to take advantage of the wide variety of city and regional planning courses offered by the Department of City and Regional Planning.
Upon successful completion of the required classes, the Graduate Minor in City and Regional Planning will appear on the graduate student's official Cornell transcript.
Graduate Minor Requirements
- The minor is fulfilled with a minimum of four classes, totaling a minimum of 12 credit hours.
- Students take one required course and three electives (at the 5000-level or higher).
- A minimum 3.0 GPA is required in the coursework completed for the minor.
- Students must have a member from the Graduate Field of City and Regional Planning faculty appointed as a minor member of their committee. If the student does not have a committee structure in their degree program, they will be assigned an advisor in City and Regional Planning.
Required Coursework
Interested students are required to take one of the following two theory courses.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| CRP 5130 | Introduction to Planning Practice and History | 4 |
| CRP 5190 | Urban Theory | 4 |
Elective Coursework
Students select three additional city and regional planning classes at the 5000 level or higher, subject to approval. The director of graduate studies must approve all students' programs of study and can disqualify any class or accept other classes as electives. Class availability changes each semester. Students may not use independent study credit to satisfy this requirement.
