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Program Facts Application Information for Domestic students Application Information for International students
Regional and Community Planning is a multi-disciplinary graduate program specializing in the study of town and neighborhood planning, economic development, and policy analysis at a regional scale. Regional and Community Planning is a joint program with Landscape Architecture which offers the student a unique opportunity to develop study concentrations in community site-planning, natural resources and preservation planning, and geographic information systems based approaches to decision-making. City/Community Planning, or Town Planning - as it is called in most places throughout the world - is a professional master degree. The course of study is designed to prepare a student for a specific career at the local, metropolitan, or state level. The Kansas State University Graduate School and the Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning offer a 48 credit hour program leading to the degree Master of Regional and Community Planning. The program can be completed with four semesters of course work and a recommended summer internship between the first and second years. The program is fully accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board of the American Planning Association and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Back to Top
Entering students are required to have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. Prerequisites for admission include satisfactory completion of an elementary statistics course or equivalent (or inclusion of a graduate level statistics course in the program of study), and evidence of an understanding of the American political system and government.
Students with a B.S. or B.A.
holding a 3.0 grade average may be admitted to the program (students with a
2.65 grade average may be admitted on probationary status following a
successful interview). Undergraduate degrees that are typically preparatory
for the MRCP are architecture, landscape architecture,
geography, environmental science, civil engineering, political science,
sociology, and
economics. Other undergraduate degrees may be accepted, based on faculty
review.
To develop the creative capacities and critical thinking skills of program
participants who will become the future leaders in the planning profession.
The mission of the program is to produce qualified and competent planning
practitioners, fully capable of assuming their professional role in society,
as a caretaker of the environment, a protector of the health, safety and
welfare of the general public, and manager of community growth and
development.
The faculty is comprised of four full-time and five adjunct professors each having a diverse mix of professional, academic, and international experience.
Faculty specialties in RCP include small town and rural planning, community design, infrastructure and community/project development planning, planning law, planning methods, and advanced computer application skills for professional practice.
The curriculum is based on a 48 hours Master of Regional and Community Planning professional practice degree with an educational philosophy centered around numerous student team projects, planning studios, and small class education.
Students entering the program without a design background or equivalent knowledge may be required to include the following course to the MRCP "Core": LAR 500 - Site Planning and Design 3 hours During the last semester of study, students will be required to complete a comprehensive examination and to submit a specialization paper in their area of expertise according to program guidelines. One (1) credit hour of Topics in Planning, under their major professor, is awarded for the specialization paper. No credit is given for the Comprehensive Examination per graduate school guidelines. Students will be expected to discuss their specialization paper with their designated committee at the completion of the Comprehensive Exam session. Work on the specialization paper usually begins in the third semester to ensure timely completion. At various times throughout the program, students will be given mini-components of a traditional comprehensive exam to determine progress in synthesizing concepts and methods. The Analysis Diagnostic will be administered at the completion of PLAN 802 and 632 for the purpose of insuring a good grasp of the use and interpretation of analytical techniques developed in the methods/computer applications sequence of courses. The completion of a Comprehensive Examination, given the last semester in residence at KSU is required. Students may be invited to complete either a Master Report (2 credit hours) or Thesis (6 credit hours) by the faculty should the student interest and capability exist for this option. Acceptance of this invitation for research carries an automatic substitution of the comprehensive exam with oral presentation and defense/examination.
Student Academic Creations Student academic creations are subject to Kansas State University and Kansas Board of Regents (BOR) Intellectual Property Policies. The BOR policy states:
“The ownership of student works submitted in fulfillment of academic requirements shall be with the creator(s). The student, by enrolling in the institution, gives the institution a non-exclusive royalty-free license to mark on, modify, retain the work as may be required by the process of instruction, or otherwise handle the work as set out in the institution’s Intellectual Property Policy or in the course syllabus. The institution shall not have the right to use work in any other manner without the written consent of the creator(s).”
“Otherwise handle,” as referenced in the BOR Intellectual Property Policy, includes display of student work in various media and use for accreditation purposes.
The Kansas State University Intellectual Property Policy can be found at: http://www.ksu.edu/academicservices/intprop/policies.htm.
We offer a 15 hour
Also offered is a 15 hour Graduate Planning Certificate for majors in other fields who contemplate a career in one of the related planning professions.
Program of Study
A limited number of 0.5 time teaching and research assistantships are typically available to incoming and continuing students in the program on a competitive basis. In addition, HUD funding is generally sought and received for minority and economically disadvantaged American students as a financial aid package designed to increase minority involvement in the planning profession in the United States. All international students who are awarded financial aid in the form of a Graduate Teaching Assistant must pass (and pay for themselves) the Test of Spoken English (TSE), administered by the KSU English Language Program at Kansas State University prior to the start of the Fall and Spring semesters. Graduates who possess the master of regional and community planning degree are typically employed by cities, regions, or state planning agencies, in the various community planning and/or development departments. Since "planning" is a management degree, the opportunities for planning positions or planning related positions are limitless, both in the public/private realm and in the geographical area of coverage and interests. Opportunities abound in the areas of city planning, regional planning, neighborhood planning, transportation planning, community economic development agencies, city management, health planning, social planning, housing departments, area agencies on aging, resource planning and a preservation of ecosystems and the environment, urban design and historic preservation agencies, geographic information system analysts, demographic analysts, research and market analyst agencies, policy analysts, private consulting organizations (architects, engineers, and land planners), land development, developers and real estate appraisers, non-profit information dispersion agencies, land use law firms, etc.
Our alumni are employed in various communities and agencies in the United States and Canada and in 35 countries throughout the world. A strong job market is enjoyed and achieve starting salaries ranging from $30,000 to $40,000 (U.S.) depending on the locale and the graduate's specific skills.
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