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B-1 West Sibley Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6701
607 255-6701

Applying:

2009-10 Tuition: M.A. and M.R.P.: $24,700; Ph.D.: $29,500

Application deadlines:
Fall, Jan. 10; no spring admission

Requirements summary:

  • all Graduate School Requirements, including the TOEFL Exam for Non-Native English Applicants
  • two recommendations
  • GRE general test
  • TOEFL minimum score of 600 paper-based or 250 computer-based

Degrees, Subjects & Concentrations:

Subjects: City and Regional Planning (Ph.D., M.R.P.), Historic Preservation Planning (M.A.)

Major concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; historic preservation planning; international studies in planning; land use and environmental planning

Degrees: Ph.D., M.R.P., M.A.

Course descriptions and rosters:

Description:

City and regional planning (M.R.P., Ph.D.). Students learn to design, evaluate, and implement policies and programs that affect the social, economic, and physical development of urban and regional areas, including those in the Developing World.

The educational program fosters theoretical and conceptual knowledge relevant to urban and regional studies, and the acquisition of professional skills, including those in critical thinking, oral presentation, writing, statistical analysis and Geographical Information Systems.

The M.R.P. program normally requires four residence units, sixty credits, a set of core courses, and the completion of a satisfactory thesis, professional report, or research paper. At the discretion of the faculty, up to one residence unit and 15 credits may be granted, by petition after matriculation, for graduate work done elsewhere, including Cornell-supervised professional field experience. Doctoral degree candidates often begin in Cornell's Master of Regional Planning program; applications are also welcomed from outside the university.

Historic preservation planning (M.A.).
This program prepares students for work in the history and preservation of buildings in a variety of urban and rural contexts. Two years of course work normally are needed. Students are required to complete sixty credits, including a six-credit thesis. A basic core of three preservation courses and two semesters of course work in American architectural history is also required; if not satisfied by prior undergraduate work, it should be completed in the first year at Cornell. Students are strongly encouraged to seek summer employment in the field.

Application:
Applicants to all programs are required to submit recent GRE general test scores. A minimum TOEFL score of 600 (paper-based) or 250 (computer-based) is required.

Applicants to the Ph.D. program who do not hold an M.R.P. degree from a recognized program are required to first enroll in Cornell's M.R.P. program and to complete course work at least equivalent to that required for the first-year M.R.P. program. Applicants who hold a master's degree in a related field and who have had acceptable experience in planning practice will sometimes be considered for direct admission. Competence in basic analytical and research methods is required; this requirement may be fulfilled after entering the program.

Faculty:

  • Iwan Azis -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; international studies in planning; Research interests: urban and regional theory

  • Sherene Baugher -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; historic preservation planning; Research interests: American Indians and environmental planning; urban planning history; historic preservation planning; urban archaeology

  • Lourdes Beneria -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: labor markets; gender and work; regional and international development; global restructuring

  • Richard Booth -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; historic preservation planning; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: land-use law; environmental planning; environmental politics; environmental law; critical-area preservation; administrative law

  • Nancy Brooks -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: urban and environmental economics

  • Susan Christopherson -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: industry location and regional development; labor and economic development; the creative economy; European studies

  • Jeffrey Chusid -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; historic preservation planning; international studies in planning; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: historic preservation planning; land use; environmental planning; international studies in planning

  • Pierre Clavel -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: city administration; politics; local economic development

  • Kieran Donaghy -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: applied econometrics; dynamic modeling; planning theory; applied ethics; urban and regional economics

  • John Forester -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: planning practice and politics; ethics; critical social theory; negotiation and public dispute resolution

  • Ann Forsyth -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: social aspects of physical planning; urban development

  • William Goldsmith -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: urban studies; Latin American studies; urban poverty; urbanization and environment; international planning; political economy

  • Richard Kiely -- Concentrations: economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: community development; participatory planning and research; qualitative research; domestic and global service learning; community-university partnerships

  • Neema Kudva -- Concentrations: economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: land use and environmental planning; economic development planning; international studies in planning

  • Clement Lai -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; Research interests: Asian American history and politics; the intersection of racial and spacial theory; urban renewal and development; social movements; multiracial politics; property and expropriation

  • Yael Levitte -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: local and regional economic development policy, sustainable development (transportation emphasis)

  • David Lewis -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: planning analysis; rural development; regional planning and administrative decentralization in developing countries

  • Barbara Lynch -- Research interests: natural resource and rural development policy; water management; environmental social movements

  • Porus Olpadwala -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: political economy; technology development and transfer; international planning; environment and development

  • Rolf Pendall -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: land-use planning; state, regional, and local growth management; zoning and subdivision regulation; affordable housing; domestic (U.S.) environmental planning and policy

  • Kenneth Reardon -- Concentrations: economic development planning: communities and regions; Research interests: community-based planning and development; municipal reform movements; community-university partnerships

  • Arturo Ignacio Sanchez -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: transnational immigration from the Americas; Diasporic state policies; Columbian, Dominican, and Mexican migration; economic development/historic preservation

  • Stephan Schmidt -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; international studies in planning; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: land use and environmental planning; city and regional planning; international studies in planning

  • Michael Tomlan -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; historic preservation planning; international studies in planning; land use and environmental planning; Research interests: building conservation technology; survey and documentation methods for preservation; preservation economics and finance; urban history

  • Thomas Vietorisz -- Concentrations: economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: international regional planning; regional economics; base, social, cultural, and environmental aspects of sustainable global development

  • Mildred Warner -- Concentrations: city and regional planning; economic development planning: communities and regions; international studies in planning; Research interests: community development; economic development; state and local government policy

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