Specializations
A specialization in one area of planning is required of all students. The specific areas of specialization offered within the Department reflect available faculty resources and professional employment opportunities. The major areas include:

• urban design, dealing with physical form, character, and quality issues
• real estate, urban development, and housing which involves issues of policy, physical development and design, finance, and community economic development
• historic preservation planning and design, focusing on the specialized skills needed to actively protect historic districts, buildings and landscapes
• land use and infrastructure planning including its environmental, socio-economic, legal, and administrative aspects
• environmental planning, addressing the interactions between urban systems and natural processes.

Other opportunities for specialization include studies in transportation planning with Civil Engineering, public policy and management with Public Affairs, and law and coastal planning with Marine Studies.

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