The Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) is a two-year professional curriculum. The program is one of only four in the Pacific Northwest that is professionally accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board. You’ll learn how to make a difference in your community and solve real-world problems. We provide unique opportunities for those who want to play a part in shaping a better future. Our graduates succeed in finding employment both in the United States and internationally.
At EWU, our graduates have a strong record of employment in the field as well as becoming leaders of the planning profession and guides to sustainable futures in the region and beyond. We work closely with local communities on variety of projects which giove students the necessary practical knowledge and experience they will need as they become the next generation of planning professionals..
Work with public officials and practicing professionals to communicate, analyze, design, and plan.
Improve the quality of life in your neighborhood, city, state and region.
Provide technical assistance for area agencies and communities.
Admission requirements of the MURP program include those required for Graduate Studies at EWU as well as the following:
Applications are submitted online through EWU’s GradCAS graduate application form. The EWU Graduate Studies Office collects a $75 application fee. No additional fee is charged for application to the MURP program.
The MURP program is located in the University District of Downtown Spokane at the Catalyst building. MURP students are helping to transform the region working closely with local businesses and organizations.
Urban and Regional Planning, Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP)
Note: with the exception of those who have applied for leave of absence, students who enroll in PLAN 601 Research Project must maintain continuous enrollment until their degree requirements are met.
Grade Requirements: the candidate for the degree of Master of Urban and Regional Planning must pass a final examination. At the time of the final examination, a student’s cumulative GPA ≥3.0. There must be no unabsolved grades less than C.
| Required Core Curriculum | ||
| Theory/Philosophy | ||
| PLAN 501 | FOUNDATIONS OF PLANNING | 5 |
| PLAN 502 | ADVANCED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | 5 |
| Administrative/Management | ||
| PLAN 500 | PLANNING PRACTICE | 2 |
| PLAN 505 | PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION AND LAW | 5 |
| Methods/Techniques | ||
| PLAN 503 | PLANNING METHODS I | 5 |
| PLAN 504 | PLANNING METHODS II: POPULATION AND ECONOMY | 5 |
| PLAN 506 | PLANNING METHODS III | 5 |
| PLAN 540 | LAND USE PLANNING | 5 |
| PLAN 565 | GIS FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS | 4 |
| Applied Synthesis | ||
| PLAN 507 | ADVANCED PLANNING STUDIO | 5 |
| PLAN 523 | TRIBAL GOVERNANCE | 4 |
| PLAN 542 | SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | 3 |
| PLAN 570 | ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING | 5 |
| PLAN 591 | RESEARCH PROJECT PREPARATION | 1 |
| PLAN 601 | RESEARCH PROJECT (1–15 variable credit course) | 5 |
| Electives–choose at least five credits from the following | 5 | |
| WALKABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| URBAN DESIGN | ||
| COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION TECHNIQUES | ||
| HOUSING | ||
| PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS | ||
| REFLECTIVE PLANNING THEORY | ||
| COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLANNING | ||
| NETWORKED GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SECTOR GRANTS-WRITING | ||
| PLANNING, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| TRANSPORTATION PLANNING | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW | ||
| RURAL AND SMALL TOWN PLANNING | ||
| GRADUATE INTERNSHIP | ||
| Total Credits | 69 | |
Review of zoning, subdivision regulations, and other tools employed by planners to implement public plans and policies. Consideration of constitutional, statutory, and case law governing the realm of plan and policy implementation.
Explores the issues and methods of analyzing and organizing land uses in urban and regional environments by balancing the demand for uses with the environmental conditions that limit the supply of land and locates these uses based upon criteria that satisfy human needs.
Pre-requisites: graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
Examination of networked governance, the development of public sector grant programs and the distribution and fiscal management of money transfers. Topics include project development, grant applications, program planning and implementation and public policies for the improvement of intergovernmental operations.
Pre-requisites: PLAN 407 or permission of the instructor.
A workshop on the application of skills and techniques of community development and participation, emphasizing personal growth, group formation and dynamics, consulting with groups, and creative change within groups.
2334 W Lawrence Ave
Ste 209
Chicago, IL 60625
