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2009-2010 Graduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Community Planning and Development Graduate Certificate


Contact: Jayna Elsasser
E-mail: jayna@ksu.edu
Home Page: http://capd.ksu.edu/larcp/academics

The Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning  offers a graduate certificate in community planning and development for graduate students in curricula other than planning. The intent of this certificate program is to encourage or improve professional knowledge of community planning and development issues. Students are required to complete 15 credit hours of planning courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and no grade lower than a “B” in any course applied to the certificate program requirements.

Certification requirements


Graduate students in other disciplines are encouraged to seek entry into the Graduate Certificate program in Community Planning and Development if an interest in planning exists. The certificate is administered by the Graduate School in consultation with the Department / Program, and operates in a manner similar to the undergraduate minor. The intent of the Certificate program is to encourage or improve the graduate students’ professional knowledge of community planning and development issues. The basic requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Community Planning are as follows:

Core requirements:


Successful completion of the following courses with a grade of “B” or better.

Planning elective course requirements:


Successful completion of an additional 12 credit hours of the following planning courses (unless an external elective option is elected by the student) with grades of “B” or better completes the Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development:

External elective options:


The Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development program recognizes the value of planning related course work offered in other degree programs, thus successful completion of 3 credit hours of planning related course work with a “B” grade or better from the following listing, above the 500 level if external to the student’s home department, or above the 600 level within the student’s home department, would be considered an acceptable substitute for one of the courses listed in the planning elective area above. Several such courses above the 800 level exist in the Department of Architecture as well, and can be applied towards the Certificate in Community Planning and Development.

Criteria for Admission and Enrollment Procedures for the Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development:


Graduate Students enrolled at KSU may apply for admission to the Graduate Certificate program by contacting the departmental office.

Completion of requirements:


The student will be expected to notify the departmental office of graduation status the semester prior to planned graduation from their program. The staff will notify the Graduate School of completion of all requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development, and the Graduate School will insure the proper notation on the student’s official transcript. The Certificate will be awarded concurrent with the student’s graduate degree.

Contact for information on the graduate certificate in community planning and development:


Students interested in the Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development should contact the Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning, College of Architecture, Planning, and Design, phone (785) 532-5961. Specific questions may be directed to the Director of the Graduate Program in Regional and Community Planning.