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The Bloustein School, in cooperation with the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, offers a joint program that enables students to earn the Bachelor of Arts or science and the Master of City and Regional Planning in five years rather than the normal six. This (3-1-1) five-year program gives exemplary students the opportunity to complete their liberal arts education and prepare themselves for a career in urban planning and development.

During the first three years of their undergraduate education, students will complete most of their major and general studies requirements. They may apply for admission to the joint program by February 1st of their junior year.

During their senior year, admitted students will take up to six (6) graduate courses in the Urban Planning and Policy Development Program, which are taught in the school’s state-of-the-art facility on Livingston Avenue. At the end of their fourth year, students should have completed all undergraduate requirements to receive their bachelor’s degree.

In the summer after graduating from their Rutgers undergraduate college, students will participate in a professional internship experience for credit at a public agency, non-profit organization, or private firm working on planning issues. In addition, they take on a summer course offering. Students receive six graduate credits both the internship and the course.

During their fifth year, students complete their graduate studies and receive the MCRP degree.

Advantages of the Five Year Program

The program is structured so that students can complete both the undergraduate major and professional graduate degree courses to earn both a bachelor’s degree and an MCRP in five years. During their senior year, students receive the benefit of undergraduate tuition rates while taking graduate courses, thus reducing the costs of the two degrees. Graduates of the Urban Planning and Policy Development Program work in important and varied positions in the fields of planning, development, economics and sociology, including for city and town planning departments, in federal and state executive agencies, for non-profit and advocacy organizations and in many private consultant, engineering and architecture firms. All sectors of the workforce are represented by planners.