School of Planning

The tradition of the school is to train professionals for distinguished practice and spatially-based systems approaches with a focus on “livable places,” that is, on “communities that enrich people’s lives.” Each of the SOP programs provides a particular perspective and offers specific course work about the planning and design of innovative futures.

Programs

Collectively, courses in the School of Planning reflect a comprehensive approach to the social, physical, economic, environmental, political, health and legal aspects of the study and planning of communities, landscapes and environments from local, regional, and global perspectives.

The School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati offers outstanding academic and professional preparation for a career in planning and landscape architecture. One of the largest academic planning units in the country, the 16 full-time faculty members and rich array of adjuncts supervise the only school or department in the United States offering an accredited undergraduate planning degree with required cooperative education, an accredited master’s degree offered with a number of options and a doctoral degree in planning. The faculty represent a wide array of disciplines with an excellent record of scholarship, significant professional practice and highly visible service and outreach.

The School of Planning offers degrees in:

Public Information as defined by the Planning Accredidation Board (PAB)
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