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Certificate Programs

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at San José State University offers four certificate programs which lead to specialization in Community Design and Development, Environmental Planning, Transportation and Land Use Planning, and Applications of Technology in Planning.

Eligibility for the Certificate Programs and Application Process

The certificate program is open to upper-division undergraduate or graduate degree students enrolled in any program at San José State University (SJSU). Members of the public who hold an undergraduate degree may also complete the certificate program through SJSU’s Open University.

Students do not formally apply to the certificate programs. However, they should consult with the department’s graduate advisor prior to beginning course work. The graduate advisor will help students decide what classes to take and whether to take classes through Open University or as an enrolled degree student.

The current graduate advisor is Professor Asha W. Agrawal. She may be contacted at 408-924-5853 or asha.weinstein.agrawal(at)sjsu.edu.

Overview of Program Requirements

To earn a certificate, students must complete a total of eighteen or nineteen units credits of coursework, depending on the certificate. Each certificate includes three required core courses (either nine or ten units), and the remaining units are taken from the specified list of electives. The student may also petition the graduate advisor for permission to substitute an elective course not listed on the programs of study.

In addition, the student must:

Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 over the eighteen semester credits of course work applied towards the certificate.
Earn a minimum grade of “B Minus” in every course applied towards the certificate.
Complete all the course work within seven years.

Note that upper-division students enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at SJSU may take the graduate-level courses listed in the certificate course offerings.

Certification Programs

Click on the links below for more details about the individual programs and course offerings:

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Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0185
408.924.5882
fax: 408.924.5872

urbplan@email.sjsu.edu

Located in Washington Square Hall (WSQ) 216A