MEPD Description
The Master of Environmental Planning & Design is a professional graduate program with an emphasis on a studio-based integrative planning process grounded in environmental and ecological principles. The purpose is to improve life and ecosystem health in regions and urban centers, incorporating cultural, historic and design elements, while engaging community process to identify and plan for long range city and regional goals.
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MEPD Program of Study
The MEPD program is a two-year graduate program. The first year is focused on acquiring basic knowledge and understanding of the history, theory and practice of planning, ecology, GIS, research skills and community engagement. The studio sequence in the first year provides a workshop setting where students apply the information they are learning to a community-based project.
In the second year, the students are involved in a third neighborhood-based planning studio, as well as in shaping their master thesis or final internship practicum. They can focus their concentration on the existing ecological or cultural resource planning offers, or work with their advisor to shape a program from courses within the CED or throughout the University of Georgia to tailor a program specific to their interests and career goals.
Requirements for the MEPD degree include satisfactory completion of all coursework and an approved master thesis or internship practicum with an applied research paper.
MEPD Admissions
The Master of Environmental Planning & Design program admits only 15-20 students each year. Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree. Students from all undergraduate disciplines are encouraged to discuss their potential for success in the MEPD program with the program director. An interview is strongly recommended so that applicants may meet the director, the faculty, and other students. Accomodations at the Georgia Center are available at a discount for prospective grad students.
Differential Tuition
Students at the College of Environment & Design pay a differential tuition fee, which provides the class sizes, cutting-edge technology, and physical equipment necessary to keep our programs high in national rankings and prestige. For a full breakdown of the benefits and cost of differential tuition, click "for more information" below.
