DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY PLANNING
&
URBAN STUDIES

About Us

Alabama A&M University (AAMU) is a land grant institution that combines education, research and service in professional, vocational and liberal arts fields. The Department of Community Planning & Urban Studies fulfils the mission of AAMU by providing a nationally accredited research and practice-oriented planning education for training of students from diverse backgrounds for careers in the planning profession so that they can address pressing problems and issues of physical, environmental, economic and social change in urban and rural communities in this age of advancing technology

Mission Statement

Alabama A&M University (AAMU) is a land grant institution that combines education, research and service in professional, vocational and liberal arts fields. The Department of Community Planning & Urban Studies fulfils the mission of AAMU by providing a nationally accredited research and practice-oriented planning education for training of students from diverse backgrounds for careers in the planning profession so that they can address pressing problems and issues of physical, environmental, economic and social change in urban and rural communities in this age of advancing technology.

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DCPUS DEGREE PROGRAMS

* Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning (BURP)


* Master of Urban & Regional Planning (MURP)

Faculty & Staff Profiles



Center For Urban & Rural Research (CURR)



Accreditation



Career Opportunities

* American Planning Association

* Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)

* Planning Accreditation Board

* AAMU School of Graduate Studies

Associations

* Urban Planning Students Associations (UPA)

* DCPUS Alumni Association