University of Illinois Chicago
AC-4: Graduate Program

The Urban Planning and Policy (UPP) department is one of the largest graduate planning programs in the nation and the only accredited planning program in the Chicago area. This sustainability-focused graduate-level degree program offers concentrations in Environmental Planning, Economic Development, Community Development, Urban Transportation, Globalization and International Planning, and Physical Planning. The Environmental Planning and Policy concentration provides students with an overview of the theory and methods used to guide urban development and redevelopment in a more sustainable manner, so as to conserve natural resources and enhance ecosystem services while providing for economic development and promoting social equity and civic engagement within the planning process. The concentration introduces students to both regulatory and market-based strategies of environmental management, explores economic and systematic quantitative analyses of environmental policy, and offers electives examining discrete topics of environmental practice.

See the attached document for approved update to CIP code for Department of Urban Planning and Policy, effective fall 2019.

The Master of Science (MS) degree in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences prepares students for research and program management in companies, laboratories, and policy-making organizations. Students will learn how to conduct workplace, community, and environmental assessments; to recognize exposures to environmental stressors; to apply quantitative modeling techniques; to develop control strategies; and to develop and evaluate training programs.

The Master of City Design (MCD) is an intensive graduate degree focusing on the physical design aspects of spatial relationships and interactions between people and places. Students learn how to plan for the physical design of cities using spatial thinking that combines analyses of places, meaningful engagement with diverse communities and design knowledge across scale. Hands-on field-based studio learning provides immersive exposure to integrated design and contemporary professional practice in complex urban places across Chicago.

Doctorate in Urban Planning & Policy https://cuppa.uic.edu/academics/upp/upp-programs/doctorate-urban-planning-policy/
MUPH/MPH Joint Degree https://cuppa.uic.edu/academics/upp/upp-programs/mupp-mph-joint-degree/

MA in Environmental and Urban Geography
The Department of Anthropology offers work leading to the Master of Arts in Environmental and Urban Geography.
The program has two major areas of study: environmental analysis and monitoring, environmental behavior, and environmental management; and urban geography, including the environmental impact of urbanization, industrial and commercial development, transportation, residential area analysis, and urban and regional structures. https://catalog.uic.edu/gcat/colleges-schools/liberal-arts-sciences/env-urban-geog/ma/

Our JD Concentration in Sustainability offers degree candidates competitive specialization in the emerging, interdisciplinary area of sustainability and its increasing importance in real estate, environmental, and regulatory legal work.

The concentration curriculum, developed with input from our Real Estate Law Advisory Board and the faculty, consists of fundamental, required courses in energy law, environmental law, local government law, real estate transactions, and sustainability in modern real estate transactions. JD candidates will further tailor their specialization by taking electives in a broad range of interdisciplinary areas.