Community Planning & Resilience

The Community Planning & Resilience degree offers students the opportunity to focus on the concepts of resilience and planning from an interdisciplinary perspective. The program includes instruction in disaster management, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, geographic information systems (GIS), and sustainable development. Students will be prepared to identify shocks and stressors that can influence communities, create strategies/approaches to address these complex urban challenges, and bring together the necessary stakeholders and funding opportunities to implement strategies. 

Degree Requirements

Required Courses16
DREM 610
DREM 613
or DREM 683
DREM 720
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Landscape Theory, Research, + Scholarly Methods
Electives (minimum)14
Professional Topics in Architecture *
DREM 661
DREM 663
DREM 790 Graduate Seminar *
Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Remote Sensing of the Environment
Geographic Information Systems Pattern Analysis and Modeling
Professional Topics in Landscape Architecture *
Total Credits30

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Course may be repeated for credit.