Graduate Programs

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning offers two graduate degrees, a Master of Arts in Geography and an accredited Masters of Urban Planning. In addition, the department offers seven advanced graduate certificates emphasizing focus areas such as affordable housing, community development, environmental planning, GIS, real estate development, transportation, and urban design.



The Department of Urban and Regional Planning offers advanced graduate certificate programs in Affordable Housing and Community Development Finance, Applications of Technology in Planning, Community Design and Development, Environmental Planning, Geographic Information Science (GIS), Real Estate Development, and Transportation and Land Use Planning. Certificates are available to SJSU graduate students and to members of the public through Open University.