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Established in 1969, UCLA's Department of Urban Planning has consistently
been ranked among the nation's top planning programs. It contains one
of the largest clusters of policy specialists anywhere, and faculty research
has had a major impact on planning and public policy on every level --
from local community development to the problems of rural development
and environmental degradation in the Third World. The Department's faculty
and alumni are recognized intellectual and professional leaders in the
provision of public services, transportation, housing and community development,
environmental regulation and resource management, and regional and international
development.
As a leading center of interdisciplinary research and teaching at UCLA,
Urban Planning has developed an extensive network of affiliation with
other campus units. Individual faculty members and students participate
actively in many research centers and programs, including the Center for
the Study of Urban Poverty, the Institute of the Environment, the Asian
American Studies Center, and the Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana
and Chicano Studies.
The faculty is united by a shared commitment to applied, action-oriented,
problem-solving research and teaching that is particularly concerned with
socially, economically and politically disadvantaged populations. Planning
at UCLA is not only the administration of governmental regulations and
programs, but addresses broader economic, political and social questions
as well. Our faculty and students seek to promote social justice through
critical analyses of the distribution costs and benefits of public policies
and the development of institutions that empower people at the grass roots.
We are committed to a curriculum that builds on the cultural diversity
of its student body and the larger community. Our graduate programs provide
students with a comprehensive and theoretical understanding of the multiple
forces that shape a community's well-being and the cutting-edge tools
needed to diagnose problems and devise effective solutions.. Through course
work and internships students acquire the professional skills needed to
guide the complex, interrelated processes of social and economic change
on any geographic scale.
The faculty, students, and alumni of UCLA Urban Planning believe our
program is unique, important, and inspiring, and we hope that you will
as well. Welcome.
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