It is my privilege to welcome you to the Department of 城市规划 and 环境政策 in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at 德克萨斯南方大学. 我们系提供指导。, 研究, and professional services through two graduate degree programs, Master’s of 城市规划 and 环境政策 (MUPEP) and Doctoral of Philosophy (PhD) in 城市规划 and 环境政策.
Our MUPEP program is the only accredited planning program in the Greater Houston region and the fourth accredited planning program in the State of Texas. 它于2009年首次获得认证.Recently it was awarded a seven year re-accreditation (the longest period allowable) by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB). The MUPEP program is designated to train students toward policy-oriented planners and environmental policy analysts and to assume leadership positions in planning organizations. Our PhD program provides advanced knowledge, 技能, and extensive experience for students to work closely with an interdisciplinary faculty in 研究 and instruction. We have eight full-time faculty members that are recruited from the first-rate universities and highly qualified for teaching and 研究. Our faculty members have extensive 研究 experience in varied planning fields, such as housing and community planning, 环境规划, 交通规划. Our faculty and students have also been actively engaged with the Texas APA and Houston APA. Our programs have received strong support from local planning community through the Council of Planning Advisors (CoPA). Many of our PhD graduate are working as faculty or 研究 scientists in universities or 研究 institutes. Most of our MUPEP alumni are professional planners working in public agencies, not-for-profit community development organizations, private real estate development firms, 和其他实体.
I appreciate our dedicated faculty and staff. I am also proud of our students’ superior professional performance. I invite you to spend time visiting us or looking deeper into our programs. I will share with you more successful stories of our faculty, staff, and students.
Chair of Department of 城市规划 and 环境政策