Degrees in City Planning & Urban Affairs

When you join a degree program in City Planning or Urban Affairs at Boston University’s Metropolitan College, you engage with a wide variety of issues and concerns in planning for urban and regional development. Our undergraduate and graduate programs prepare you to confront the social, economic, and geographic challenges facing urban policymakers and planners today.

Graduate Degrees

Master of City Planning:
The MCP graduate degree program prepares students for a wide variety of urban and regional development roles in public, private, and voluntary organizations that handle urban functions such as housing, health services, economic development, transportation, and environment control.

Master of Urban Affairs:
The MCP graduate degree program prepares students for a wide variety of urban and regional development roles in public, private, and voluntary organizations that handle urban functions such as housing, health services, economic development, transportation, and environment control.

Undergraduate Degree

Bachelor of Science in Urban Affairs:
The BS in Urban Affairs degree program prepares students for careers in urban public policy, community development, and the administration of public and private urban agencies.

At Metropolitan College you’ll find:

• Convenient evening classes
• The flexibility of part-time or full-time study
• Faculty, visiting lecturers, and students of diverse professions and backgrounds
• Opportunities to network with area and regional employers, policymakers, and analysts

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Metropolitan College

One of Boston University’s 16 schools and colleges, Metropolitan College offers more than 60 evening, part-time and full-time degree and certificate programs in classroom, online, and in blended formats.