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Applied Community Planning

CampusStart DateTuition/Fees
OnlineSeptember 2025 (Online Delivery) Part Time, approx. 2 years in duration
 		 Domestic
MonctonSeptember 2025 (Blended Delivery)
 		 Domestic
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Program Overview

Professional planners are catalysts for change, shaping vibrant, healthy, and resilient communities. Community planning is a dynamic field that encompasses urban and regional planning, community development, and public policy. The Applied Community Planning graduate certificate program equips learners with the skills to apply key planning principles and guide the future development of communities. Aligned with the competencies set by the national Professional Standards Board (PSB), this one-year full-time or two-year part-time program trains individuals in essential research, organizational, analytical, communication, technological, and facilitation skills required for success in professional planning roles.

The program’s interdisciplinary curriculum emphasizes the management of land, resources, facilities, and services—key areas within the field of professional planning education. Topics covered include the plan-making process, community engagement and public participation, development and building project reviews, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), research and data synthesis, planning policy and law, and analysis of current and emerging planning issues.

Within the program, learners engage in planning processes, group collaboration, and experiential learning environments, using modern software and applying community planning principles within professional practice in Canada. With subsequent employment experience, this program provides a pathway for graduates to pursue designation as a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) in New Brunswick or any other province via the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) route through the Professional Standards Board (PSB).

Duration

The requirements for this graduate certificate program may be achieved within one year of full-time study or two years of part-time study. The program is available in two formats: a one-year full-time option, and a two-year part-time option. The full-time option is delivered through blended in-person instruction. The part-time option is delivered with flexible access, including synchronous sessions aligned with the full-time schedule, in-person attendance for those near the Moncton campus, as well as virtual and recorded sessions to accommodate various learning preferences.

Admission Requirements

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  • Degree in any discipline such as but not limited to Geography, Civil / Building Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Science, Economics, and Public Administration.

    Career Possibilities

    Graduates of this program may pursue a variety of community planning roles, including positions as city or town planners, rural or regional planners, First Nation community planners, government planners at the provincial or federal level, non-profit association planners, consulting planners, and policy planners.

    Depending on their prior educational background or employment experience, graduates may also work as housing planners, environmental planners, transit planners, urban design planners, heritage conservation planners, or active transportation planners.

    Employment opportunities exist in both the public and private sectors, with organizations such as municipalities, rural and regional authorities, First Nation communities, provincial and federal governments, non-profit organizations, and consultancy firms.

    Specific Considerations

    Technology Requirements
    ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ is a connected learning environment. All programs require a minimum specification, including access to the internet and a laptop. Your computer should meet your program technology requirements to ensure the software required for your program operates effectively. Free wifi is provided on all campuses.

    Areas of Study

    • Plan Making Process
    • Community Engagement and Public Participation
    • Planning Policy Interpretation and Drafting
    • Planning By-law Interpretation and Drafting
    • Development Planning
    • Planning History
    • Planning Ethics
    • Planning Law
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
    • Research and Data Analysis
    • Technical Communications
    • Interpersonal Communications
    • Critical Thinking
    • Project Management

    Program Courses

    Course curriculum for this program is still under development. Once the courses have been finalized, they will be posted here. Courses are subject to change.

    NOC Codes

    21202 - Urban and land use planners

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