Master of Community and Regional Planning - Natural Resources and Environmental Planning

The Master of Community and Regional Planning (MCRP) degree prepares graduates to shape community and regional change, and work towards environmental sustainability and social justice for their communities and regions as well as the larger world. The MCRP degree program is the only nationally-accredited planning degree offered in New Mexico. Graduates work in research and professional careers with community-based organizations, nonprofit and international non-governmental organizations, private sector firms, and public agencies at the tribal, local, regional, state and federal government levels.

Natural Resources & Environmental Planning:

This concentration is designed for students who are interested in the relationships between people and their ecological contexts. Students are trained to analyze planning and policy issues in terms of their implications for the environment and/or human health. Students gain knowledge of people’s interactions with natural systems, learn to apply analytical techniques to the assessment of actual problems, and acquire skills for their solution. A particular focus is placed on sustainable water management, with more general attention on access to and control of natural resources and implications for growth, pollution, health, environmental justice, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.