Certificate - Sustainable Urban & Transportation Planning
- 1 year
- Duration
- 17,529 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Certificate
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Toronto / Canada
- Location
Program description
If you're interested in a career in urban planning that prioritizes sustainability, equity, and inclusion, this two-semester certificate program is for you. Creative solutions for transportation and urban projects will be imagined by integrating economic, social-cultural, political, and environmental factors.
The program's emphasis on case study analysis and review will deepen your comprehension of land development in the context of social and environmental challenges. Sustainable community development, improved urban infrastructure, and better transit options are all goals of land use planning, which you will study in this course.
Along with learning the basics of urban planning, planning policy frameworks, and the structure of planning processes, students in this program will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology such as geographical information systems (GIS).
Program structure
Semester 1
- History and Theories of Community Planning
- Land Use Planning Principles and Policy Framework
- Communication and Leadership
- Infrastructure and Transportation Planning
- Geographic Information Systems and Data Visualization
- Planning Research Methods and Analysis (Studio) - Spatial Data Acquisition and Analysis
Semester 2
- Community Well-being Planning
- Planning Legislation and Governance
- Sustainability and Applied Ecology for Urban Planners
- Advanced Transportation Planning
- Urban Design and Landscape Design
- Advanced Planning Studio
Price
Tuition fees - 17,529 CAD
Books and Supply Costs - 1,300 CAD
Please note: All costs are approximate, may vary by campus and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Requirements for applicants
Academic Requirements:
- Ontario university/college degree, college diploma, advanced diploma or equivalent with a specialization in civil or environmental fields
- Applicants with an equivalent combination of partial postsecondary and/or three years of related work experience may be considered for admission. A relevant resume and references must be provided
English Proficiency Requirements:
If English is not your first language, show one of the following:
- Minimum of two years full-time study in an English-speaking nation
- Minimum one year of full-time postsecondary education in an English-speaking nation
- Successful completion of an intense English program like the English Language Institute
- English proficiency exam results from one of the international testing agencies. Only two-year-old tests are valid.
English language test score requirements
- CAEL CE and CAEL online - Minimum 60
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - Minimum 169 with no skill below 162
- Duolingo - Minimum score 105 to 110
- IELTS Academic - Minimum 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
- PTE Academic - Minimum score 58
- TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition) - Minimum 80 with no skill below 20
- TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered - No skill below 20
About the university
A public institution with many campuses in Peterborough, Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area is called Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. At the bachelor, diploma, certificate, and graduate levels, it provides both full-time and part-time programs.
Seneca has been involved in foreign education for many years and today draws over 10,000 students from over 130 different nations each year. Through intense language instruction that may last anywhere from two months to more than a year, Seneca's English Language Institute helps overseas students become ready for post-secondary education. The college has a number of alliances with schools abroad and is growing its efforts in collaborative applied research and work/study abroad opportunities.
Seneca in a Nutshell
- With 30,000 full-time students and more than 70,000 registrations for continuing education each year, this institution is among the biggest in Canada.
- 7,000 foreign students from more than 150 nations make up a diversified student body.
- In terms of connections to other postsecondary institutions, Ontario colleges rank first.
- In Toronto, York Region, and Peterborough, there are ten campuses.
- Every year, on average, 8,000 bursaries and 2,600 Seneca scholarships/awards are given out.
