The School of City and Regional Planning will host an open house for admitted and prospective Masters and PhD graduate students. To attend, please RSVP to Dracy Blackwell at dracy.blackwell@coa.gatech.edu by March 29, 2013. 

Open House Agenda

Friday, April 5, 2013

West Architecture Building

Architecture (West) 3rd Floor Jury Space

8:00-8:30                       Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00                       Introduction/Overview of Program (Stiftel & Stone)

9:00-9:15                       Student Planning Association (SPA) Presentation

9:15-9:45                       Alumni Panel Presentations

9:45-10:00                     BREAK

10:00-10:30                   Student Panel Presentations

10:30-11:00                   Overview of Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development (CQGRD) & Center for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS)

11:00-12:00                   Faculty Introductions

12:00-1:00                     Catered Lunch – Outside (if weather permits) or Architecture (West)

3rd Floor Jury Space

1:00-3:15                       **Atlanta Laboratory Bus Tour** (Atlantic Station; Beltline; Northside Corridor)

West Architecture Building

2nd Floor Jury Space

3:30-4:30                       Specializations/Faculty Fair

Alumni, students and faculty practicing in each of the seven specializations (land use, land development, economic development, geographic information systems, urban design, environmental planning and management, transportation) will be available to talk in small groups about the curriculum and the practice of planning and how the program prepares you for it.

East Architecture Building

Architecture (West) 3rd Floor Jury Space

4:30-5:15                       Q&A Session

5:30-7:30                       Student Planning Association (SPA) Social (location TBD)