Overview

An urban planner can also help shape a community’s response to a range of emerging issues such as climate change; and economic issues such as tourism by creating a sustainable city also known as ecocity.

The Community Planning degree at Vancouver Island University combines research, applied learning through a variety of in-community, real-world projects, and interactions with the professional planning community to give you a wide range of skills and knowledge.

This community planning program is fully accredited through the Canadian Institute of Planners, alongside Canada’s historic planning schools.

The program focuses on:

Small city and town planning;

Community and urban design, including a strong GIS component;

Rural/urban interface planning;

First Nations planning (with attention to the issues relevant to the First Nations of Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia);

Sustainable economic issues, including tourism; and

Emerging issues such as climate change and planning for post-fossil fuel communities.

By program completion, our graduates will have a broad interdisciplinary knowledge of how planners can influence the futures of neighbourhoods, small communities, and rural areas both locally and world-wide. Our graduates will have new skills that will enable them to serve citizens and communities as they respond the social, economic, environmental, and sustainability issues that shape our world.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Community Design

Planning Practice

Citizen Participation and Consultation

Community Design

Planning Law and Regulation

Ethics and the Public Good

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

48 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Nanaimo, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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125

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88

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60

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IELTS

6.5

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General requirements

A minimum average of "B" calculated in the last two years of the undergraduate degree, with a review of the entire degree.
Résumé

Three letters of reference (from academic or professional referees) as well as a statement of interest addressing each of the following areas:Areas of research interest;

Statement of career interest; and

Statement of volunteer and/or career experience.

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Tuition Fees

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28184 CAD / year

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8703 CAD / year

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