Master of Urban Planning Degree
Concurrent Undergraduate/Graduate Study Program (CUGS)
Under certain circumstances, University of Michigan undergraduates may begin concurrent graduate studies in urban and regional planning. The Concurrent Undergraduate/Graduate Study (CUGS) option offers advanced University of Michigan undergraduates the opportunity to combine the senior year with the first year of the master's program.
A student graduates with the master's degree in one additional year after the combined year. Up to 15 credits of graduate level courses may be counted toward both the bachelor's and the master's degrees. Applications for CUGS are evaluated by looking at a student's breadth of program, commitment to the field, degree of motivation, academic ability, and GPA among other factors ordinarily used by graduate admissions committees. Applicants must have an undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.7 and must have met all requirements for the undergraduate degree except in the major and in independent study. The student must have completed at least six courses in the major and one independent study experience.
Students interested in CUGS should consult both their undergraduate advisors and the Urban + Regional Planning Program in their junior year.
More detailed information on the application procedure can be obtained from the Rackham web site: http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Admis/pdfforms/cugsform.pdf
or the LSA website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg/bulletin/chap5/.
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