The Planning Accreditation Board requires this information be posted for the Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning program.
Student Achievement
The Urban and Regional Planning program assesses student achievement using four student learning outcomes, each measured by specific performance metrics across various assignments and exams in 2024–2025.
Outcome 2: Students will demonstrate “the ability to identify the key issues of planning ethics and related questions of the ethics of public decision-making.
Percentage of students will identify and provide a defensible solution to a key ethical dilemma in planning and public decision-making by participating in an ethical dilemma role-play with 85% accuracy or better using the assigned scoring rubric in PAD 5336 Introduction to Urban Planning.
100%
Outcome 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, represent, and apply general planning knowledge within a global context.
Percentage of students will complete the exam in PAD 5336 Introduction to Urban Planning with 85% accuracy or better using the assigned scoring rubric.
93%
Percentage of students will complete the exam in PAD 5337 Urban Design with 85% accuracy or better using the assigned scoring rubric.
100%
Percentage of students will have a comprehensive understanding of the prevailing legal forces that shape land use planning and the procedures needed to adopt specific elements of a legally sufficient comprehensive plan or similar regulatory document with 85% accuracy or better using the assigned scoring rubric in PAD 5338 Land Use and Planning Law.
88%
Percentage of students will analyze the global city case study in PAD 5930 Global Cities to explain key development trends in a global city by examining its economic structure, spatial/physical configuration, demographic structure, cultural context, stakeholder engagement and equity initiatives on a selected city with 85% accuracy or better using the assigned scoring rubric.
100%
Outcome 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to apply planning skills and tools into the planning process, creation, and implementation and into the communication with a diverse and changing workforce and society.
Percentage of students will assess local development plans by using professional planning mechanisms and by applying research and problem-solving skills with 85% accuracy or better using the assigned scoring rubric in PAD 5356 Managing Community and Economic Development.
95%
Percentage of students will apply numerical reasoning and analytic skills in terms of data collection, analysis techniques, and forecasting to anticipate future changes and methods of contemporary planning practice with 85% accuracy or better using the assigned scoring rubric in PAD 6316 Planning Methods.
100%
Note: Data above based on Fall/Spring enrollment at 9 hours per term.
Source: UCF Student Account Services – 2025-2026 student tuition & fees section