Promote health by improving the places where people live, work, and play with a Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) from CU Denver's College of Architecture and Planning and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Colorado School of Public Health at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. To join this program, you must apply to each master's program separately, gain admission to each program, and then apply for the dual degree.

The Master of Public Health  is offered by the Colorado School of Public Health and is the primary professional degree in the field of public health. It prepares students for a variety of public health careers: epidemiological and health services research, community needs assessment, environmental and occupational health, health policy, health promotion, and administration of public health programs.

The MURP + MPH dual degree arises from the commonalities of perspective and purpose shared by its two constituents. Each focuses on populations rather than individuals, and each works to proactively improve the plight of those populations. A subset of public health addresses the health impacts caused by people’s environments—which is the domain of urban and regional planning. Planners recognize that policies, infrastructures, and social and economic conditions contribute to environmental conditions and thus can play a role in human health.

Required Core MURP Courses

• URPL 5000: Planning History & Theory (3 credits)
• URPL 5020: Planning Law & Institutions (3 credits)
• URPL 5030: Planning Technologies (3 credits)
• URPL 5040: Urban Sustainability (3 credits)
• URPL 5050: Urban Development (3 credits)
• URPL 5060: Planning Workshop (3 credits)
• URPL 5070: Planning Practice & Engagement (3 credits)
• URPL 6000: Planning Project Studio (3 credits)
  

• PUAD 5001: Introduction to Public Administration & Public Service (3 credits)
• PUAD 5002: Organizational Management & Behavior (3 credits)
• PUAD 5004: Economics & Public Finance (3 credits) or PUAD 5503: Public Budgeting & Finance (3 credits)
• PUAD 5005: The Policy Process & Democracy (3 credits)
• PUAD 5006: Public Service Leadership & Ethics (3 credits)
• PUAD 5008: Evidence-Based Decision-Making (3 credits)
  

Required Additional Courses

• PUAD 5003: Research & Analytic Methods (3 credits)
• URPL 5010: Planning Methods (3 credits)

If PUAD 5003 is selected, then students must complete one PUAD elective course from the list below and four MURP elective courses at the 5000-level or above. If URPL 5010 is selected, then students must complete two PUAD elective courses from the list below and three MURP elective courses at the 5000-level or above.

Elective MPA Courses

• PUAD 5250: Intergovernmental Management (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5410: Administrative Law (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5440: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5502: Public Financial Management & Policy (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5503: Public Budgeting & Finance (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5540: Organization Development (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5625: Local Government Management (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5626: Local Government Politics & Policy (3 credits)
  
• PUAD 5631: Seminar in Environmental Politics & Policy (3 credits)
• PUAD 5632: Seminar in Environmental Management (3 credits)
  

Capstone

• PUAD 5361: MPA Capstone Seminar (3 credits)