CRP at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 38 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CRP coursework.

• CRP 8901M.R.P. Exit Project: Research Paper-Researchopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• CRP 1100The American Cityopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CRP 4080Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CRP 5172NYC Workshop: Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Designopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CRP 5173Integrated Urbanism as a Platform for Engagementopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CRP 1101The Global Cityopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CRP work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 38 CRP and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 143 more CRP courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CRP. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at CRP 2000

  1. CRP 1100The American City
  2. CRP 2000The Promise and Pitfalls of Contemporary Planning

• 2 courses deep, ending at CRP 3107

  1. CRP 3106Structural Barriers to Equity in Planning I
  2. CRP 3107Structural Barriers to Equity in Planning II

• 2 courses deep, ending at CRP 3171

  1. CRP 5172NYC Workshop: Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Design
  2. CRP 3171Visual Communication and Analysis in Urban Design: Software Training for Urban Designers

• 2 courses deep, ending at CRP 3210

  1. ECON 1110Introductory Microeconomics
  2. CRP 3210Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Analysis of Public Policy

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on CRP sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Carlos Lopez Ortiz
• Cody Danks Burke
• Ding Fei
• Hobum Moon
• Jocelyn Poe
• John Carruthers
• John Ponstingel
• Justine Shapiro-Kline
• Linda Shi
• Max Taffet
• Michael Tomlan
• Mildred Warner
• Mitchell Glass
• Nancy Brooks
• Neema Kudva
• Nick Klein
• Nick Lundgren
• Sherene Baugher
• Sophie Oldfield
• Suzanne Charles
• Thomas Campanella
• Thomas Knipe
• Victoria Beard
• Zachary Boggs

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CRP yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CRP does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.