GGR 337 - Planning Pre-practicum

3 Credit(s)

Offered to third year students in the Urban and Environmental Planning Concentration in preparation for the fourth year Internship in a public or private planning agency. Basic instruction in the writing of a resume and a cover letter will be followed by a discussion on the effective use of interviews to secure employment. Graduate School as an option discussed. Each student will, using suggested references, conduct a thorough “job search” within the greater Boston area. Two lecture hours per week; each student will be placed in one or two planning agencies in the last half of the semester for six hours per week in order to become acquainted with structure and operation of a planning agency. Prerequisites: GGR205, GGR265 and GGR335 or GGR 336.