MURP Grad Passes AICP Exam
4+1 Program Charts a Success!
A graduate of the Alabama A&M University Department of Community and Regional Planning (DCRP) master's program recently passed the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Exam, the only independent verification nationwide of planners' qualifications.
As a DCRP student, Luis Balderrama was eligible to register for and take the AICP exam, an eligibility that also extends to all American Planning Association members. Persons passing the AICP Exam earn the AICP Candidate designation and receive actual AICP Certification after meeting the AICP professional planning practice requirements.
DCRP made some curriculum modifications (i.e., including the removal of the comprehensive exams for the MURP students and the addition of the mock AICP tests into one of the