Student Capstone Projects

UCLA Luskin master’s students are required to complete a capstone project to earn their degree. Master or Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) projects can take the form of an applied planning project (client project), a comprehensive group project or a thesis. Master of Public Policy students complete an applied policy project. 

  • The Client Project is applied planning research on a real-world problem conducted by MURP students. ITS-supported client projects have taken national honors in recent years, including 2023, 2022, and 2021.
  • The Comprehensive Projects are similar, in many respects, to the client project, but larger in scope and scale. These projects simulate real world planning practice in that they incorporate students from various areas of concentration working together to research a problem from multiple planning angles.
  • Master’s theses focus on posing and answering a research question in planning that has not previously been answered. Research is conducted by a MURP student in conjunction with a faculty committee.

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Total Results: 163

2008 | Student Client Project

Where the Streets and Sidewalks End: Greening the Public Right-of-Way: Sustainable Solutions for the City of West Hollywood
Georgia C. Sheridan

Client: City of West Hollywood

Environment, Transportation & Communities

REPORT

2007 | Student Client Project

Curb Dreams: Allocating On-Street Parking for Carsharing
Andrea Osgood

Client: Berkeley Public Works Department

Parking

REPORT

2006 | Student Client Project

The Choices of Choice Riders Demand for Light Rail Transit in the Polycentric City: A Look at Culver City and Mid-City Exposition Line
Stephen Crosley

Public Transit

REPORT