Do you want to build expertise in community development, economic development, planning law, professional practice, sustainable development or urban design? The Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program can help.

We offer a wide variety of online courses that allow you to share ideas with other professionals while learning at your convenience. These courses range from 1 hour to 5 ½ weeks. They are designed to help the best and brightest in our fields get smarter.

Upcoming Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program Deep Learning (BOCEP DL) courses include:
*Community Development Analysis
*Developer's Toolbox: Housing Market Analysis
*Introduction to Environmental Planning
*Introduction to Urban Planning
*New Jersey Planning Law
*Urban Design Analysis

Every BOCEP DL course can be credited toward a Certificate of Completion, Master Practitioner Certificate or Expert Practitioner Certificate. All except Introduction to Urban Planning are approved for 14 AICP Certification Maintenance credits.

BOCEP DL courses are 5.5 weeks and do more than help you build your skills. Taught at a graduate level, BOCEP DL courses help you think more critically about the topics, so you can be more creative and effective.

How do BOCEP DL classes work? You learn from a seasoned practitioners who leads facilitated dialogues among other professionals in the class. The dialogues are on discussion boards that you can participate in at your convenience. So you have time to think, practice what you learned, and reflect on your experience. Because most BOCEP learners are mid- and senior-level professionals, you can learn a lot from one another.

Do BOCEP classes work? The vast majority of learners – including first-time BOCEP learners – say their courses were informative and helped them in their work and careers.
We also offer shorter courses – called Learning Labs – of 1 to 1.5 hours.

Each BOCEP DL course is $295. The first 10 registrants get a $50 scholarship. (Use promotion code: BGBBS) Members of the Professional Development Institute mailing list get bigger scholarships and more information on upcoming courses and events.

BOCEP is produced by the Professional Development Institute (PDI) of Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy – which has one of the top planning programs in the United States.

To learn more about these courses, or to join the PDI mailing list, please go to http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/bocep. For more information, contact Professional Development Institute Director Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP at 732-932-3822, x711 or [email protected]