Rutgers University's Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program provides high-quality, cost-effective, and practical professional development. You can build your skills in creative placemaking, community and economic development, land use law, leadership and management, and urban design

Cost-effective Deep Learning courses through the Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program are designed for smart, busy professionals with limited training budgets. We provide you with high-quality, practical courses designed and led by expert practitioners. Our courses are interactive and international, so you can share ideas and ask questions of a wide variety of practitioners.

Starting February 23, BOCEP offers five Deep Learning courses:

Introduction to Environmental Planning (March 2 to April 9) helps you learn the critical skills needed to engage in sustainable planning and community development.

Introduction to New Urbanism (February 23 to April 2) helps you develop a deeper understanding of this popular and influential field of planning.

Planning to take the New Jersey Professional Planner exam? Want to build your practice in the state, and need a refresher on current land use laws? New Jersey Planning Law (March 2 to April 9) , can help.

Retail Market Analysis (March 2 to April 9) is a great course for anyone in economic development, or downtown or neighborhood revitalization. This course will help you get the knowledge to make better decisions about retail development and be more influential with developers and businesses.

Building Sustainable Creative Economies (March 9 to April 16) focuses on economic development through the arts. Learners will get knowledge and skills that can help them make better decisions about building local creative economies and convincing officials and investors.

BOCEP Deep Learning courses provide a graduate-level education at less than half the cost of going to a weekend workshop. All Deep Learning courses can help you earn a Bloustein Professional Certificate and most are eligible for 14 AICP Certification Maintenance credits.

Each course is $295, but Planetizen readers can get a $50 scholarship on any course. Please use promotion code BGBBS when registering. For those seeking a Bloustein Professional Certificate, there is an additional $50 fee per course.

To learn more about any of these courses or the Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program, please visit http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/bocep (Sign up for our newsletter to get scholarships of up to $145 on some classes.) Questions? Feel free to contact the program director, Leonardo Vazquez, at [email protected] or 732-932-3822, x711