All Master of Urban and Regional Planning students are required to complete an exit project. Most students meet this requirement by taking a Capstone Studio course. Each capstone is co-taught by a regular urban planning faculty member and an urban planning practitioner, and reconstituted each term with a new community partner or "client" to address a timely and real-world urban planning problem. The key goals of the capstone include: - Providing students with a collaborative and active learning experience that addresses timely and real-world planning problems, requires engaging actively with real-world clients, and mimics as closely as possible professional work experiences typical for the practice of urban planning. - Providing local governments and nongovernmental community development groups with assistance through the capstone project that will tangibly advance the group's mission or address some pressing urban planning problem.