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WeekMajor Topic AreaCategoryNotes & Details
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Month 11Exam Prep(1) Review exam outline
(2) Order study materials
(3) Map study plan
(4) Contact WI Chapter APA PD officer for additional resources
(5) Form study group? Course?
(6) Complete Assessment Exam and view AICP Exam Prep 3.0 tutorial
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2Fundamental Planning Knowledge(1) History of planning, planning movements, and influences on planning
(2) Foundational legal principles and decisions (e.g., housing law, property rights, eminent domain)
(3) Theories of and about planning (e.g., public interest, incrementalism, comprehensiveness, equity, advocacy planning, rational planning)
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Month 23Fundamental Planning Knowledge(4) Patterns of human settlement (e.g., growth and development of places over time, role of transportation in shaping urban form, cultural influences on the form of places)
(5) Statutory basis of planning (e.g., relationship to national and state government, governance structure)
(6) General terminology, practices and principles of related professions (e.g., public health, architecture, law, engineering, real estate, environmental restoration)
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4Fundamental Planning Knowledge + Leadership, Administration and Management(7) Natural, social, and economic systems (e.g., political context, demographics, social trends, ecology, water, health, climate)
(8) Core values of planning (e.g., equity and social justice, public interest, sustainability, healthy and prosperous communities, diversity, democratic engagement, transparency)

(1) Leadership (e.g., influencing decision making in the public interest, strategic decision making)
(2) Managing external relationships (e.g., customer service; client interaction; representing and promoting organizations; relationships with partner/sister organizations, decision makers, and boards and commissions; transparency; freedom of information; confidentiality; privacy)
(3) Internal organizational management (e.g., team building and staff training, planning-office culture, strategic planning, organizational budgeting and financial management)
(4) Technology and related applications (e.g., using technology and related information tools to advance planning, smart cities technology planning)
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5Plan Making and Implementation(1) Conducting research and acquiring knowledge (e.g., qualitative and quantitative research, research methods, precedents and examples, best practices and reporting, surveying)
(2) Spatial analysis (e.g., GIS, mapping, interpretation)
(3) Public engagement (e.g., participation methods, social media, strategies and tools, advocacy, outreach)
(4) Communication (e.g., clear and understandable visual, written and spoken concepts; building relationships; conducting meetings; media relations)
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6Plan Making and Implementation(5) Preparing to plan (e.g., visioning, goal setting, identifying key issues, forecasting, legal context)
(6) Formulating plans and policies (e.g., creating and evaluating alternatives, full range of impacts, plan presentation, policy analysis, building constituency, visualization techniques)
(7) Plan implementation (e.g., codes and regulations, budgeting and finance, demonstration projects, decision making)
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Month 37Plan Making and Implementation(8) Monitoring and assessment (e.g., measures of performance, outcome indicators)
(9) Project or program management (e.g., RFPs, RFQs, grants, preparing budgets, managing contracts, scheduling, allocating staff)
(10) Social justice (e.g., planning for diverse or underserved communities, social empowerment)
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8Areas of Practice(1) Comprehensive and sectoral planning (e.g., spatial planning, growth management, long range planning, general planning, regional planning, fiscal impact analysis, capital improvement planning, policy planning, tribal planning, governance structures)
(2) Community subarea, corridor, and neighborhood planning
(3) Current planning (e.g., codes and regulations, zoning, plan review, design review, site planning)
(4) Sustainability planning (e.g., sustainable processes, practices and outcomes, including environmental planning, economic planning and equity planning)
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9Areas of Practice(5) Transportation planning (e.g., mobility and accessibility planning, land use and transportation demand, transportation modes, goods movement, ports, airports, intermodal, pedestrian, bicycle, transit, parking and access equity)
(6) Infrastructure planning (e.g., utilities, community facilities, energy, green and blue infrastructure, communications, waste, water and sewer, concurrency)
(7) Hazards, mitigation, and resilience planning (e.g., flooding, earthquake, wildfires, spills, brownfields, anti-terrorism, disaster preparedness planning)
(8) Environmental and natural resources planning (e.g., air quality, climate change, environmental impact analysis, aquatic planning, agriculture, forestry, extraction, habitat, shoreline planning, environmental justice)
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10Areas of Practice(9) Economic development planning (e.g., community revitalization, economic analysis and forecasting, incentives, financing mechanisms, tourism, workforce development, business development, resilience, shared economy, tax increment financing)
(10) Urban Design (e.g., placemaking, transit oriented development, walkability, mixed use, public realm, design guidelines, wayfinding, infill development)
(11) Housing planning (e.g., homelessness, affordability, market analysis, policy, finance, fair housing, manufactured housing, micro-housing, universal design, co-housing, accessory dwelling units)
(12) Parks, recreation, and open space (e.g., standards, incentives, greenways and trails, scenic resource, preservation, viewsheds, wildlife corridors, connectivity, conservation easements, transfer/purchase development rights)
(13) Historic and cultural resource planning (e.g., historic preservation, adaptive reuse, regulatory context, financing, cultural and heritage preservation, arts district)
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11Areas of Practice(14) Institutional Planning and siting (e.g., schools, universities/colleges, hospitals, jails and prisons, military bases, religious facilities)
(15) Food planning (e.g., food security, access and justice, food production, food economies, food governance)
(16) Health planning (e.g., active living, aging in place, environmental justice, health districts and service distribution, health impact assessment)
(17) Rural and small town planning (e.g., rural economic development, main streets, natural resource protection, tourism, multi-jurisdictional relations, rural character and scale)
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Month 412AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct & REVIEW(1) Section A: Aspirational principles (e.g., responsibility to public, clients, employers, the profession and colleagues)
(2) Section B: Rules of conduct
(3) Sections C, D, and E: Procedural provisions (e.g., advisory opinions, adjudication of complaints and misconduct, discipline of members)

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