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 * 1. Why, according to John Accordino, VCU is the right place to start a graduate program in urban planning? **

The VCU is the right place to start a graduate program in urban planning because this institution offer many advantages for the students. It has also an excelent urban planning program, designed for improve students's skills and get them prepare for the laboral field.


 * 2. What are the advantages for studying a master's program in this university? **

In the master's program, students complete an internship and they has also contact with planning professionals that allows students increase their planning skills and learn the planning profession very well, what accompained with the widely respected program accreditated by the planning acreditation board of the American Planning Association guarantees students to find good planning related jobs.


 * 3. What advantages does the city of Richmond represent to those students who decide to study at VCU? **

The city of Richmond is an historic city with rich traditions and exclusive architecture but it also has challenges such as poverty, political fragmentation and threats to enviroment. All of this factors provides the oportunity for learning practical planning skills and hands on field base instrucction, this is what they call "learning by doing".


 * 4.** **What are the different programs offered at VCU?**

The different programs offered at VCU are:
 * Urban Revitalization
 * Historic Preservation
 * Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S)