The mission of the Master of Community and Regional Planning (CRP) degree program is to train students to plan and advocate for sustainable communities and ecosystems within the Southwest regional context through education, service and research. The program's purpose is to provide future planners with the knowledge and skills necessary to support planning by diverse human communities. Students of the CRP program learn to assist communities to create community-based plans and programs that sustain and enhance their culture, resource base, built environment and economic vitality. The program promotes participatory processes that respond to community identities and development needs.