AICP will be updating the AICP Certification Exam in 2013!
Objective: Keep the exam current, unbiased and reflective of the range of planning practiced nationally
What does the Refresh do?
- Eliminates underperforming and/or outdated questions
- Adds about 130 new questions to the 600+ question pool
- Focuses on crafting questions that touch on planning issues that have emerged since 2008
When does the refresh take effect?
- Refreshed questions will be added to the pool for November, 2013 testing window
- May, 2013 exam will not contain any refreshed questions
What else changes or does not change as a result of this refresh?
- No change to the exam specification subject matter outline
- No change in weighting of each subject matter section
- Expanded Selected Readings list with web links will be posted after May, 2013 testing window
2013 AICP Exam Reviews
Downloadable presentations from the January 2013 Review Session:
- AICP Exam Review (1.0 MB pdf)
- Exam Study Material (2008) (155 KB pdf)
- Planning & Land Use Law (519 KB pdf)
- Code of Ethics (526 KB pdf)
- Plan Making & Implementation (1.1 MB pdf)
- Spatial Areas of Practice (1.8 MB pdf)
- Impact Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (2.0 MB pdf)
- Functional Areas of Practice (1.4 MB pdf)
- Social Equity and Public Participation (1.4 MB pdf)
- Social Equity and Public Participation 2 (1.6 MB pdf)
- History & Theory of Planning (3.3 MB pdf)
- Transportation Planning (3.0 MB pdf)
- Environmental Planning (2012) (2.5 MB pdf)
- Topics of APA Policy Guidelines (111 KB pdf)
- Foundations of Modern American City Planning (127 KB pdf)
- Planning Theory & Demographics (106 KB pdf)
- Significant Events in American Planning History 1565-1978 (364 KB pdf)
2012 AICP Exam Reviews
Downloadable presentations from the February 2012 Review Session:
- AICP Exam Review Intro (599 KB pdf)
- Planning & Land Use Law (514 KB pdf)
- Plan Making & Implementation (1.0 MB pdf)
- Social Justice and Public Participation (1.6 MB pdf)
- Environmental Planning (2.5 MB pdf)
- Code of Ethics (256 KB pdf)
- Impact Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (1.7 MB pdf)
- Spatial Areas of Practice (1.8 MB pdf)
- History & Theory of Planning (3.1 MB pdf)
- Transportation Planning (1.6 MB pdf)
2011 AICP Exam Reviews
Downloadable presentations from the February 2011 Review Session:
- AICP Exam Review Intro (596 KB pdf)
- Planning & Land Use Law (372 KB pdf)
- Plan Making & Implementation (1.1 MB pdf)
- Public Participation / Social Justice (436 KB pdf)
- Environmental Planning (9.6 MB pdf)
- Ethics & Professional Conduct (444 KB pdf)
- Impact Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (1.8 MB pdf)
- Spatial Areas of Practice (1.7 MB pdf)
- Plan-MakingMethods (552 KB pdf)
- History & Theory of Planning (3.5 MB pdf)
- Transportation Planning (1.0 MB pdf)
2010 AICP Exam Reviews
Downloadable files from the February 2010 Review Session:
- AICP Exam Review (592 KB pdf)
- Planning-Making Methods (341 KB pdf)
- AICP Code of Ethics (130 KB pdf)
- Citizen Participation (1.0 MB pdf)
- Environmental Planning (1.1 MB pdf)
- Impact Analysis/Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis (361 KB pdf)
- Plan Making and Implementation (815 KB pdf)
- Spatial Areas of Practice (1.6 MB pdf)
- Planning and Land Use Law (254 KB pdf)
- Transportation Planning (852 KB pdf)
- History and Theory of Planning (3.4 MB pdf)
2009 AICP Exam Reviews
Downloadable files from the 2009 Review Session:
- 2009 Exam Preparation Introduction (499 KB pdf)
- Spatial Areas of Practice (2.6 MB pdf)
- Functional Areas of Practice (281 KB pdf)
- Plan Implementation (414 KB pdf)
- Plan Implementation Tools (439 KB pdf)
- Planning and Land Use Law (251 KB pdf)
- Planning and Land Use Law Handout (1.2 MB pdf)
- Significant Events in American Planning History (534 KB pdf)
- Exam FAQs (html – Internet Explorer or Opera required)
2008 AICP Exam Reviews
Downloadable files from the 2008 Review Session:
- Exam Study Material (155 KB pdf)
- Planning and Land Use Law (624 KB ppt)
- Ethics & Public Participation (504 KB ppt)
- GPA Professional Development (134 KB ppt)
- History and Theory of Planning; Why do we do what we do? (624 KB ppt)
- Planning Methods Blitz (4.6 MB ppt)
- Current Issues and Emerging Trends (12.5 MB ppt)
- Planning Administration and Implementation (259 KB ppt)
2007 AICP Exam Review
Downloadable files from the 2007 Review Session:
- Plan Implementation Tools (336 KB ppt)
- Planning Method Blitz (1.5 MB pdf)
- Planning Theory (219 KB pdf)
- History and Theory of Planning (5.2 MB pdf)