School of Planning, Design and Construction National Charrette Institute

This course represents a collaborative project management system centered on the co-design process using charrettes and includes:

• Project assessment tools for gauging the length and cost of a charrette using a project budget, political considerations and design difficulty,
• Nuts-and-bolts tools needed for managing a multiple-day charrette,
• Introduction to diversity, equity and inclusion and ways to make charrette processes more inclusive, and
• Approaches for dealing with conflict.

This training combines the previous Core and Advanced courses into one with the addition of some new content. Upon completion of the course, you will know how to plan for, host, conduct and facilitate a multi-day charrette.

What people are saying...

“I really enjoyed the course and the quality of the materials and resources.” Régulo Martínez-Montilva

 “I learned a bunch of new techniques…I can’t wait to put my new training to work!” Adam Mengel

 “It was a great course. I will recommend it to my peers.” Artie White

Course Format

This online training is available at any time and is a self-paced course with about ~10 hours of content, plus independent work such as readings and exercises. It is equivalent to the 3-day NCI in-person training.

The course includes required readings, lecture videos, videos from the live workshops and actual charrettes, exercises, case studies and quizzes.

Course Fee

The course fee is $885. This fee does not include the book for required reading.

How to Register

Registering for an NCI training program can be completed in one of two ways and is tied to your method of payment (either credit card or check).

1. Pay by Credit Card (preferred): Register online using the MSU Cashnet system. All needed information will be gathered through this checkout process.
2. Pay by Check: Download the Registration Form, and complete and return this form with your check. Note: This PDF is an Acrobat fillable-form and must be opened with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Simply right-click on the “Registration Form” hyperlink from your browser and select “Save link as.” Then, you can open up the PDF file using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software from your computer to complete the form.

Agenda

While this course is self-paced, click here to view content and a suggested pacing guide to complete the course across two weeks.

Continuing Education

This course is approved by the AIA for 20 continuing education hours, the AICP for 20 certification maintenance credits, and the ASLA for 20 professional development hours (PDH). ASLA participant members must achieve a 75% grade in the course to receive the 20 PDH. 

Required Reading

The Charrette Handbook, 2nd Edition, is required reading and may be purchased from the following locations and may take several weeks to ship:

1. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group: Paperback: $52.95 / E-Book price: $47.66. APA members are entitled to 20% off all print books orders from Routledge.com.
2. Amazon: Paperback price: $52.95 / Kindle price: $42.36 and other sellers.

Certificate of Completion

All individuals who successfully complete this training and achieve a 70% or higher grade receive a certificate of completion and are included in our online certificate holder database.

Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities

All videos are closed-captioned. All static images have alt text and links are descriptive. All documents have been made accessible except for the Capital Corridor Report. As soon as it is remediated, a fully accessible version will be made available.