Part 1. General APA Info
1. GENERAL APA INFO
Check the deadlines for the May and November test windows here.
- GENERAL
- APA - A PLANNER'S DICTIONARY
APA 2019 CONFERENCE AICP EXAM PREP
VIDEOS - (Step 3)- NOVEMBER 2020 EXAM STEPS
- AICP EXAM - INFORMATION BULLETIN
- AICP EXAM SUBJECTS
- EXAM PREPARATION
- SAMPLE AICP EXAM
- APA STUDY GUIDES
- AICP POST-EXAM DISCUSSIONS & TIPS POST EXAM GENERAL INSIGHTS (APA-OH)
- PRE AND POST-2015 EXAM CYBURBIA FORUM DISCUSSIONS
- PRE AND POST-2014 EXAM CYBURBIA FORUM DISCUSSIONS
- PRE AND POST-2013 EXAM CYBURBIA FORUM DISCUSSIONS (multi pages – lower right)
- POST-2012 MAY EXAM CYBURBIA FORUM DISCUSSIONS (multi pages – lower right)
- POST-2011 MAY & NOV EXAM CYBURBIA FORUM DISCUSSIONS (multi pages – lower right)
- POST-2010 MAY & NOV. EXAM CYBURBIA FORUM DISCUSSIONS (multiple pages)
- POST-2008/2009 MAY & NOV. EXAM CYBURBIA FORUM DISCUSSIONS (multiple pages)
- EXAM TIPS
- 2011 APA-FL AICP Exam Prep CONFERENCE SLIDES
- APA RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE BASE (summarizing multi-topics on the exam)
2012 APA CHAPTERS (CPC) AICP EXAM PREP WEBINARS & PDFs
Overview & Spatial Areas
Functional Areas
Public Participation & Social Justice
Plan Making & Implementation
Planning Law
Research & Qualitative Methods
Ethics
Planning History & Theory
APA’s AICP EXAM SELECTED READING LIST - VARYING USEFUL LINKS
MAIN REFERENCES
I. FUNDAMENTAL PLANNING KNOWLEDGE
II. PLAN MAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION
- Planner's Use of Information [Dandekar, Hemalata. 2003]
- Planning & Urban DesignStandards [APA]
http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/15/04714758/0471475815.pd
III. AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Environmental Planning Handbook [Daniels, Tom, and Katherine Daniels. 2003] or here
- The High Cost of Free Parking [Shoup, Donald C; 2005]
- The Trouble with Minimum Parking Requirements [Shoup, 1999]
IV. LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT
V. AICP CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
“BEST” COMPREHENSIVE APA CHAPTER STUDY LINKS
Pennsylvania Chapter
- Pennsylvania New AICP Study Links [2019 materials]
- *RECOMMENDED* Comprehensive PDC Study Notes (2007) – 138 page Study Guide
- 2017 Fall AICP Exam Prep
- 2017 Spring AICP Exam Prep
- 2015 AICP Exam Prep
- 2014 AICP Exam Prep
- 2012 AICP Exam Prep
- 2011 AICP Exam Prep
- 2010 MP3 Audio File of 2010 Presentation
- Ethics Scenarios
- Post AICP Exam observations
Georgia Chapter. PowerPoints, 2019, 2018 materials & 2007-2017
Idaho Chapter. 2019 Extensive Study Group materials (including some APA 3.0)
Louisiana Chapter. 2018 Study Materials (click on each slide file shown to open complete slide sets)
North Carolina Chapter. AICP Study Links: 2011-2017 materials
California Chapter. Sacramento Section. 2020 Local Materials & APA-GA Materials
2020 Video Central & San Diego Sections (General intro & tips)
Connecticut Chapter. 2018 Annual Classroom Reviews
Colorado Chapter. AICP Study Links (links to set of four study materials at bottom)
Wisconsin Chapter. AICP Study Materials
2015 TREASURE COAST AICP STUDY GROUP MATERIALS (FITZ-PATRICK)
HENRY NOTE: These links are to notes and materials from my May 2015 Treasure Coast Section’s AICP Study Group sessions, done by one of our remote studiers who successfully navigated the exam. In many cases, they provide nice summaries of our sessions, but are not a full substitute to the presentations, audios, associated materials & practice exams from our actual sessions.
- MAIN PAGE
- AIRPORT PLANNING
- BUDGETING
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
- ETHICS
- DEMOGRAPHICS
- HISTORY
- HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- HOUSING
- HAZARDS
- MAPS & SPATIAL
- NEIGHBORHOODS
- PEOPLE
- PLANNING LAW
- PLAN MAKING
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- RURAL & SMALL TOWNS
- SPATIAL AREAS OF PRACTICE
- STATISTICS
- THEORY
- TRANSPORTATION