Specialization: Urban design
The Urban Design specialization offers students the opportunity to focus on the process of city building and urban design within the MCP degree program. The specialization emphasizes four major bodies of knowledge: urban design theory as a way of understanding the order of the city, urban economics and development methods as a basis for formulating development projects, planning theory and methods as a means for designing policies and strategies that can be implemented in private markets regulated by public bodies, and design studies as a basis for exploring urban design and development issues.
Courses required in the urban design specialization include:
Introduction to Urban Design
Urban Design Policy: Analysis and Implementation
In addition, students must take two additional courses in urban design. Alternatives within the College of Architecture include:
History of Urban Form
Principles of Real Estate Finance and Development
Land Use Planning Methods
Theories of Urban Design
Landscape Architecture
History and Theories of the Modern City
Urban Design Workshop
Introduction to Land Use Planning
Sustainable Urban Development
Land Use and Transportation Interaction
Urban Design & Non-Motorized Access
Principles of Real Estate Finance and Development
Applied Real Estate Methods
Negotiation, Facilitation and Conflict Management
Urban Growth and Infrastructure