Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Core Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Planning and Policy | ||
PPUA 6201 | The 21st-Century City: Urban Opportunities and Challenges in a Global Context | 4 |
PPUA 6502 | Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning | 4 |
SUEN 6340 | Topics in Urban Environmental Design | 4 |
Research Design | ||
INSH 6300 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | 4 |
Quantitative Techniques | ||
Students in the urban analytics focus area are encouraged to take INSH 5301. | ||
Choose one from the following: | 4 | |
Introduction to Computational Statistics | ||
Statistical Analysis | ||
Planning Law | ||
Choose one from the following: | 2-4 | |
Law and the City | ||
Urban Planning and the Law | ||
Planning and Social Justice | ||
Choose one from the following: | 2-4 | |
Contemporary Community Development | ||
Participatory Community Planning Methods | ||
Race, Justice, and Belonging in Planning Practice |
Focus Areas
Complete one of the following focus areas:
- Urban Design and Physical Planning
- Urban Analytics
- Sustainability and Resilience
- Urban Development Policy and Planning
Urban Design and Physical Planning
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Gateway Course | ||
ARCH 6340 | Graduate Topics in Architecture | 4 |
Tracks | ||
Complete one of the following tracks: | 8 | |
Urban Design and Real Estate | ||
Design Tactics and Operations | ||
Innovative Models in Real Estate Development and Design | ||
Physical Planning and Design for Sustainable Urbanism | ||
Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1 | ||
Urban Ecologies and Technologies 2 | ||
Urban Experience Track | ||
Information Visualization Principles and Practices and Information Design Critique Seminar | ||
Design for Behavior and Experience | ||
Capstone | ||
SUEN 6120 | Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems | 6 |
Urban Analytics
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Gateway Course | ||
PPUA 5262 | Big Data for Cities | 4 |
Required Courses | ||
ARTG 5150 and ARTG 5151 | Information Visualization Principles and Practices and Information Design Critique Seminar | 4 |
PPUA 5263 | Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy | 4 |
Capstone | ||
PPUA 7673 | Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs | 4 |
Sustainability and Resilience
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Gateway Course | ||
LPSC 7312 | Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change | 4 |
or SUEN 6310 | Cities, Nature, and Design in Contemporary History and Theory | |
Methods | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making | ||
Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy | ||
Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1 | ||
Capstone | ||
PPUA 7673 | Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs | 4 |
Elective | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Transportation Policy | ||
Land Use and Urban Growth Policy | ||
Climate Change and Global Urbanization | ||
Sustainable Urban Coastal Policy | ||
Ecological Economics | ||
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making | ||
Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change | ||
Graduate Studio 1: Sustainable Urban Sites | ||
Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems | ||
Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 2 | ||
Cities, Nature, and Design in Contemporary History and Theory | ||
Topics in Urban Environmental Design | ||
Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1 | ||
Urban Ecologies and Technologies 2 | ||
Pro-Seminar: Issues in Designed Urban Environments |
Urban Development Policy and Planning
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Gateway Course | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Housing Policy | ||
Transportation Policy | ||
Contemporary Community Development | ||
Global Urbanization and Planning | ||
Methods | ||
PPUA 5263 | Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy | 4 |
or PPUA 5236 | Introduction to Real Estate Development for Urban Policy Makers | |
Capstone | ||
PPUA 7673 | Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs | 4 |
Elective | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Housing Policy | ||
Transportation Policy | ||
Immigration and Urban America | ||
Contemporary Community Development | ||
Land Use and Urban Growth Policy | ||
Introduction to Real Estate Development for Urban Policy Makers | ||
Global Urbanization and Planning | ||
Food Systems and Public Policy | ||
Techniques of Policy Analysis | ||
Nonprofit Organizations and Social Change | ||
Graduate Studio 1: Sustainable Urban Sites | ||
Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems | ||
Topics in Urban Environmental Design |
Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete 4-8 semester hours of the following: | 4-8 | |
Design Tactics and Operations | ||
Innovative Models in Real Estate Development and Design | ||
Graduate Skills Studio | ||
Seminar in Modern Architecture | ||
Graduate Topics in Architecture | ||
Information Design Studio 1: Principles | ||
Research Methods for Design | ||
Visual Communication for Information Design | ||
Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals | ||
Information Design Mapping Strategies | ||
Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data | ||
Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning | ||
Information Design and Visual Analytics | ||
Housing Policy | ||
Transportation Policy | ||
Immigration and Urban America | ||
Contemporary Community Development | ||
Land Use and Urban Growth Policy | ||
Introduction to Real Estate Development for Urban Policy Makers | ||
Climate Change and Global Urbanization | ||
Comparative Public Policy and Administration | ||
Education Policy in the United States | ||
Sustainable Urban Coastal Policy | ||
Ecological Economics | ||
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making | ||
Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy | ||
Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change | ||
Global Urbanization and Planning | ||
Food Systems and Public Policy | ||
Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Project Management | ||
Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Grant Writing | ||
Techniques of Policy Analysis | ||
Nonprofit Organizations and Social Change | ||
Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems | ||
Graduate Studio 1: Sustainable Urban Sites | ||
Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems | ||
Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 1 | ||
Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 2 | ||
Cities, Nature, and Design in Contemporary History and Theory | ||
Topics in Urban Environmental Design | ||
Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1 | ||
Urban Ecologies and Technologies 2 | ||
Pro-Seminar: Issues in Designed Urban Environments |
Optional Co-op Experience
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Requires two consecutive semesters of Co-op Work Experience and Experiential Integration: | 2 | |
Co-op Work Experience and Experiential Integration |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
48 total semester hours required (50 with optional co-op)
Minimum 3.000 GPA required