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University of Michigan Programs

The University of Michigan offers a range of programs in the field of architecture and urban planning.

Academics

• Undergraduate
  • Architecture
  • Urban Technology
  • Architecture Minor
  • Real Estate Development Minor
• Graduate
  • Architecture
  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Dual Degrees
  • Certificates
• Post-Professional
  • Digital & Material Technologies
  • Urban Design
  • Ph.D. in Architecture
  • Ph.D. in Urban & Regional Planning
• Pre-College
  • ArcPrep
  • ArcStart
• Continuing Education
  • Online and Continuing Education

Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning offers various programs and courses, including:

Course Details

• URP 610, Section 2: Queer Urbanism
  • Instructors: Gus Wendel
  • Term: Winter 2026
  • Section: 2
  • Class Number: 29466
  • Credits: 3
  • Required: No
  • Elective: Yes
  • Meets: Thurs, 8:30-11:30am 2115 A&AB
• Course Brief: This course introduces students to key concepts, theories, and histories of queer urban spaces and spatial processes.

Course Description

The course situates the formation of sexual identities alongside the formation of the modern city, paying close attention to structures of spatial marginalization as well as forms of resistance, care, and community. Central to the course is a critical examination of the ways sexual space is entangled with gender, race, class, disability, and citizenship as constitutive dimensions of urban life. Students will consider how practices of planning and design shape, reinforce, and sometimes subvert these spatial and social relations.

Course Structure

The course is a graduate-level seminar, structured primarily around reading and discussion of entire texts, both old and new. It will integrate reading and discussion with short, situated lectures, and student-led group case studies. The course is designed to provide students with a foundation for understanding the historical and theoretical interrelations between sexuality and space. It also equips students with the conceptual tools to develop their own approaches and frameworks for research and practice in architecture, urban planning, and urban design.