Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Urban Design

Overview

The Urban Design Certificate program enhances students’ ability to concentrate on topics related to sustainable place-making and creating human-scale spaces by focusing on urban theory, history, and design.

Program Details

• Total Credit Hours for Completion: 12
• Required Courses:
  • All students working towards the Urban Design Certificate are required to take ARCH 620 for 3 credits.
  • Students in the professional M. Arch program can complete ARCH 814 for 6 credits.
  • Both M. Arch students and students from outside the Department of Architecture can take urban-focused courses in ARCH and UBPL to fulfill the remaining credits.

Course List

| Course List Code | Title | Hours
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| ARCH 620| Theory of Urban Design| 3
| ARCH 814| Urban Design Capstone Studio | 6
| ARCH 600| Special Topics in Architecture: (ULI Hines Student Competition) | 3
| ARCH 600| Special Topics in Architecture: (Special Topics in Architecture: Urban-focused syllabus must be submitted)| 3
| ARCH 700| Directed Readings in Architecture: (Independent study. Urban-focused syllabus must be submitted)| 3
| ARCH 800| Special Topics in Architecture: (Urban-focused syllabus must be submitted)| 3
| UBPL 735| Site Planning and Design| 3

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Engage and participate in urban research, mapping and analysis to understand the constituent elements of a city and how they holistically function as a cultural, ecological and infrastructural system.
• Develop the ability to research, analyze and make design decisions for urban-scale projects while demonstrating the synthesis of user requirements, regulatory requirements, site context, site conditions and consideration of the measurable environmental impacts of their design decisions.
• Understand approaches to leadership in multi-disciplinary teams, diverse stakeholder constituents, dynamic physical contexts, and learn how to apply effective collaboration skills to address and communicate complex urban design challenges.