Requirements for Degrees in
Master of Architecture in Urban Design and
Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design 2009-2010
Academic Year 2009-2010
COURSES SATISFYING “REQUIRED SUBJECT AREAS” INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1. LAW AND IMPLEMENTATION
Fall Term:
GSD 5201Urban Politics, Planning and Development, 4 units, Lecture, Altshuler
GSD 5206 Planning and Environmental Law, 4 units, Lecture, Blaesser
Spring Term:
GSD 5403 Public Approvals for Private Development and Finance Projects, 4 units, lecture, Matthew Kiefer
Note: Alternate course may be approved by faculty advisor and program director
2. HISTORY AND THEORY OF URBAN DESIGN
Fall Term:
GSD 4329 East Asian Urbanism, 4 units, Lecture, Rowe
GSD 4105 Studies of the Built North American Environment: 1580 to the Present, 4 units, Lecture, Stilgoe
Spring Term:
GSD 3302 Designing the America City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form, 4 units, lecture, Krieger (offered Spring 2011)
GSD 4344 Modern Architecture and Urbanism in China, 4 units, Lecture, Rowe
GSD 3443 Ecology as Urbanism; Urbanism as Ecology, 4 units, Lecture, Waldheim
Note: Alternate course may be approved by faculty advisor and program director
3. DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AND ECONOMICS
Fall Term:
GSD 5204 Real Estate Development and Finance, 4 units, Lecture, Peiser
GSD 5203B Markets and Market Failure, 4 units, Lecture, Gomez-Ibanez
Spring Term:
GSD 5303 Advanced Real Estate Development and Finance, 4 units, Lecture, Apeseche, Mueller
GSD 5489 Real Estate in Emerging Markets, 4 units, Lecture, Retsinas
Note: Alternate course may be approved by faculty advisor and program director
MAUD/MLAUD Forms
Petition to Exempt From a Required Subject Area
Petition to Substitute Alternate Course(s) for a Required Subject Area
Petition to Substitute Elective Courses in Lieu of a Studio Option
Independent Thesis