Courses
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Core Urban Planning Studio I
Judith Grant Long, Kathryn Madden
The first semester core studio of the Master of Urban Planning program introduces students to the fundamental knowledge and technical skills used by urban planners…
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Elements of Urban Design
Advanced core studio exploring ideas, conventions, and technical skills essential to a critical understanding of how design operates at the various scales of urbanity and…
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A Lo Que Vinimos: Revitalization of Central San Jose, Costa Rica
Paradoxically, perhaps, as the economic fortunes of Costa Rica have rebounded from the downturn and regional political crises of the late 1970s and 80s, the…
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The New Boston Waterfront: Channels & Edges
Prerequisites:Students will be expected to possess a high degree of design interest and capability. It is anticipated that the studio will call upon the following…
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Recovering New Orleans
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, recovery in many parts of New Orleans remains a pressing issue. The Recovering New Orleans studio will develop planning and…
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The Architecture of Geography: Istanbul, Mixed-Use Development, and the Panoramic Condition
The Architecture of GeographyIstanbul, Mixed-Use Development, and the Panoramic ConditionThe aim of the studio is to explore the urban and architectural potentials of mixed use…
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Tokyo’s Book City
The district of Jimbo-cho in downtown Tokyo has been the center of book culture from the Edo period when the first government school, later to…
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Methods of Urban Planning
This companion course to the first-term Core Urban Planning Studio introduces students to selected methods used by urban planners in understanding, analyzing, and influencing the…
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Proseminar – Defining Urban Design
A seminar required for first year students in the MAUD and MLAUD programs, and open to others only by special permission of the instructor. The…
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Urbanization in the East Asian Region
The purpose of this course is to provide an overall account of the urbanization in selected cities within the rapidly developing Pacific Asian region; to…
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Urban Politics and Planning
The course views cities and urban regions as political constructs. Its purpose is to help students think strategically about major urban problems and controversies, particularly…
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Markets and Market Failure
Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, Joseph Kalt
The first half of the course covers skills for predicting market behavior, including supply and demand and the behavior of firms and consumers. The second…
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Real Estate Finance and Development
This course employs a case method study of private sector real estate, with quantitative and financial emphasis. Analysis and class discussion of case studies introduce…
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Planning and Environmental Law
This course examines the key substantive legal issues that affect the use, preservation, and development of land in the United States, and the principles and…
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Policy Making in Urban Settings
An introduction to policymaking in American cities, focusing on economic, demographic, institutional, and political settings. It examines economic development and job growth in the context…
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Transportation Planning and Development
Access and mobility are essential elements of an urban plan. Through lectures, discussions, case studies, and exercises, this course examines the issues and analytical framework…
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Housing Delivery Systems in the United States
This course will examine the process by which housing is produced in the United States. The course considers the primary actors in the delivery system,…
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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Urban Planning and Design
This course introduces students to the practice of negotiation and mediation in the context of urban planning and development. Learning from general theories of negotiation…
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Preparation for Independent Thesis Proposal for MUP, MAUD, or MLAUD
In this seminar required for students intending to pursue an independent thesis through GSD 9302 in the following term, direction is given as to the…
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Resurfacing (Revisiting) the Grid as an Organizational Device for the Design of the City
Framework:This upper level research seminar will focus on the investigation and evaluation of urbanistic projects which use the grid and its multiple variations as their…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree MAUD, MLAUD, or MUP
Following preparation in GSD 9204, each student pursues a topic of relevance to urban design or urban planning, which may include design or planning exploration,…
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Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
Daniel Schodek, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, K. Michael Hays, Martin Bechthold, Allen Sayegh, Eve Blau, Antoine Picon, Kostas Terzidis
A student who selects this independent thesis for the degree Master in Design Studies pursues independent research of relevance to the selected course of study…
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, Spiro Pollalis, Joan Busquets, Martin Bechthold, A. Hashim Sarkis
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.