The request to revise Master of Urban Design curriculum

Date: January 27, 2014
To: College of Arts + Architecture
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: December 20, 2013
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Summer 2014

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

Summary

The School of Architecture proposes the following changes for the Master of Urban Design Curriculum:

  • List MUDD 6101 Fundamentals of Urban Design Studio (6) as the first course of the curriculum list for the Fall Semester, instead of being the middle course listed.
  • List MUDD 6102 Urban Open Space and Infrastructure Design Studio (6) as the first course of the curriculum list for the Spring Semester, instead of being the middle course listed.
  • Rearrange the Summer curriculum course listing to put the courses in the correct order:
  • Foreign-Based First Summer Session:

MUDD 7102 Vertical Urbanism / Global Urban Design Studio, Part I (3)

MUDD 6050 Topics in Urban Design Elective (3)

  • Charlotte-Based Second Summer Session:

MUDD 7103 Vertical Urbanism / Global Urban Design Studio, Part II (3)

MUDD 5602 Planning, Law, and Urban Design (3)

  • Change the course title for MUDD 6050 Topics in Urban Design Elective (3) to MUDD 6050 Topics in Urban Design Elective (3).

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Second Summer Session (3 hours)

  • MUDD 5101 Design Studio: Basics (3) (For non-design based applicants only. May be waived if determined in the admissions process.)

Fall (12 hours)

  • MUDD 6101 Fundamentals of Urban Design Studio (6)
  • MUDD 5601 Community Planning Workshop (3)
  • MUDD 6205 Topics in Urban History and Theory Elective 19th Century Urban History/Theory (3)

Spring (12 hours)

  • MUDD 6102 Urban Open Space and Infrastructure Design Studio (6)
  • MUDD 6050 Topics in Urban Design Elective (3)
  • MUDD 6204 Topics in Urban History and Theory Elective 20th Century Urban History/Theory (3)

Foreign-Based First Summer Session (6 hours)

  • MUDD 7102 Vertical Urbanism / Global Urban Design Studio, Part I (3)
  • MUDD 6050 Topics in Urban Design Elective (3)

Charlotte-Based Second Summer Session (6 hours)

  • MUDD 7103 Vertical Urbanism / Global Urban Design Studio, Part II (3)
  • MUDD 5602 Planning, Law, and Urban Design (3)