Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts 6 courses 36 total credits
The Master of Urban Design program at The Design School is a transdisciplinary postprofessional graduate program that provides you with practical knowledge and skills to become a leader in designing healthy and resilient urban environments. You learn and apply newly emerging design knowledge from architecture, landscape architecture, creative placemaking and place-keeping, urban planning, community development, civil engineering, and real estate development. You also draw from critical works in nondesign disciplines, including climate science, social justice, sustainability science, urban ecology, urban climate, natural resources management, environmental psychology, anthropology, art, history and law. The MUD program offers a three-semester curriculum built around the analysis and understanding of the dynamic urban systems specific to rapidly urbanizing regions of the world. The program leverages the Phoenix metro area as a learning laboratory to understand a number of challenges --- rapid growth and expansion, water scarcity, extreme heat, and the area's distinct ecological and cultural diversity --- toward the development of responsible and innovative design strategies necessary to build just, sustainable and resilient cities.
| Required Core | 10 credits |
| Electives | 9 credits |
| Other Requirements | 12 credits |
| Culminating Experience | 5 credits |
| Total Credits | 36 credits |
Required Core
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUD 521 | Advanced Urban Design Studio I | 5 |
| MUD 522 | Advanced Urban Design Studio II | 5 |
| Total Required Core | 10 credits | |
Electives
Other Requirements
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DSC 598 | Topic: Principles of Collaboration in Design | 3 |
| LAP 598 | Topic: Smart City Sustainability and the Environment | 3 |
| MUD 598 | Topic: Great Cities | 3 |
| MUD 598 | Topic: Great Cities | 3 |
| Total Other Requirements | 12 credits | |
Culminating Experience
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUD 593 | Applied Project | 5 |
| Total Culminating Experience | 5 credits | |
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