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The request to revise Master of Urban Design curriculum and revise MUDD 6050, 6204, and 6205

Memo Date: 
Thursday, December 12, 2013
To: 
College of Arts + Architecture
From: 
Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: November 21, 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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MUDD 6050. Topics in Urban Design Elective. (3) Study of topical areas of urbanism and urban design. May be repeated for credit as topics change. May include courses from the M.A. in Geography (Community Planning Track) by permission of the Director of the M.U.D Program. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

MUDD 6204. Topics in Urban History and Theory Elective 20th Century Urban History/Theory. (3) Study of topical areas of urban history and theory. May be repeated for credit as topics change. (Spring, Summer)

MUDD 6205. Topics in Urban History and Theory Elective 19th Century Urban History/Theory. (3) Study of topical areas of urban history and theory. May be repeated for credit as topics change. (Fall)
 

 

A. Full-Time M.U.D. Option

Year One

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)