URBAN DESIGN: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Focusing on three basic components of the built environment (buildings, transportation systems, and open spaces), addresses the forces that shape land use and transportation patterns, the effects of urban form on public health, safety, and welfare, and ways that communities can make their built environments more livable and environmentally sustainable.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Senior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Outline the basic building blocks of design and the design process. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Articulate how design of the built environment affects public health, safety, and well-being Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore the history of the changes in design of the built environment and the current state of practice in the planning and design professions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the built environment and assess the performance of design with a common lexicon of design terms Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Diagram, sketch, and deconstruct design case studies Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Cultivate spatial awareness and critical “seeing” of space and design. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Compare subjects covered by this course to those included in the American Institute for Certified Planners (AICP) Certification Exam. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Outline the basic building blocks of design and the design process. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Articulate how design of the built environment affects public health, safety, and well-being Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explore the history of the changes in design of the built environment and the current state of practice in the planning and design professions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the built environment and assess the performance of design with a common lexicon of design terms Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Diagram, sketch, and deconstruct design case studies Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Cultivate spatial awareness and critical “seeing” of space and design. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Compare subjects covered by this course to those included in the American Institute for Certified Planners (AICP) Certification Exam. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027