Outside of the curricular structure of the program, many students also participate as graduate research assistants on funded projects through the Center for Sustainable Development, work as Teaching Assistants, or intern with various offices and agencies in the City of Austin. Some undertake their research program with assistance from travel grants, and everyone takes advantage of the rich cultural life Austin offers.
A comprehensive list of all courses and their descriptions is available in the Course Catalog.
COURSES OVERVIEW
TOPICS IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND REPRESENTATION
U D 380C.1 Diagramming the City
U D 380C.2 Reality Capture for Architecture
U D 380C.3 Rendering and Animation in the Built Environment
U D 380C.4 Photography/Urban Landscape
U D 380C.5 Geographic Information Systems in Planning
U D 380C.6 Urban Geographic Information Systems
TOPICS IN LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
U D 381E.1 History and Theory of Landscape Architecture I
U D 381E.2 History and Theory of Landscape Architecture II
U D 381E.3 Introduction to Urban Ecology
U D 381E.4 Latin American Landscapes
[Courses qualifying for Certificate in Sustainable Design: Technology and Environment]
ARC 386M Sustainable Architectural Design
ARC 386M Sustainability: Why This Way
ARC 386M Intro to Urban Ecology
TOPICS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE
U D 382M.1 Financing Real Estate Development: Nonprofit and For-Profit
U D 382M.2 Real Estate Practicum
U D 382M.3 Urban Land Institute Workshop
TOPICS IN URBAN GEOGRAPHY
U D 383M.1 The Modern American City
U D 383M.2 The Healthy, Livable City
U D 383M.3 Smart, Green, and Just
U D 383M.4 Sustainable Development
U D 383M.4 Cartographies of Interconnection: Jaguars, Humans, and the Redesign of Urbanscape
[Courses qualifying for Certificate in Housing and Urbanism]
ARC 386M Migratory Urbanism
ARC 388R Cultural Landscapes - Ethnography Methods
ARC 388R 20th Century Latin American Architecture
ARC 388R Borderlands and Mexican Built Environment History
ARC 383T Local Development Planning in Latin America
ARC 383T Dominican Republic Practicum
ARC 380D Participatory Action Research
ARC 380D Practicum: Mexico
ARC 395C Mexican Architecture and Urbanism: From Pre-Columbian to Contemporary
TOPICS IN URBAN HOUSING
[Courses qualifying for Certificate in Housing and Urbanism]
U D 384M.1 Housing Practice and Policy in Latin America
U D 384M.2 Urban Housing
U D 383M.1 Affordable Housing Planning The Modern American City
U D 383M.2 The Healthy, Livable City
U D 383M.3 Smart, Green, and Just
TOPICS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
U D 385M.1 Land Use and Transportation Planning
U D 385M.2 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transit Planning
U D 385M.3 Transit Oriented Development
U D 385M.4 Transportation Planning and Policy
TOPICS IN COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING
U D 386M.1 Race and the Built Environment
U D 386M.2 Design and Informal City
U D 386M.3 Race and Urban Development
U D 383M.4 Cartographies of Interconnection: Jaguars, Humans, and the Redesign of Urbanscapes
U D 383M.5 Nature of Public Spaces
U D 386M.6 Planning Disaster Resilient Cities
U D 386M.7 Foundations of Planning Law
U D 386M.8 Readings in International Planning
U D 386M.9 Smart Cities
[Courses qualifying for Certificate in Introduction to City Planning]
CRP 380F Planning History, Theory, and Ethics (required)
CRP 381M Qualitative and Participatory Methods (required)
CRP Contact Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning
SPECIAL TOPICS IN URBAN DESIGN
Students wishing the undertake Urban Design Honors Research must submit a proposal to the Urban Design GSC for approval
U D 387C Urban Design Independent Research
U D 387D Urban Design Honors Research
TOPICS IN URBAN DESIGN HISTORY AND THEORY
U D 388K Urban Design History, Theory, and Criticism
U D 388K Post-Professional Seminar: Readings in Urban Design
U D 388R.1 Futures and Cities
U D 388R.2 Design of New Communities
U D 388R.3 Mexican Architecture and Urbanism
U D 388R.4 Architecture Computation
TOPICS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION
U D 389R.1 History of American City Building
[Courses qualifying for Certificate in Historic Preservation]
ARC 386M National Register of Historic Places
ARC 388R Methodologies in Architectural History
ARC 388R Preservation History & Theory
ARC 388R Preservation Planning & Practice
URBAN DESIGN DUAL DEGREE
Restricted to students enrolled in the Dual Degree Graduate Program in Urban Design and Community and Regional Planning. Terminal research project in urban design. Joins with Professional Report in Community and Regional Planning.
U D 690A Urban Design Planning Project
U D 690B Urban Design Planning Project
STUDIO TOPICS IN URBAN DESIGN
Studio-based core sequence in urban design. Restricted to students enrolled in the Graduate Program in Urban Design.
U D 696 Urban Design Studio I
U D 696C Urban Design Options Studio II
U D 696D Urban Design Terminal Studio III
U D 696E Urban Design Honors Project (Prerequisite: U D 387D and approval of the Urban Design GSC)
U D 696F Urban Design Thesis (Prerequisite: U D 387D and permission of the Urban Design GSC)