Program Description
The Master of Urban Design – Future Cities (MUD) educates the next generation of urban designers, architects and researchers in the development of sustainable, healthy and smart cities and communities. The MUD faculty and students address climate change, public health, pandemics and other challenges by incorporating urban analytics, computational design and smart technologies into urban environments.
The combined Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Urban Design Accelerated Degree option allows an undergraduate Architecture major to complete foundational graduate coursework in Urban Design while completing the baccalaureate degree. By sub-matriculating, a student may complete four graduate courses required by the MUD program, for a maximum of twelve graduate course credits, thereby achieving advanced standing in the 48-credit MUD program and enabling a student to complete the master’s degree with an additional 36 credits, depending upon transcript evaluation. Upon graduation from the Bachelor of Architecture program, a student may fulfill requirements for the MUD program in one and a half years of full-time study.