城市设计硕士课程为期三个（可选的四个）学期，向学生提供设计经验，研究建筑区域，城市和社区的指导原则。该计划以可持续性和复原力的紧迫性为指导，将城市概念化为生态样带的延伸，从自然到人类的栖息地，为学生提供从农村到城市的各种体验。计划主任Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk因在发展“新都市主义”运动中起着重要作用而受到认可，她领导了该计划，邀请学生探索设计，政策和管理工具，以场所营造作为改善生活质量的工具。各种城市环境。建筑环境对健康的影响，对郊区景观的改造，作为社区建筑的房地产开发，对气候变化的适
The Master of Urban Design is a three (optional four), 36 credit program that provide students with a design experience that investigates the guiding principles for designing regions, cities, and communities. Guided by the imperatives of sustainabilty and resilience, the program conceptualizes cities as an extension of the ecological transect across the natural to human habitat, providing students with a range of experiences from rural to urban.<br><br>Program Director Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, recognized for her foundational role in the development of the movement called the New Urbanism, leads the program that invites students to explore design, policy and management tools for place-making as a vehicle for improving quality of life in a variety of urban settings. The impact of the built environment on health, retrofitting the suburban landscape, real estate development as community building, adaptation to climate change, and urban growth and revitalization, are topics prominent in course offerings and faculty research.