M.U.D.
Degree Information

Degree Requirements

The M.U.D. Program requires 45 academic credits. The program is 3 terms in length consisting of a fall full term (September–December), winter full term (January–April), and fall full term (September-December).

Sample Schedule

The studio-based curriculum consists of the following consecutive and thematized studios: Technology (Fall) – Justice (Winter) – Climate (Fall). This set of three urban design studios positions design as the central discipline of urban transformations.

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Potential Elective Courses

This is a tentative list of courses meeting elective areas of focus, and taught at Taubman College. Apart from these courses, you can also enroll in other schools on campus. As offerings change every year, prepare in advance and discuss with your advisors a good strategy to meet your interests.

Potential courses to fulfill directed elective in Ecology, Landscape, Sustainability

ARCH 505: Building Enclosure Systems
ARCH 505: High Performance Building Design
ARCH 505: Sustainability and Affordability
ARCH 509: High Density
ARCH 515: Sustainable Systems
ARCH 555: Building Systems and Energy Conservation
ARCH 565: Research in Environmental Technology
ARCH 575: Building Ecology
URP 527: Sustainable Food Systems
URP 532: Sustainability and Social Change
URP 542: Environmental Planning: Issues and Concepts
URP 552: Healthy Cities: Planning and Design

Potential courses to fulfill directed elective in Policy, Law, Institutions

ARCH 503: Grounds for Architecture: Land History
ARCH 506: Design Activism + Social Justice
ARCH 509: Public Design Corps
ARCH 509: Property as Spatial Practice
ARCH 509: Spaces of Exception
ARCH 823: Under the Campus the Land
URP 502 or URP 503: Planning Institutions and Law
URP 525: Regional Planning
URP 542: Environmental Planning
URP 543: State and Local Land Management
URP 560: Transportation and Land Use Planning
URP 561: Public Policy and Transportation
URP 570: Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries
URP 571: Comparative Urban Policy
URP 572: Comparative Housing, Property, and Law
URP 573: Infrastructure Planning in the US and Developing Countries
URP 581: Housing Policy and Economics
URP 582: Neighborhood Planning
URP 582: Race, Difference and Social Justice in the American City
URP 589: Tech Clusters and Smart Cities