Courses
The program in City Planning seeks to provide a strong general grounding in planning education that is enriched through local institutional and geographic contexts, and that builds upon the strengths of staff.
Three studio courses form the core of the curriculum. These involve students in useful work with local partners. These studios provide sequential experience in inner city areas and neighbourhoods, at the scale of the city and its region, and with urban aboriginals. In these settings, students have the opportunity to integrate their previous education, travel and work knowledge with courses in planning theory, urban ecology, housing and urban revitalization, and urban development, among others.
In addition to fulfilling course requirements, students undertake an internship in the summer months between their 1st and 2nd years in the program to gain planning work experience. Their major degree project (MDP) also enables students to develop a topic of their own particular interest, for exploration in terms of a thesis or a practicum or a design.
Graduate students in the program have the opportunity to work with many other Environmental Design faculty and students, as the Department of City Planning operates within the multidisciplinary Faculty of Architecture. The Faculty represents a unique consortium of five programs of studies offering undergraduate and graduate and graduate professional education in environmental design, interior design, architecture, city planning and landscape architecture. Within the larger university community, our students have been able to draw upon the resources of the Natural Resources Institute, and the departments of anthropology, geography, human ecology, engineering, native studies and other divisions.
Three studio courses form the core of the curriculum. These involve students in useful work with local partners. These studios provide sequential experience in inner city areas and neighbourhoods, at the scale of the city and its region, and with urban aboriginals. In these settings, students have the opportunity to integrate their previous education, travel and work knowledge with courses in planning theory, urban ecology, housing and urban revitalization, and urban development, among others.
In addition to fulfilling course requirements, students undertake an internship in the summer months between their 1st and 2nd years in the program to gain planning work experience. Their major degree project (MDP) also enables students to develop a topic of their own particular interest, for exploration in terms of a thesis or a practicum or a design.
Graduate students in the program have the opportunity to work with many other Environmental Design faculty and students, as the Department of City Planning operates within the multidisciplinary Faculty of Architecture. The Faculty represents a unique consortium of five programs of studies offering undergraduate and graduate and graduate professional education in environmental design, interior design, architecture, city planning and landscape architecture. Within the larger university community, our students have been able to draw upon the resources of the Natural Resources Institute, and the departments of anthropology, geography, human ecology, engineering, native studies and other divisions.
| YEAR 1 |
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| CITY 7020 | Planning Research Methods (syllabus.pdf) | 3 |
| CITY 7030 | Planning Theory 1 (syllabus.pdf) | 3 |
| EVLU 4018 | Principles of Urban Design | 3 |
| CITY 7350 | Thesis/Practicum Preparation | 0 |
| CITY 7410 | Planning Design 1 | 6 |
| CITY 7420 | Planning Design 2 | 6 |
| EITHER | ||
| CITY 7070 | Housing and Urban Revitalization | 3 |
| OR | ||
| CITY 7460 | Urban Ecology and Environmental Management | 3 |
| Total | 24 | |
| YEAR 2 |
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| CITY 7310 | Law and Local Government | 3 |
| CITY 7340 | Urban Development | 3 |
| CITY 7470 | Professional Planning Practice | 3 |
| EITHER |
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| CITY 7430 | Planning Design 3 (Urban Design) | 6 |
| OR | ||
| CITY 7440 | Planning Design 4 | 6 |
| Total | 15 | |
| GRAD 7000 |
Thesis | 0 |
| GRAD 7030 | Practicum | 0 |
| Elective Course Offerings Required | 6 | |
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TOTAL PROGRAM CREDIT HOURS
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45 | |
