Urban Informatics, MS (Boston)

Graduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston33 semester hours totalverified parse

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Data Science Courses

• One of:
  • DA 5020 — Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data
  • DA 5030 — Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning
  • PPUA 7237 — Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
• INSH 5301 — Introduction to Computational Statistics
• INSH 5302 — Information Design and Visual Analytics
• PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy

Methods and Applications

• PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities

Practicum or Capstone

From the catalog

Complete topic-focused capstone or practicum approved by program director:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • One of:
    • PPUA 6966 — Practicum
    • PPUA 7673 — Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Portfolio

• PPUA 6410 — Urban Informatics Portfolio

Optional Co-op Experience

• All of:
  • INSH 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
  • EESH 6000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Concentrations (choose 1)

Climate and Resilience

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

CIVE 7000-level Special Topics in Engineering—approved by program director

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • PPUA 5246 — Participatory Modeling for Collaborative Decision Making
  • PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics
  • PPUA 5264 — Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
  • PPUA 5268 — International Environmental Policy
  • PPUA 6101 — Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 1
  • PPUA 7346 — Resilient Cities
• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • INSH 6101 — Agent-Based Modeling for Applied and Social Sciences
  • POLS 7334 — Social Networks
  • PPUA 5261 — Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making

Communities and Economic Development

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • IE 7374 — Special Topics in Industrial Engineering
  • PPUA 5230 — Housing Policy
  • PPUA 5235 — Participatory Community Planning Methods
  • PPUA 5246 — Participatory Modeling for Collaborative Decision Making
  • PPUA 5265 — Global Urbanization and Planning
  • PPUA 6502 — Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
  • PPUA 6552 — The Nonprofit Sector in Civil Society and Public Affairs
• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • INSH 6101 — Agent-Based Modeling for Applied and Social Sciences
  • INSH 6406 — Analyzing Complex Digitized Data
  • POLS 7334 — Social Networks
  • PPUA 6509 — Techniques of Program Evaluation

Transportation and Infrastructure

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

CIVE 7000-level Special Topics in Engineering—approved by program director

• One of:
  • IE 7374 — Special Topics in Industrial Engineering
  • PPUA 5246 — Participatory Modeling for Collaborative Decision Making
  • PPUA 7346 — Resilient Cities
• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • CIVE 7110 — Critical Infrastructure Resilience
  • CIVE 7380 — Performance Models and Simulation of Transportation Networks
  • CIVE 7381 — Transportation Demand Forecasting and Model Estimation
  • INSH 6101 — Agent-Based Modeling for Applied and Social Sciences

Electives Option

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• PPUA 5266 — Urban Theory and Science
• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • IE 7374 — Special Topics in Industrial Engineering
  • INSH 6101 — Agent-Based Modeling for Applied and Social Sciences
  • INSH 6406 — Analyzing Complex Digitized Data
  • PPUA 5246 — Participatory Modeling for Collaborative Decision Making
  • PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics
  • PPUA 5261 — Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
  • PPUA 5268 — International Environmental Policy
  • PPUA 5390 — Special Topics in Public Policy and Urban Affairs
  • PPUA 6502 — Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
  • PPUA 7346 — Resilient Cities

GPA requirements

• Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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