Urban Planning and Policy, MS (Boston)
Graduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston48 semester hours totalverified parse
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Planning and Policy
- PPUA 6201 — The 21st-Century City: Urban Opportunities and Challenges in a Global Context
- PPUA 6502 — Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
- SUEN 6340 — Topics in Urban Environmental Design
Research Design
- INSH 6300 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Quantitative Techniques
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Students in the urban analytics focus area are encouraged to take INSH 5301.
Choose one from the following:
- Choose 4 semester hours from:
Planning Law
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Planning and Social Justice
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Choose one from the following:
- Choose 2 semester hours from:
Electives
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Complete 4-8 semester hours of the following:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- ARCH 5310 — Design Tactics and Operations
- ARCH 5530 — Innovative Models in Real Estate Development and Design
- ARCH 6100 — Graduate Skills Studio
- ARCH 6330 — Seminar in Modern Architecture
- ARCH 6340 — Graduate Topics in Architecture
- ARTG 5100 — Information Design Studio 1: Principles
- ARTG 5120 — Research Methods for Design
- ARTG 5130 — Visual Communication for Information Design
- ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
- ARTG 6330 — Information Design Mapping Strategies
- DA 5020 — Collecting, Storing, and Retrieving Data
- DA 5030 — Introduction to Data Mining/Machine Learning
- INSH 5302 — Information Design and Visual Analytics
- PPUA 5230 — Housing Policy
- PPUA 5231 — Transportation Policy
- PPUA 5233 — Contemporary Community Development
- PPUA 5234 — Land Use and Urban Growth Policy
- PPUA 5236 — Introduction to Real Estate Development for Urban Policy Makers
- PPUA 5238 — Climate Change and Global Urbanization
- PPUA 5244 — Comparative Public Policy and Administration
- PPUA 5245 — Education Policy in the United States
- PPUA 5249 — Sustainable Urban Coastal Policy
- PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics
- PPUA 5261 — Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
- PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities
- PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
- PPUA 5264 — Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
- PPUA 5265 — Global Urbanization and Planning
- PPUA 5270 — Food Systems and Public Policy
- PPUA 6212 — Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Project Management
- PPUA 6216 — Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Grant Writing
- PPUA 6506 — Techniques of Policy Analysis
- PPUA 6551 — Nonprofit Organizations and Social Change
- PPUA 7237 — Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
- SUEN 6110 — Graduate Studio 1: Sustainable Urban Sites
- SUEN 6120 — Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems
- SUEN 6210 — Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 1
- SUEN 6220 — Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 2
- SUEN 6310 — Cities, Nature, and Design in Contemporary History and Theory
- SUEN 6340 — Topics in Urban Environmental Design
- SUEN 7230 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1
- SUEN 7240 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 2
- SUEN 7320 — Pro-Seminar: Issues in Designed Urban Environments
Optional Co-op Experience
Concentrations (choose 1)
Urban Design and Physical Planning
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Complete one of the following tracks:
- ARCH 6340 — Graduate Topics in Architecture
- One of:
- Urban Design and Real Estate — all of:
- Physical Planning and Design for Sustainable Urbanism — all of:
- Urban Experience Track — all of:
- SUEN 6120 — Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems
Urban Analytics
- PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities
- All of:
- PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
- PPUA 7673 — Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Sustainability and Resilience
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Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- One of:
- PPUA 7673 — Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs
- One of:
- PPUA 5231 — Transportation Policy
- PPUA 5234 — Land Use and Urban Growth Policy
- PPUA 5238 — Climate Change and Global Urbanization
- PPUA 5249 — Sustainable Urban Coastal Policy
- PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics
- PPUA 5261 — Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making
- PPUA 5264 — Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
- SUEN 6110 — Graduate Studio 1: Sustainable Urban Sites
- SUEN 6120 — Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems
- SUEN 6220 — Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 2
- SUEN 6310 — Cities, Nature, and Design in Contemporary History and Theory
- SUEN 6340 — Topics in Urban Environmental Design
- SUEN 7230 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 1
- SUEN 7240 — Urban Ecologies and Technologies 2
- SUEN 7320 — Pro-Seminar: Issues in Designed Urban Environments
Urban Development Policy and Planning
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Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- One of:
- PPUA 7673 — Capstone in Public Policy and Urban Affairs
- One of:
- PPUA 5230 — Housing Policy
- PPUA 5231 — Transportation Policy
- PPUA 5233 — Contemporary Community Development
- PPUA 5234 — Land Use and Urban Growth Policy
- PPUA 5236 — Introduction to Real Estate Development for Urban Policy Makers
- PPUA 5265 — Global Urbanization and Planning
- PPUA 5270 — Food Systems and Public Policy
- PPUA 6506 — Techniques of Policy Analysis
- PPUA 6551 — Nonprofit Organizations and Social Change
- SUEN 6110 — Graduate Studio 1: Sustainable Urban Sites
- SUEN 6120 — Graduate Studio 2: Sustainable Urban Systems
- SUEN 6340 — Topics in Urban Environmental Design
GPA requirements
- 48 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required
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