Curriculum
An example of a curriculum with a major field in Urban Spatial Structure with a minor filed in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the following for a student entering the program with a bachelors degree in economics and a masters degree in urban planning. For the major field this student could take URSP 688 �C Transportation and Urban Form, URSP 660- Function and Structure of Metropolitan Areas, and ECON 790 �C Advanced Urban Economics. For their GIS Minor Field, the student could take URSP 688 �C GIS for Urban Planners and GEOG 605 �C Quantitative Spatial Analysis.
Sample Schedule
- First Semester
- URSP 804 - Advanced Planning Theory
- Field
- Field
- Field
- Second Semester
- URSP 810 - Contemporary Metropolitan Issues
- Field
- Field
- Third Semester
- Advanced analytical methods course
- Field
- Elective
- Fourth Semester
- URSP 805 - Research Design
- Field
- Elective
- Field
- Fifth Semester
- Dissertation
- Sixth Semster
- Dissertation