Study Abroad

Urban Studies and Planning offers several summer studios overseas. A summer studio (presently given in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Cape Town, South Africa) satisfies the Planning Studio requirement. Students spend about one month in the city, working on a project and learning about the country and about issues associated with urbanization. They spend the remainder of the summer in College Park, completing a final report. To be accepted for the overseas studio, students must have completed at least 18 credits of coursework, including URSP 600, 601, 604, and 605. Students in the overseas studio register for two courses in the same summer: URSP 705 (4 credits) in the first summer session, and URSP 706 (2 credits) in the second summer session.