The program will equip students:
- To develop a deeper understanding of the role of urban design as a transdisciplinary practice
- To leverage critical urban theory as a strategic framework for research-based design.
- To critically analyze, document, and spatially visualize complex urban issues.
- To propose spatial strategies that are fundamentally rooted in spatial, social, racial, and environmental justice.
- To engage with partners to experiment with the practice of urban design beyond the classroom through real-life platforms of engagement.
- To understand spatial practices in tandem with developmental processes beyond the Global South-North divide.
- The program consists of three compulsory modules (90 credits), one optional module (30 credits), or two optional modules (15 credits) plus a dissertation (60 credits).
- Upon successful completion of 180 credits, students will be awarded an MSc in Building and Urban Design in Development.
