Resilient Urban Design Certificate

Program Description

The Certificate in Resilient Urban Design addresses design and development thinking relative to stewarding change in rapidly growing metropolitan regions. The Certificate uses an issues-based, teamwork model that engages students in an issues/questions based model built upon a design-thinking foundation and enhanced with methodologies and processes from multiple disciplines. The Certificate in Resilient Urban Design prepares individuals to engage complex cultural, market, and government policy forces through sustainable and resilient urban form. The Certificate can also serve as the first step in achieving the Master of Resilient Urban Design degree.

Summary of Degree Requirements

The certificate requires 15 credit hours typically delivered over a single semester.

Coursework

• RUD 8600 - Urban Design Studio I 6 Credits
• RUD 8610 - Urban Design Seminar I 3 Credits
• RUD 8620 - Urban Design Visualization and Communication I 3 Credits
• RUD 8900 - Directed Studies in Resilient Urban Design 1-3 Credits