A candidate will be recommended for the Master of Architecture in Urban Design upon satisfactory completion of the following course of study.

Current students should refer to the Current MAUD/MLAUD Degree Requirements based on their date of matriculation.

FIRST TERM

0 UNITS GSD 1221 Preterm Workshop (August)

8 UNITS GSD 1221 Elements of Urban Design – Core Studio

4 UNITS GSD 5210 Cities by Design I

4 UNITS GSD 9630 Proseminar: Defining Urban Design

4 UNITS Courses in required subject areas and/or electives*

SECOND TERM

8 UNITS GSD 1500 Urban Planning and Design Option Studio

4 UNITS GSD 5211 Cities by Design II

8 UNITS Courses in required subject areas and/or electives*

THIRD TERM

8 UNITS Option Studio**

8 UNITS Courses in required subject areas and/or electives*

4 UNITS GSD 9204: Preparation of Thesis Proposal (Thesis track)***

or

20 UNITS Five courses satisfying required subject areas and/or electives**

FOURTH TERM

8 UNITS Option Studio** or GSD 9302 Independent Thesis

12 UNITS Courses in required subject areas and/or electives*

or

20 UNITS Five courses satisfying required subject areas and/or electives** (This option is contingent upon successful completion of an option studio in the fall term of the second year.)

Composed of internationally experienced scholars and practitioners, the Department’s faculty explores the built environment from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and points of view. The Department’s pedagogically innovative combination of interdisciplinary studios, lecture courses, seminars, and independent study, coupled with a relatively small student size of roughly 100 individuals drawn from around the world, creates an intimate, engaged educational atmosphere in which students thrive and learn.

Students take full advantage of the curricular and extracurricular offerings of the GSD’s other departments of landscape architecture and architecture. The Department also draws upon the significant resources of Harvard University as a whole. Two professorships are shared with the Kennedy School of Government and the Urban Planning program administers a joint degree program with the Law School and the Kennedy School. Students often cross-register in courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Kennedy School, the Business School, the Law School, and the School of Public Health. Students also cross-register in courses offered by the neighboring Massachusetts Institute of Technology.