Graduate Certificate of Urban Informatics
Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate of Urban Informatics equips students with advanced technologies and design thinking to create thriving urban environments. Through hands-on projects and expert instruction, graduates gain the skills to address 21st-century challenges and design inclusive, sustainable, and innovative cities. The program prepares students for careers in urban design, planning, and related fields.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Learn to create urban designs that allow modern cities to thrive with the Graduate Certificate of Urban Informatics. This course fosters creative and speculative design thinking while teaching you how to engage with people, data, and advanced technologies. We’ll teach you to address 21st Century design challenges that embrace 3D space, alongside economic, environmental, social and cultural aspects of the city.
Outline:
This course will teach you the following:
- How to use advanced technologies to design and build cities
- How to engage with people and communities to create inclusive and sustainable cities
- How to think creatively and speculatively about the future of cities
- How to address the challenges of the 21st century, such as climate change, population growth, and economic inequality
Assessment:
This course will be assessed through a variety of methods, including:
- Design projects
- Essays
- Presentations
- Examinations
Teaching:
This course will be taught by a team of experienced architects, urban designers, and planners. The faculty will use a variety of teaching methods, including:
- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Workshops
- Studio work
Careers:
Graduates of this course will be prepared for a variety of careers in the urban design and planning field. These careers include:
- Urban designer
- Planner
- Architect
- Landscape architect
- Developer
- Consultant
