Program Overview
This 12-credit Graduate Certificate in Smart Cities and Urban Analytics equips urban planners and managers with technical and theoretical expertise to lead in developing and managing smart cities. It focuses on addressing contemporary urban issues, such as sustainability, urban resilience, and leveraging smart technologies to enhance urban livability and environmental wellness. The program includes core courses in urban environmental performance modeling, smart city technologies, and advanced GIS spatial analytics, preparing graduates for careers in the planning, management, and operation of future-forward cities.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The twelve-credit Graduate Certificate in Smart Cities and Urban Analytics prepares architects, urban designers and city managers to become leaders in the planning, management, and operational functions of 'smart’ cities. Foregrounding the development of future cities and communities, the certificate offers a unique focus on pressing, contemporary issues with far-reaching consequences. Coursework addresses the need to develop urban resiliency and carbon neutral communities and to harness the potential of smart technologies to achieve environmental wellness on multiple scales in response to rapid urbanization and climate change. This credential provides the technical and theoretical skills needed to make a difference to the cities of today and tomorrow.
Outline:
The following are core courses for the Certificate, although course substitutions are possible at the discretion of the Program Director:
- Modeling Urban Environmental Performance - 3 credits
- Smart Technologies for Cities and Building - 3 credits
- Advanced GIS: Urban Spatial Analytics I - 3 credits
- Advanced GIS: Urban Spatial Analytics II - 3 credits
Other:
The Graduate Certificate in Smart Cities & Urban Analytics is a STEM designated program (CIP Code 04.0902).
