Master in City Planning

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Program Requirements
11.200Gateway: Urban Studies and Planning 112
11.202Planning Economics6
11.203Microeconomics 16
11.205Introduction to Spatial Analysis and GIS 16
11.220Quantitative Reasoning and Statistical Methods for Planning I 16
11.222Introduction to Critical Qualitative Methods 16
11.328[J]Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City 18
Practicum
At least one core practicum subject 29
Unrestricted Electives 367
Thesis
11.THGGraduate Thesis24
Total Units150
1

Students can test out of these subjects but must take an equivalent number of additional unrestricted elective units to meet the 120-unit requirement for coursework.

2

Subjects are selected in consultation with the department.

3

Subjects are selected in consultation with the advisor. Graduate-level subjects offered at MIT or other area universities can be used to fulfill part of this requirement.