The College of Architecture’s Urban Design Certificate is at the forefront of a rapidly growing field that will give you the competitive edge with knowledge and experience gained from our interdisciplinary curriculum that synergizes the strengths of design, planning, architecture, and landscape architecture.
This certificate can provide you with the tools and experience necessary to address the critical challenges facing urbanism on multiple scales. Navigating the complex interrelationships of property owners, developers, planners, designers, construction managers, elected officials and community residents can be a difficult task to manage without the proper education and guidance. This certificate can give you the confidence and experience needed to engage with stakeholders in the principals of urban design education and best practices. You will have the opportunity to learn integrated design and planning approaches to create more resilient, sustainable, attractive, and inclusive built environments.
This certificate can provide you with the skill sets necessary to connect needs and opportunities in the built environment with design solutions and strategies in order to better address the contemporary urbanism challenges in Nebraska and beyond.
Certificate Holders Skill Set Opportunities
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Systematic understanding of the urban environment, including physical, historical, social, political, economic, and the cultural aspects of the built environment and their potential influence on urban design initiatives.
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Ability to synthesize current urbanism discourse in the planning, design thinking, place making, and spatial approach processes for analyzing the characteristics of urban areas and their interdependence with the surrounding urban fabric.
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Enhanced design and problem-solving skills to tackle complex urban design problems.
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Effective communication, representation and visual skills to improve urban design projects, including verbal, written, graphic and model-based presentations.
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Collaborative abilities with stakeholders such as landowners, developers, governmental officials, and industrial partners.
Who should apply?
Any student who sees themselves designing or planning for urban settings will find this certificate invaluable. Sought after by employers, certificate holders will have a unique understanding of the urban environment from a social, economic and ecological perspective.
How can I apply?
- Please submit the application through the Graduate Studies ADMIT portal and pay the appropriate application fee.
- The application documents include:
1. Resume/CV;
2. One-page personal statement including your professional goals and how enrolling in this certificate program will assist you in meeting your professional goals;
3. Contact information for three references.
- Admission deadlines are: March 1 for Fall (August) Admission; November 1 for Spring (January) Admission; April 1 for Summer (May) Admission.
- The urban design certificate committee will review the application for admission.
Required Courses
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COURSE NAME AND NUMBER |
MCRP CREDIT (# Credit Hours) |
MARCH CREDIT (# Credit Hours) |
CERTIFICATE CREDIT (# Credit Hours) |
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Required Courses for MCRP Program |
24 credit hours from required courses |
26 or 28 credit hours from required courses |
6 credit hours of required courses |
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CRPL 800 Introduction to Planning |
3 (required) |
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3 (required) |
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ARCH 861 Urbanism^ |
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3 (elective) |
3 (required) |
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8-9 credit hours of electives from the below list |
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CRPL 802 Planning Theory* |
3 (required) |
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CRPL 804 Legal Aspects of Planning* |
3 (required) |
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CRPL 810 Qualitative Techniques for Planners |
3 (required) |
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CRPL 830 Planning with GIS |
3 (required) |
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CRPL 840 Planning Methods and Analysis** |
3 (required) |
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CRPL 892 Capstone Studio or CRPL 990 Planning Studio |
3 (required) |
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3 |
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CRPL 900 Professional Planning Practice |
3 (required) |
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ARCH 892 History and Theory*** |
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3 (required) |
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ARCH 810 Design Research Studio^^
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5 (required) |
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ARCH 811 Design Research Studio ^^
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5 (required) |
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ARCH 680 Professional Practice |
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3 (required) |
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ARCH 810 Design Research Studio (5) / ARCH 811 Design Research Studio (5) OR ARCH 613 Thesis (6)/ ARCH 614 Thesis (6)^^^ |
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5 or 6 (required) |
5 or 6 (available only to students stacking this certificate with M.Arch) |
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Electives (The MCRP and MARCH program offers a wide variety of electives; below we show only those classes that count as electives for the Urban Design Certificate) |
24 elective credit hours required for MCRP program |
32 or 30 elective credit hours required for MARCH program |
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CRPL 830 Planning with GIS |
3 (elective) |
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3 |
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CRPL 833 GIS in Environmental Design and Planning*** |
3 (elective) |
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3 |
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CRPL 864 Urban Design |
3 (elective) |
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3 |
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CRPL 8** Electives |
15 (elective) |
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ARCH 862 Urbanism and the Catalysts of Change |
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3 (elective) |
3 |
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ARCH 863 Project Territory^^ |
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3 (elective) |
3 (available only to students stacking this certificate with M.Arch) |
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ARCH 892 Selected Topics in Architecture: Synergies in Urban Sustainability*** |
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3 (elective) |
3 |
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ARCH 8** Electives*** |
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23 or 21 (elective) |
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Total Credit Hours Required for Program |
48 |
58 |
14-15 |
*Prerequisite: CRPL 800
** Prerequisite: Principles of Statistics; CRPL 800; CRPL 830; CRP Major
***Prerequisite: Permission
^Prerequisite: Admission to a professional program in the College of Architecture, inclusive of the graduate certificate programs
^^Prerequisite: Admission into the Master of Architecture program.
^^^Prerequisite: ARCH 544; and M2 standing in Master of Architecture Program; and agreement with faculty member
Contact Info
College of Architecture
210 Architecture Hall
Lincoln NE 68588-0107
USA
402-472-7943
( On-campus, 2-7943
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