The University of Michigan’s Taubman College

The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning is launching a new Master of Urban Design program. The one-year, post-professional program is open to professionals who have already completed a degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning. Applications are now being taken for the Fall 2001 semester. According to Dean Douglas Kelbaugh, a leading new urbanist architect and author, the program is designed to bridge the disciplines of architecture and urban planning and will focus on neighborhood and community design, development, and redevelopment. The program emphasizes teaching through design studios, though the curriculum is balanced by theoretical courses . A practical introduction to charrette work is another of the program’s distinguishing components, Kelbaugh says. Contact: www.caup.umich.edu