The M.U.P. degree comprises a total of 60 credits completed over a two-year period. Students must register for at least four terms during which they attend and earn satisfactory grades (i.e., a minimum of B-) in structured courses. With a faculty advisor, students create their own program of study and specialise in an area matching their personal background and professional goals. Central to the educational experience is group work in a studio setting, in which students collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to solve 'real-life' problems in the Montréal metropolitan region.
Students devote their first two terms to fulfilling the basic requirements of the program--two studios and other core courses--while also exploring one or more areas of specialisation through complementary and elective courses, which can be taken within the School of Urban Planning, in other academic units at McGill University, or at any of the three other major academic institutions in Montréal. In the second year of study, all students pursue their specific interests in a third studio and through additional complementary or elective courses.
An internship must be completed under the supervision of a member of a recognised planning association in a field of specialisation and geographic location chosen by the student; this is normally done between the first and second year of study. The program is completed with a final independent Supervised Research Project (SRP). This may take the form of a piece of investigative research, an impact study, a design proposition for an urban project, or a development project or a plan. Students must either complete their SRP by the 1st of June or register for the following fall term. The School's policy on SRP supervision is that unless special arrangements have been made, faculty supervisors are not available from mid-June to Labour Day, as this period is reserved for research and writing.
REQUIRED CORE COURSES (42 credits)
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URBP 609
Planning Graphics 1
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Designed to familiarize the student with graphic techniques used in professional planning work, as well as to heighten environmental perception. Weekly lecture which reviews theory and practice followed by a weekly studio assignment involving the application of practical skills.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Web add/drop deadline is September 2, 2021
- Web withdrawal with refund deadline is September 9, 2021
- Web withdrawal with NO refund deadline is September 16, 2021
- Held on Thursday, Sept 2, 9, 16 and 23.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 610
Visual Communication 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Refinement of techniques used for visual communication in planning practice, including basic use of software.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 611
Planning Graphics 3
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Designed to familiarize the student with graphic techniques used in professional planning work, as well as to heighten environmental perception. Weekly lecture
which reviews theory and practice followed by a weekly studio assignment involving the application of practical skills.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Web add/drop deadline is November 8, 2021
- Web withdrawal with refund deadline is November 11, 2021
- Web withdrawal with NO refund deadline is November 22, 2021
- Held on Thursdays and Mondays, with the start date on Thursday, November 4th, and the end date on Monday, November 29th.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 612
History & Theory of Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: A review of planning history and theories of planning. These are examined under three categories: explanation of urban phenomena, substantive theory, and theories of process.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 622
Planning Studio 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Introduction to planning practice based on real-world urban research and planning at the neighbourhood level. Topics: problem definition, methods for data collection and analysis, goal setting, design and analysis of alternative plans, public policy, plan implementation, and professional presentation techniques. Students work in interdisciplinary teams on assessments of current living conditions and on plans to improve them, including policies and projects related to housing, public space, infrastructure and services, and community development. Research and recommendations are presented in oral presentations and written reports.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Research and design studio.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 623
Planning Studio 2
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Research and planning techniques for land development. Students work in teams to do research on context, program and precedents and develop a detailed plan for a site that poses urban and/or environmental challenges. Topics: site analysis, market analysis, and financial analysis; land-use regulation, real-estate development, residential planning, and housing policy; data collection and analysis, design and evaluation of alternatives, and project implementation.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 624
Planning Studio 3
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Exploration of complex planning problems at the local or regional scale, chosen depending on the experience and research interests of the participants, for the acquisition of research and planning skills in greater depth. Students work in teams to fulfill a mandate for a public, private or third-sector client. Substantive issues vary according to clients. Topics: project management, client-consultant interactions, and professional communication.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 628
Practical Experience
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: An internship related to the practice of urban planning is required. The practical experience must be of at least 360 hours' duration and be supervised by a professional in the planning field. An evaluation of the student's performance
by the supervisor, as well as a short report by the student, forms the basis for assessment.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 630
Supervised Research Project 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: The Supervised Research Project is intended to focus a student's interests on a particular area of enquiry at the end of studies for a Master's Degree in Planning. It should ideally provide the transition into practice or more advanced studies. Joint research projects are allowed.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 631
Supervised Research Project 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Continuation of the requirements for the Supervised Research Project.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 632
Supervised Res Project 3
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Continuation of the requirements for the Supervised Research Project.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 635
Planning Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: A comparative study of private and public control of land use and development, including master plans, zoning bylaws, subdivision control, urban redevelopment, expropriation, regional planning, environmental protection, and heritage conservation.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 640
Introduction to Planning Stats
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, focusing on building confidence and intuition in using and manipulating quantitative information. Correlation, t-tests,
chi-squared tests, and bivariate regression.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken URBP 642 prior to fall 2020.
- Lectures held on Friday, Oct 1, 8, 22 and 29
- Web add/drop deadline is October 1, 2021
- Web withdrawal with refund deadline is October 8, 2021
- Web withdrawal with NO refund deadline is October 22, 2021
- Labs held on Friday, Oct 1, 8, 22 and 29
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 641
Reading the Urban Landscape
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: An overview of selected passive techniques that may be used to assess the congruence between urban environments and people as they go about
their daily activities. These techniques include: (1) observing physical traces, (2) observing behaviour, (3) cognitive mapping and wayfinding, and (4) the assessment of the overall quality of urban environments.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (1-0-2)
- Held on Monday, Sept 13, 20, 27 and Oct 4.
- Web add/drop deadline is September 13, 2021
- Web withdrawal with refund deadline is September 20, 2021
- Web withdrawal with NO refund deadline is September 27, 2021
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 642
Introduction to Planning Data
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Techniques of exploratory data analysis. Data cleaning and transformation. Visualization techniques. Census data and the methods most commonly used to analyze them. Principles of reproducible research.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Lectures held on Friday, Sept 3, 10, 17 and 24.
- Web add/drop deadline is September 3, 2021
- Web withdrawal with refund deadline is September 10, 2021
- Web withdrawal with NO refund deadline is September 17, 2021
- Labs held on Friday, Sept 3, 10, 17 and 24.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES (18 credits)
Students are encouraged to complete at least one course in each of the four areas of design, environment, housing, and transportation.
GROUP A
1-3 credits selected from among the following courses :
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URBP 505
Geographic Information Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: An introduction to fundamental geographic information system (GIS) concepts and a range of GIS applications in urban and regional planning.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 643
Introduction to GIS
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the field of urban planning. Theoretical and technical basic notions of GIS and cartography such as: sources, quality, model, display, analysis, management, and storage of spatial data.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
GROUP B
9-17 credits selected from among the following courses :
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ARCH 515
Sustainable Design
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Architecture: This course will address sustainable design theory and applications in the built environment with students from a variety of fields (architecture, urban planning, engineering, sociology, environmental studies, economics, international studies). Architecture will provide the focus for environmental, socio-cultural and economic issues.
Offered by: Architecture
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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CIVE 540
Urban Transportation Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Civil Engineering: Process and techniques of urban transportation engineering and planning, including demand analysis framework, data collection procedures, travel demand modelling and forecasting, and cost-effectiveness framework for evaluation of project and system alternatives.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisite: CIVE 319 or permission of instructor.
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CIVE 561
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Civil Engineering: Greenhouse gas inventories at various scales from national to institutional. Emission estimation methods including field measurements and engineering calculations for anthropogenic sources including fossil fuel combustion from transportation and energy production, cement production, hydroelectric reservoirs, oil and gas systems, landfills, wastewater treatment and sewer systems, and agriculture. Technical and policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Group project.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Students are expected to have a background in data mining, statistical analysis, e.g. spatiotemporal analysis, and chemistry. WHMIS and other lab training is recommended.
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GEOG 504
Advanced Economic Geography
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: The objective of this seminar course is to develop an understanding of the geographical dimensions of a variety of new forms of economic and social organization that are emerging across the globe. Key themes focus on innovation, technological and managerial change, evolutionary economic geography, globalization, and changing geographies of inequality.
Offered by: Geography
- Winter
- Prerequisites: GEOG 311 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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GEOG 525
Asian Cities in the 21st C
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: This course examines current themes relating to mass urbanization in Asia in a range of contexts and the forces that shape the built environment of Asian cities. Various approaches to understanding Asian cities and current theoretical debates will be investigated, including recent critiques of western-centric theorizations of urban change in the region. The course examines a variety of themes through which students will gain familiarity with some of the major strands relating to urban change in Asia: national identity, neoliberalism, social exclusions, migration, religion, ethnicity and sustainability.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 325, or 9 credits of Geography courses in Urban Geography, or permission of the instructor.
- Open to graduate students and final year undergraduates.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 501
Principles and Practice 1
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: This six-week intensive course exposes students to issues and techniques that are applicable in diverse professional planning contexts. The subject matter, geographic area, scale of intervention and institutional location of planning varies from semester to semester. The course focuses on a specific case study and is taught by a visiting lecturer with professional experience in the selected subject matter.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 504
Planning for Active Transp.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: The importance of transit, walking, and cycling as modes of transportation in sustainable urban environments. Planning, design, and operation of mass transit systems, bikeways, and footpaths.
Offered by: Urban Planning
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URBP 506
Envrnmntl Policy and Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Analytical and institutional approaches for understanding and addressing environmental issues at various scales; characteristics of environmental issues, science-policy-politics interactions relating to the environment, and implications for policy; sustainability, and the need for and challenges associated with interdisciplinary perspectives; externalities and their regulation; public goods; risk perception and implications; the political-institutional context and policy instruments; cost-benefit analysis; multiple-criteria decision-making approaches; multidimensional life-cycle analysis; policy implementation issues; conflict resolution; case studies.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-0-6)
- Restriction: This course is open to students in U3 and above
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URBP 514
Community Design Workshop
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Context-focused community-based architectural projects undertaken in collaboration with external partners. Exploration of challenges, needs, and opportunities in architectural and urban-design interventions on real sites through interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (1-4-4)
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ARCH 514.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 530
Urb Infrastr&Serv in Intl Cont
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Issues of practical and theoretical importance in relation to urban infrastructure and services in the international context: science and technology, political economy, policy analysis, policy implementation, public finance, and institutions and governance.
Offered by: Urban Planning
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URBP 536
Current Issues in Transp 1
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Current transportation issues and topics are addressed from practitioner and academic perspectives.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 537
Current Issues in Transp 2
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Current transportation issues and topics are addressed from the perspectives of both professional practitioners and academics.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 541
Selected Topics in Planning
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Methods and techniques pertinent to contemporary practice in urban planning.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 542
Select. Topics:Visual Analysis
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Methods and techniques of visual analysis pertinent to contemporary practice in urban planning.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 543
Special Topics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Special topics related to Urban Planning will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 553
Urban Governance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Critical perspectives on the governance of contemporary cities and urban regions, with a focus on North America. The relationship between planners and other important local governance actors, including municipal governments, the realestate industry, and community groups. The role of planning and planners in challenging or perpetuating urban social, political, economic, and environmental inequities.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-0-6)
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken URBP 617 in fall 2015 or URBP 616 in fall 2016.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 555
Real Estate and Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Basic concepts of real estate and property rights and how these are valued. The specificities of property markets and their segmentation. The paradox of realestate uniqueness. Actors and processes of realestate development and investment in practical terms (proforma analysis, investment analysis, leases and property management) and broader terms (institutional investors, financialization). Segmentation of development processes among local, supralocal and international actors, including consultants. Roles of the planner and planning regulations; how these affect property values and property development with specific reference to Québec planning legislation and powers. Market evaluation and analysis of the development potential of specific sites.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-0-6)
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken URBP 617 in winter 2017.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 556
Urban Economy: A Spatial Persp
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Economic functions played by cities; economic processes governing city formation, city growth, and the internal spatial organization of cities. Describing and understanding how cities can be interpreted as economic phenomena. Economic origins of cities, the industrial revolution, city systems and networks, the role of mobility and telecommunications, innovation and creativity as urban phenomena, the internal spatial logic of metropolitan areas.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 557
Rethinking Zoning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Zoning and land use planning, and their evolution within social, legal, economic and
environmental contexts. The legacy, limitations and potential of zoning. The competing interests in planning of preserving neighbourhood character and accommodating growth. Zoning as a strategic point of negotiation between real
estate capital and public goods. The use of inclusionary zoning and the up-zoning of low-density residential neighbourhoods to address affordable housing crises in Canadian and American cities. The practice, politics and potential of zoning towards housing justice.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 604
Urban Design Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Concepts and methods used in contemporary urban design: historical influences, epistemological debates, practical techniques, and philosophical concerns.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (1-2-6)
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ARCH 604.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 607
Reading Course:Urban Planning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: The Reading Course offers an opportunity to explore, under the supervision of a staff member, subject areas relevant to urban planning.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 608
Advanced GIS Applications
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Introduces students to real-world geographic information systems (GIS) problems and enhances the mastering of the geographic information systems as a tool for solving complex urban planning problems. Students will analyze several planning research problems spatially and introduce solutions to these issues.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Prerequisite (s): URBP 505 or permission of the instructor
- Restriction (s): Open to graduate students in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Civil Engineering, Geography (or permission of instructor)
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 616
Selected Topics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Special topics related to Urban Planning will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 617
Selected Topics 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Special topics related to Urban Planning will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 618
Selected Topics 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Special topics related to Urban Planning will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 619
Land Use & Transport Planning
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Analysis of transport and land use interactions in urban areas. Study of the impacts of transport systems on travel behaviour, residential and work location decisions, and urban form; discussion of implications for planning practice.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 620
Transport Economics
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Economic and financial aspects of urban transport policies and planning. Introduction to impact assessment techniques for major transport projects and policies; discussion of political debates concerning transport financing.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Prerequisite: An introductory course in microeconomics or permission of instructor.
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URBP 625
Principles and Practice 2
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: This six-week intensive course exposes students to issues and techniques which are applicable in diverse professional planning contexts that vary in terms of their subject matter, location, scale and the role played by planners. The course focuses on a specific case study and is taught by a visiting lecturer with experience in the selected subject area. Course topics are systematically varied over a two-year cycle.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 626
Principles and Practice 3
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: This six-week intensive course exposes students to issues and techniques that are applicable in diverse professional planning contexts. The subject matter, geographic area, scale of intervention and institutional location of planning vary from semester to semester. The course is taught by a visiting lecturer, adjunct professor or Ph.D. student.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 629
Pln Thry&Prac in a Glbal World
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Planning theory, urban policy and planning practices in comparative perspective Topics
covered include: global and local processes shaping cities and urban challenges worldwide; contemporary planning theories, including those from the Global South; and the impacts of planning and governance on urban form, economic growth, ecological balance, and equity, among other urban challenges.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: URBP 622 or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
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URBP 644
Multivariate Statistics
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Methods in multivariate analysis, with an emphasis on multiple linear regression models. ANOVA (analysis of variance). Reading and analyzing multiple linear regression analysis results. Designing and running multiple linear regression models for hypothesis testing. Diagnostic tests and data clean up.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Lectures held on Friday, Nov 5, 12, 19 and 26.
- Web add/drop deadline is November 5, 2021
- Web withdrawal with refund deadline is November 12, 2021
- Web withdrawal with NO refund deadline is November 19, 2021
- Labs held on Friday, Nov 5, 12, 19 and 26
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 645
Social Research Methods 1
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Selected social research techniques as applied in urban planning, including: the art and craft of interviewing; surveys and questionnaires; ethnography, participant
observation and narrative analysis; participatory techniques.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Lectures held on Tuesday, Sept 28, Oct 5, 19 and 26.
- Web add/drop deadline is September 28, 2021
- Web withdrawal with refund deadline is October 5, 2021
- Web withdrawal with NO refund deadline is October 19, 2021
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 646
Social Research Methods 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Selected social research techniques as applied in urban planning, including: the art and craft of interviewing; surveys and questionnaires; ethnography, participant
observation and narrative analysis; participatory techniques.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 647
Selected Methods in Planning 1
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Special topics related to urban planning methods will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
-
URBP 648
Selected Methods in Planning 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Special topics related to urban planning methods will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 649
Visual and Spatial Methods
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Topics related to visual and spatial methods in urban planning will be presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
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URBP 651
Redesigning Suburban Space
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Planning and urban design strategies for transforming suburban and exurban settings in North America to meet contemporary needs. Critical approaches to responsible practice in existing cultural landscapes. Adaptive reuse of public space, intensification, densification, transit-oriented retrofit of urban form, community-based design development.
Offered by: Urban Planning
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URBP 656
Urban Innovation & Creativity
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Urban Planning: Exploration of contemporary debates on creativity and innovation as inherently urban phenomena linked to interactions and 'buzz' that occur in urban contexts; discussion of policy impacts including how urban and metropolitan growth is premised upon the capacity to enhance creativity and innovation. Examination of what is meant by creativity and innovation, how they can be connected, and why they are seen as vital to economic development. Arguments for and critiques of 'creative cities' and 'innovative urban areas'. Creative class, geography of innovation, culture and urban development, metropolitan creative-city policies, geographic paradoxes that arise.
Offered by: Urban Planning
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken URBP 618 in Winter 2014 (when topic was "Creative Cities: Creativity, Innovation and Urban Agglomerations".
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
GROUP C
0-8 credits
Students may take up to 8 credits of coursework offered at the 500 or 600 levels by any academic unit at McGill or at another Montreal university, with the approval of the School, if they help students to develop an in-depth knowledge of one or more subject areas in the field of planning. Choices usually include courses in real-estate analysis, urban geography, sociology, anthropology, law, politics, and environmental science. Students must confirm prior to registration that the selected course(s) can be counted toward the M.U.P. degree.
Click here for the application procedures for the non-thesis M.U.P. program.
Last updated : April 2022