Certificate in Urban Design

Program Description

The course of study for the certificate enhances the creative, visualization, and graphic abilities required for design and planning professions. Students engage in design projects that deal with streetscapes, urban regeneration, downtown revitalization, historic preservation, public squares, and smart community planning.

The certificate program allows students to develop specialized competencies in urban design and prepares them to engage in professional practice in the public sectors. Students gain interdisciplinary knowledge about physical, environmental, aesthetic, and social planning issues that confront contemporary cities.

To qualify for admission to the certificate program, students must hold good academic standing and be admitted to an undergraduate degree at East Carolina University.

To qualify for the award of the Certificate in Urban Design, students must complete a series of core and elective courses as well as a final project that allows them to integrate all the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the program. Students must maintain a minimum of 3.0 GPA in the certificate courses and finish the certificate program during the course of their undergraduate studies. The certificate requires a minimum of 15 s.h. as follows:

CORE COURSES:
 

PLAN 1900: Planning for the Human Environment (3)

PLAN 4003: Urban Form and Design (3)

PLAN 4046: Planning and Design Studio (3)

ELECTIVE COURSES (two courses from the following):

PLAN 5985: Historic Preservation Planning (3)

IDMR 4750: Interior Design for Adaptive Reuse (3)

ART 4950: Twentieth-Century Architecture (3)

GEOG 3004: Urban Geography (3)

DESN 3030, 3031: Architectural Design and Drafting (3)

PLAN 3051: Introduction to GIS in Planning (3)

PLAN 3020: Environmental Planning (3)

For More Information Contact:
Dr. M. Kashef
Department of Planning
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: (252) 328-5357
Email: Urban Design