Master of Planning (MPl) in Urban Development

							Master of Planning (MPl) in
  Urban Development
                 Outline
• The program
  – Highlights
  – Curriculum
  – Admission requirements
  The S h l
• Th School
• The faculty
• Student funding
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 The M Pl Program - highlights
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• Need for the program
   – Emerges from the global and local trends of rapid urbanization,
     environmental degradation, economic disparity and globalization.
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• Three unique dimensions
   – Redefining urban development: the restructuring, regeneration
     and revitalization of existing metropolitan areas.
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     ‘culture’ and ‘nature’.
   – Studio-based pedagogy
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• Studios + core + elective study + major research p p
  or project
• Advanced education for the new planner OR in-depth
  study for returning professional planners
   Curriculum – regular stream
           advanced level
• provides advanced-level education for the
  new planner.
• requires completion of 13 courses (
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  mandatory and three elective), a field
  placement and a research paper or project.
                     Curriculum…. continues
                     Curriculum
      Fall      Cr    Winter (Sem 2)     Cr     Spring    Cr       Fall       Cr      Winter   Cr
    (Sem 1)                                    (Sem 3)           (Sem 4)             (Sem 5)

Physical        1    Advanced            1                     Planning       2    Advanced    2
Planning and         Research                                  Studio              Planning
Design               Methods and                                                   Studio
Fundamentals         Analysis
Multicultural   1    Planning for        1                     Advanced       1    Master’s    2
Cities and           Sustainability                            Theories of         Research
Planning                                                       Planning and        Paper or
Policies                                                       Design              Project

Institutional   1    Professional        1                     Elective       1    Elective    1
Context of           Planning Practice
Planning             and Ethics

Finance and     1    Elective            1    Field       2
Local                                         Placement
Governance
Sub Total       4                        4                2                   4                5
  Curriculum – accelerated stream
• offers professional planners and recent
  planning graduates the opportunity to advance
  and hone their planning knowledge and skills.
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• requires completion of eight courses (six
  mandatory and two elective) and a research
  paper or project.
    Curriculum …. continues
      Fall        Cr    Winter (Sem 2)   C     Spring    C
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                                              (Sem 3)
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Planning Studio   2    Advanced          2   Master’s    2
                       Planning Studio       Research
                                             Paper or
                                             Project


Multicultural     1    Planning for      1
Cities and             Sustainability
Planning
Policies

Advanced          1    Advanced          1
Theories of            Research
Planning and
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Design                 Analysis
Elective          1    Elective          1


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      Proposed internal electives
•   Planning and Designing the Creative City
•   Landscape Urbanism
•   Retrofitting suburbs
•   Housing and Redevelopment
•   Contemporary Urban Design
•   Heritage and cultural regeneration
•   Ecological Design
•   Design for Diversity
•   Urban Investments
•   W t f t Cities
    Waterfront Citi
•   + courses from other graduate programs (e.g. Architecture,
    Public Administration, Immigration and Settlement Studies,
    etc.) will also be available as options.
 Admission requirements – regular
             stream
     four year         bachelor s
• a four-year honours bachelor’s degree (or
  equivalent) with a minimum B average in
  the last two years of study from a
  recognized university.
• The undergraduate degree may be in a
  field other than planning.
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• All applicants are expected t h        taken
  a university-level course in statistics.
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         accelerated stream
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• must have completed a four- or five-year
  accredited bachelor's degree in planning, or
  equivalent, with a minimum B average and 2
  calendar years of professional experience in
  Planning.
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• Applicants with a bachelor's degree (four- or five-
  year) in a related discipline who show evidence
  of significant professional experience in planning
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  will b accepted.
• Degree holders with professional experience in
  planning will be considered for admission on a
  case-by-case basis.
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• Established in 1969 as a program in Architecture
• The program left Architecture in 1973 and was
  established as separate School.
• Currently 400 students enrolled in the bachelor’s
  programs
  Close to 22,000 sq.ft. of space
• Cl     t 22 000    ft f
  –   30 computer workstations
  –   RA/GA offices
  –   Student lounges
  –   Studio spaces
        The School Faculty
     full time
• 10 full-time core faculty members
• 2 new hires with a prospect of another one
• 7f     lt f      th d      t    t     h
    faculty from other departments such as
  Architecture, Sociology, Retail
  Management, and Occupational And
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  Public Health
• 3 Professor Emeriti
Financial assistance to students
• Internal scholarships and Awards
  – Ryerson Graduate Scholarships (RGS)
  – Ryerson Graduate Award (RGA)
  – Research Assistantship
  – Graduate Assistantship
• External scholarships
  – Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
  – SSHRC Scholarship
                 Contacts
• Web:
  www.ryerson.ca/graduate/urbandevelopment
• Phone:
  – 416-979-5000 ext 6767 or 4531
• Emails:
  – sagrawal@ryerson.ca
    mferreir@ryerson.ca
  – mferreir@ryerson ca