Master of City Planning + Master of Urban Spatial Analytics Dual-Degree

 

Total CUs for the Dual-Degree: 22
 

MCP/MUSA Program Requirements


CITY PLANNING COURSES
CPLN 5000 City Planning History/Theory 1
CPLN 5010 Quantitative Planning Analysis 1
CPLN 5020 or 5090 Urban Development and Infrastructure Finance or Law of Planning 1
CPLN 5030 Modeling Geographic Objects 1
CPLN 6000 Workshop 2
CPLN 7xxx Planning Studio 2
CPLN xxxx Concentration Course** 1
CPLN xxxx Concentration Course** 1
CPLN xxxx Concentration Course** 1
CPLN xxxx Concentration Course** 1
CPLN xxxx Concentration Course** or Elective 1
CPLN xxxx Elective 1
CPLN xxxx Elective 1
    City Planning Internship 0
    CPLN-Only CUs: 15

URBAN SPATIAL ANALYTICS COURSES
MUSA 5000 Statistical and Data Mining Methods for Urban Data Analysis 1
MUSA 5080 Public Policy Analytics 1
MUSA 8010 MUSA/Smart Cities Practicum 1
MUSA
MUSA

5500
6500

 Geospatial Data Science in Python (1 CU, Fall)** and
Deep Learning with Python (1 CU, Spring)**		  
MUSA
MUSA		 6110
5090		 Java Script Programming for Planners and Designers (1 CU, Fall)** and
Geospatial Could Computing & Visualization (1 CU, Spring)**		  
MUSA xxxx MUSA Elective 1
  xxxx General Elective 1
    MUSA-Only CUs: 7

TOTAL CUs REQUIRED FOR THE MCP/MUSA: 22

*Course may not be used to meet both core and concentration requirements.

**Choose one combination of Data Science/Programming Courses for a total of 2 CUs in this category. MUSA 5500/6500 are a pair and MUSA 6110/5090 are a pair.

Notes:

  • 15 CPLN course units are required for the MCP degree under the PAB accreditation.
  • Students enrolling in the MUSA program are expected to have a basic familiarity with GIS (including ESRI's ArcGIS or ArcView programs) and descriptive/inferential statistics. For those who lack such background, MUSA and Weitzman offer introductory GIS courses during the summer, two weeks prior to the start of the Fall term.