M.U.C.D. Urban and Community Design at University of South Florida

Programme overview

The M.U.C.D. is a design-based, post-professional degree for students with architecture or landscape architecture backgrounds, focused on the physical, functional, visual, social and sustainable conditions of contemporary urban contexts. Students build design, research and analytical skills across scales from the urban street and block to the metropolitan region.

Faculty: College of Design, Art and Performance | Department: School of Architecture and Community Design | Duration: 36 credit hours minimum; designed to be completed in one calendar year (fall, spring, summer) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Tampa, FL, United States

What you will study

36 credit hours: 15 core hours (Community Design Studio, Advanced Design/Urban Design Studio, Introduction to Community and Urban Design), 9 additional required hours (Master's Design Studio, The City) and 12 elective hours such as Urban Resiliency, Sustainable City, Streets and Blocks and Global Urbanism NOW!. A Terminal Urban Design Project serves as the comprehensive exam; no thesis is required.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must meet USF admission and English proficiency requirements. Required: professional undergraduate or graduate design degree (B.Arch., M.Arch., B.L.A., M.L.A.); portfolio of design and creative work; GRE (preferred minimum 500 verbal and 500 quantitative; waived only for applicants who already hold a master's degree); letter of intent; three letters of recommendation (at least one from a former instructor or faculty member).

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Master's and Educational Specialist admission is offered for Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.

Final university deadlines for master's and Educational Specialist programmes: June 1 for Fall, October 15 for Spring, February 15 for Summer. Programme-specific priority deadlines apply for funding and consideration; priority applications receive maximum consideration and later applications are considered on a space-available basis.

The nonrefundable graduate degree-seeking application fee is $30, paid through the Online Graduate Application site; international applicants may pay by electronic fund transfer from international banks. Test scores (GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, etc.) are required only if the programme requires them.

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