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The Master of Science in Urban Planning is a two-year accredited professional degree. Our program takes a comparative, global perspective to urban planning, centering social justice and critical practice. It connects the study of the urban built environment with grounded analysis of socioeconomic and political conditions to inform planning practice and praxis toward social, racial, and climate justice. We prepare students to confront and break down structures and practices of oppression rooted in class inequality, racism, and sexism. By studying the impact of global processes (such as immigration, climate change, and public health) on cities, neighborhoods, and communities—across the Global North and Global South—the program aims to foster new, creative planning and policy approaches that will improve processes and outcomes in cities around the world.

The program pays close attention to a range of methodological approaches bringing together urban analytics, grounded field research, and community engagement to address real-world planning issues. It builds on our record as one of the first planning programs in the United States to engage data science and visualization alongside spatial analysis to tackle today’s urban problems and inform planning solutions for the future. Our graduates work in critical and leading roles in government, private firms, nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, multilateral institutions, and international NGOs.

People

Weiping Wu, Professor and Program Director
Douglas Woodward, Associate Director, Professional Development and Practice
Kian Goldman, Assistant Director

IMPORTANT LINKS AND INFORMATION

For more information about the program, please email the Assistant Director: Kian Goldman.

Curriculum

The Master of Science in Urban Planning program offers five distinctive clusters: Built Environment, Climate Adaptation, Community and Economic Development, International Planning and Development, and Urban Analytics. At the core of the program are a team-based studio course, which takes place in the first year, and a thesis or professional capstone, which is carried out throughout the second year. The Urban Planning Studio is a way of modeling what it means to incorporate intellectual questions into practical proposals. The studio revolves around a real client with a real-world issue. Students work as a group under the direction of faculty, producing critical and innovative analysis of socioeconomic, environmental, and political conditions as well as stakeholder engagement. In many ways, the studio introduces, considers, and evaluates a range of scenarios in approaching complex problems.

Recently, the program has significantly updated the contents of its electives and core curriculum courses to introduce more knowledge related to the global dimensions of planning, more systematic understanding of racism and spatial inequality, and more critical assessment on the use of analytical tools. For electives, in particular, the program now offers new, knowledge- and skill-based courses on data analytics, machine learning, equitable climate action, adaptation to climate change, urban mobility and accessibility in a global context, inclusion and housing, and healthy global cities. Students can also take case-based practicums, grounded in a coherent conceptual framework, to better connect with modes of practice.

Studios

In the Urban Planning studio, under faculty direction students work as a team with a client on a real-world project. The ensuing deliverables will reflect stakeholder engagement and analyses of socioeconomic, environmental, and political conditions. We encourage students to engage in critical thinking in order to challenge practices of oppression in planning and beyond. Recognizing the wide-ranging student interests, we offer a variety of projects each year, including community-focused issues that provide opportunities to build relations with clients and partners. Studio takes place in the Spring of the students’ first year and aims to integrate classroom learning with practical experience early in the students’ education.

Current Faculty

Jitendra Bajpai

M.S. Urban Planning

Matthew Bauer

M.S. Urban Planning

Robert Beauregard

M.S. Urban Planning, Ph.D. in Urban Planning

Anthony Borelli

M.S. Urban Planning

Hiba Bou Akar

M.S. Urban Planning, Ph.D. in Urban Planning

Alanna Browdy

M.S. Urban Planning

Calvin Brown

M.S. Urban Planning

Vojislava Cordes

M.S. Urban Planning

André Corrêa d'Almeida

M.S. Urban Planning

Kate Dunham

M.S. Urban Planning

Evan Easterbrooks-Dick

M.S. Urban Planning

Adam Freed

M.S. Urban Planning

Ebru Gencer

M.S. Urban Planning

David Gilford

M.S. Urban Planning

Amelia Guise

M.S. Urban Planning

Jessica Katz

M.S. Urban Planning

Gayatri Kawlra

M.S. Urban Planning

Aurash Khawarzad

M.S. Urban Planning

Emily Kurtz

M.S. Urban Planning

Javier Lopez

M.S. Urban Planning

Peter Marcotullio

M.S. Urban Planning

Jonathan Martin

M.S. Urban Planning

Jessica Mathew

M.S. Urban Planning

Kevin McQueen

M.S. Urban Planning

Jon Meyers

M.S. Urban Planning

Kristin Miller

M.S. Urban Planning

Regina Myer

M.S. Urban Planning

Thaddeus Pawlowski

M.S. Architecture and Urban Design, M.S. Urban Planning, Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes

Michael Perles

M.S. Urban Planning

James Piacentini

M.S. Urban Planning

Clarence Radin

M.S. Urban Planning

James Rausse

M.S. Urban Planning

Kaz Sakamoto

M.S. Urban Planning

Hugo Sarmiento

M.S. Urban Planning, Ph.D. in Urban Planning

Elliott Sclar

M.S. Urban Planning, Ph.D. in Urban Planning

Jeffrey Shumaker

M.S. Urban Planning

Tom Slater

M.S. Urban Planning, Ph.D. in Urban Planning

Howard Slatkin

M.S. Urban Planning

Kurt Steinhouse

M.S. Urban Planning

Charlie Stewart

M.S. Urban Planning

Jonathan Stiles

M.S. Urban Planning

Dory Thrasher

M.S. Urban Planning

Emily Tolbert

M.S. Urban Planning

Jamie Torres-Springer

M.S. Urban Planning

Graham Trelstad

M.S. Urban Planning

Jose Luis Vallejo

M.S. Urban Planning

Anthony Vanky

M.S. Urban Planning, Ph.D. in Urban Planning

Sybil Wa

M.S. Urban Planning

Rachel Weinberger

M.S. Urban Planning

Kate Wittels

M.S. Urban Planning

Douglas Woodward

M.S. Urban Planning

Thomas Wright

M.S. Urban Planning

Weiping Wu

M.S. Urban Planning, Ph.D. in Urban Planning

Timothy Yoshimura Small

M.S. Urban Planning

Spring 2026 Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
PLAN4050‑1 Spring 2026
UP Elective Internship
 Douglas Woodward
By Appointment
Full Semester
1.5 Points
 11586
PLAN6911‑1 Spring 2026
Urban Planning Studio
 Anthony Borelli, Calvin Brown

UP I Only
204 Fayerweather
W 3 PM - 7 PM
Full Semester
6 Points
 14230
PLAN6911‑2 Spring 2026
Urban Planning Studio
 James Rausse, Lisa Blake

UP I Only
300 Buell South
F 1 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
6 Points
 14231
PLAN6911‑3 Spring 2026
Urban Planning Studio
 Jose Luis Vallejo, Ryan Devlin

UP I Only
204 Fayerweather
F 1 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
6 Points
 14232
PLAN6911‑5 Spring 2026
Urban Planning Studio Clinic - Kokrobitey Sands: An Integrated Design and Development Plan for West African Institute
 Adam Lubinsky, Maxine Griffith

UP I Only
203 Fayerweather
F 12 PM - 4 PM
Full Semester
6 Points
 14233
PLAN6919‑1 Spring 2026
Urban Planning Thesis/Capstone II
 Tom Slater

UP II Only
By Appointment
Full Semester
3 Points
 14243
PLAN6926‑1 Spring 2026
Advanced Research II
 Weiping Wu

Independent Study
By Appointment
Full Semester
3 Points
 14245
PLAN6927‑1 Spring 2026
UCL Exchange Full Time Registration
 Danielle Smoller

Exchange Students Only
UCL London
January - April
15 Points
 14246
ARCH6961‑1 Spring 2026
Studio - Clinic: Erasing the Shoreline
 Nadia Christidi

Clinic w/ ARCH4106-07
700 Avery
TH 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12052
ARCH4063‑1 Spring 2026
Spatial Data Narratives
 Josh Begley
300 Buell South
W 7 PM - 9 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12379
ARCH4124‑1 Spring 2026
Modern Building Technology
 Theodore Prudon
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
F 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12447
ARCH4324‑1 Spring 2026
Climate Justice + Digital Reenactments
 Catherine Griffiths Syllabus
115 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points Points
 12402
ARCH4325‑1 Spring 2026
Multi Graphics & Representation
 Wael Morcos
505 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12306
ARCH4327‑1 Spring 2026
Waste/Works
 Amelyn Ng
504 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12307
ARCH4334‑1 Spring 2026
Modern American Architecture
 Jorge Otero-Pailos
300 Buell South
W 3 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12459
ARCH4407‑1 Spring 2026
Methods in Spatial Research
 Adam Vosburgh
300 Buell South
F 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 15512
ARCH4427‑1 Spring 2026
Architecture Apropos Art
 Steven Holl, Dimitra Tsachrelia
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12058
ARCH4432‑1 Spring 2026
Nervous Systems
 Lindy Roy
200 Buell North
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12060
ARCH4507‑1 Spring 2026
Unorthodox Practices 3: Practice as a Project
 Juan Herreros
408 Avery
TH 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12064
ARCH4618‑1 Spring 2026
Architecture: The Contemporary (Ideas and Concepts from 1968 to the Present)
 Bernard Tschumi, Deniz Mahir Dagtekin
412 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12240
ARCH4642‑1 Spring 2026
Contested Grounds: The Spatial Politics of Memory
 Mabel O. Wilson
200 Buell North
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12242
ARCH4715‑1 Spring 2026
Re-Thinking BIM
 Joseph Brennan
200 Buell North
M 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12407
ARCH4716‑1 Spring 2026
Graphic Architecture Project I: Design and Typography
 Yoonjai Choi
115 Avery
TU 3 PM - 6 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12315
ARCH4778‑1 Spring 2026
Metatool
 Dan Taeyoung
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
W 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12427
ARCH4839‑1 Spring 2026
Building Conditions Assessment
 Kyle Normandin
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TU 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Session A
1.5 Points
 14160
ARCH4845‑1 Spring 2026
Generative Design I
Danil Nagy
115 Avery
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12412
ARCH4861‑1 Spring 2026
Footprint: Carbon and Design
 David Benjamin
409 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12086
ARCH4880‑1 Spring 2026
Making Senses
 James Nanasca
115 Avery
W 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12087
ARCH4891‑1 Spring 2026
Designing Affordability: Housing, Design and Finance
 Galia Solomonoff
209 Fayerweather
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 19617
ARCH4980‑1 Spring 2026
Virtual Architecture: World Building and Virtual Reality Workshop
 Nitzan Bartov
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
M 9 AM - 11 AM
Session A
1.5 Points
 14411
ARCH4990‑1 Spring 2026
Performance
 Jonathan González
409 Avery
M 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14404
ARCH4995‑1 Spring 2026
Power Tools
 Jelisa Blumberg
200 Buell North
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12317
ARCH4996‑1 Spring 2026
Physical Computation
 Daniel Leithinger
505 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12414
ARCH6414‑1 Spring 2026
Digital Heritage Documentation
 Bilge Kose
301 Fayerweather, Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 5 PM - 7 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14162
ARCH6451‑1 Spring 2026
Recombinant Renaissance
 Mark Rakatansky
300 Buell North
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12248
ARCH6454‑1 Spring 2026
The Arab City
 Amale Andraos
408 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12249
ARCH6455‑1 Spring 2026
Military Urbanism in the Early Modern Era
 Victoria Sanger
408 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12252
ARCH6516‑1 Spring 2026
Architecture and Socialism
 Reinhold Martin
300 Buell South
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12256
ARCH6678‑1 Spring 2026
The Long History of Architectural Technologies
 Lucia Allais
300 Buell South
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12263
ARCH6702‑1 Spring 2026
Investigative Techniques
 Amanda Thomas Trienens
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TU 1 PM - 3:30 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14164
ARCH6712‑1 Spring 2026
Conservation of Architectural Finishes
 Mary Jablonski
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14165
ARCH6717‑1 Spring 2026
Comparative Hertitage Management
 Carolina Castellanos
200 Buell North
TU, TH 9 AM - 11 AM
Session B
3 Points
 14168
ARCH6801‑1 Spring 2026
Structural Daring & The Sublime In Pre-Modern Architecture
 Rory O'Neill
412 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12268
ARCH6815‑1 Spring 2026
Public Space: Rhetorics + Practices
David Smiley
115 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12070
ARCH6880‑1 Spring 2026
Towards a Trans-Species Architecture—Rethinking Lina Bo Bardi
 Mark Wigley
412 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 15564
ARCH6892‑1 Spring 2026
1:1 Crafting and Fabrication of Details
 Zachary Mulitauaopele
412 Avery
F 3 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14398
ARCH6911‑1 Spring 2026
Metabolic Materialities: Between the Animate and the Inanimate
 Michael Wang
408 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12093
ARCH6912‑1 Spring 2026
Emerging Optimism: Resources + The Fourth Industrial Revolution
 Sean Gallagher
408 Avery
M 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12096
ARCH6936‑1 Spring 2026
Old Buildings, New Energy: History and Current Sustainable Practices
 Francoise Bollack
203 Fayerweather
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Session A
1.5 Points
 14185
ARCH6950‑1 Spring 2026
Raw Material Libraries and Cataloguing the Irregular
 Lola Ben-Alon
409 Avery
W 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14401
ARCH6954‑1 Spring 2026
Agroecological Urbanism
 Ana María Durán Calisto
504 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14415
ARCH6956‑1 Spring 2026
Spatial AI
 William Martin
209 Fayerweather
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 12445
ARCH6970‑1 Spring 2026
Business of Preservation
 Kate Allen
203 Fayerweather
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Session B
1.5 Points
 14195
ARCH6972‑1 Spring 2026
Classicisms
 Reinhold Martin
408 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14402
ARCH6975‑1 Spring 2026
Design, Power, and Imaginaries: Critical Histories and Futures
 Zarith Pineda
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14416
ARCH6978‑1 Spring 2026
Climate and the Existing Built Environment
 Erica Avrami
408 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14409
ARCH6981‑1 Spring 2026
Industry, Practice & Research – Intersecting Design & Entrepreneurship in Architecture
 Wendy Fok Syllabus
409 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 15635
PLAN4010‑1 Spring 2026
Planning For Urban Energy Systems
 Peter Marcotullio
409 Avery
TH 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14196
PLAN4022‑1 Spring 2026
Fundamentals of Urban Digital Design
 Sybil Wa Syllabus
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
M 5 PM - 7 PM
Session A
1.5 Points
 17543
PLAN4585‑1 Spring 2026
Urban Political Economy
 Tom Slater
114 Avery + 203 Fayerweather, 204 Fayerweather, 415 Schermerhorn
W 10 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14197
PLAN4587‑1 Spring 2026
Urban Technologies, Innovations & Planning Institutions
 Anthony Vanky
114 Avery + 409 Avery, 203, 204 Fayerweather
TU 10 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14199
PLAN6065‑1 Spring 2026
Environmental Impact Assessment
 Graham Trelstad
200 Buell North
F 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14210
PLAN6067‑1 Spring 2026
On Spatial Exclusion and Planning
 Hiba Bou Akar
204 Fayerwaether
TH 3 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14211
PLAN6108‑1 Spring 2026
Land Use Planning
 Jonathan Martin
200 Buell North
F 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14212
PLAN6113‑1 Spring 2026
Exploring Urban Data with Machine Learning
 Jonathan Stiles
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
TH 3 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14213
PLAN6232‑1 Spring 2026
Advanced Spatial Practice
 Jonathan Stiles
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
W 5 PM - 7 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14215
PLAN6613‑1 Spring 2026
AI and the Future of Cities
 Kate Wittels, David Gilford
204 Fayerweather
TU 5 PM - 7 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14217
PLAN6617‑1 Spring 2026
Climate Justice in Our Own Backyard
 Thad Pawlowski
204 Fayerweather
TH 5 PM - 7 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14219
PLAN6645‑1 Spring 2026
Prototyping in Urban Tech
 James Piacentini
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
TU 3 PM - 5 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14221
PLAN6647‑1 Spring 2026
Project Management: From Idea to Execution
 Charlie Stewart
412 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
Session B
1.5 Points
 14222
PLAN6700‑1 Spring 2026
Real Estate Finance and Development
 Amelia Guise, Clarence Radin
203 Fayerweather
TU 5 PM - 7 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14223
PLAN6773‑1 Spring 2026
Climate Adaptation in Cities
 Adam Freed
204 Fayerweather
M 5 PM - 7 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14224
PLAN6827‑1 Spring 2026
Gentrification and Displacement: Power, Planning + Political Action
 Tom Slater
115 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14225
PLAN6852‑1 Spring 2026
Migrant Policy and the City
 Vojislava Cordes
204 Fayerweather
M 1 PM - 3 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14412
ARCH4333‑1 Spring 2026
Transscalar Architecture: Construction Details as Cosmopolitical Enactments
 Andrés Jaque Syllabus

ALL GSAPP
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 15543
ARCH6714‑1 Spring 2026
Experimental Preservation
 Jorge Otero-Pailos
412 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14167
ARCH6931‑1 Spring 2026
Architectures of Display
 Ibrahim Kombarji

ALL GSAPP
300 Buell North
W 9 AM - 11 AM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14414
ARCH6974‑1 Spring 2026
Spectacular Pedagogies: Audiovisual Architecture and Learning Machines
 Mark Wasiuta
300 Buell South
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 14403
ARCH6977‑1 Spring 2026
Monument, Testimony, Protest
 Krzysztof Wodiczko

ALL GSAPP
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TU, TH 9 AM - 11 AM
Session A
3 Points
 14410
ARCH6979‑1 Spring 2026
Design, Public, Gardens: NYC
 Hilary Sample

ALL GSAPP
409 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
Full Semester
3 Points
 15634
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Introduction to Columbia’s Urban Planning Program

Lectures in Planning Series (LiPS)

Fall 2025 Lectures in Planning Series

Student Work

Rio de Janeiro Data Transparency Dashboard

Video produced by as part of the Fall 2021 Urban Analytics and Human-Centered Decision Making course led by André Corrêa d'Almeida.

News

Feb 4
Faculty Hiba Bou Akar delivers a lecture on her book project at Knowlton School
Feb 4
Faculty Jeffrey Shumaker and Faculty Thaddeus Pawlowski contribute "Why Disband the Urban Design Group Just as New York City Ramps Up Housing Development?" to Common Edge
Nov 18, 2025
Zachary Rosman ’26 MSUP, Ayomikun Oluyadi ’26 MSUP, Juan Felipe Herrera ’25 MSRED, Alexandra Gonzalez ’25 MA Climate Policy, and Bria Miller ’25 MSAUD deliver a lecture for Modern Architecture & Speculative Future at Northeastern University, presenting their final project developed in the GSAPP Performance Zoning Clinics, led by Faculty Adam Lubinsky and Faculty Calvin Brown
Nov 12, 2025
Faculty Matthew Bauer delivers keynote lecture at the 2025 NYU Stern Luxury & Retail Industry Conference, "American Retail: Into the Future."
Nov 1, 2025
Sommwhere gallery
Faculty James Piacentini M.Arch/MSUP ’20 and Faculty Oscar M. Caballero MSAAD ’20 showcase artwork in "fifteen group show" at Sommwhere Gallery in New York
Oct 27, 2025
Faculty Hiba Bou Akar presents “Sedimentary Urbanization: Displacement, Refugeeness, and the Afterlives of Dead Futures” at the University of Basel
Sep 29, 2025
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Faculty Weiping Wu speaks in The Century of Cities Podcast, “Weiping Wu: How China’s Cities Shape the World’s Urban Future”
Sep 26, 2025
Faculty Hiba Bou Akar presents “Futures Not as Blueprints” at “Humanity’s Urban Futures: Imag(in)ing, Knowing, Making” at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey
Apr 9, 2025
Faculty Thaddeus Pawlowski leads "Resilience by Design: Building Future-Ready Cities Today" a session at the South Summit in Brazil
Mar 17, 2025
Hiba
Faculty Hiba Bou Akar co-organized and moderated "Art in Times of War: Threading Spaces of Displacement, Exile and Genocide," for her residency at The Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination
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Dual Degree Programs

Dual Degrees within GSAPP

M.S. in Urban Planning and Master of Architecture

M.S. in Urban Planning and M.S. in Historic Preservation

M.S. in Urban Planning and M.S. in Real Estate Development

M.S. in Urban Planning and M.S. Computational Design Practices

Dual Degrees with other schools at Columbia

M.S. in Urban Planning and Business

M.S. in Urban Planning and International Affairs

M.S. in Urban Planning and Law

M.S. in Urban Planning and Social Work

M.S. in Urban Planning and Public Health

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