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10th August 2018, 07:49 AM
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Re: Mumbai University Technical Education

Can you provide me the course structure/syllabus of - Master’s Degree in Urban Design - Program offered by Faculty of Engineering University of Mumbai?
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10th August 2018, 07:53 AM
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Re: Mumbai University Technical Education

The course structure/syllabus of - Masters Degree in Urban Design - Program offered by Faculty of Engineering University of Mumbai is as follows:

SEMESTER I
URBAN DESIGN HISTORY
Marks (100) Hrs/Week 2
The unit explores the evolution of ideas and principles of urban design by focusing on the relationship between societal change and the formal organization of the urban environment. Historical, theoretical and critical lines of arguments will be pursued by examining urban places and spaces in their making, use and change, ranging from early civilizations to the present. The course also reviews the history and heritage of human settlements in India from ancient times to date. It also examines current trends in contemporary architecture planning and urban design practices in India and abroad.

THEORY AND METHODS OF URBAN DESIGN
Marks (100) Hrs/Week 2
The unit helps in introducing concepts, theories and methods of inquiry that are useful for urban design discourse and reflective practice, aiming at better programming and design. It will explore ways of reading, experiencing, comprehending, analysing, and representing, the urban context.
It will do so by introducing students to existing modes of reading cities through the perceptual/cognitive theories framed by Kevin Lynch and Christopher Alexander, behavioural theories by Amos Rapoport, psycho-geographical theories by Guy Debord, and other noted theoreticians. It should equip the students to innovate in reading and analysing urban settlements depending on the urban context they wish to engage.
The course should also help the students to comprehend and appreciate the evolution and formation of morphologies of urban settlements

PLANNING TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURE -1
Marks (100) Hrs/Week 3
Students will gain knowledge on the following subjects.
History and principles of planning in the international and national context,
Present planning and institutional framework available in the country, state and with local governments,
Introduction to present legal framework for planning,
Introduction to type of plan prepared by various levels of governments, etc


Syllabus -Masters Degree in Urban Design -University of Mumbai






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