Urban Planning

School of Urban Planning

Location

Location

  • Macdonald-Harrington Building, Room 400
  • 815 Sherbrooke Street West
  • Montreal QC H3A 0C2
  • Telephone: 514-398-4075
  • Fax: 514-398-8376
  • Email: admissions.planning [at] mcgill.ca
  • Website: mcgill.ca/urbanplanning

About the School of Urban Planning

About the School of Urban Planning

Urban planning can be described as the collective management of urban growth and development. It is concerned with the welfare of communities, control of how land is accessed and used by private parties, design of the built environment (including transportation and communication networks), and conservation and enhancement of healthy ecosystems. Contemporary preoccupations include addressing the climate emergency, embracing interculturalism in planning and governance, enhancing public health, and striving for just sustainabilities. It is at once a technical and a political process that brings together actors from the public, private, and community spheres. Planners participate in that process in a variety of ways—as designers and analysts, advocates, and mediators—facilitating the search for equitable and efficient solutions to problems of urban change and development.

The School of Urban Planning offers three graduate degrees; a professionally accredited M.U.P., a thesis-based M.Sc., and a Ph.D. For more information, please see the graduate e-calendar.

Undergraduate Courses in Urban Planning

Undergraduate Courses in Urban Planning

The following courses taught by faculty in the School of Urban Planning are open to undergraduate students:

Undergraduate Courses in Urban Planning
ARCH 520 (3) Montreal: Urban Morphology
URBP 201 (3) Planning the 21st Century City
URBP 501 (2) Principles and Practice 1
URBP 503 (3) Public Transport: Planning and Operations
URBP 504 (3) Planning for Active Transportation
URBP 505 (3) Geographic Information Systems
URBP 506 (3) Environmental Policy and Planning
URBP 507 (3) Planning and Infrastructure
URBP 514 (4) Community Design Workshop
URBP 519 (6) Sustainable Development Plans
URBP 520 (3) Globalization: Planning and Change
URBP 530 (3) Urban Environmental Planning
URBP 536 (2) Current Issues in Transportation 1
URBP 537 (2) Current Issues in Transportation 2
URBP 541 (1) Selected Topics in Planning
URBP 542 (1) Selected Topics in Visual Analysis
URBP 543 (1) Selected Topics
URBP 551 (3) Urban Design and Planning
URBP 553 (3) Urban Governance
URBP 555 (3) Real Estate and Planning
URBP 556 (3) Urban Economy: A Spatial Perspective
URBP 557 (3) Rethinking Zoning
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2023-2024 (last updated Aug. 8, 2023) (disclaimer)

Urban Planning Faculty

Urban Planning Faculty

Director
Richard Shearmur
Emeritus Professor
Jane Matthews-Glenn
Professor (Post-Retirement)
David Brown
Professors
Ahmed El-Geneidy; Richard Shearmur
Associate Professors
Madhav G. Badami; Lisa Bornstein; Nik Luka; David Wachsmuth
Assistant Professor
Anna Kramer
Adjunct Professors
Jayne Engle; Gorka Espiau; Nilson Espino; Marc-André LeChasseur
Associate Members
Kevin Manaugh; Sarah Moser
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