Spring 2027

Urban Design: Theory and Practice

Urban Design: Theory and Practice explores buildings, transportation, and open spaces to analyze land use patterns, urban form impacts on public health, and strategies for sustainable, livable communities.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Outline the basic building blocks of design and the design process.

  • Articulate how design of the built environment affects public health, safety, and well-being

  • Explore the history of the changes in design of the built environment and the current state of practice in the planning and design professions.

  • Analyze the built environment and assess the performance of design with a common lexicon of design terms

  • Diagram, sketch, and deconstruct design case studies

  • Cultivate spatial awareness and critical “seeing” of space and design.

  • Compare subjects covered by this course to those included in the American Institute for Certified Planners (AICP) Certification Exam.

Source: UW Guide

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URBRPL 611

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Buildings, transportation systems, and open spaces
  • Land use and transportation patterns
  • Effects of urban form on public health, safety, and welfare
  • Livability and environmental sustainability in built environments
  • History of built environment design and current professional practice

Skills

  • Outlining basic building blocks of design and the design process
  • Analyzing the built environment and assessing design performance using a common lexicon
  • Diagramming, sketching, and deconstructing design case studies
  • Cultivating spatial awareness and critical seeing of space and design

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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