Friday October 30, 2020 (EST)

• 9:00-9:25 AM Curriculum overview by Program Director Professor Weiping Wu
  
• 9:25-9:45 AM Q&A session with a panel of current students
  
• 9:45-10:15 AM Breakout conversations with current students
  

You will be able to join the courses below by advance registration. Details will be posted shortly.

• Monday, October 25th, 10:00 AM History and Theory of Planning with Hiba Bou Akar

• Tuesday, October 26th, 9:00 AM Geographic Information Systems with Leah Meisterlin

Visit the online 2020 End of Year Show to see student work from urban planning studios and courses as well as theses from Class of 2020 MSUP graduates.

You can also browse the digital archive for work associated by studio and instructor, read summaries of MSUP theses here, or scroll through the MSUP program spreads of Abstract 2019, Columbia GSAPP’s annual publication of student work.

Public Works for a Green New Deal

During the Fall 2019 semester, two urban planning courses were offered as part of a school-wide initiative focusing on the social, technical, and political contours of the ambitious—but still largely undefined—proposal known as the Green New Deal (GND). Read about the courses below and visit the Public Works Page to learn more.

• Planning and the Green New Deal: A Practicum
  Faculty: Ariella Maron, Douglas Woodward
  This course engaged the proposed Green New Deal from an urban planning perspective, investigating its political bases, technical feasibility, implementation strategy, and planning and land use impacts. The course approach concentrated on the socio-technical aspects of the GND as opposed to strictly technical responses to climate change, to mirror the focus of the proposed legislation itself.

• Resilient Urban Planning Practicum: A Green New Deal for Appalachia
  Faculty: Thaddeus Pawlowski
  This course explored urban planning practice through the lens of resilience. It focused on emerging approaches and strategies to climate adaptation in the built environment, and integrating ecological imperatives and social justice into next century forms of infrastructure.
  
  

The Urban Planning Program offers career development resources to help students take advantage of our location in New York City and discover unmatched opportunities for jobs and internships. Career services programming includes alumni panels, job search workshops, resume and portfolio feedback, visits to select public planning agencies and private consulting firms, and meeting with employers one-on-one at the Career Fair. Each spring, the program connects students to alumni through the annual speed-networking event. View an overview of our most recent activities here.

The American Planning Association’s New York Metro Chapter offers additional networking opportunities through talks, mixers, and local conferences. The program supports travel to the APA national conference each year.

The Urban Planning program maintains a job board to advertise open full-time, part-time, internship, and fellowship positions – many of which are sent exclusively to M.S.UP students. In addition, a bi-weekly newsletter distributed by the program advertises upcoming networking opportunities and conferences.

This past spring, Untapped New York – co-founded by Alumni Board Member Michelle Young (‘12 MS UP) – collaborated with Columbia GSAPP to create a mini-series of podcast episodes designed to welcome incoming students to the GSAPP family.

Throughout the series, we explore architecturally interesting and historic New York City neighborhoods that house Columbia University’s campus and surrounding communities.

Also check out their feature in Columbia Magazine Welcome to Manhattanville published in Spring 2019.