The Bachelor of Urban Planning at ALHOSN University is a unique program in the United Arab Emirates. It responds to the growing need for adequate planning in view of the rapid local urban growth along with the associated housing, transportation, social and environmental challenges. The program stresses planning as problem-solving activity oriented toward the future with special emphasis on the built and natural environment and on improving the quality of life.
The four-year curriculum consists of general and specialized professional planning lectures or seminar courses, a sequence of “studio” courses, and professional practice (internship). Studios are real-world projects worked on by students in small groups. They provide students with an opportunity to try out techniques of urban planning in creative team setting. Substantive material is not limited to courses in city and regional planning, but additional disciplines such as geography, ecology, sociology, economics and politics are also integrated into the core learning material in order to provide students with a multi-disciplinary approach in effective urban and regional planning.
Curriculum
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Freshman Year (I)
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Course No. |
Description |
LECT. |
LAB. |
Credits |
First Semester (Fall) |
FAS 100 |
Creative Thinking |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FAS 101 |
Communication Skills (English) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FAS 102/FAS 109 |
Communication Skills (Arabic) or Human Rights in Law and Shar’ia |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FES 110 |
Computer Applications |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FES 100 |
Mathematics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
0 |
15 |
Second Semester (Spring) |
FAS 103 |
Islamic Culture |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FBA 100 |
Introduction to Economics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FES 103 |
Introduction to Statistics |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FES 150 |
Natural Sciences |
3 |
0 |
3 |
FES 160 |
Research Methods |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
0 |
15 |
Sophomore Year (II) |
First Semester (Fall) |
UPL 200 |
History of Urban Planning |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 201 |
Introduction to Urban Planning |
3 |
2 |
3 |
FAS 210 |
Politics, Government and Planning |
3 |
2 |
3 |
FAS 220 |
Understanding Society |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UGR XXX |
UGR Elective |
3 |
-- |
3 |
Total |
15 |
8 |
15 |
Second Semester (Spring) |
UPL 202 |
Process and Theory of Planning |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 203 |
Introduction to GIS |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 204 |
Research Methods in Planning |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 205 |
Urban Ecology |
3 |
2 |
3 |
FE XXX |
Free Elective |
3 |
-- |
3 |
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Total |
15 |
8 |
15 |
Junior Year (III) |
First Semester (Fall) |
UPL 300 |
Planning Principles I |
4 |
2 |
4 |
UPL 301 |
Planning Design Studio I |
1 |
5 |
4 |
UPL 302 |
Economic Development |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 303 |
Urban Design and the Built Environment |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UGR XXX |
UGR Elective |
3 |
-- |
3 |
Total |
14 |
11 |
17 |
Second Semester (Spring) |
UPL 304 |
Planning Principles II |
4 |
2 |
4 |
UPL 305 |
Planning Design Studio II |
1 |
5 |
4 |
UPL 306 |
Public Infrastructure and Finance |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 307 |
Strategic Planning |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 308 |
Introduction to Policy Making |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
14 |
13 |
17 |
Senior Year (IV) |
First Semester (Fall) |
UPL 400 |
Planning Law and Practice |
3 |
2 |
3 |
UPL 401 |
Planning Design Studio III |
1 |
5 |
4 |
UPL 402 |
Senior Studio Project I |
0 |
5 |
3 |
UPE XXX |
Urban Planning Elective |
3 |
-- |
3 |
UPE XXX |
Urban Planning Elective |
3 |
-- |
3 |
Total |
10 |
12 |
16 |
Second Semester (Spring) |
UPL 404 |
Professional Practice Internship and Seminar |
3 |
10 |
6 |
UPL 406 |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
3 |
3 |
3 |
UPL 407 |
Senior Studio Project II |
-- |
2 |
3 |
UPE XXX |
Urban Planning Elective |
3 |
-- |
3 |
FRE XXX |
Free Elective |
3 |
-- |
3 |
Total |
12 |
15 |
18 |
Minimum Credit Hours: |
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128 |
Course Descriptions (PDF) files
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