德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校城市设计专业

该专业是一个速成的职业硕士课程，旨在帮助学生能够从事更高级别的城市设计工作。通过专业学习，学生能够拓展创造性思维，培养发现问题和解决问题的能力，并通过科学设计改善城市生活品质。学习的主要基础课程包括：城市设计，城市设计的发展史、理论、批判和设计技术手段等。深入学习阶段涉及更广泛的课题内容，从可持续发展性的设计，文化、历史性景观，城市化到景观建筑设计等。学生需要获得36个学分方可取得该专业学位。 取得该学位的毕业生主要从事城市设计和规划、城市景观设计、风景园林设计、交通规划、工程咨询、旅游目的地设计等方面的工作。

Transcript: Transcripts is required Curriculum Vitae: CV is required Personal Statement: A 1,000-1,500 word essay that addresses your interest in Urban Design with respect to your academic and professional objectives, the factors that led you to apply to the UTSOA, a situation or job that helped you define your interest, your most substantial professional contribution and why you view it as such, and/or any other factors related to your academic or professional experience that you wish to convey to the admissions committee. + You may submit your ApplyTexas online application before finishing your statement of purpose. You can later upload your statement through MyStatus. Recommendation Letter: Recommenders may include former instructors and professional employers. + Letters should include comments on the applicant’s intellectual, communicative, and leadership abilities as well as his or her capacity for creativity and relevant personal characteristics. + After you submit your application and pay your application fee, notification emails will be sent to your recommenders. Any delay in submitting your application or application fee will delay the notifications to your recommenders. Portfolio: The portfolio helps the reviewers determine your potential to perform successfully in a studio based design curriculum. In order to review each application fairly and accurately, the reviewing committee requires evidence in one or more categories: •The level of creative skill you possess in any medium. •The extent of your interest in the proposed degree program, made evident through your abilities in composition, physical form-making, or perception of the environment. •Your ability to translate ideas into physical form, even if in simple terms such as drawing.