Urban and Regional Planning Courses

1st Year 1st Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
MATH--1011 Mathematics for Natural Sciences 3
FLEn 1011 Communicative English Language Skills I 3
Phys 1011 General Physics 3
Psch 1011 General Psychology 3
LoCT1011 Critical Thinking 3
SPSC 1011 Physical Fitness 2
GeES 1011 Geography of Ethiopia and the Horn 3
Total 20
1st Year 2nd Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
FLEn 1012 Communicative English Language Skills II 3
Anth1012 Social Anthropology 2
EmTe 1012 Introduction to Emerging Technologies 3
MCiE1012 Moral and Civic Education 2
CoSc1012 Computer Programming 3
MGMT 1012 Entrepreneurship 3
Total 16
2nd Year 1st Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
URPL 2061 Basic Architectural Design I 3
URPL 2021 Sketching, Drafting & Descriptive Geometry I 2
ECON 1011 Economics 3
URPL 2081 Introduction and History of Urban Planning 2
URPL 2031 Auto-CAD 3
GITr1012 Global Trend 2
Total 15
2nd Year 2nd Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
UPD 2141 History of Morphology and Transformation of City Forms 2
UPD 2062 Basic Architectural Design II 3 Basic Architectural Design I(URPL 2061)
UPD 2022 Sketching, Drafting & Descriptive Geometry II 2 Sketching, Drafting & Descriptive Geometry I(URPL 2021)
UPD 2041 Geographic Information System for Urban Planner and Designer 3
Incl1012 Inclusiveness 2
UPD 3131 Urban Housing 2
UPD 2181 Integrated Urban Project I (Land Use Planning on New Site) 4
Phil 1011 Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking 3
Total 21
3rd Year 1st Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
UPD 3191 Integrated Urban Project II(Neighborhood Planning and Design) 5 Integrated Urban Project I (Land Use Planning on New Site)(UPD 2181)
UPD 3091 Theory and Approaches of Urban planning and design 2
UPD 3111 Integrated Land use and Transportation Planning 3
UPD 3161 Urban Sociology 2
UPD 3271 Building Construction Technology for Urban planner and designer 2
UPD 3171 Demography and Demographic Methods for Urban planner and designer 2
Total 16
3rd Year 2nd Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
URPL3203 Urban Project II (Urban Design) 4 Urban Project II (Neighborhood Planning and Design)(URPL3202)
URPL3171 Urban and Regional Economics 2
URPL3064 Surveying & Photogrammetry 3
URPL3081 Urban Ecology 2 Urban Green Infrastructure Planning and Management(URPL3082)
URPL3161 Planning and Conservation of Urban Heritages 3
URPL3012 Methods & Principles in Urban Planning and Design 2
URPL3142 Housing and Facilities Development Project 4 Urban Housing(URPL3141)
Total 20
4th Year 1st Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
URPL4211 Integrated Urban Project III (Extension of an Existing City Planning and Design) 6 Urban Project II (Neighborhood Planning and Design)(URPL3202)
URPL4111 Urban and its Region Integrated Development 3 Planning and Conservation of Urban Heritages(URPL3161)
URPL4123 Real Estate in Urban Planning 3 Urban and Regional Economics(URPL3171)
URPL4172 Municipal Finance 2
URPL4083 Urban Waste Management 3
URPL4281 Urban Infrastructure Planning 2 Urban Green Infrastructure Planning and Management(URPL3082)
MATH 1041 Applied Mathematics I 3
Total 22
4th Year 2nd Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
UPD 4221 Integrated Urban Project IV (Inner City Redevelopment) 4 Integrated Urban Project III (Extension of an Existing City Planning and Design)(URPL4211)
UPD 4272 Stakeholder Participation in City Planning 2
Incl 1012 Inclusiveness 2
UPD 4131 Legal base of Urban Planning and Design 2
UPD 4084 Climate Change and Disaster Management in Urban Planning 2
UPD 4124 Asset Valuation and Management 2 Real Estate in Urban Planning(URPL4123)
UPD 4251 Urban Landscape Design 3
Phys 1011 General Physics 3
SpSc1011 Physical Fitness 0
MATH--1011 Mathematics for Natural Sciences 3
Total 23
5th Year 1st Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
UPD 4232 Internship 10
UPD 5261 Urban Governance and Management 3
UPD 5271 Research methods and statistics for urban planner 3
UPD 5122 Design of Urban & Regional Nodes 3
UPD 5231 Integrated Urban Project V (Town Planning) 5
Total 24
5th Year 2nd Semester
Course Code Course title Credit Hour Prerequisite/s
UPD 5301 Thesis and Graduation Project 10
UPD 5113 Appropriate Planning Strategies for Developing Territories (Seminar) 3
UPD 5291 Professional Planning Practice 3
Hist 1012 History of Ethiopia and the Horn 3
MATHS1031 Applied Mathematics I 4
Total 23
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