King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Environmental Design, Department of "Urban and Regional Planning-URP"
MSc & PhD in URP: List of Courses
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M.Sc. Curriculum Study Plan TableYear
Course
Code Course Title
Required or Elective
Credit
Hours Professor 1st semester
1st year
URP
600 Planning Theory & Process Required 3 URP
601 Research Methods in Planning Required 3 URP
602 Urban Land Economics Required 3 URP
603 Planning Laws Required 3
2nd semester 1st year
URP 604
Workshop in Planning Techniques
Required 3
with URP
611 Land Use Analysis Elective 3
URP
612 Land Use Control Policies Elective 3 URP
613
Management of Urban
Development Elective 3
URP
614 Workshop in Land Use Planning Elective 4
Or URP
621
Urban & Community Economic
Development Elective 3
URP
622 Local Development Finance Elective 3 URP
623 Regional Development Policies Elective 3 URP
624
Workshop in Community
Development Planning Elective 4
Or URP
631 Real Estate Development Process Elective 3 URP
632 Real Estate Market Analysis Elective 3 URP
633 Real Estate Development Finance Elective 3 URP
634
Workshop in Real Estate
Development Elective 4
1st semester 2nd year
URP
699 M.Sc. Thesis Required 12
Or URP
641
Geographical Information
Systems- GIS 4
URP 615
Advanced Workshop in Land Use
Planning Elective 4
URP 625
Advanced Workshop in Community Development Planning
Elective 4
URP 635
Advanced Workshop in Real
Estate Development Elective 4 URP
698 Terminal Project Required 6
King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Environmental Design, Department of "Urban and Regional Planning-URP"
MSc & PhD in URP: List of Courses
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PhD. Curriculum Study Plan TableYear Course
Code Course Title
Required or Elective
Credit
Hours Professor Prep
Year 1st Year Semester 1
URP710 Research Design and Writing Required 3 URP711 Strategic Planning & Sustainable
Development Required 3
URP794 Research Methods and
Techniques Required 3
1st Year Semester 2
URP720 GIS & Remote Sensing Elective 3
URP721 Space Syntax Elective 3
URP730 Land Management Elective 3 URP731 Housing Policies and Programs Elective 3 URP740 National and Regional
Development Policies Elective 3 URP741 World Development Indicators Elective 3 URP742 Urban Management & Public
Finance Elective 3
URP743 Socio-Economic Development Elective 3 URP750 Social Services and Public
Utilities Elective 3
URP751 Public Transport and Traffic
Management Elective 3
URP752 Environmental Regulations Elective 3 URP760 Human Resources Development Elective 3 URP770 Planning Philosophy Elective 3 URP771 Special Studies in Urban
Planning Elective 3
2nd Year
Semester 1 Up to end of the 2nd Semester of the 5th year.
URP799 Thesis 30
