The Master of Urban Design (MUD) is a 32-credit degree program for those with a degree in architecture or in a related discipline. The MUD is designed to supplement traditional architectural, landscape architecture and planning education with an understanding of the processes of urban development, and with the skills required to the physical shaping of urban places.

Consistent with the mission of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, whose facility in downtown Cleveland (OH) hosts the program, the thrust of the program is twofold:

• a “participatory approach” to design & planning;
• looking at the city as landscape and ecology.

Lecture courses and seminars focus on social, cultural and environmental issues, while design workshops and studios develop strategies and solutions for specific urban areas, neighborhoods and landscapes. Interaction with local communities, through the CUDC, is also an important part of the program.