2023 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
History of Cities and Urban Planning
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Yasuhito Fujita
- Class Format
- Lecture (Blended)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D408
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The class reviews history on the theories, methods and systems of urban design in the world, the development and the phenomena of cities as well, demonstrating a lot of practices, so as to comprehend the values inherent in cities.
Course description and aims
Through the lectures of the class, the participants must make themselves to understand the overview the characteristics and the historical flow of developments on urban design. Additionally, the methods to analyze urban environments and space will be cultivated.
Keywords
Cities, Urban History, Urban Design, Urban Facilities, Urban Infrastructure
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The class is composed of lectures by the lecturer and presentations by participants.
The guidance will be held in the beginning of the 4th Quarter (around first week of December).
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | The first part of class is lectures on history of example cities in the world, through the theories, methods and systems of urban design, actual development and the phenomena, demonstrating many related examples. The latter part of class will be several sessions of student presentation about phenomenon concerning cities which is selected by themselves, just following the viewpoint of lectures. | # Several Assignments will be given to the participants, as needed. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Any textbooks are not designated.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reference for the lecture will be handed out each time, as needed.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Grading marks would be based on the result of the assignments during the quarter (especially the presentation at the end pf class) and additionally the rate of contribution to the class in attendance.
Related courses
- ARC.D302 ： History of Japanese Architecture
- ARC.D202 ： History of Western Architecture
- ARC.D201 ： History of Modern Architecture
Prerequisites
Any conditions are not required for taking this course.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
fujita.y.ab[at]m.titech.ac.jp
phone number internal: 5604
Office hours
Office hour is not fixed. If you have some questions, it is preferable to send a message by e-mail to the address as above, in advance.