The Master’s Degree in Urban Planning with concentration in City Management of Universidad de Las Américas is a professional with a holistic and systemic vision of the urban space, the territory and its administration. They demonstrate a spirit of entrepreneurship and an orientation to achieve objectives through the search for solutions to urban social problems in order to respond to the demands of the contemporary local and global context.
The graduate of the Master’s Degree in Urban Planning with concentration in City Management analyzes comprehensively and critically the current realities and future projections of the city through the application of contemporary theories, concepts, and practices of the different disciplines under study, such as architecture, urban planning, economics, law and others in the social, environmental and technical fields.
They propose management strategies analyzing the attributes of the city such as: the urban space, the interrelationships of the community, the fundamental articulations with the economic and political systems and the values of society. They design innovative urban development initiativesthrough the use of state-of-the-art technical and technological resources, favoring environmental sustainability, tangible and intangible heritage. They develop proposals and initiatives, plans, programs and urban development projects of different scale and complexity, with a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach, respecting the socio-cultural diversity and evaluating their impacts in order to improve the habitat and the quality of life of the population.
The Master in Urban Planning is expected to demonstrate leadership in the exercise of their profession, proactivity in their relationship with the urban planning management sectors, and humanistic and ethical commitment. In addition, they are expected to demonstrate a permanent interest in continuously improving their training.
Program enrollment: Program headcount totals the number of students enrolled yearly.
Graduation rate: is calculated through the 2020-2021 academic year, based on new, first-time students entering in the fall semester, regardless of whether they enroll in the daytime or evening version of their program (if available). These rates do not consider incoming transfer students.
In every semester, the program provides assessment results according to its Multiannual Assessment Plan (MAP), which typically considers one or more of its program learning outcomes (PLOs). Most programs utilize the platform Brightspace to collect and assess student work and to present the data and evidence of student achievement. These results and their analysis, with the objective of identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s annual assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent period in which a PLO has been assessed is indicated, with the percentage indicating achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, according to the rubric used to evaluate the student work. This standard can be designated at an introductory, intermediate, or final level, depending upon how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) align to each PLO in the program’s curriculum map.