Graduate Program for Urban and Regional Planning

School

School of

Engineering

Architecture

and

Civil

StudentType

Master

Discipline

Architecture

DisciplineCode

0813

Subjectincluded

UrbanandRegionalPlanning(0813Z1)

LengthofStudy

Master3years

Credit

Requirements

Master≥25credits: ≥21creditsforcourses,4creditsforotheracademicsections.

Program

Objectives

Thisprogramaimstocultivateall-roundtalentswhohave a knowledge of many anengineeringdiscipline,andurbanandregionalplanning.Aftercompletingthisprogram,candidatesareexpectedto(1)becompetentinengineeringdesigningandcityplanning;(2)beequippedwiththeoreticalknowledgeofgeography,economicsandmanagement,andpracticalknowledgeofeconomicdevelopment,urbanmanagement,andrealestatedevelopment;(3)beeligibleforresearchingonormanagingurbanandregionalplanning;and(4)beoftheability

toapplytheoriesandmethodsofscienceandsocialsciences.

RequirementsofResearchAbilityand OtherAspects

Priortothedegreeapplicaiton,candidatesshallmeetatleastone of the followingrequirements:

1. Publishingatleastonepaperinprofessional conferenceproceedingsatoraboveprovincial-level,orattendingprofessionalacademicconferencesandreceivingatleastoneinvitationforpresentingtheirpapers(Note:Forthepapers,XiamenUniversitymustbethefirst-authoraffixation,andcandidatesshallbethefirst-authororsecondauthorwiththesupervisorbeingthefirst).

2. Participationincityplanningcompetitionsatoraboveprovincial-levelandwinningthefirst,secondorthirdprize,orahonorablementionforatleastonetime(Note:XiamenUniversitymustbethefirst-authoraffixation,andonlythefirstthreeprize-winnersarerecognized.)

3.PublishingatleastonepaperinspecializedjournalswithCNserialnumbers(Note:Forthepapers, Xiamen University must be the first-author affixation, and candidates shall be the

first-authororsecondauthorwiththesupervisorbeingthefirst).

Curriculum

(*SP-Spring semester;FA-Fallsemester;SU-Summersemester;C-Compulsory;O-Optional)

Category		Course Code		CourseName		Credit	Semester		Master	PhD	Remarks
General Courses： Master 4 credits		000010201		Firstforeignlanguage		2	FA/SP		C
		000010102		Study on the Theory and PracticeofSocialismwithChineseCharacteristics		1	FA		C
		000010104		DialecticsofNature		1	FA		C
Compulsory Courses: ≥9credits		160310001		AHistoryofWesternUrban PlanningThought		2	FA
		160310002		Research Frontiers of Urban andRegionalPlanning		2	FA
		160320001		UrbanDesignTheoryandMe thod		2	SP
		160310003		Methods and Techniques in UrbanandRuralPlanning		3	SP
		160310004		Implementation and MarketinginUrbanandRuralPlanning.		2	SP
Optional Courses: ≥8credits		160320002		City Culture and Production ofUrbanSpace		2	SP
		160320003		Urban Traffic Planning Research		2	FA
		160320004		UrbanLandandRealEstate Development		2	FA
		160320005		ConservationandPlanningof Urban-RuralHeritage		2	SP
		160320006		Theories and Methods of SustainableUrban Planning		2	SP
		160320007		CommunityPlanningTheory andPractice		2	SP
		160320008		UrbanPlanningPractice		1	SP
Other Requirements
OtherAcademicSections(C-Compulsory;O-Optional)
Category	C or O		Credit		Requirements			Evaluation (Waysandtime)

AcademicLectures		C	1	Candidates are required to attend atleast20academiclecturesorreports.		Candidates shall submit the attendancerecordatthebeginningofthefifthsemester tothesupervisorforevaluation.
Mid-termAssessment		C	1	Candidatesarerequiredtointroducebrieflytheperiodicaloutcomes,existingproblemsandworking plan of the thesis writing.		It isheldinthemiddleofthefifthsemester.CandidatesshallreporttothesupervisorwithPPTpresentation,andsubmitthemid-termassessmentapplicationformtothecollegefor therecord.
ThesisProposal		C	1	Athesisproposalshallincludethepurposes,thesignificance,theexistingproblems,thestatusquoand the main contents of the thesis.		It isheldattheendofthefourthsemester.CandidatesshallreporttothesupervisorteamwithaPPTpresentation,andfillouttheThesisProposalExaminationFormandsubmitittothecollegefor therecord.
SocialPractice		C	1	CandidatesshallparticipateinsocialpracticeorganizedbytheDesigningInstituteforatleast2months.Thepracticecounts1credit.		Inthefifthsemester,candidatesshallsubmitthePracticeReportwhichhasbeenreviewedandevaluatedbythepracticesupervisorandthecorrespondingorganizationwithsignature. Candidates shall also submit as attachmentareportonpracticeoutcomes.
Teaching Practice				Candidates are encouraged to conductteachingpractice.
Inter-CampusCommunication and Exchange				Candidatesareencouragedtoattendatleastoneacademicconference held outside the campus.
Thesis		1. Candidatesshallselectsubjectsrelevanttofrontiertopicsinthechosenfield,socialdevelopment,andnationaleconomicconstruction.The chosensubjectshallbeofscientificsignificanceand/orapplicationvalue. 2. Thebasictheoriesandconceptsofthechosenfieldshallbeapplied.Thethesisshallconformtoacademicnormsandbequalifiedforpublishing.Formoredetails,pleaserefertotheRegulationsonPostgraduateTheses ofXiamenUniversity.
MajorReferencesandJournals(C-Compulsory;O-Optional)
No.	Title				Author		Evaluation*	Remarks（CorO）

Evaluationways：1. Examination: Knowledge of references and journals to be covered on the examination;2.Examinationonthesisproposalorcomprehensive examination;

3. ReadingReport;

4. Otherspecificways.