DISC is a five-week summer program that explores an interdisciplinary and multi-scalar approach to planning and design of the built environment. Students will engage in the discourse of urban innovation to tackle the pressing challenges cities are facing today. The Urban Innovation and Global Cities Global Challenges Seminars will establish a theoretical framework which will give students a strong understanding of urban dynamics and some concepts of how to tackle its urgent demands. The Lecture Series will expose students to the work of some of the most renowned & forward-thinking researchers and practitioners in the Bay Area and abroad. The 4-unit course ENV DES 8L can be added to this course.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.