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Online Urban Planning Courses

Online Classes

Due to my competitive volleyball schedule, including tournaments and camps in July and August, I am not able to take longer, in-person college courses during my summers. So I took online courses instead as well as a one week course at Drexel University this summer to learn about materials science and engineering.

Below are the courses I have taken or audited. 

Architecture and the City: Sustainable Urban Design that Inspires

  • During the summer of 2023, I took an eight-week online class on Architecture and the City with former Columbia Professor, Dr. Stefan Al
  • My final project was a report and SketchUp model to redesign area surrounding Dallas Reunion Tower 
  • Received a Top 10% assessment by Dr. Al.

Dr. Stefan Al

  • Prolific architect and urban designer, including the Canton Tower (China) and Resort City (Oman)
  • Professor and teacher, including at Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Tech, and Hunter College (current).
  • Author of 8 books, including Beyond Mobility and Supertall.

Course Topics

  • Design principles and theories for urban planning
  • Important considerations in urban desing
  • Designing with sustainability and wellness in mind
  • Contributing factors to the spatial experience

Key Readings

  • Lynch, Kevin A. The Image of a City, 1960

  • Herrington, Susan. Landscape theory in Design. New York, NY: Routledge, 2017

  • Whyte, William Hollingsworth. The social life of small urban spaces. New York: Project for Public Spaces, 2018

  • Cullen, Gordon. The Concise townscape. Abingdon: Architectural Press, 2015

Online Courses

Here are the courses that I have audited:

CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life

HarvardX (edX)

(Completed)

Provides an exploration of cities from various perspectives, including historical and cultural. The course aims to help learners better understand, appreciate, and improve urban areas and infrastructures around the world.

Introduction to Urban Development

MIT OpenCourseWare

(Completed)

Examines the evolving structure of cities and how cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. It analyzes the many forces that shape and reshape cities over time.

Materials Science and Engineering Institute


Drexel University: July 2024
  • One-week in person class at Drexel University to explore materials science and engineering while learning about nanotechnology and sustainability

  • The institute included various lectures that provided a solid foundation in materials science, including:

  • Properties of Materials

    • Mechanical properties

      • Strength, ductility, hardness, resistance, and toughness

    • Electrical properties

      • Resistance and resistivity

    • Types of Materials

      • Metals

      • Polymers

      • Ceramics

      • Polymers

  • One of the highlights of the institue was the hands-on lab work, particularly an experiment called electrospinning, where we created nanofibers.

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