MS DESIGN AND URBAN ECOLOGIES The MS Design and Urban Ecologies is a 60-credit applied research and design-oriented program that reframes through a critical transdisciplinary approach the study of cities and the production of new forms of urbanization with a social and environmental justice focus. Drawing from design, planning, policy, political economy, activism, and community advocacy, this action-based program envisions the creation of new transformative urban practices addressing the complex ecologies of cities and current urban challenges.