MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED URBAN SCIENCE AND INFORMATICS Curriculum (30 credits)
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BUILD An urban informatics FOUNDATION
PRE Semester
CORE COURSES & ELECTIVES
City Challenge Intensive 1-week introduction to CUSP, fellow students, city agencies and partners.
(15 Credits) Foundations of Urban Science Urban ICT and City Operations Urban Informatics Entrepreneurship/Innovation Specialization Seminar or Elective
GET TECHNICAL Discipline Specializations (6 Credits) + Optional
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An internship with a city agency or partner is possible during semesters 2 and 3.
Data Management Data Science Decision Models and Optimization Geographic Information Systems
Simulation and Computational Methods Social Media Visualization
BEcome AN Expert Domain Specializations (3 Credits)
Flexibility Discipline and domain specializations are offered at other NYU schools (see reverse).
Transportation Public Health, Safety, and Emergency Response Environmental Sustainability Buildings and The Built Environment
APPLY WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED Urban Science Intensive Project (6 Credits) A two-semester multidisciplinary project with our industrial or university partners will address a current urban challenge in a particular domain. Using your foundation in urban informatics you will play an important role in the project, working with other researchers—and even entrepreneurs—to unlock the potential in big data to find solutions, making cities around the world better places to live and work.
Discipline and Domain specializations at NYU schools The MS in Applied Urban Science and Informatics offers maximum flexibility. Based on your chosen discipline and domain specializations, select from the list of pre-approved courses cross-listed with NYU schools and departments.
Discipline Specialization (Two Courses)
Domain Specialization (One Course)
Discipline Course# School
Domain Course# School
Data Management
Transportation
Principles of Database Systems
CS6083
Poly
Advanced Database Systems
CS6093
Poly
Data Science Poly
Fundamental Concepts in Transportation
TR6013
Poly
Forecasting Urban Travel Demand
TR6113
Poly
Transportation Economics and Finance
TR6213
Poly
Machine Learning
CS6923
Massive Data Analysis
CS6333
Poly
Poly
CSCI-GA-2565
Courant
Intelligent Transportation Systems and Their Applications
TR6223
Machine Learning Probabilistic Graphical Models
CSCI-GA-3033-006
Courant
Traffic Control and Signalization TR6313
Poly
Practical Data Science
INFO-GB.3359
Stern
TR7123
Poly
Dealing with Data
INFO-GB.2346
Stern
Transportation Planning and Congestion Management Transportation Policy
URPL-GP.2470
Wagner
Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Form
URPL-GP.4631
Wagner
Decision Models and Optimization Decision Models
OPMG-GB.2350
Stern
Introduction to Operations Research
OPMG-GB.2325
Stern
Public Health, Safety, and Emergency Response
Advanced Decision Models
OPMG-GB.2351
Stern
Planning Healthy Neighborhoods URPL-GP.4632
Wagner
Current Issues in Health Policy
HPAM-GP.2836
Wagner
Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
URPL-GP.2645
Wagner
Emerging Diseases and Bioterrorism
GPH-GU 2440
GIPH
Global Environmental Health
GPH-GU 2153
GIPH
Global Health Policy and Management
GPH-GU 2110
GIPH
Economics of Healthcare
ECON-GB.2110
Stern
Geographic Information Systems Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning I
URPL-GP.4648
Wagner
Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning II
URPL-GP.4649
Wagner
Geographic Information Systems and Data Management
URPL-GP.2690
Wagner
Simulation and Computational Methods Scientific Computing
CSCI-GA-2112
Courant
Environmental Sustainability
Numerical Optimization
CSCI-GA-2945
Courant
Hydrology (Urban Water Hydrology)
CE7223
Poly Poly
Stern
Urban Environmental Systems Management
CE7753
INFO-GB.2318
Networks, Crowds, and Markets INFO-GB.3383
Stern
Solid Waste Management
CE7703
Poly
Social and Digital Media Analytics
Stern
Water Sourcing and Climate Change
URPL-GP.2666
Wagner
Environment and Urban Dynamics
URPL-GP.2615
Wagner
Energy & the Environment
ECON-GB.2105
Stern
Social Media Digital Strategies
INFO-GB.3310
Visualization Information Visualization
CS6313
Poly
Large-Scale Visual Analytics
CS6323
Poly
Buildings and The Built Environment
Human-Computer Interaction
CS9073
Poly
CUSP
NEW COURSE
Stern
Building Efficiency and Performance
NEW COURSE
Visualization and Discovery Analytics
Infrastructure Planning, Engineering and Economics
CE7813
Poly
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Instrumentation, Monitoring and CE6073 Condition Assessment of Civil Infrastructure
Poly
Concepts and Implementation of Infrastructure Management Systems
CE7853
Poly
Infrastructure Planning for Public Works
CE8803
Poly
Green Building and Sustainable Development
DEVE1-GC2105
Schack
Infrastructure and Urban Development, 3 credits
DEVE1-GC2110
Schack
Building Green Housing and Sustainable Communities
URPL-GP.4639
Wagner