6.18	Design and Planning

Head and Graduate Chair: R.P. Perron
General Office: 201 Russell Building
Telephone: (204) 474 9458
Fax: (204) 474 7532
E-mail: architecture@Umanitoba.ca
Website: www.umanitoba.ca/architecture/arch

Program Information
The Ph.D. in Design and Planning in the Faculty of Architecture is a Faculty based program under the general supervision of the Doctoral Studies Committee. The Doctoral Studies Committee is responsible for the general administration of the Program, in accordance with the policy guidelines approved by the Faculty of Architecture Council and, where applicable, the Faculty of Graduate Studies. In essence, the Doctoral Studies Committee exercises the responsibilities assigned to a Department Head by the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the case of department-based graduate programs. The Doctoral Studies Committee is composed of five members and is chaired by the Associate Dean: Academic. The remaining members of the Doctoral Studies Committee, all of whom hold a doctorate or equivalent, are appointed by each of the four Departmental Councils of the Faculty of Architecture.

In addition to the regulations, policies and procedures of the Faculty of Graduate Studies which govern Ph.D. programs

(see the Graduate Calendar of the University of Manitoba), the Faculty of Architecture has adopted these supplemental regulations to govern the Faculty-based Ph.D. Program.

Please note that the existing Ph.D. program areas in the Faculty of Architecture are: Design and Planning Technologies;

Planning and Design Education; Planning and Design Practice; Planning and Design Theory; and Sustainable Planning and Design. Candidates will be required to specialize in one of these five areas.


Admission
Admission to Ph.D. in Design and Planning program is competitive. A number of factors are taken into account in arriving at an admission decision: (1) the applicant's previous academic background, (2) the practice-based and/or academic experience of the applicant, (3) the referees' assessments of the applicant, (4) the ability of the Faculty to provide the program of studies and research requested by the applicant, (5) the funding support that the applicant has obtained and/or confirmed, and (6) the availability of a faculty member that has expertise in the research area and is willing to supervise the program of studies and research of the applicant.

Students who have a Masters degree in a planning or design discipline (architecture, planning, interior design or landscape architecture or equivalent related degree [e.g., industrial design, urban design]) from a recognized institution and who have met the requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies will be eligible for consideration to the program.

Students who possess a Masters degree in another field outside of the Design and Planning disciplines from a recognized institution may be considered if they have an undergraduate degree in planning or a design discipline from a recognized institution and have an accumulated grade point average of 3.75 in their Masters degree.

Candidates must demonstrate that they have an established record in professional practice and/or professional education, and have demonstrated interdisciplinary experience and/or knowledge. It is recommended that candidates have a minimum of five years of professional practice experience and/or have taught at a recognized institution for a minimum of five years.

Candidates will declare a specialization in one of five following areas: Building Structures and Technologies; Planning and Design Education; Planning and Design Practice; Planning and Design Theory; and Sustainable Planning and Design. Candidates to the program will provide: (a) a Problem Statement and Study/Research Rationale (i.e., a description of proposed study [minimum of 5 pages and maximum of 10 pages]); (b) a dossier of their work; (c) evidence of financial support; and (d) three letters of reference (at least one of whom will be an academic) from distinguished members of the planning and/or design profession(s) or equivalent institutions. All candidates to the program will be interviewed by at least three faculty members, two of whom will be from the Faculty of Architecture.

Application Deadlines
All completed applications must be received by the Chair of the Doctoral Studies Committee by the second Friday of October of the year preceding registration. Applications should be forwarded to:

Associate Dean: Academic
201 Russell Building
Faculty of Architecture
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada R3T 2N2

Program Requirements
Each student will be required to take a minimum of 12 credit hours of 700 level courses of which 6 credit hours must include two Faculty of Architecture courses, namely Advanced Theory of Design and Planning (3) and Advanced Research Methods in Design and Planning (3). Students should complete their course work by the end of their first year.

All students will complete a Comprehensive Research Paper and a Comprehensive Design and Planning Theory Project by the end of their second year.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Each student is responsible for ensuring that they have approval for and have registered in the courses appropriate for their area of study, as determined in consultation with their Advisor and their Advisory Committee.

Coursework:
Coursework is subject to the following regulations:

Each student will be required to take a minimum of 12 credit hours of 700 level courses of which 6 credit hours must include Advanced Theory of Design and Planning (3) and Advanced Research Methods in Design and Planning (3).

All candidates will complete a Comprehensive Research Paper, and a Comprehensive Design and Planning Theory Project.

A minimum of 6 credit hours of coursework at the 700 level must be in the student's program area and must include the program core coursework appropriate to the student's program area. The program area coursework is specific to the individual student and is defined by the Advisory Committee;

Where necessary, the student may be required to complete additional background coursework as identified by the Advisory Committee.

On the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and with the approval of the Doctoral Studies Committee, a maximum of 3 credit hours may be transferred into the program from other approved institutions.

Comprehensive Research Paper and Comprehensive Design and Planning Project:
The Comprehensive Research Paper is a literature review that examines potential research methods appropriate for the student's doctoral studies program. The student's Advisor will be responsible for reviewing the Comprehensive Methods Paper and determining if it is acceptable or not acceptable. If a Comprehensive Research Paper is deemed by the Advisor to be unacceptable, the student will re-submit the Paper to the Advisor. If the Advisor deems that the re-submitted Comprehensive Research Paper is still not acceptable, the Advisor will submit the Comprehensive Research Paper to the Associate Dean: Academic who will make the final determination of acceptability. The Associate Dean: Academic's opinion will be final. Should a student fail to have their re-submitted Comprehensive Research Paper accepted, they will be asked to withdraw from the Ph.D. Program.

The Comprehensive Design and Planning Project is a project that will explore the student's area of research interest and identify preliminary considerations that will be explored in detail in the doctoral thesis. The Comprehensive Design and Planning Project will be a written and/or design based submission that is reviewed by the student's Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee will determine by majority if the Comprehensive Design and Planning Project is acceptable or unacceptable. If the Comprehensive Design and Planning Project is deemed to be unacceptable, the student will be requested to re-submit their work until the Advisory Committee deems the Comprehensive Design and Planning Project acceptable The Advisory Committee may ask the student to withdraw from the Ph.D. program if the re-submitted Comprehensive design and Planning Project is deemed unacceptable.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
As soon as the student and advisor agree upon the program of studies, the program forms must be completed and submitted by the Advisor to the Chair of the Doctoral Studies Committee for approval. These forms are available online: www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies and www.umanitoba.ca/architecture

Minimum Program requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies are found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section of this calendar. The Ph.D. program consists of coursework, original research and thesis. Normally, 12 credit hours of coursework (all at the 700 level) are required beyond the Master's degree or its equivalent. The minimum time requirement is two calendar years of full-time study and research, of which at least one academic year must be spent on campus. For research projects conducted off- campus, the student must be geographically proximate to the campus and visit it regularly.

Second language requirement: none

Expected time to graduation: Four years

Course Descriptions for Ph.D. in Design and Planning

ARCG 7100 Advanced Theory of Design and Planning (3) This course is intended to promote critical thinking and provide opportunities to explore in detail key issues, ideas and theories about design and planning. Considerations may include: The relationship of design and planning theories to the evolution of design and planning practice; Ways in which design and planning theories have been understood to shape built form; Factors that have shaped design and planning theories, their commonalities and disjuncture; Theory discourse as a means of discovering design and planning meaning; The role of theory in practice, research and discovery; The relationship of design and planning theories to other discipline theories as a means of identifying commonalities of interest.

ARCG 7120 Advanced Research Methods in Design and Planning (3) This course is intended to explore research methods pertinent to the study of design and planning. The considerations to be examined may include: Potential research tools and techniques that are pertinent to the exploration of design and planning theory, practice and development; Exploration of emerging research processes and methodologies that inform minority and feminist discourse; Review of the evolution of design and planning methods; Analysis of the relationships between research methods in aligned disciplines as those research methods may inform design and planning understanding.