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The ProgramThe jointly offered Ph.D. Program in Urban Systems is built upon the unique strengths of New Jersey's three senior public research institutions: New Jersey Institute of Technology, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Newark. The program is designed to prepare students to develop research-based knowledge in urban systems and to participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of policy and services for urban populations. Students in the program have full access to library, computing, and other student services at all three campuses.The program is designed as a 48-credit program with three major specializations: (1) urban health systems, (2) urban environment studies and (3) urban educational policy. Specific full-time and part-time curriculum plans are tailored through developmental advisement to facilitate academic progression. Faculty for this program comprise an interdisciplinary team of experts from the health sciences, architecture, public administration, sociology, political science, economics, planning and policy, history, management, information systems, and computer sciences.
Admission to the Program The criteria for admission to the PhD Program in Urban Systems include academic achievement, scholarship, professional character, scientific inquisitiveness, accountability, dependability, and interpersonal skills. While a completed master's degree is preferred from applicants, outstanding individuals without such training are also considered.
Application Submission • Completed Application to the PhD Program in Urban Systems. • Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or its equivalent (e.g., MCAT, GMAT, DAT, or other acceptable examination). Inquiries regarding the substitution of other examinations should be addressed to the Program Director. • International students, and all students whose first language is not English, must provide competitive scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). • Official transcripts of all prior academic work. • Three letters of recommendation (faculty preferred). • Written Statement of Purpose. • Interview (Optional).
Applications for admission to the program may be obtained from the Office of University Admissions, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, from the NJIT Office of Graduate Admissions web pages, or by calling 973-596-3300.
For General Information or Admissions-related Questions, Click here or contact: Joseph Holtzman, Ph.D, Urban
Systems Program Director Fred Little, Graduate Program
& Admissions Coordinator, New Jersey School of Architecture
For Questions regarding specific Program Tracks, contact: Urban Environment: Peter Papademetriou, Track Director,
Urban Health: Elizabeth Parietti, Ph.D.,
Track Director Urban Education Policy: Alan Sadovnik,
Ph.D., Track Director
Degree Requirements The curriculum consists of a 21-credit core curriculum, a 12-credit research core, a 15-credit specialization component, and a 24-credit dissertation sequence.
1Specialization in Urban Environment Students in the Urban Environment specialization complete 15 credits in this area, nine credits of which are required and six credits are elective. The Urban Environment specialization provides students with the unique opportunity to examine the physical and spatial complexities of the built domain and the forces that gave rise to specific urban manifestations such as rapid social change, frequent demographic shifts, technological innovations, and shifting public policies. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the environmental field, the curriculum comprises a set of courses drawn from the related disciplines of architecture, architectural history, urbanism, and city planning. The course work exposes students not only to extensive scholarship and rigorous analysis of architectural and planning theory and practice, but it also creates linkages to other urban systems.
Ph.D. Faculty -- Urban Environment
Erv Bales, Assistant Professor of
Architecture, University of Illinois,Ph.D.,
1967
Zeynep Celik, Professor of Architecture,
Istanbul Technical University, B.Arch.,1975; Rice University,
M.Arch.,1978; University of California--Berkeley, Ph.D.
,1984
Gabrielle Esperdy, Associate
Professor of Architecture, Smith College, B.A.; City University of
New York, M.A., Ph.D.
Karen Franck, Professor of
Architecture, Bennington College, B.A. 1970; City University of New
York, Ph.D. 1981
David Hawk, AIA, R.A., Professor
of Architecture, Iowa State University, B.Arch. 1971;University of
Pennsylvania, M.Arch., M. City Planning, 1974; Ph.D.,
1979
Richard Olsen, Director,
Environments for Health & Aging, Center for Architecture &
Building Science; Catholic University of America, B.A.1970;
City University of New York, Ph.D.,
1978
Donald Wall, Associate Professor
of Architecture, B.Arch Program Director; University of Manitoba,
B.Arch., 1958; Cornell University, M.Arch., 1959; Catholic
University of America, D.Arch, 1970
2Specialization in Urban Health
Systems Students in the Urban Health Systems specialization will complete 15
credits in this area, nine credits of which are required and six credits
are elective. A systems approach, explicit in the urban health systems
specialization, utilizes knowledge from diverse disciplines to study
thecomplex web of health care delivery to urban populations, explores
economically viable alternatives to traditional delivery, establishes
ethical implications for that delivery that are human-centerd, proposes
research-generated health policy solutions, and assesses outcomes. Coursework
exposes students to research related to the health status of urban populations,
health beliefs and preactices, health informantics, and theories related
to pulbic policy, planning, health economics, evaluation methods, health
and other related topics.Students in the Urban Health Systems specialization
will complete 15 credits in this area, nine credits of which are required
and six credits are elective. A systems approach, explicit in the urban
health systems specialization, utilizes knowledge from diverse disciplines
to study the complex web of health care delivery to urban populations,
explores economically viable alternatives to traditional delivery, establishes
ethical implications for that delivery that are human-centered, proposes
research-generated health policy solutions, and assesses outcomes. Coursework
exposes students to research related to the health status of urban populations,
health beliefs and practices, health informatics, and theories related
to public policy, planning, health economics, evaluation methods, health
and other related topics 3Specialization in Urban Educational Policy Ph.D.
Faculty -- Urban Educational Policy
Jamie Lew, Assistant Professor
B.A. Washington University, St. Louis; M.A. Ph.D. Teachers College,
Columbia University
Alan Sadovnik, Professor of
Education and Sociology; Chair B.A. Queens College; M.A.; Ph.D. New
York University
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| posted February 20, 2002 updated October 12, 2002 |
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