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Cultural Cartographies Del Ojo al Embudo

Opening 04.21.10

George Pearl Hall Gallery

This exhibit presents research led by Architecture Professors Tim Castillo and Geraldine Forbes with graduate students from Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Community & Regional Planning. The team developed a digital archive using interactive media and open source applications to offer a multi-faceted public community database. This research was conducted in the Embudo Valley and begins to document the cultural landscapes of this northern New Mexico community.

This was an interdisciplinary effort that began to re-examine the boundaries of traditional architectural research and move towards a collaborative working model incorporating a faculty-student team with a variety of expertise in an array of disciplines. Areas of expertise include landscape architecture, historical preservation, architecture, community and regional planning, economics and demographics, informatics and digital visualization.

 

Design for Arid Lands

Emeritus professor of architecture and planning Paul Lusk, and director of the graduate program in landscape architecture and the associate dean in the School of Architecture and Planning Alf Simon presented their recently-published book: "Building to Endure: Design Lessons for Arid Lands" at UNM's George Pearl Hall April 8.

Published in October by UNM Press, "Building to Endure" looks at the long history of human habitation in the American Southwest and similar arid areas to propose new - and some very old - strategies to meet the challenges of creating more equitable, adaptable, and enduring communities for the twenty-first century. Section one addresses the lessons that can be found in ancient, historical, and contemporary designs and how they might be applied to our evolving role on the planet. The second section applies these lessons to major components of the built and natural environment: urban form, landscape, water, and energy. The final section offers a series of case studies that provide useful examples and practical guidelines for creating affordable, energy efficient, and environmentally sound communities and housing.

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Dual Degree: Master of Community & Regional Planning and Master of Public Administration


Purpose of the Degree
The dual degree addresses the needs of students who desire public, private or non-profit careers in leadership positions requiring professional skill in community and regional planning and public administration. The program enables students to develop key knowledge and experience necessary to assess public needs, determine public goals and objectives, develop communitybased strategies, and manage and resolve public disputes.

Students admitted to the dual degree typically aim to become administrators and managers in planning projects or programs working with local citizens, special districts, and local, state and federal public agencies. Graduates also work in a variety of consulting situations with community-based profit and non-profit clients. Students may earn the MCRP/MPA degree in 62 hours, approximately two-thirds the time it would normally take to earn both degrees separately (92 credit hours are required separately, 50 in CRP and 42 in PA).

Admission Requirements and Prerequisites
Students are admitted to the University through the Office of Graduate Studies. Students with undergraduate degrees in any discipline may be admitted provided they meet the entrance requirements of both degree programs. A student wishing to pursue the dual degree may apply directly to both programs or may submit an application to one program and ask that the other review it. A single application fee is charged and at the appropriate time for admission decisions, the departments will review the application simultaneously or sequentially. Assuming acceptance by both departments, the student will be admitted to the dual-degree program.

A student who is already enrolled in the MCRP or MPA program and who wishes to pursue the dual degree shall (1) apply for admission to the second program, and (2) file in the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) a “Change of Degree Program or Department” form which should be revised to include the “Addition of Major.” Acceptance by the second department will establish the student’s status in the dual degree program. At the appropriate time, candidacy applications should also be filed (or amended) to reflect the dual degree status and to detail the program of studies. In any case, each student will be assigned a faculty advisor accordingly, and together, the advisor and the student, will organize the program of studies leading to the MCRP/MPA degree.

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