School

School  of

Engineering

Architecture

and

Civil

StudentType

Master

Discipline

Architecture

DisciplineCode

0813

Subjectincluded

UrbanandRegionalPlanning(0813Z1)

LengthofStudy

Master3years

Credit

Requirements

Master≥25credits: ≥21creditsforcourses,4creditsforotheracademicsections.

Program

Objectives

Thisprogramaimstocultivateall-roundtalentswhohave a knowledge of many anengineeringdiscipline,andurbanandregionalplanning.Aftercompletingthisprogram,candidatesareexpectedto(1)becompetentinengineeringdesigningandcityplanning;(2)beequippedwiththeoreticalknowledgeofgeography,economicsandmanagement,andpracticalknowledgeofeconomicdevelopment,urbanmanagement,andrealestatedevelopment;(3)beeligibleforresearchingonormanagingurbanandregionalplanning;and(4)beoftheability

toapplytheoriesandmethodsofscienceandsocialsciences.

RequirementsofResearchAbilityand OtherAspects

Priortothedegreeapplicaiton,candidatesshallmeetatleastone of the followingrequirements:

1.  Publishingatleastonepaperinprofessional conferenceproceedingsatoraboveprovincial-level,orattendingprofessionalacademicconferencesandreceivingatleastoneinvitationforpresentingtheirpapers(Note:Forthepapers,XiamenUniversitymustbethefirst-authoraffixation,andcandidatesshallbethefirst-authororsecondauthorwiththesupervisorbeingthefirst).

2. Participationincityplanningcompetitionsatoraboveprovincial-levelandwinningthefirst,secondorthirdprize,orahonorablementionforatleastonetime(Note:XiamenUniversitymustbethefirst-authoraffixation,andonlythefirstthreeprize-winnersarerecognized.)

3.PublishingatleastonepaperinspecializedjournalswithCNserialnumbers(Note:Forthepapers, Xiamen University must be the first-author affixation, and candidates shall be the

first-authororsecondauthorwiththesupervisorbeingthefirst).

Curriculum

(*SP-Spring semester;FA-Fallsemester;SU-Summersemester;C-Compulsory;O-Optional)

Category

Course

Code

CourseName

Credit

Semester

Master

PhD

Remarks

General

Courses：

Master        4

credits

000010201

Firstforeignlanguage

2

FA/SP

C

000010102

Study on the Theory and

PracticeofSocialismwithChineseCharacteristics

1

FA

C

000010104

DialecticsofNature

1

FA

C

Compulsory

Courses: ≥9credits

160310001

AHistoryofWesternUrban

PlanningThought

2

FA

160310002

Research Frontiers of Urban

andRegionalPlanning

2

FA

160320001

UrbanDesignTheoryandMe

thod

2

SP

160310003

Methods and Techniques in

UrbanandRuralPlanning

3

SP

160310004

Implementation                  and

MarketinginUrbanandRuralPlanning.

2

SP

Optional

Courses: ≥8credits

160320002

City Culture and Production

ofUrbanSpace

2

SP

160320003

Urban      Traffic      Planning

Research

2

FA

160320004

UrbanLandandRealEstate

Development

2

FA

160320005

ConservationandPlanningof

Urban-RuralHeritage

2

SP

160320006

Theories  and  Methods  of

SustainableUrban Planning

2

SP

160320007

CommunityPlanningTheory

andPractice

2

SP

160320008

UrbanPlanningPractice

1

SP

Other

Requirements

OtherAcademicSections(C-Compulsory;O-Optional)

Category

C  or

O

Credit

Requirements

Evaluation

(Waysandtime)

AcademicLectures

C

1

Candidates are required to attend atleast20academiclecturesorreports.

Candidates   shall   submit   the   attendancerecordatthebeginningofthefifthsemester

tothesupervisorforevaluation.

Mid-termAssessment

C

1

Candidatesarerequiredtointroducebrieflytheperiodicaloutcomes,existingproblemsandworking    plan    of    the    thesis

writing.

It isheldinthemiddleofthefifthsemester.CandidatesshallreporttothesupervisorwithPPTpresentation,andsubmitthemid-termassessmentapplicationformtothecollegefor therecord.

ThesisProposal

C

1

Athesisproposalshallincludethepurposes,thesignificance,theexistingproblems,thestatusquoand  the  main  contents  of  the

thesis.

It isheldattheendofthefourthsemester.CandidatesshallreporttothesupervisorteamwithaPPTpresentation,andfillouttheThesisProposalExaminationFormandsubmitittothecollegefor

therecord.

SocialPractice

C

1

CandidatesshallparticipateinsocialpracticeorganizedbytheDesigningInstituteforatleast2months.Thepracticecounts1credit.

Inthefifthsemester,candidatesshallsubmitthePracticeReportwhichhasbeenreviewedandevaluatedbythepracticesupervisorandthecorrespondingorganizationwithsignature. Candidates shall also submit as

attachmentareportonpracticeoutcomes.

Teaching

Practice

Candidates   are   encouraged   to

conductteachingpractice.

Inter-CampusCommunication            and

Exchange

Candidatesareencouragedtoattendatleastoneacademicconference    held    outside    the

campus.

Thesis

1. Candidatesshallselectsubjectsrelevanttofrontiertopicsinthechosenfield,socialdevelopment,andnationaleconomicconstruction.The chosensubjectshallbeofscientificsignificanceand/orapplicationvalue.

2. Thebasictheoriesandconceptsofthechosenfieldshallbeapplied.Thethesisshallconformtoacademicnormsandbequalifiedforpublishing.Formoredetails,pleaserefertotheRegulationsonPostgraduateTheses

ofXiamenUniversity.

MajorReferencesandJournals(C-Compulsory;O-Optional)

No.

Title

Author

Evaluation*

Remarks（CorO）