The Master of Urban Development and Design Extension Program (96 UoC) is an intensive coursework program involving four semesters full-time study in a 18 months (including a compulsory summer term) or 8 semesters over three years in part-time study mode. The program is Design Studio based, multi-disciplinary and includes a compulsory fieldtrip and workshop in a major international city. The program offers advanced study in the growth and change of urban form. The program connects with fellow universities, city agencies and professionals to integrate latest urban development practice with creative design responses to the challenge of making the 21st century city. An intense combination of coursework and design research is explored in studios, theory seminars, case studies and field projects. The MUDD Extension Program provides a deeper critical understanding and design techniques for bourgeoning cities and older urban regions facing structural change considered in relation to Sydney as a Global City, which we investigate as a continuing case study in urban design. The additional research/design semester component at the end of the three semesters is an advanced disciplinary semester critically engaged with current and higher order research in urban development and design as preparation for new practice frontiers and/or a higher degree. Responding to the complex challenges generated by the pace and scale of urbanisation in our time, the MUDD Extension Program seeks the creative synthesis of three fields of urban research: Spatial political economy - the manifestation in urban form of global patterns of capital formation, investment and disinvestment Urban design principles and paradigms - normative models of 'good city form' grounded in aesthetic, social and environmental concerns Urban design as public policy - the intersection of public policy, design principles, governance and defense of the public realm with stakeholders and the development sector Program Structure Students must complete 96 UOC as a standalone program.