Master of Future Cities, MFC
The Future Cities Master’s program is designed to provide early- and mid-career professionals with competency in futures and systems thinking and foresight methods that can be used to better address the significant challenges of today while anticipating and generating innovative and sustainable options for uncertain and increasingly complex futures in the context of cities. This course-based program includes nine courses predominantly online, with in-person block and hybrid delivery formats, including required courses in cities, sustainability, future studies, and a capstone course. The program can be completed either full-time (three terms) or part-time (six – eight terms). The program is regular only with no co-op, and no formal internship, although the applied capstone is required. The traditional approaches to studying, planning, managing, and visioning our cities are arguably struggling to address our challenges today and lacks the capacity to critically explore and develop alternatives for a future city. There is need to move beyond the silos within cities and disciplinary boundaries to foster multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary thinking applied to urban challenges and futures. Graduates will be well-equipped to work in interdisciplinary settings, to create innovative strategies and solutions for complex current and future challenges facing cities.