Graduate Course Descriptions

Winter 2026

Important notes:

  • MARC, MLA and MUD students can enroll in any of the ARC, LAN, or URD electives listed below.
  • ARC, LAN, and URD electives are also open to PhD and Post-professional students.
  • ALD electives are only open to PhD, Post-professional and MARC students.
  • Courses marked as (History/Theory) can be used to satisfy the History/Theory elective requirement of the MARC program.
  • MVS students must obtain permission from their program director prior to enrolling in electives.

Course Code

Day/Time

Course Title

Instructor(s)

ALD4106H

TU, 3-6

Theodora Vardouli

ALD4107H

TU, 12-3

Aleksandr Bierig

ARC3202H

FR, 3-6

Alstan Jakubiec

ARC3207H

FR, 12-3

Yusuke Obuchi

ARC3301H

FR, 12-3

Anthony Kalimungabo Wako

ARC3303H

TU, 9-12

Erica Kim

ARC3405H

MO, 3-6

Shannon Hilchie

ARC3407H

TU, 3-6

Maria Yablonin

ARC3502H

TH, 9-12

Bomani Khemet

ARC3703H

FR, 9-12

Laura Miller

ARC3708H

FR, 3-6

Brian Boigon

ARC3710H

FR, 12-3

Vivian Lee

ARC3715H

FR, 9-12

Mauricio Quiros Pacheco

ARC3718H

TU, 12-3

Christine Ho Ping Kong and Peter Tan

ARC3722H

FR, 9-12

Anne-Marie Armstrong

ARC4502H

TH, 6-9

Alex Lukachko

LAN3200H

FR, 9-12

Alissa North

LAN3201H

TU, 9-12

Joshua Kirk

LAN3702H

FR, 3-6

Jane Wolff

LAN3801H

TU, 3-6

Robert Wright

URD1504H

TU, 12-3

Zahra Ebrahim

URD1505H

FR, 12-3

Lorne Cappe

URD1516H

TU, 3-6

Monica Hutton

Other Winter electives of interest to Daniels students:

Course Code

Day/Time

Course Title

Instructor(s)

JPF2431H

TU, 9-12

  • Global Cities - Core Issues and Challenges
    Department of Political Science and Daniels Faculty

Richard Sommer and Patricia McCarney

PLA1517H

WE, 3-5

A. Mehta

-

-

-

Daniels students who wish to take courses in other departments must do so by filling out the SGS Add/Drop course form. This involves getting the signature of the course instructor and your program director. Once you have obtained these two signatures, email your form to records@daniels.utoronto.ca as well as the graduate administrator of the department offering the course so that your enrolment may be processed.

Non-Daniels students who wish to enrol in the above courses should also fill out the SGS Add/Drop course form by obtaining signatures from the course instructor and your department graduate coordinator before forwarding the form to records@daniels.utoronto.ca.

Option Studios

Fall 2025

Course code/Section

Course title

Instructor(s) 

ARC3015YF 
L0101

Aziza Chaouni and Bomani Khemet

ARC3015YF L0102

Stephen Verderber

ARC3015YF L0103

Richard Sommer

ARC3015YF L0104

Yusuke Obuchi

ARC3015YF L0105

Anthony Kalimungabo Wako

ARC3015YF L0106

Peter Tan and Christine Ho Ping Kong

ARC3015YF L0107

Zeina Koreitem and John May

ARC3015YF L0108

Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilson

LAN3016YF 
L0101

James Roche

LAN3016YF
L0102

Matthew Brown

URD2013YF
L0101

Angus Laurie and Mariana Leguia Alegria

Thesis Seminar

Fall 2025: ARC3018HF

Section

Course title 

Instructor(s)

LEC0101 

Jeannie Kim

LEC0102

Karen Kubey

LEC0103

Humbi Song

LEC0104 

Sam Dufaux

LEC0105 

Miles Gertler

LEC0106 

Brian Boigon & Amazonian Monkeys

LEC0107 

Michael Piper

LEC0108 

Petros Babasikas

LEC0109 

Adrian Phiffer

Fall 2025

Important notes:

  • MARC, MLA and MUD students can enroll in any of the ARC, LAN, or URD electives listed below.
  • ARC, LAN, and URD electives are also open to PhD and Post-professional students.
  • ALD electives are only open to PhD, Post-professional, and MARC students.
  • Courses marked as (History/Theory) can be used to satisfy the History/Theory elective requirement of the MARC program.
  • MVS students must obtain permission from their program director prior to enrolling in electives.

Instructor

Schedule

Course Code and Title

Ted Kesik

Tue 12-3

ALD4101: “Life Cycle Design of Buildings

Jason Nguyen

Fri 3-6

ALD4105: “Trade Spaces: Architecture, Logistics, and Commerce in the Global Age” (History/Theory)

Claire Zimmerman

Tue 9-12

ARC3305: “Animal-Vegetable-Mineral: Architecture Beyond Human Construction” (History/Theory)

John Harwood

Fri 12-3

ARC3309“The Architecture of Money” (History/Theory)

Stephen Verderber

Tue 6-9

ARC3600: “Health and the Built Environment(History/Theory)

Shane Williamson

Fri 3-6

ARC3712: “Of Transition and Duality

Steven Fong and Lorne Gertner

Tue 6-9

ARC4500: “Architecture as an Entrepreneurial Practice

Ramy Bakir

Tue 9-12

URD1500: "A.I. and Urban Futures"

Joshua Harskamp

Fri 9-12

URD1507: “Greenbelts, Degrowth, and the Metabolic Rift” *NEW*

Mark Guslits

Fri 9-12

URD1511: “Socially Relevant Approaches to Housing” *CANCELLED*

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Other courses Daniels students may be interested in:

  • JPF2430H F: “Conceptualizing Cities in a Global Context” (jointly offered with the Department of Political Science)
  • PLA1516H F: “Planning and Designing for Community Power” (offered by the Department of Geography and Planning)

Daniels students who wish to take courses in other departments must do so by filling out the SGS Add/Drop course form. This involves getting the signature of the course instructor and your program director. Once you have obtained these two signatures, email your form to records@daniels.utoronto.ca as well as the graduate administrator of the department offering the course so that your enrolment may be processed.

Non-Daniels students who wish to enrol in the above courses should also fill out the SGS Add/Drop course form by obtaining signatures from the course instructor and your department graduate coordinator before forwarding the form to records@daniels.utoronto.ca.

Past Course Descriptions