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.
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Course Code |
Day/Time |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
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ALD4106H |
TU, 3-6 |
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Theodora Vardouli |
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ALD4107H |
TU, 12-3 |
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Aleksandr Bierig |
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ARC3202H |
FR, 3-6 |
Alstan Jakubiec |
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ARC3207H |
FR, 12-3 |
Yusuke Obuchi |
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ARC3301H |
FR, 12-3 |
Anthony Kalimungabo Wako |
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ARC3303H |
TU, 9-12 |
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Erica Kim |
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ARC3405H |
MO, 3-6 |
Shannon Hilchie |
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ARC3407H |
TU, 3-6 |
Maria Yablonin |
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ARC3502H |
TH, 9-12 |
Bomani Khemet |
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ARC3703H |
FR, 9-12 |
Laura Miller |
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ARC3708H |
FR, 3-6 |
Brian Boigon |
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ARC3710H |
FR, 12-3 |
Vivian Lee |
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ARC3715H |
FR, 9-12 |
Mauricio Quiros Pacheco |
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ARC3718H |
TU, 12-3 |
Christine Ho Ping Kong and Peter Tan |
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ARC3722H |
FR, 9-12 |
Anne-Marie Armstrong |
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ARC4502H |
TH, 6-9 |
Alex Lukachko |
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LAN3200H |
FR, 9-12 |
Alissa North |
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LAN3201H |
TU, 9-12 |
Joshua Kirk |
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LAN3702H |
FR, 3-6 |
Jane Wolff |
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LAN3801H |
TU, 3-6 |
Robert Wright |
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URD1504H |
TU, 12-3 |
Zahra Ebrahim |
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URD1505H |
FR, 12-3 |
Lorne Cappe |
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URD1516H |
TU, 3-6 |
Monica Hutton |
Other Winter electives of interest to Daniels students:
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Course Code |
Day/Time |
Course Title |
Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
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JPF2431H |
TU, 9-12 |
|
Richard Sommer and Patricia McCarney |
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PLA1517H |
WE, 3-5 |
|
A. Mehta |
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- |
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- |
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
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Course code/Section |
Course title |
Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
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ARC3015YF |
Aziza Chaouni and Bomani Khemet |
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ARC3015YF L0102 |
Stephen Verderber |
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ARC3015YF L0103 |
Richard Sommer |
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ARC3015YF L0104 |
Yusuke Obuchi |
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ARC3015YF L0105 |
Anthony Kalimungabo Wako |
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ARC3015YF L0106 |
Peter Tan and Christine Ho Ping Kong |
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ARC3015YF L0107 |
Zeina Koreitem and John May |
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ARC3015YF L0108 |
Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilson |
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LAN3016YF |
James Roche |
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LAN3016YF |
Matthew Brown |
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URD2013YF |
Angus Laurie and Mariana Leguia Alegria |
Thesis Seminar
Fall 2025: ARC3018HF
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Section |
Course title |
Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
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LEC0101 |
Jeannie Kim |
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LEC0102 |
Karen Kubey |
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LEC0103 |
Humbi Song |
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LEC0104 |
Sam Dufaux |
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LEC0105 |
Miles Gertler |
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LEC0106 |
Brian Boigon & Amazonian Monkeys |
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LEC0107 |
Michael Piper |
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LEC0108 |
Petros Babasikas |
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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.
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Instructor |
Schedule |
Course Code and Title |
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Ted Kesik |
Tue 12-3 |
ALD4101: “Life Cycle Design of Buildings” |
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Jason Nguyen |
Fri 3-6 |
ALD4105: “Trade Spaces: Architecture, Logistics, and Commerce in the Global Age” (History/Theory) |
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Claire Zimmerman |
Tue 9-12 |
ARC3305: “Animal-Vegetable-Mineral: Architecture Beyond Human Construction” (History/Theory) |
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John Harwood |
Fri 12-3 |
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Stephen Verderber |
Tue 6-9 |
ARC3600: “Health and the Built Environment” (History/Theory) |
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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.

