General descriptions regarding Daniels graduate courses can be found in the SGS Calendar for Architecture, Landscape, and Design as well as Forestry.  Detailed Forestry course descriptions can also be found on the Forestry section of our website. 

See below for detailed information and descriptions of specific Architecture, Landscape, and Design special topics courses being offered, as well as information about additional elective options.

Important notes:

• MARC, MLA and MUD students can enroll in any of the ARC, LAN, or URD electives listed below via ACORN.
• ARC, LAN, and URD electives are also open to PhD and Post-professional students for ACORN enrollment. LAN electives are additionally open to Forestry students for ACORN enrollment. 
• ALD electives are by permission of instructor. Students may request enrollment via ACORN. ALD PhD students will be automatically approved, but all other students must reach out to the instructor directly for approval.
• 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.
• Non-Daniels students who wish to enrol in Daniels courses should 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.

Fall 2026

• ALD4108H F [TU 12-3] Advanced Topics in Architecture, Landscape, and Design: 
  Company Towns and Corporations: Spatial Autarchy and Antidemocratic Spaces (History/Theory).
  Instructor: Claire Zimmerman  

• ALD4109H F [TU 3-6] Advanced Topics in Architecture, Landscape, and Design: 
  Media Theory by Artists (History/Theory). 
  Instructor: Zachary Blas

   

• ARC3106H F [FR 12-3] Selected Topics in Urban Design: 
  What could we be doing differently? . 
  Instructor: Steven Fong 
• ARC3303H F [TU 12-3] Selected Topics in Architectural History and Theory: 
  Landscapes of Migration (History/Theory). 
  Instructor: Erica Kim  
• ARC3306H F [TU 9-12] Selected Topics in Architectural History and Theory: 
  Anarchism, architecture, planning (History/Theory). 
  Instructor: Hans Ibelings 
• ARC3309H F [FR 9-12] Selected Topics in Architectural History and Theory: 
  The Architecture of Money (History/Theory). 
  Instructor: John Harwood  
• ARC3411H F [FR 12-3] Selected Topics in Architecture and Technology: 
  Digital Fabrication of Models and Prototypes. 
  Instructor: Brady Peters 
• ARC3503H F [TU 12-3] Selected Topics in Sustainable Design: 
  Life Cycle Design of Buildings. 
  Instructor: Ted Kesik 

• ARC3701H F [TU 3-6] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  Great Urban Rooms. 
  Instructor: Brigitte Shim 

   

• URD1517H F [FR 9-12] Selected Topics in Urban Design: 
  Power Moves: Designing streets for all. 
  Instructor: Eunice Wong

Winter 2027

• ALD4110H S [MO 9-12] Advanced Topics in Architecture, Landscape, and Design: 
  (Subtitle TBC). 
  Instructor: TBC

• ALD4200H S [FR 3-6] Advanced Topics in Architecture, Landscape, and Design: Building Science and Computation: 
  (Subtitle TBC). 
  Instructor: Alstan Jakubiec

   

• ARC3302H S [FR 12-3] Selected Topics in Architectural History and Theory: 
  Exhibiting Architecture (History/Theory). 
  Instructor: Simon Rabyniuk
• ARC3312H S [TU 12-3] Selected Topics in Architectural History and Theory: 
  A Million Pictures: Architecture’s Epistemological Instruments (History/Theory). 
  Instructor: Jeannie Kim
• ARC3408H S [TU 12-3] Selected Topics in Architecture and Technology: 
  Working with Wood. 
  Instructor: Sally Krigstin & Ted Kesik
  *Note: ARC3408H is cross-listed as FOR3014H. Forestry students interested in the course should enroll using the FOR3014H course code.
• ARC3412H S [FR 3-6 *NEW TIME*] Selected Topics in Architecture and Technology: 
  (Subtitle TBC). 
  Instructor: TBC
• ARC3703H S [FR 9-12] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  Frivolity and the Pleasures of Paper. 
  Instructor: Laura J. Miller
• ARC3704H S [FR 12-3] Selected Topics in Architecture:
  (Subtitle TBC).
  Instructor: TBC
• ARC3705H S [TU 3-6] Selected Topics in Architecture:
  Architectural Journalism.
  Instructor: TBC
• ARC3708H S [FR 3-6] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  Sci-Fi Cinema and Architecture. 
  Instructor: Brian Boigon
• ARC3709H S [FR 9-12] Selected Topics in Architecture:
  (Subtitle TBC).
  Instructor: TBC
• ARC3712H S [TU 12-3] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  Of Transition and Duality. 
  Instructor: Shane Williamson
• ARC3713H S [TU 3-6] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  Brand and storytelling: the climate movement. 
  Instructor: TBC
• ARC3714H S [TU 3-6] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  Taking Stock. 
  Instructor: Ang Li
• ARC3718H S [TU 12-3] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  WOOD in ARCHITECTURE: A Hands-on Approach. 
  Instructor: Christine Ho Ping Kong & Peter Tan
• ARC3720H S [day/time TBC] Selected Topics in Architecture:
  Learning from the Global South: passive and low-carbon construction strategies for a changing climate
  Instructor: Aziza Chaouni
• ARC3722H S [FR 9-12] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  In the Margins: Annotating the Everyday & Overlooked in our Built Environment. 
  Instructor: Anne-Marie Armstrong
• ARC3725H S [TU 9-12] Selected Topics in Architecture: 
  Architectures of Time, Sleep and Dreaming. 
  Instructor: Richard Sommer

• ARC4502H S [TU 6-9] Selected Topics in Professional Practice: 
  How the Climate Crisis is Changing Architecture Practice. 
  Instructor: Alex Lukachko

   

• LAN3201H S [FR 12-3] Lanscape Architecture Topics: Design:
  Mapping Our Urban Commons: Alternative Models of Land Ownership in Canadian Cities.
  Instructor: Joshua Kirk
• LAN3202H S [FR 3-6] Landscape Architecture Topics: Design:
  Ravine Reconnect: Restoring Landscape Connectivity in a Growing Metropolis.
  Instructor: Sonja Vangjeli

• LAN3702H S [TU 3-6] Landscape Architecture Topics: Society: 
  Talking Water. 
  Instructor: Jane Wolff

   

• URD1500H S [TU 9-12] Selected Topics in Urban Design: 
  AI and Urban Futures. 
  Instructor: TBC
  *Note: URD1500H is offered in partnership with the School of Cities. Non-Daniels students interested in enrolling in the course should check the Multidisciplinary Urban Graduate Seminar (MUGS) web page for information on how to apply.
• URD1505H S [TU 12-3] Selected Topics in Urban Design: 
  Urban Design & Public Engagement. 
  Instructor: Lorne Cappe
• URD1518H S [FR 12-3] Selected Topics in Urban Design: 
  (Subtitle TBC). 
  Instructor: Martine Spinks

Certain core courses from Daniels graduate programs are open for enrollment by students from other programs/departments wishing to complete them as electives.

• Students outside the ALD PhD program may request to enroll in the following:
  • ALD4040H Theories and Methods [Winter WE 12-3]
  • ALD4050H Research Practicum [Winter MO 12-3] Instructor: Claire Zimmerman
• Students outside the MUD program may request to enroll in the following:
  • URD1031H Urban History Theory Criticism [Fall WE 3-6]
  • URD1041H Introduction to Urban Design Theory and Practice [Fall TU 3-6]
  • URD1044H Urban Design and Development [Winter WE 3-6]
  • URD2041H Business and Land Use Planning in Real Estate Development [Winter MO 4 -7]
• Students outside the MLA program may request to enroll in the following:
  • LAN2045H Landscape Ecology [Fall WE 12-3]
• Students outside the MVS program may request to enroll in the following:
  • VIS1010H Contemporary Art Since 1960 [Fall WE 9-12] Instructor: Zachary Blas
  • VIS1020H Contemporary Art: Theory and Criticism [Winter WE 9-12] Instructor: Charles Stankievech
  • VIS1101H Paradigmatic Exhibitions: History, Theory, Criticism [Fall TU 9-12]
• Students outside of Forestry programs may request to enroll in Forestry Graduate Courses.

To enroll in the above courses as an elective, you must first request permission from your program director, and either the course instructor or the director for the program offering the course. Forward your completed and signed SGS Add/Drop course form to records@daniels.utoronto.ca for processing.

Daniels students may also request to enroll in courses offered by other departments. Typically this is done by filling out the SGS Add/Drop course form and obtaining signatures of approval from 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.

Some external courses that may be of interest to Daniels students:

• INF2580H The Politics of Urban Intelligence (Fall 2026)
  Multidisciplinary Urban Graduate Seminar -- apply through the School of Cities MUGS website

Elective course enrolment for graduate students begins at 6am on Monday March 16 2026.

Electives available for ACORN enrolment:

• (ARC3321H F L0101) Special Topics in Architectural History: Concrete Worlds. (History/Theory) Instructor Katie Filek. May-June Session; Mondays and Wednesdays 10am-1pm. Priority enrollment for MARC students.
• (FOR3016H F L0101) Vegetation & Ecosystem Health Monitoring in Southern Ontario. Instructor: Danijela Puric- Mladenovic. May-June Session. Priority enrollment for Forestry and MLA students.

If you are interested in any of the above courses but do not fall into the priority enrolment group, you can fill out an SGS add/drop course form with signatures of permission from the course instructor and/or program director and forward it to records@daniels.utoronto.ca.

Additional courses available for Daniels students:

• Global Design Studio (ARC2016H) and Design Build (ARC2095H) courses are open to MARC, MLA, and MUD students. Interested students should refer to the course descriptions and application details listed on the Undergraduate Course Description page under “ARC300H0 Studies Abroad” and “ARC395H1 Design Build Studio”. [Note: Application deadline is Friday March 13 2026 at 9:00 am EST]

Students interested in enrolling in independent studies or courses offered by other departments are advised to fill out the appropriate forms and forward them to records@daniels.utoronto.ca ahead of the first day of Summer Term (i.e. May 1 2026). 

If you are looking for information about studio balloting, this can now be found on the Studio Balloting page.