本文系张庭伟同志在美国伊利诺大学芝加哥校区攻读博士研究生学习中,对美国城市规划教学特点及关键环节有了进一步的体会,特作一介绍。特点之一是美国的城市规划专业没有本科生,只有研究生。在美国,城市规划专业中的硕士学位被认为是一个职业性学位(Professional degree),即要成为一个规划师,取得硕士学位是必需的起码学位。 Comrade Zhang Tingwei, who was studying at the University of Illinois at the Chicago campus for doctoral students, had a further understanding of the characteristics and key aspects of urban planning in the United States. One of the characteristics is that there are no undergraduates in American urban planning majors, only graduate students. In the United States, a master's degree in urban planning is considered to be a Professional degree, that is, to become a planner, and obtaining a master's degree is a necessary minimum degree.