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3010  Introduction to Urban Dynamics (3) Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Exploration.
   Dynamic interaction among principal elements of a modern city illustrated through readings and computer game simulation. Land-use relationships, population and residential activity, production and industrial activity, internal markets and commercial activity, government services, and public-sector activity.

3100  Issues in Urban and Environmental Planning (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 3610, 3900, or WRTG 3XXX. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Introduction to urban and environmental policy problems, social science perspectives, current public planning and decision-making approaches.

3250  Planning Process and Methods (3) Prerequisite: URBPL 2XXX or 3XXX. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Overview of community planning process and methods of research and analysis for producing comprehensive plans.

3270  Graphic Communication in Urban Planning (3)
   Studio in design and graphic presentation to communicate planning concepts. Developing and illustrating site and project plans using presentation software. Exploring concepts for creating site analysis reports in urban planning.

4280  Community Planning Workshop (4)
   Major only. Using actual clients and real-world locations, students complete the various phases of comprehensive planning process and publish a final report.

4950  Independent Study (2 to 4) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
   Design and implementation of a specific planning topic in consultation with a faculty collaborator.

4954  Internship in Planning (4)
   Major only. On the job experiences for students in urban planning.

4960  Special Topics (3)
   This course number is used to accommodate one-time courses, occasional courses, and experimental courses.

4999  Honors Thesis/Project (3)
   Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.

5010  Urban Research (3)
   A hands-on course in quantitative skills used for urban analysis. Data sources, dataset development, descriptive statistics, correlation, trend analysis, modeling, and styles for graphical and written presentation. Planning applications of demographic and economic analysis including population projection, economic base analysis, and measures of characteristics and distribution.

5020  Urban and Regional Analysis (3) Recommended Prerequisite: Statistics course. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   The economic, demographic, and spatial interation models used to analyze and develop alternative urban and regional plans including cohort-survival, input-output, shift-share, and gravity models. Model concepts, mathematics, design, logic, and limitations. Small-scale spreadsheet models are applied to analyze problems, interpret output and present results.

5030  Public Participation and Consensus Building (3)
   Case studies of collaborative and consensus building practices in the planning process; effective work-group behavior, nominal group processes, interpersonal and group dynamics; participatory practices for democratic involvement; the complexity of issues, the diversity of stakeholder interests, group identify and inter-group conflicts; conflict mediation in plan/program design and implementation; adaptive approaches to adjusting decisions over time.

5040  Physical Plan Analysis (3)
   Analysis of the components (land use, transportaion, natural systems, morphology, boundaries, demography, and typologies) of the physical city using computer applications.

5220  Land Use Planning (3) Cross listed as GEOGR 5220.
   Land-use concepts, activities, problems, and techniques for land-use planning.

5240  Theory and Ethics in Planning (3) Prerequisite: Any course in URBPL. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Rationality and alternative approaches to the planning process; the scope of theory and ethics in planning; the prospects for collectively rational decision making; assorted cases and critiques; post-modern perspectives on coping with values, power, conflict and ethical criticism.

5250  Planning Methods (3) Prerequisite: Senior standing or instructor's consent. Recommended Prerequisite: URBPL 2010. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Overview of community planning process and methods of research and analysis for producing comprehensive plans.

5260  Planning Law and Administration (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 3610, 3900, or WRTG 3XXX. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
   Plan implementation including legal authority for planning, zoning, subdivision regulation, urban redevelopment; methodology and application; administrative procedures; place of planning in structure of governments; capital improvement programs.

5270  Metropolitan Regional Planning (3)
   Theories of metropolitan regional development; their spatial organization; implications for land use, transportation and air quality; public policy context and options. A service-learning course.

5300  Housing and Community Development (3) Cross listed as FCS 5650.
   Revitalization of central cities and neighborhoods; programs and techniques for community environmental, social, and economic development; policies regulating the financing, production, consumption, and preservation of market and low-income housing.

5320  City Dollars (3) Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
   Economic, financial, and fiscal aspects of urbanization.

5330  Urban Growth Management (4)
   Attitudes, issues, impact, and management alternatives explored through case studies and analytical exercises. Federal and state policies, and evaluation of local growth guidance systems.

5340  Public/Private Interests in Land Development (3)
   Planning perspective on the competition between public and private interests in land use and development.

5350  Public Lands and Environmental Policy (3) Cross listed as GEOGR 5350.
   Meets with URBPL 6350. Graduate students should take URBPL 6350 and will be held to higher standards and/or mor work. A review of environmental impact assessment, focusing on the policies, requirements, methods, and examples from the National Environmental Policy Act, with a review of state and local approaches to environmental impact assessment.

5360  Environmental Planning Law and Policy (3)
   Meets with URBPL 6360. A review of federal, state, and local environmental laws, policies and procedures as they affect planning, including air, water, and hazardous waste, impact assessment, public lands, common law, and aesthetic regulation.

5370  System Dynamics and Environmental Policy (3) Cross listed as GEO 5340.
   Environmental policy design requires an understanding of human interactions with environmental systems. It requires an accounting of the complexities of behavior, context and policy. These complexities often produce indirect and unanticipated consequences. They yield unexpected patterns and counter-intuitive results. Students from many academic fields learn user-friendly software (STELLA) to do environmental policy simulation without proficiency in advanced mathematics. Students use computer simulations to sort out environmental complexities; transform group perceptions into simulation models; apply principles of environmental management; test policy effects and define possible pathways for future policy change. Meets with CVEEN 6660 and URBPL 6370.

5371  Practicum in Environmental Systems Sustainability (3) Cross listed as GEOGR 5371.
   Meets with CVEEN 6661, GEO 6341, GEOG 6371, and POL S 6324. Using actual clients and a systems thinking approach, multi-disciplinary student teams resolve real world problems in environmental sustainability. Student teams define system structures, feedback loops, counter-intuitive relationships and the unintended consequences of policy decisions. Students having completed 'System Dynamics and Environmental Policy' get to apply their experience in systems modeling in support of team efforts in full-scale, practical problem solving. Possible topics include: urban growth, drinking water, energy resources, air/water quality and environmental justice. Meets with GEO 6341, CVEEN 6661, GEOGR 6371, POL S 6324.

5390  Community, Economy, and Sustainability (3)
   Policies for ecologically sustainable economies and actively integrated communities.

5400  Urban Design Visualization (1.5)
   Meets with ARCH 6125. Multiple visualization techniques and the communication of planning concepts and design alternatives.

5410  Site Planning (3)
   Meets with ARCH 6111. Review and analysis of development site design, plat map preparation, subdivision review and impact analysis.

5420  Open Space Design (3)
   Meets with ARCH 6831. A framework for preserving and promoting cultural, ecological, developmental, agricultural and recreational assets through the design of open space plans.

5600  Politics of Planning (4)
   Diverse views of urban land use, neighborhood development, local governments and citizen participation. Key actors and participants in the planning process. Managing the political aspects of urban change.

5710  Transportation Facilities Planning (3) Prerequisite: CVEEN 3520 or instructor consent.
   Transportation systems planning and its application to real-world highway and public transport problems.

5962  Special Topics (1 to 5)
   This course number is used to accomodate one-time courses, occasional courses, and experimental courses. Students may take more than one Special Topics course for credit. Consult with your major program adviser about the role of Special Topics courses in your major area of study. This course will usually count as a Substantive Area Requirement or an Allied Area Requirement in the Urban Planning Program.

6010  Urban Research (3)
   A hands-on course in quantitative skills used for urban analysis. Data sources, dataset development, descriptive statistics, correlation, trend analysis, modeling, and styles for graphical and written presentation. Planning applications of demographic and economic analysis including population projection, economic base analysis, and measures of characteristics and distribution.

6020  Urban and Regional Anlaysis (3)
   The economic, demographic, and spatial interaction models used to analyze and develop alternative urban and regional plans including cohort-survival, input-output, shift-share, and gravity models. Model concepts, mathematics, design, logic, and limitations. Small-scale spreadsheet models are applied to analyze problems, interpret output and present results.

6030  Public Participation (3)
   Case studies of collaborative and consensus building practices in the planning process; effective work-group behavior, nominal group processes, interpersonal and group dynamics; participatory practices for democratic involvement; the complexity of issues, the diversity of stakeholder interests, group identify and inter-group conflicts; conflict mediation in plan/program design and implementation; adaptive approaches to adjusting decisions over time.

6040  Physical Plan Analysis (3)
   Analysis of the components (land use, transportaion, natural systems, morphology, boundaries, demography, and typologies) of the physical city using computer applications

6100  City and Profession (3)
   The history and culture of the industrial and post-industrial city. The history and culture of the urban planning profession. The relationship between the two.

6200  Urbanization (3)
   Economic and urbanization processes. The form and structure of urban areas. Settlement patterns, migration, mobility, and suburbanization. Metropolitan regionalism, interregional competition, world urban hierarchies, and the city in a global economy.

6220  Land Use Planning (3)
   Land-use concepts, activities, problems, and techniques for land-use planning.

6240  Planning Theory and Ethics (3)
   Rationality and alternative approaches to the planning process; the scope of theory and ethics in planning; the prospects for collectively rational decision making: assorted cases and critiques; post-modern perspectives on coping with values, power, conflict, and ethical criticism.

6260  Planning Law and Administration (3)
   Plan implementation including legal authority for planning, zoning, subdivision regulation, urban redevelopment; methodology and application; administrative procedures; place of planning in structure of governments; capital improvement programs.

6270  Metropolitan Regional Planning (3)
   Theories of metropolitan regional development; their spatial organization; implications for land use, transportation and air quality; public policy context and options.

6280  Graduate Workshop (4) Prerequisite: 2nd year standing in graduate program.
   Using actual clients and real-world locations, students develop a comprehensive plan and publish a final report.

6300  Housing and Community Development (3)
   Revitalization of central cities and neighborhoods; programs and techniques for community environmental, social, and economic development; policies regulating financing, production, consumption, and preservation or market and low-income housing.

6320  City Dollars (3)
   Economic, financial, and fiscal aspects of urbanization.

6330  Urban Growth Management (3)
   Attitudes, issues, impact, and management alternatives explored through case studies and analytical exercises. Federal and state policies, and evaluation of local growth guidance systems.

6340  Public/Private Interests in Land Development (3)
   Planning perspective on the competition between public and private interest in land use and development.

6350  Public Lands and Environmental Policy (3)
   Meets with GEOGR 5350 and URBPL 5350. Graduate students should take URBPL 6350 and will be held to higher standards and/or mor work. A review of environmental impact assessment, focusing on the policies, requirements, methods, and examples from the National Environmental Policy Act, with a review of state and local approaches to environmental impact assessment.

6360  Environmental Planning Law and Policy (3)
   Meets with URBPL 5360. Graduate students should take URBPL 6360 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. A review of federal, state, and local environmental laws, policies and procedures as they affect planning including air, water, and hazardous waste, impact assessment, public lands, common law, and aesthetic regulation.

6370  System Dynamics and Environmental Policy (3) Cross listed as CVEEN 6660, GEO 6340.
   Environmental policy design requires an understanding of human interactions with environmental systems. It requires an accounting of the complexities of behavior, context and policy. These complexities often produce indirect and unanticipated consequences. They yield unexpected patterns and counter-intuitive results. Students from many academic fields learn user-friendly software (STELLA) to do environmental policy simulation without proficiency in advanced mathematics. Students use computer simulations to sort out environmental complexities; transform group perceptions into simulation models; apply principles of environmental management; test policy effects and define possible pathways for future policy change.

6371  Complexity and Systems Thinking (3) Cross listed as CVEEN 6661, GEO 6341.
   Using a systems thinking approach to conceptualize complex problems, multi-disciplinary student teams resolve real world problems in maintaining system resiliency, stability, diversity, and sustainability. Student teams define/discover system structures, feedback loops, counter-intuitive outcomes and the unintended consequences of policy decisions. Topics of analysis include: urban growth, land use and transportation, renewable and non-renewable resources, environmental justice, and the dynamics of human administrative systems.

6390  Community, Economy, and Sustainability (3)
   Policies for ecologically sustainable economies and actively integrated communities.

6400  Urban Design Visualization (1.5) Cross listed as ARCH 6125.
   Multiple visualization techniques and the communication of planning concepts and design alternatives.

6410  Site Planning (3)
   Meets with ARCH 6111. Review and analysis of development site design, plat map preparation, subdivision review and impact analysis.

6420  Open Space Design (3) Cross listed as ARCH 6831.
   A framework for preserving and promoting cultural, ecological, developmental, agricultural and recreational assets through the design of open space plans.

6600  Politics of Planning (3)
   Diverse views of urban land use, neighborhood development, local governments and citizen participation. Key actors and participants in the planning process. Managing the political aspects of urban change.

6950  Independent Study (2 to 4)
   Graduate directed reading or individual/group projects as approved through program procedures.

6954  Professional Planning Internship (4)
   An internship of at least 144 hours per term with either a private planning consultancy or a public planning agency. Each internship shall be coordinated with an agency- or consultancy- based mentor through an urban planning faculty member and shall culminate in a written report on the internship product/process and an oral presentation on the internship experience.

6960  Special Topics (2 to 4)
   This course number is used to accommodate one-time courses, occasional courses, and experimental courses. Students may take more than one Special Topic course for credit.

6970  Masters Thesis Research (6)
   Each thesis in Urban Planning shal be organized under the direction of a Master's Supervisory Committee with membership conforming to Graduate School Guidelines and presented in accordance with Graduate School Thesis Regulations.

6971  Professional Project (4)
   Each professional project shall be organized under the direction of a Project Supervisory Committee with membership conforming to Urban Planning Guidelines and presented in accordance with these same guidelines.

6985  Faculty Consultation (3)
   Repeatable. Continued consultation for Master's Thesis Project Preparation.