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the University of Utah and any person or entity.
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2010 Foundations of Urban Ecology (3) Cross listed as ENVST
2010. Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science Exploration.
History and evolution of American city planning and
land-use regulation. Traces important events and personalities
chronologically.
3010 Introduction
to Urban Dynamics (3)
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.
3050 Digital
Communications (3)
Meets with ARCH 3050. Develops student's abiltiy to graphically communicate ideas.
3100 Urban
& Environmental Planning: History and Practice (3)
Introduction to urban and environmental policy problems,
social science perspectives, current public planning and decision-making
approaches.
3101 Honors
People and Place I (3) Cross listed as UGS 3101. Fulfills Soc/Beh Sci or Hum Exploration.
Focusing on the natural, economic, built and social
environments that shape cities, the course explores the various interactions
of these forces as practiced and revealed in the disciplines of architecture
and planning.
3240 Ethics
in Shaping Communities (3)
Discussion of the choices practitioners, citizens and
communities make when constructing and deconstructing our built and natural
environment and the affect of social, economic and environmental justice.
3250 Planning
Process and Methods (3)
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.
3300 Urban
Ecology (3)
Urban ecology discusses the convergence of natural systems
with human habitation and civilization. It explores the capacity for
synthetic cooperation between natural and cultural systems which lessens the
conflict between them and offers opportunities for innovative design and
planning applications by enhancing local ecosystem services. Courses includes
service-learning component.
3390 Fostering
Sustainability: Scientific and Human Perspectives (3) Prerequisite: One
physical science General Education course.
A more sustainable future can be fostered by exploring the
dynamic interactions between nature and society while weaving together human
actions and behaviors with the basic functioning of the biosphere (e.g.,
hydrology, weather, climate, ecology, energy and human health). A whole-systems
view of airsheds, watersheds and ecosystems are
coupled with insight regarding the political, social and economic systems
that modify, and are modified by, the natural environment. Students work in
interdisciplinary teaming situations to explore solutions to integrated
problems that yield a greater understanding of the challenges we face in
achieving global sustainability.
4011 Planning
Seminar (1)
Discussion of current issues and practice in the planning
profession.
4031 Race,
Ethnicity & Community Development (3)
The history and politics of community building with an
emphasis on race, ethnicity, citizen engagement and participatory planning.
Students will also learn first hand how to do
community-based research with a particular focus on methods to promote public
participation and engage under-represented communities in decision making.
4260 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.
4280 Community
Planning Workshop (4) Prerequisite: URBPL 3250, 3270, 5010.
Major only. Using actual clients and real-world locations,
students complete the various phases of comprehensive planning process and
publish a final report. Students should plan to take this course the last
semester before graduating.
4380 Green
Communities (3)
The course provides students with a working vocabulary of
the design processes and integrated, holistic ways of imagining how evolving
Green Communities or Eco-Cities are formed and perform. Using a case study
method, the class explores successful transformations of cities worldwide that
have changed the ways they are adapting to new understanding and technologies
for building and managing sustainable places.
4390 Natural
Science for Sustainability in Built Environments (3) Prerequisite: One
physical science General Education course.
Studying the dynamic interactions between nature and
society provides an improved foundation for accommodating the implications of
natural systems and processes (e.g., hydrology, weather, climate, ecology,
geology, energy and human health) in sustainable urban and architectural
design. Scientific information, models and reports are explored in an urban
policy context across scales ranging from individual people and single
buildings to metropolitan areas, nations and the world. Issues of scientific
uncertainty and the culture of science are examined to help designers learn
how to communicate with natural scientist and engage them in the design
process.
4450 Introduction
to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (3) Cross listed as GEOG 3140.
Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
A recent increase in the use of digital geographic
information in many fields has created the need for experts with the
knowledge to use this information to society's benefit. Geographers,
engineers, environmental scientists, planners, social scientists, computer
scientists and many other professionals will encounter digital geographic
information in some form in their future careers. This course introduces
students to issues that arise in using this information in scientific and
decision-making arenas. Topics include: applications of geographic
information; modeling geographic reality; spatial data collection; geographic
analysis; accuracy and uncertainty; visualization; and legal, economic, and
ethical issues associated with the use of geographic information.
4710 Introduction
to Transportation Planning (3)
Introduction to transportation planning issues, processes,
and policies. Pre-requisite course for advanced transportation planning
courses in City and Metropolitan Planning.
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.
4965 Study Abroad (3) Prerequisites:
Permission of Department
4999 Honors
Thesis/Project (3)
Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on
their Honors degree.
5010 Urban
Research (3) Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
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.
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 Leadership
and Public Participation (3)
Hands on exploration of effective leadership in complex
environments in which progressive, inclusive and sustainable planning is the
objective. Students will develop skills in collaborative work-group behavior,
nominal group processes, and interpersonal and group dynamics.
5040 Physical
Plan Analysis (3)
An introduction to urban design and the variety of theories
and methods used to assess the quality and functionality of urban
environments, with a focus on plan interpretation, urban morphology, and
factors that determine urban form.
5220 Land
Use Planning (3) Cross listed as GEOG 5220.
Meets with GEOG 6220. Graduate students should enroll in
GEOG 6220 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. Land-use
concepts, activities, problems, and techniques for land-use planning.
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)
Addresses housing issues from historical, human rights,
cultural, economic, and affordability perspectives, and explores how those
perspectives interconnect.
5320 City
Dollars (3)
Economic, financial, and fiscal aspects of urbanization.
5330 Urban Growth Management (3)
Examination of most of the major growth management systems
in the United States at local, regional, and state levels, assessing their
purposes, politics, mechanics, impacts and outcomes.
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 GEOG 5350.
Meets with URBPL 6350. Graduate students should enroll in
URBPL 6350 and will be held to higher standards and/or more 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 Complexity
and Systems Thinking (3) Cross listed as GEO 5341.
Meets with CVEEN 6661, GEO 6341. 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 CVEEN 6661, GEO 6341.
5390 Sustainability
Planning (3)
Interdisciplinary approach to theories and applications of
sustainability in a variety of planning contexts. Final segment focuses on
specific action plans related to sustainability.
5400 Urban
Design Visualization (3)
Meets with ARCH 6056/URBPL 6400. 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 (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.
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.
5720 Land Use and Transportation
Planning (3)
Examination of current transportation policies and
conditions in the U.S., the impacts those they have on other human and
environmental systems, the major community and environmental influences
implicit in American transportation policy, the planning processes that have
led to these outcomes, and micro-scale community design features implicit in
transportation system design.
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) Cross listed as REDEV 6010.
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.
6011 Planning
Seminar (1)
Discussion of current issues and practice in the planning
profession.
6020 Urban
and Regional Anlaysis (3) Cross listed as REDEV
6020.
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 Leadership
and Public Participation (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6030.
Hands on exploration of effective leadership in complex
environments in which progressive, inclusive and sustainable planning is the
objective. Students will develop skills in collaborative work-group behavior,
nominal group processes, and interpersonal and group dynamics.
6031 Race,
Ethnicity & Community Development (3)
The history and politics of community building with an
emphasis on race, ethnicity, citizen engagement and participatory planning.
Students will also learn first hand how to do
community-based research with a particular focus on methods to promote public
participation and engage under-represented communities in decision making.
6040 Physical
Plan Analysis (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6040.
An introduction to urban design and the variety of theories
and methods used to assess the quality and functionality of urban
environments, with a focus on plan interpretation, urban morphology, and
factors that determine urban form.
6100 City
and Profession (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6100.
The historical development of urban form with emphasis on
the spatial organization of the city. The history and culture of the urban
planning profession. The relationship between the two.
6200 Urbanization
(3) Cross listed as REDEV 6200.
Human intentions regarding city building. Explorations of
the intersection between urban demographic trajectories, economic
globalization, and large-scale environmental change. Implications for the
culture and practice of urban governance and city building.
6220 Land
Use Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6220.
Land-use concepts, activities, problems, and techniques for
land-use planning.
6221 Topics
in Land Use Planning (1 to 4) Cross listed as REDEV 6221.
Topics in land use planning such as overview of land use
policy and process, land use planning principles and practice, methods of
projecting land use and facility needs, debates in land use policy, land use
planning analysis, and related topics. Variable credit. Students may take
this course multiple times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
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 Land
Use Law (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6260.
Case law analysis of common law, constitutional, statutory,
and regulatory principles inherent in American land use planning and zoning.
6270 Metropolitan
Regional Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6270.
Theories of metropolitan regional development; their
spatial organization; implications for land use, transportation and air
quality; public policy context and options.
6280 Graduate
Workshop (3 to 5) Prerequisite: Final year standing in graduate program.
Places students in a real-world planning context while
providing a Westside community with planning services. Students partner with
specific Westside groups to map assets and design projects that address the
community's needs.
6300 Housing
and Community Development (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6300.
Addresses housing issues from historical, human rights,
cultural, economic, and affordability perspectives, and explores how those
perspectives interconnect.
6310 Urban
Development Methods and Policies (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6310.
This course reviews policies influencing urban development
and redevelopment, acquaints students with basic development finance analytic
techniques, identifies methods of leveraging private investment to achieve
policy objectives, and assesses alternative urban development approaches.
6311 Topics
in Urban Real Estate Development (1 to 4) Cross listed as REDEV 6311.
Topics in urban real estate development such as
public-private real estate development partnerships; urban development
policies, tools and techniques; urban development market analysis; non-profit
urban real estate development; management of urban real estate development
projects; and related topics. Variable credit. Students may take this course
multiple times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
6322 City and
Metropolitan Economics (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6322
Economic foundations and their
application to such planning studies as city and metropolitan form, public
facilities, housing, economic development and the environment.
6323
Topics in
Metropolitan Fiscal Structure & Analysis (1 to 4) Cross listed as
REDEV 6323.
Topics in metropolitan fiscal
structure and analysis such as metropolitan fiscal structure; state, local
and metropolitan public finance; fiscal impact assessment; models of
metropolitan fiscal governance; and related topics. Variable credit. Students may take this course multiple
times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
6330 Urban
Growth Management (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6330.
Examination of most of the major growth management systems
in place in the United States at local, regional, and state levels, assessing
their purposes, politics, mechanics, impacts, and outcomes.
6331 Topics
in Growth Management (1 to 4) Cross listed as REDEV 6331.
Topics in growth management such as overview management
policy and process, growth management principles and practice, methods of
growth management analysis, debates in growth management policy, growth
management models, and related topics. Variable credit. Students may take
this course multiple times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
6340 City
& Metropolitan Economic Development (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6340.
Foundations in economic development planning, policy, and
practice.
6341 Topics
in City & Metropolitan Economic Development (1 to 4) Cross listed as
REDEV 6341.
Topics in city and metropolitan economic development such
as public/private partnerships, downtown and business improvement districts,
targeted economic development strategies, evaluating economic development
policies, technology and economic development, sector-specific economic
development studies, and related topics. Variable credit. Students may take
this course multiple times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
6345 Project
Finance and Economics (1.5) Cross listed as REDEV 6345.
Interrelationship between economies and public policy that
directly affect the role of planners and their services.
6350 Public
Lands and Environmental Policy (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6350.
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) Cross listed as LAW 7632, REDEV 6360.
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, REDEV 6370.
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 GEO 6341, REDEV 6371.
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. Meets with GEO 5341.
6380 Green
Communities (3)
The course provides students with a working vocabulary of
the design processes and integrated, holistic ways of imagining how evolving
Green Communities or Eco-Cities are formed and perform. Using a case study
method, the class explores successful transformations of cities worldwide
that have changed the ways they are adapting to new understanding and
technologies for building and managing sustainable places.
6390 Sustainability
Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6390.
Interdisciplinary approach to theories and applications of
sustainability in a variety of planning contexts. Final segment focuses on
specific action plans related to sustainability.
6400 Urban
Design Visualization (3) Cross listed as ARCH 6056.
Meets with URBPL 5400. Multiple visualization techniques
and the communication of planning concepts and design alternatives.
6410 Site
Development and Entitlement Processes (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6410.
This course reviews site development principles and
entitlement processes.
6420 Open
Space Design (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6420.
A framework for preserving and promoting cultural,
ecological, developmental, agricultural and recreational assets through the
design of open space plans.
6430 Technology
in Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6430.
This course acquaints students with several technologies
including geographic information systems (GIS), graphic design, visualization
and presentation. The principles of GIS technology and applications of this
technology to planning problems, are the basis of
the course: however, other technologies are integrated to support data
collection, analysis, and communication. "Hands-on" exposure to
these technologies is emphasized.
6440 Urban
Design Principles (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6440.
This course acquaints students with the principles of urban
design focusing on the spatial arrangement, appearance and functionality of
towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public
space and their relation to private space.
6441 Urban
Design Topics (1 to 4)
Topics in urban design include but are not limited to urban
structure: urban typology, density and sustainability; accessibility,
legibility and wayfinding: function and fit,
complementary mixed uses; character and meaning; order and incident:
continuity and change; and civil society. Variable credit. Students may take
this course multiple times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
6442 Urban Design Theory
(3)
Exploration of theory and
practice of urban design.
6445 Urban
Design Studio (5) Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate program in
Architecture. Cross-listed with ARCH 6030.
Examination and application of urban design theory and
practice to community-based projects. Course includes service -learning
component.
6450 Geographic
Information Systems in Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6450.
This course will provide a firm grounding in the principles
and concepts of geographic information systems (GIS) technology and
applications of this technology to planning problems. These issues will be
addressed in assigned readings and discussed in the lecture portion of the
course. Laboratory sessions will be used primarily for "hands-on"
exposure to GIS software. Learning the software will provide students with a
practical understanding of the generic underpinnings of GIS design and w
working knowledge of a package that can be applied to later course work and
in professional practice.
6460 Real
Estate Market Analysis for Planning and Development (1 to 4) Cross listed
as REDEV 6460.
Processes and data sources used to analyze the markets for
real estate development. Explores demographic, technological and economic
trends affecting markets. Variable credit. Students may take this course
multiple times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
6470 Case
Studies in Real Estate Project Planning and Development (1 to 4) Cross
listed as REDEV 6470.
Case studies of different real estate development types
focusing on planning and development lessons. Variable credit. Students may
take this course multiple times for up to 9 credits in different topics.
6480 Construction
Management (3) Cross listed as ARCH 6710, REDEV 6480.
The course familiarizes students with the process of project
management within the context of real estate development. Topics include
project management principles; key players and concepts during the planning,
design and construction phases of a project; schedule, budget, and quality
control concepts and techniques; construction terminology, means, methods,
and materials; identification, management, and mitigation of risk; and the
economic, legal, regulatory, and humanitarian aspects of project safety.
6500 Preservation
Theory and Practice (3) Cross listed as ARCH 6500, REDEV 6500.
History of historic preservation movement and theory of
preservation.
6600 Politics
of Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6600.
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.
6610 Urban
Ecology (3)
Urban ecology discusses the convergence of natural systems
with human habitation and civilization. It explores the capacity for
synthetic cooperation between natural and cultural systems which lessens the
conflict between them and offers opportunities for innovative design and
planning applications by enhancing local ecosystem services. Courses includes
service-learning component.
6710 Introduction
to Transportation Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6710.
Introduction to transportation planning issues, processes,
and policies. Pre-requisite course for advanced transportation planning
courses in City and Metropolitan Planning.
6720 Land
Use and Transportation Planning (3) Cross listed as REDEV 6720.
This course will review the latest thinking on the
coordination of land use and transportation planning. Individual topics
covered include sprawl vs. compact development, performance measurement,
regional planning, community design, transit-oriented development,
pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban design, access management, traffic
calming, context-sensitive street design.
6721 Topics
in Transportation Planning (1 to 4) Cross listed as REDEV 6721.
Topics in transportation planning such as introduction to
transportation planning, planning for specific transportation modes,
transportation policy and politics, transportation modeling, transportation
and land use interactions, traffic management debaters in transportation
planning, and related topics. Variable credit. Students may take this course
multiple times for up to 9 total credits in different topics.
6950 Independent
Study (1 to 4) Cross listed as REDEV 6950.
Graduate directed reading or individual/group projects as
approved through program procedures.
6954 Professional
Planning Internship (1 to 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 (1 to 5) Cross listed as REDEV 6960.
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.
6965 Study Abroad (3) Prerequisites: Permission
of Department
6970 Masters
Thesis Research (6)
Each thesis in Urban Planning shall 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.
6975 Professional
Project Preparation (1) Prerequisite: Department consent required.
Preparation for the Master of Urban Planning professional
project.
6985 Faculty
Consultation (3)
Repeatable. Continued consultation for Master's Thesis
Project Preparation.
7022 Quantitative
Methods in Planning (3)
Lab based course in planning research and quantitative
methods including the application of various methodologies to different topic
areas including factor analysis. logistic
regression, hierarchial modeling, and structural
equation modeling.
7101 Metropolitan
Planning Seminar (1 to 4)
Survey of theories, debates, and outcomes of metropolitan
planning. Seminars will address one of more policy areas such as metropolitan
planning processes and institutions, history of metropolitan planning,
theories and models of metropolitan planning, assessing metropolitan
development trends and implication, metropolitan planning systems and other
metropolitan-scale planning topics. Credits are based on the number and/or
in-depth treatment of policy areas addressed. Variable credit. Students may
take this seminar multiple times for up to 6 total credits.
7201 Metropolitan
Policy Seminar (1 to 4)
Survey of theories, debates, and outcomes of metropolitan
policy. Seminars will address one or more policy areas such as governance,
fiscal, environmental, housing, infrastructure, social
and other metropolitan-scale policies. Credits are based on the number and/or
in-depth treatment of policy areas addressed. Variable credit. Students may
take this seminar multiple times for up to 6 total credits.
7301 Metropolitan
Form and Design Seminar (1 to 4)
Survey of theories, debates, and outcomes of metropolitan
form and design. Seminars will address one or more topics such as morphology
of the built environment, sustainability relating to alternative metropolitan
forms, the design of metropolitan scale systems, the effect of metropolitan
form and design on the natural environment, and other metropolitan-scale form
and design topics. Credits are based on the number and/or in-depth treatment
of policy areas addressed. Variable credit. Students may take this seminar
multiple times for up to 6 total credits.
7401 Research Design for
Metropolitan Planning, Policy and Design (1 to 4)
Designing research strategies for application to
metropolitan scale issues including such topics as identifying the available
and nature of data, primary and second data assembly, design of quantitative
and qualitative methods, execution through proposals and research, preparing
and presentation research results, and related topics. Credits are based on
the number and/or in-depth treatment of policy areas addressed. Variable
credit. Students may take this seminar multiple times for up to 6 total credits.
7501 Metropolitan
Planning, Policy and Design Research Seminar (1 to 3)
Review of current and pending research in, pedagogical
application of, and emerging debates surrounding metropolitan planning,
policy and design.
7950 Independent
Study (1 to 3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
7960 Special
Topics in Metropolitan Planning, Policy and Design (1 to 3)
Special topics class for advanced studies. This course is
the mechanism through which students can be exposed to "cutting
edge" content from visiting professors who are experts in specifics
facets of scholarship in Metropolitan Planning, Policy and Design.
7970 Dissertation
(1 to 12) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
7980 Faculty
Consultation (1 to 3)
Faculty consultation on advanced research.
7990 Continuing Registration (0)
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