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URSP Urban Studies and Planning ( School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation)

URSP100 Challenge of the Cities; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Behavioral and Social Science (SB) Course.
Formerly URBS 100. Contemporary urban patterns, trends and problems. Major urban issues, such as: population change, the economy, land use, housing, neighborhood development, fiscal and unemployment crises, and social, environmental, and political controversies of metropolitan areas. International urbanization patterns and policies.

0101(62288) Hanna, W. (FULL: Seats=18, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
Tu........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm (ARC 1105)
Th........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm (ARC 1105) Dis
0102(62289) Hanna, W. (FULL: Seats=18, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
Tu........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm (ARC 1105)
Th........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm (ARC 1123) Dis
0103(62290) Hanna, W. (FULL: Seats=18, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
Tu........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm (ARC 1105)
Th........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm (ARC 1125) Dis
URSP399I (PermReq) Independent Study; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
Individual Instruction Course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.


URSP601 Research Methods; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Prerequisite: approved statistics course or permission of instructor. Recommended: URSP 600. Formerly URBS 601. Use of measurement, statistics, quantitative analysis, and micro-computers in urban studies and planning.

0101(62311) Shen, Q. (Seats=15, Open=1, Waitlist=0) Books
Tu........ 4:00pm- 6:30pm (ARC 0111)
URSP604 The Planning Process; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 604, URBS 656 or URBS 604. Formerly URBS 604. Problem formulation, goal setting, generating and evaluating alternatives, budgeting, implementation. Working with committees and communities, conducting meetings, making decisions, and making presentations.

0101(62321) Chen, A. (FULL: Seats=20, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
Th........ 7:00pm- 9:30pm (ARC 1103)
URSP605 Planning History and Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Exploration of the major events and issues in United States planning history, the prevailing theories of planning, and the planning history-theory relationship. Emphasis on urban planning.

0101(62331) Cohen, J. (FULL: Seats=15, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
M......... 7:00pm- 9:30pm (ARC 1103)
URSP606 Microeconomics of Planning and Public Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG.
Not open to students who have completed URSP 630 or URBS 630. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 606, URBS 606, or URBS 630. Formerly URBS 606. Resource allocation in a market economy, the nature of market failures, and the justifications for public sector intervention. The limits and possibilities for planning in a market economy.

0101(62341) Carruthers, J. (FULL: Seats=23, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
Tu........ 7:00pm- 9:30pm (ARC 1105)
URSP607 Human Behavior and the Physical Environments; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Recommended: URSP 603. Formerly URBS 607. Theories and research about ways human-produced environments change and are changed by the behavior of individuals and groups.

0101(62351) Brower, S. (Seats=10, Open=2, Waitlist=0) Books
W......... 4:00pm- 6:30pm (ASY 3221)
URSP612 Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 612 or URSP 688M. Formerly URSP 688M. An introduction to GIS and its application to urban planning. Topics include: thematic mapping, GIS data structure, spatial analysis, Internet GIS, using census data to study urban areas, and examples of urban GIS application. Weekly laboratory and project work use ArcGIS software.

0101(62361) Burnier, C. (FULL: Seats=20, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
W......... 7:00pm- 9:30pm (ARC 1103)
URSP631 Transportation and Land Use; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 631 or URSP 688L. Formerly URSP 688L. The interrelationship between transportation and land use. What are the impacts of various transportation modes on land use patterns, and how can land use solutions influence travel demand. The integration of transportation into master planning and site impact analysis. Using quantitative methods to understand the land use and transportation linkage.

0101(62371) Ewing, R. (FULL: Seats=20, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
M......... 7:00pm- 9:30pm (EDU 2102)
URSP632 The Urban Neighborhood; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Formerly URBS 632. Urban neighborhoods as physical, socio-political and geographic entities. Residents' perceptions, urban/suburban differences, neighboring behavior, organization, planning, design concepts.

0101(62381) Hanna, W. (Seats=15, Open=9, Waitlist=0) Books
M......... 4:00pm- 6:30pm (ASY 3221)
URSP661 City and Regional Economic Development Planning; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Prerequisite: URSP 606 or URSP 660. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 661, URBS 440 or URBS 661. Formerly URBS 661. Spatial patterns of employment and populations, and models of urban and regional growth and decline. Focus on application of economic theory and urban planning techniques to issues of local economic development and planning.

0101(62391) Howland, M. (Seats=20, Open=1, Waitlist=0) Books
Th........ 7:00pm- 9:30pm (ARC 1125)
URSP664 Real Estate Development for Planners; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Prerequisite: URSP 606. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 664 or URSP 688F. Formerly URSP 688F. Planning, Architectural and Public Policy students are introduced to the real estate development process primarily from the point of view of the private entrepreneurial developer. It will include the steps in undertaking a real estate development from the initial concept to the property management and final disposition, the basic financial and tax concepts underlying real estate development, a review of national housing policy,including public-private partnerships, and solving specific real estate development problems using financial spread-sheets. Co-taught by Andrew B. Frank and David Falk.

0101(62401) Rosenfeld, R. (Seats=20, Open=3, Waitlist=0) Books
M......... 7:00pm- 9:30pm (ARC 1105)
URSP673 Social Planning; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG.
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 673, URBS 683, or URBS 673. Formerly URBS 673. Planning programs and policies in health, education, and social welfare. Strategies for organizational and community change and development.

0101(62411) Baum, H. (Seats=20, Open=1, Waitlist=0) Books
W......... 4:00pm- 6:30pm (JMZ 3120)
URSP688C Recent Developments in Urban Studies: Designing for Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.

0101(62431) Brower, S. (Seats=10, Open=5, Waitlist=0) Books
Tu........ 4:00pm- 6:30pm (ARC 1125)
URSP688T Recent Developments in Urban Studies: Introduction to Transportation Policy and Decision Making; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.

0101(62441) Clifton, K. (Seats=20, Open=17, Waitlist=0) Books
Tu........ 4:00pm- 6:30pm (ARC 1123)
URSP688W Recent Developments in Urban Studies: Planning for Non-motorized Transportation Modes; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.

0101(62451) Clifton, K. (Seats=15, Open=11, Waitlist=0) Books
M......... 4:00pm- 6:30pm (ASY 3219)
URSP708 Community Planning Studio; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Course will meet in the Community Planning Studio.

0101(62461) Chen, A. (FULL: Seats=10, Open=0, Waitlist=0) Books
TuTh...... 9:00am- 4:00pm (Arranged)
URSP709 Field Instruction; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.

0101(62471) Cohen, J. (Seats=20, Open=18, Waitlist=0) Books
Time and room to be arranged
URSP710 (PermReq) Research Seminar: Urban Theory and Issues; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
Prerequisite: 15 graduate credit hours in URSP. For URSP majors only. Formerly URBS 710. An advanced research seminar for M.A. and M.C.P. students preparing their final research projects.


URSP788 (PermReq) Independent Study in Urban Studies and Planning; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.


URSP798 (PermReq) Readings in Urban Studies and Planning; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.


URSP799 Master's Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.


URSP804 Advanced Planning Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.
Relations between theory and practice in planning. Ways of developing and using knowledge in collective action. Challenges to organizing for planning, finding knowledge useful for planning and balancing social attachments with free inquiry. This course is a required core course for the PH.D. program in Urban and Regional Planning and Design.

0101(62519) Baum, H. (Seats=15, Open=12, Waitlist=0) Books
M......... 1:00pm- 3:30pm (COL 0113)
URSP898 Pre-Candidacy Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.


URSP899 (PermReq) Doctoral Dissertation Research; (6 credits) Grade Method: S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.



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