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URSP Urban Studies and Planning ( School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation)URSP372 Diversity and the City; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Diversity (D) Course.Exploration of the different needs of diverse economic, racial/ethnic, and gender groups that live and work in cities, the historical background of differences, the impact of societal structures and group cultures, and how public and private policies do and can affect different groups. 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. URSP600 Research Design and Application; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Formerly URSP602. Techniques in urban research, policy analysis, and planning. Survey of descriptive and normative models. Objective and subjective measurements. Emphasis on assumptions of research. URSP601 Research Methods; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: approved statistics course or permission of instructor. Recommended: URSP 600. Formerly URBS601. Use of measurement, statistics, quantitative analysis, and micro-computers in urban studies and planning. URSP603 Land Use Planning: Concepts and Techniques; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 603, URBS 680 or URBS 603. Formerly URBS603. Basic techniques for regulating the use and appearance of land. Legal framework, social implications, planning approaches, communicating land use information. 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. URSP606 (PermReq) 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 URBS606. 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. URSP640 Growth Management and Environmental Planning; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Topics associated with growth management, defined as policies and strategies by which governments attempted to control the amount, location, pace, pattern and quality of development within their jurisdictions. URSP660 Function and Structure of Metropolitan Areas; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Formerly URBS660. Theoretical and historical examination of basic urban functions. Intra-metropolitan location of activities. Role of metropolitan planning in a market economy. Examination of cases of metropolitan planning to assess alternative strategies for future metropolitan development. URSP662 Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Theoretical exploration of urban and regional change drawing upon international planning and social science literature, and case-study analysis of multiple challenges and opportunities facing planners and policy-makers in the urban-centered areas of less-developed countries. URSP664 (PermReq) 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 URSP688F. 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. Also offered as PUAF698G. URSP688D (PermReq) Recent Developments in Urban Studies: China Development: Issues, Challenges, and Policy Responses; (2-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. URSP688E (PermReq) Recent Developments in Urban Studies: Seminar on Sustainable Transportation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. URSP688F Recent Developments in Urban Studies: Urban Transportation Planning; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Also offered as ENCE673. URSP688M Recent Developments in Urban Studies: Housing Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. URSP688V Recent Developments in Urban Studies: Economic Development; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. URSP688X Recent Developments in Urban Studies: New Issues in Community; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. URSP708 Community Planning Studio; (2-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: URSP 600, URSP 601, URSP 604, URSP 605 and permission of the department. Formerly: URSP 704. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: URSP 704 or URSP 708. URSP709 Field Instruction; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequistes: URSP 600, URSP 604, URSP 605 or permission of the department. Formerly: URSP 703. Credit will only be granted for one of the following: URSP 703 or URSP 709. 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 URBS710. 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. URSP805 Seminar in Research Design; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisite: URSP 804 and URSP 810. Addresses fundamental aspects of research desing for Ph.D students in urban planning and policy-related fields. Topics include principles of research design, formulating a feasible hypothesis and identifying appropriate methodology for testing hypotheses eg. qualitative methods, quantitative methods, survey research. Writing of proposals and dissertation. Publication, presentation, and funding. URSP810 Contemporary Metropolitan Issues; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. For Ph.D majors only. Introduces Ph.D. students to current metropolitan issues. Focus is on the historical development of the issue, problem definition, methodological approaches to its study, methodological dilemmas, and the ways that different conclusions are translated into policy. Topics vary from semester to semester but include such topics as the spatial mismatch hpothesis, the impact of urban design and form on travel behavior, the impact of technology on urban form, the justification for historic preservation, and sustainable development. 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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