Courses - Spring 2024
URSP
Urban Studies and Planning
Open Seats as of
07/26/2024 at 07:30 PM
URSP372
Diversity and the City
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
Independent Study
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
URSP600
Research Design and Application
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
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
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Recommended: An undergraduate-level statistics course; and familiarity with Microsoft Excel.
Formerly: URBS601.
Use of measurement, statistics, quantitative analysis, and micro-computers in urban studies and planning.
URSP604
The Planning Process
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: URSP604, URBS656, or URBS604.
Formerly: URBS604.
Legal framework for U.S. planning; approaches to the planning process; tools and technology; systems thinking; defining problems and issues; soliciting goals and values; developing and making good presentations; public participation; developing and evaluating alternatives and scenarios; plan evaluation; developing RFPs.
URSP606
Planning Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, S-F
Restriction: Must not have completed URSP630.
Credit only granted for: URSP606, URBS606, or URBS630.
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.
URSP631
Transportation and Land Use
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
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.
URSP640
Growth Management and Environmental Planning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
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.
URSP673
Community Development
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Examines and identifies planning approaches and methods that can help communities - particularly low income communities - become stronger, more cohesive, and more capable of serving their interests. Examines urban poverty; urban politics; history, concepts and practice of community development; and community development approaches and methods.
URSP688J
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Economics for a Just and Sustainable World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Students will interrogate alternatives to market-centric perspectives to gain an appreciation of, and contribute to, the rich history of economic thinking to support equitable and sustainable cities. They will analyze ongoing projects in the DMV and make proposals for their improvement. This course incorporates real-world precedents from across the globe, which demonstrate the potential for progressive economics in practice.
URSP688M
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
URSP688O
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; US Housing Policy & Planning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
URSP688P
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Creative Placemaking and Placekeeping
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
URSP688Y
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Smart Cities and Urban Data Science
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with URSP688Y. Credit granted for URSP688Y or INST728G.
URSP708
Community Planning Studio; Community Planning Studio
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
URSP709
Field Instruction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequistes: URSP600, URSP604, URSP605 or permission of the department.
URSP788
Independent Study in Urban Studies and Planning
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
URSP798
Readings in Urban Studies and Planning
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
URSP799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
URSP805
Seminar in Research Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Prerequisite: URSP804 and URSP810.
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.
URSP898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
URSP899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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