Courses - Spring 2027
URSP
Urban Studies and Planning
Open Seats as of
11/12/2026 at 10:30 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.
URSP488A
Selected Topics in Urban Studies and Planning; Introduction to Urban Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with ARCH458K. Credit granted only for URSP488A or ARCH458K.
This is an introductory course in urban economics, focusing on the formation and dynamics of urban forms and systems under the framework of spatially mobile households and firms. The spatial movement and settlement of households and firms are examined through the lens of economic theoryand principles about market equilibrium, price adjustment, and choice and decision-making. Location decisions by households and firms not onlyshape urban dynamics but also carry significant policy and planning implications. The course will also examine policy implications of urban spatial forms and structure.
This is an introductory course in urban economics, focusing on the formation and dynamics of urban forms and systems under the framework of spatially mobile households and firms. The spatial movement and settlement of households and firms are examined through the lens of economic theoryand principles about market equilibrium, price adjustment, and choice and decision-making. Location decisions by households and firms not onlyshape urban dynamics but also carry significant policy and planning implications. The course will also examine policy implications of urban spatial forms and structure.
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.
URSP603
Land Use Planning: Concepts and Techniques
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: URSP603, URBS680, or URBS603.
Formerly: URBS603.
Land use concepts and definitions: legal context for planning; markets and planning; planning for housing; community services, employment, utilities, and transportation; zoning; subdivision regulations; growth management; plan implementation.
URSP606
Planning Economics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
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.
URSP668B
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; The Sustainable City
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
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.
URSP688F
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Public Transportation Planning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
An overview of public transportation planning and concepts, factors, techniques, skills, and practices essential to understand in the US context, emphasizing transit service planning for fixed-route mass transit service. Technical details in transit service planning, the procedure taken in transit planning practice, and hands on experiences in working on data, tools, and analysis.
URSP688M
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
URSP688P
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Creative Placemaking and Placekeeping
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with URSP688P. Credit only granted for URSP688P or ARCH658I
URSP688Y
Recent Developments in Urban Studies; Smart Cities and Urban Data Science
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
URSP708
Community Planning Studio
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
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, Aud
Prerequisite: URSP804 and URSP810.
Restriction: By permission of the Urban and Regional Planning and Design (URPD) PhD Program.
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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