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PLAN 5581 - Short Courses in Planning I
A series of one-credit short courses, whose topics vary from semester to semester.
Credits: 1
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PLAN 5600 - Land Use and Growth Management
Introduces the theory and practice of land use planning and growth management as they have evolved historically and as expressed in contemporary practice. Addresses the need and rationale for land use planning as well as its tools.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5601 - Regional Planning
An examination of opportunities & obstacles of regional planning in the U.S. Key topics include the historical foundations of regionalism, political & economic relationships between suburban & urban jurisdictions, & local vs. metropolitan perspectives with regard to growth management, transportation, environmental planning & economic development, among others.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5603 - Biophilic Urbanism
This course begins with the premise that nature is essential to healthy, happy and meaningful lives and explores how cities can be designed and planned with nature at the center. The emerging science, key research underpinnings, and principles of biophilic planning will be examined. The class will review best practices of leading biophilic cities around the world and their efforts to restore, integrate and celebrate nature.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5605 - Degrowth
What exactly does growth-dependence mean? Is the planning profession dependent on growth as well? If so, how, when and why did this contingent state of affairs come into being and what, if anything, should be done about it? In this follow-up to PLAN 5601 Regional Planning we cast a critical eye toward the topics of growth and sustainability, by way of an in-depth case study examination of an expanding European social movement known as Degrowth.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5620 - Sustainability and Adaptive Infrastructure
Infrastructure mediates between the needs of our urban communities and the systems, natural and constructed, which support them. This course is focused on the infrastructure of cities and urbanizing regions and includes topics such as transportation, drinking water, waste water, energy, schools, parks, recycling, and public safety. The course will examine current challenges and a range of means for responding to and funding needed changes.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5630 - Design of Cities
Cities are physical artifacts that are experienced psychologically and socially. This course investigates the theories surrounding these processes to reach an understanding of humanistic urban design intentions. Experiential realities are explored through case studies, readings, and mapping exercises.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5640 - Adv. Town Design
This course will investigate the generic principles and strategies that shape the form and character of towns and discuss influential towns that over the past several generations have, at least to their advocates, represented ‘good’ planning and design. While recognizing the importance of social and economic factors, the course will emphasize the physical, visual, and experiential qualities of towns.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5650 - Brownfields Redevelopment
This course analyzes the challenges and opportunities posed by the development of environmentally impaired properties. It explores the legal, political, and philosophical underpinnings of environmental regulation. The course includes fundamentals of real estate finance, including risk dynamics and debt capital, and assesses community involvement in redevelopment solutions.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5670 - Place Making
Seminar that explores the interconnections between infrastructure ‘ecological systems, transportation, and water supply’ and the form and vitality domestic urban landscape. Readings, discussions and research papers examine contemporary case studies, from the Charlottesville Urban Habitats Design Competition to ideas for rebuilding New Orleans.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5740 - Transportation Planning and Policy
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5770 - Plan Implementation
Emphasizes the use of zoning, subdivision, and other regulations to implement comprehensive plans. Attention is given to capital facilities programming and building codes.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5810 - Sustainable Communities
Examines sustainable communities and the environmental, social, economic, political, and design standards that underlie them. Focuses on reviewing case studies of cities, towns, and development projects that reflect principles of sustainability.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5830 - Environmental Policy and Planning
Examines contemporary environmental policy and practice, including exploration of the normative-philosophical debate surrounding environmental issues. Emphasizes understanding the political and institutional framework for establishing policy and programs; exploring the action approaches to environmental planning including moral suasion, regulation, public investment, and public incentives; and case studies of environmental planning at the federal, state, and local levels.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5840 - Environmental Ethics and Sustainability
Detailed exploration of the normative debate surrounding environmental issues. Focus on the foundations of environmental economics, questions about the value of endangered species, concerns of future generations, appropriateness of a sustainable society, notions of stewardship, and obligations toward equity.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5870 - Environment and Economy
Rather than being opposite, environment and economy are both dimensions that must be addressed to achieve sustainable outcomes. This course explores these issues and students develop proposed solutions.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5890 - Sustainable International Development
This course will explore development related root causes of environmental degradation in an international context. The course examines theoretical frameworks explaining the linkage between underdevelopment and environmental issues in a developing country context. Specifically, the course will explore the importance of overconsumption, technology, poverty, and inequality as complex set of factors contributing to the environmental crisis.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5891 - International Cities
This course takes a case study approach to examine the sustainable development issues of 10 cities around the world with attention mainly to urban landscape and urban ecology. One outstanding topic will be studied in depth for each city, such as ecology of large urban park for New York city and urban development in mountainous regions for Chongqing, China. The goal of this course is to give students a global view on these issues.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 5993 - Applied Independent Study
Individual study directed by a faculty member. Prerequisite: Planning faculty approval of topic.
Credits: 1 to 4
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PLAN 6010 - Planning Process and Practice
A practicum/problem course focusing on the use of maps and quantitative information in the planning process. Develops familiarity with types and sources of data and assesses the relevance of data for various types of problem situations. Provides experience in producing quality professional analysis. Also develops team skills and graphic presentation abilities. A core course.
Credits: 4
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PLAN 6040 - Legal Aspects of Planning
Addresses the law as it relates to planning practice. Includes substantial work in traditional areas of land-use law, but also deals with the law as an instrument for change. Emphasizes developing legal research skills and performing legal analysis. A core course.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 6050 - Methods of Planning Analysis
Applies quantitative skills to the planning process: analyzes decision situations and develops precise languages for structuring or communicating their quantitative dimensions. Includes lectures, case studies, and reviews of statistical methods, survey research methods, census data analysis, program and plan evaluation, and computer modeling. A core course.
Credits: 4
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PLAN 6070 - Urban Theory and Public Policy
Concentrates on normative and empirical urban theory central to understanding the design and effects of public policies. The theories and applications considered span a number of academic disciplines. Stresses application of theoretical perspectives to federal, state, and local policy choices. A core course.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 6090 - Planning Theory and Practice
Provides a history of the intellectual and professional roots of contemporary planning theory and practice. Analyzes these roots with an eye to stimulating new perspectives and concepts for a sustainable community orientation. A core course.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 6500 - Special Topics in Planning
Topical offerings in planning.
Credits: 1 to 6
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PLAN 6860 - Cities + Nature
This class begins with the premise that contact with nature is essential to modern life.The class will examine the evidence for why nature in important,and the many creative ways in which cities can plan for,and design-in nature, and foster meaningful and everyday connections with the natural world.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 7400 - Housing & Community Development
Provides an introduction to the housing and community development area of planning practice. Topics include the housing and development industries, neighborhood change processes, social aspects of housing and development, and housing and development programs and policy issues.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 7401 - Models for Higher Density Housing
This seminar will focus on density and contemporary housing issues, specifically related to affordable housing. As cities have spread out or decayed at the core, the variety of housing options has decreased leading to a growing divide between where and how people can afford to live. Assignments range from readings and leading discussion to case study presentations of recent global and local housing designs.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 7710 - Transportation and Environment
This course examines the impacts of transportation systems on the environment, including local and regional emissions and global climate change. Both technological solutions and comprehensive transportation and land use approaches to mitigating impacts are explored. The course addresses additional topics including multimodal transportation, environmental justice, resiliency, incentives and pricing sustainable transportation
Credits: 3
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PLAN 7993 - Independent Study
Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor.
Credits: 1 to 4
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PLAN 8030 - Neighborhoods, Community and Regions
Explores theories and concepts of economic, social, and cultural forces that influence urban and regional spatial structure.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 8800 - Teaching Experience
Involves serving as a teaching assistant for a course, with teaching assignments coordinated by the chair. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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PLAN 8994 - Thesis
Preparation and completion of a thesis.
Credits: 3-6
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PLAN 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Masters
For Thesis Preparation, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
Credits: 1 to 12
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PLAN 8999 - Master’s Thesis
A thesis is optional for the Master of Urban and Environmental Planning degree. Students should begin early to explore topics and to identify potential committee members. A guideline document is available.
Credits: 3 to 6
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Urdu |
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URDU 5010 - Advanced Urdu I
This course is designed to expand and to consolidate the structures the student has learned through URDU 2020 by reading original Urdu texts, ranging from literary prose fiction to news media excerpts to poetry (both classical and modern). We will discuss these texts in Urdu in class, and the students will be responsible for a series of short essays throughout the semester in Urdu pertaining both to the texts and to other topics. Prerequisites: URDU 2020 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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URDU 5020 - Advanced Urdu II
This course is designed to expand and to consolidate the structures the student has learned through URDU 2020 by reading original Urdu texts, ranging from literary prose fiction to news media excerpts to poetry (both classical and modern). We will discuss these texts in Urdu in class, and the students will be responsible for a series of short essays throughout the semester in Urdu pertaining both to the texts and to other topics. Prerequisites: URDU 2020 or instructor permission
Credits: 3
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URDU 7300 - Readings in Urdu Poetry: An Ongoing Mahfil
This course will introduce advanced Urdu and Hindi students to some of the finest poetry in Urdu. Those who cannot read the Urdu script will have the option of reading the texts in Devanagari (the Hindi script). Some of the poets we will read are Mir, Ghalib, Dagh and Faiz. Course work will include brief analytical papers, as well as in-class presentations.
Prerequisites: URDU 3010 or 3020; or HIND 3010 or 3020; or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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URDU 8993 - Independent Study in Urdu
Independent study in Urdu language and/or literature.
Prerequisite: URDU 5010 or 5020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Credits: 1 to 3
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Women, Gender and Sexuality |
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WGS 5140 - Advanced Border Crossings: Women, Islam, & Lit. in Middle East & N. Africa
A focus on a bloodless, non-violent revolution that is shaking the foundation of the Islamic Middle East and North Africa, a revolution with women writers at the forefront. An examination of the rhetoric and poetics of sex segregation, voice, visibility, and mobility in a spectrum of genres that includes folklore, novel, short story, poetry, biography, autobiography, and essay. This course section is for graduate students only. Prerequisites: Instructor Consent Required
Credits: 3
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WGS 5500 - Gender, Sexuality, and Education Course Topic(s)
Education topic courses offered on a semster-to-semester basis. Please see the WGS website for specific approved sections.
Credits: 3
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