Urban Planning and Community Development, MS

Requirements

• History and Theory of the City and Urban Planning

• UPCD 600 History and Theory of Urban Planning
• UPCD 611 The City in History
• ECON 610 Political Economy

• Research Methods and Techniques

• UPCD 620 Analytic Methods for Urban Planning and Community Development
• PUBADM 621 Analytic Skills II: Research Methods
• ENVSCI 623L Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• UPCD 630 Urban Information and Institutional Systems

• Urband Ecosystems and Professional Practice

• UPCD 631 Land Use Controls
• UPCD 632 Law, Ethics, and Practice in Planning

Planning Studio

A six-credit planning studio is also required.

• UPCD 750 Planning Studio

Concentration and Elective Course Choices

Students must choose a total of five electives.

• Environmental Planning Concentration

• UPCD 667 Environmental Planning and Impact Assessment
• UPCD 701 Urban and Regional Environmental Planning
• ENVSCI 718L Environmental Law and Policy: Federal Agencies, Courts, and Congress

• Community Development Concentration

• UPCD 720 Community Development for Urban Planners
• UPCD 721 Social/Class/Multicultural Goals in Community Development
• UPCD 622 Citizen Participation and the Right to the City

• Rebuilding Sustainable Communities Planning in Times of Crisis Concentration

• CRSCAD 601L Social Vulnerability to Disasters
• CRSCAD 602L Climate Change, Food & Water Resources
• CRSCAD 603L Reconstruction After the Cameras Have Gone

• Environmental Planning Concentration

• MBAMGT 671L Introduction to Environmental Management
• ENVSCI 670L Environmental and Energy Economics
• ENVSCI 674L Climate and Energy: Law, Policy and Management

• Community Development Concentration

• MBAMGT 687L Nonprofit Management
• UPCD 724 Urban Economics and Housing Policies
• UPCD 725 Contemporary Community Development

• Rebuilding Sustainable Communities Planning in Times of Crisis Concentration

• CRSCAD 621L Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction
• CRSCAD 624L Survival Skills for the 21st Cent: Develop Personal, Organizational, & Community Resilience Skills.
• CRSCAD 643L The Political Economy of International Migration