Program Overview

Planning (PLAN)

Course Fees

Some courses may carry fees beyond the standard tuition costs to cover additional support or materials. Program-, subject- and course-specific fee information can be found on the Office of the Bursar website.

Courses

• PLAN 501. Urban Environmental Quality
  • Units: 3
  • Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
  • Description: A study of environmental aspects of urban areas and analysis of inter- and intra-city variations in environmental quality.
  • Note: Cross-listed with GEOG 561
• PLAN 600. Planning History and Issues
  • Units: 3
  • Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
  • Description: The history of planning and contemporary issues with a special emphasis on the role of planners, zoning and law.
  • Note: Cross-listed with GEOG 628
• PLAN 602. Research Methods for Public Affairs
  • Units: 3
  • Description: Introduction to the scope and methods of applied research for the public and nonprofit sectors. Focuses on problem structuring through logical methods, exploring problems through observation and other methods of data collection, analyzing and summarizing findings using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
• PLAN 608. Geographic Information Systems
  • Units: 3
  • Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
  • Description: Application of GIS to real world projects. An emphasis will be placed on the development of a digital spatial database.
• PLAN 615. Spatial Statistics
  • Units: 3
  • Prerequisite(s): PLAN 602 or consent of instructor
  • Description: The analysis of spatial patterns and processes through the use of spatially-based statistics.
  • Note: Cross-listed with GEOG 656
• PLAN 628. Economic Conditions and Forecasting
  • Units: 3
  • Prerequisite(s): ECON 600 or ECON 605/UPA 603/PLAN 603/PADM 640
  • Description: Develops quantitative tools for the analysis and forecasting of economic phenomena. Both structural & time models are presented. Basic Econometric methods are used to fit models and evaluate their forecasting properties.
  • Note: Cross-listed with ECON 620 and UPA 624
• PLAN 633. Real Estate Development
  • Units: 3
  • Description: An introduction to real estate development as an entrepreneurial opportunity and to the study of the interrelationship dynamics of marketing, finance, property management, site acquisition and disposition.
  • Note: Cross-listed with FIN 633
• PLAN 634. Real Estate Finance and Investment
  • Units: 3
  • Description: Introduction to financial and investment analysis with applications to real estate.
  • Note: Cross-listed with FIN 634

Disclaimer

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