Graduate Course DescriptionsUpper-level undergraduates are also welcome to take graduate courses from our department with permission from the instructor. URBP 200. Seminar on Urban and Regional PlanningContemporary issues of urban and regional development in the context of theories of urban planning and the historical development of urban areas. Emphasis on the evolution of significant planning approaches and their impact on the current and future practice of urban and regional planning.
URBP 201. Planning Problems I: Community AssessmentThrough fieldwork and laboratory assignments, the student applies theories and techniques of analysis to identify the assets, problems, and opportunities of an urban community.
URBP 203. Planning Problems II: Collaborative Neighborhood Planning
Through fieldwork and laboratory assignments, the student applies community-based participatory planning methods to develop recommendations for improving neighborhood quality of life through planning and design.
URBP 204A. Quantitative Methods I: Data Collection and AnalysisUrban research design, measurement, state and local data sources, social indicators, selected research tools and introduction to computer processing. Extensive treatment of survey research.
URBP 204B. Quantitative Methods II: ModelingThe modeling of basic social, economic, and physical data required for urban and regional planning. Topics include economic base analysis, input-output analysis, housing market analysis, population analysis, fiscal impact analysis, and transportation-land use models.
URBP 211. Planner Problems III: Regional PlanningThrough fieldwork and laboratory assignments, the student applies and theories and techniques of analysis to urban and regional planning problems.
URBP 213. Communication Skills for PlannersAdvanced techniques for communicating clearly, persuasively, and professionally in a city and regional planning context. Covers writing and public speaking. Prerequisite: Instructor consent.
*URBP 214. Public ManagementA study of current theory, techniques and practices for effectively managing public service organizations. Emphasis on planning, implementation and evaluation processes.
URBP 220. Economic Analysis for Urban PlanningApplication of economic theory to urban planning including utility theory, area supply and demand functions and spatial monopoly, rent theory with emphasis on urban land as a factor of production; agglomeration and deglomeration effects and economics of scale, community welfare and cost-benefit analysis, economic base analysis.
URBP 223A. Housing IPolicy aspects of housing focusing on affordability, standards and the evolution of governmental modes of intervention.
*URBP 223B. Housing II U.S. housing policy and the effects of recent challenges to the New Deal and federal initiatives prior to 1980, new market-based approaches, and the role of state and local government in increasing housing supply.
*URBP 224. Social-Psychological Aspects of Urban PlanningHistorical development of social organization in urban areas; theories of sociology and social-psychology related to urban planning, methods of solving urban social-psychological problems through planning and their successes and failures. Analysis of social change and reactions to urban environments.
URBP 225. Land Use and Urban Planning Growth potential and land use alternatives for urban regions; theories and models concerned with urban spatial structure; theories and models concerned with urban spatial structure; location behavior of commercial, industrial, residential, and governmental users of space; demand for and allocation of space within urban areas.
URBP 226. Transportation and Urban Planning Movement of goods and people in relation to land use; general transportation theory; technical, economic, social, and administrative aspects of urban transportation, and policy implications of difference modes; methods of transport and land use analysis and planning.
*URBP 227. Resource Development Planning The law of resource use and development, its administration and underlying policies; ecological impact of economic growth, population change, and physical development in relation to comprehensive planning for urban and regional areas.
*URBP 228. Urban Community Development The role, objectives, and policies of the urban community development process; the social, economic, political, and physical implications underlying community development programs; and relationships of these programs to comprehensive urban planning.
URBP 229. Planning and Environmental Law The role of public law in meeting problems of urban growth and environmental change; legal aspects of preparing and administering planning controls and incentives; the law of real property with respect to the planning process.
URBP 231. Urban Design in Planning Urban design as part of the planning process; contemporary and historic urban design thought and ways of improving design quality in the urban environment.
*URBP 232. Urban Design Studio Discussion and analysis of urban design policies to direct urban form development. Review of historical evolution of urban form. Zoning regulation of building height, bulk and density and building-street interdependence. Field studies of local application of urban form controls.
URBP 233. Social Planning A multi-disciplinary study of contemporary social issues relative to urban and regional planning. Community topologies, demography socio-economics, resident planning and conflict reviewed; community socio-psychology and alternatives to traditional urban and regional planning discussed. Meets field study requirement for planning interns. URBP 234. Field Study Seminar Discussion and analysis of experience in the planning field under internship programs.
URBP 236. Urban and Regional Development Policy Analysis Analytical historical, and cross-cultural approaches to explain and evaluate the public policy making process with particular reference to urban and regional planning and development.
URBP 240. Environmental Planning The issues which characterize the urban environment. Focus on land use and open space planning, planning and use of urban resources, interactions of urban residents and the physical environment, and the role of government in formulating appropriate policies and strategies.
URBP 248. Advanced Computers in Urban Design Further examination of advanced computer-aided design (CAD) systems and their application to the urban design and planning process.
URBP 250. Urban Planning Public Finance An investigation of both the theory and practice of state and local revenue and expenditure policies with emphasis on applications relevant to urban and regional planning. Topics include: public goals and externalities; the function of the budget; sources of revenue and their incidence; expenditure categories and their incidence; the planning programming-budgetary system (PPBS); and methods of project evaluation.
URBP 255. Urban Growth Management The rationale, techniques, and economic, political, and organizational implications of urban growth management. Focus on the use of urban growth management in communities within the Bay Area.
URBP 256. Transportation Planning Topics In-depth examination of selected topics introduced in URBP 226. Not to substitute for transportation engineering.
URBP 260. Environmental Planning Topics Selected environmental planning topics introduced in URBP 240 examined in depth.
URBP 275. Urban Planning Topics In-depth examination of selected topics introduced in the core seminars for the Master of Urban Planning degree.
URBP 275A. Urban Planning Practice The practice of planning examined from experiences of professionals in both the public and private sectors.
*URBP 275D. Seminar in Real Estate and Urban Planning The relationship between the public and private sectors in the field of urban development with emphasis on growth and regulation, finance, urban redevelopment, and market behavior. 3 units
URBP 275E. Comparative Metropolitan Area Planning in North America A comparative examination of regional planning activities and policies in the major metropolitan areas in Canada and the United States.
*URBP 275F. Private Development and Urban Planning Study of the entire process of private development from preliminary produce analysis through planning, construction, and marketing.
URBP 276. Computers in Planning Topics Examination of selected computers in planning topics including spreadsheet and database models, geographic information systems, and desktop publishing.
URBP 278. Geographic Information Systems Planning Applications Examination of geographic information systems (GIS) applications to urban and regional planning topics.
URBP 279. Advanced GIS Planning Applications Further examination of advanced geographic information systems applications to Urban Planning.
URBP 280. Planning Research Topics In-depth examination of selected planning research topics introduced in core seminars for the Master of Urban Planning degree, such as the social and environmental impacts of planning policies.
URBP 298. Special Study Advance individual research and reports. For the Plan B option, a professional planning report about a complex planning problem through independent research is required.
URBP 299. Master’s Thesis or Project The original investigation of a planning problem through independent research or the presentation of an original planning project. The student chooses the problem with the final approval of the Chair.
* Course only offered occassionally. Page last updated: August 25, 2008
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