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CY PLAN 204B
RESEARCH METHODS FOR PLANNERS
CALDEIRA
(2,4) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week for 10 weeks (2 units). Three hours of lecture/discussion per week for 15 weeks (4 units). Research methods for planning, including problem definition, observation, key informant interviewing, causal modeling, survey design and overall design of research, as well as memorandum writing and presentation skills. Students work in teams with clients on actual research problems and learn professional skills as well as practical ways of conducting usable research. With permission of the instructor, students who wish to complete only half of the assignments for their individual research may take the course for 2 units.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 204C
INTRODUCTION TO GIS AND CITY PLANNING
RADKE
(3) Three hours of lecture/laboratory per week. Introduction to the principles and practical uses of desktop mapping software. This course is intended for graduate students with exposure to using spreadsheets and database programs for urban and natural resource analysis, and who wish to expand their knowledge to include basic GIS concepts and applications. Prior GIS or desktop mapping experience not required.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 204D
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS IN PLANNING
CERVERO
(3) Four hours of lecture/discussion per week for 10 weeks. Prerequisites: 204A or equivalent. Theory and application of advanced multivariate methods in planning. Emphasis on causal modeling of cross-sectional data. Topics include: multiple regression analysis; residual analysis; weighted least squares; non-linear models; path analysis; log-linear models; logit and probit analysis; principal components; factor and cluster analysis. Completion of two computer assignments, using several microcomputer statistical packages, is required.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 206
PLANNING INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
CHRISTENSEN
(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Duties and role of the physical planning agency in municipal and metropolitan governments; major alternative definitions of city planning; relationship of long-range physical plan to urban development agencies; significance of city planning legislation in reorganization of local government.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 207
LAND AND HOUSING MARKET ECONOMICS
WADDELL
(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 113A or equivalent. Using microeconomics as its platform, course explores the process and pattern of land utilization from a variety of perspectives: the neighborhood, the city, and the metropolis. The approach blends real estate, descriptive urban geography, and urban history with economics.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 208
PLAN PREPARATION STUDIO
MACDONALD
(5) Three hours of seminar and five hours of studio per week. An introductory laboratory experience in urban plan preparation, including the use of graphic communication techniques appropriate to city planning and invoking individual effort and that of collaborative student groups in formulating planning policies and programs for an urban area. Occasional Friday meetings are required.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 209
METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING, MEETING MANAGEMENT, NEGOTIATION, AND CONSENSUS BUILDING
INNES
(3) Three hours of seminar per week. A methods course in basic techniques of meeting management, negotiation, mediation, consensus building, and collaborative planning for controversial issues. It deals with process design, strategies for change and leadership, and ways of building civil society. This learn by doing course involves role play simulations on topics such as environmental management, community and ethnic conflict, transportation, housing development and environmental justice, along with videos and brief lectures.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN C217
TRANSPORTATION POLICY & PLANNING
DEAKIN
(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 213, Civil Engineering 290U, or consent of instructor. Policy issues in urban transportation planning; measuring the performance of transportation systems; the transportation policy formulation process; transportation finance, pricing, and subsidy issues; energy and air quality in transportation; specialized transportation for elderly and disabled people; innovations in transportation policy. Also listed as Civil and Environmental Engineering C250N.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 218
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING STUDIO
DEAKIN/FRICK
(4) Four hours of studio laboratory per week. Prerequisites: 213 or 217 or consent of instructor. Studio on applying skills of urban transportation planning. Topics vary, focusing on specific urban sites and multi-modal issues, including those related to planning for mass transit and other alternatives to the private automobile. Recent emphasis given to planning and designing for transit villages and transit-based housing.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 225
WORKSHOP IN REGIONAL ANALYSIS
CHAPPLE
(3,4) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus five-week optional module. Prerequisites: 204A or 220. This course covers economic base analysis, shift share techniques, input-output analysis, regional accounting, impact analysis, cluster analysis, and qualitative sectoral studies. Includes an optional 1-unit applied module during the last five weeks of instruction.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 227
STUDIES IN REGIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
CENZATTI
(3) Three hours of seminar per week. Formerly C227. Intermediate to advanced course focusing on theory and empirical evidence for regional growth and development, using reading and discussion.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 235
METHODS OF PROJECT ANALYSIS
SMITH-HEIMER
(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 207 or equivalent. Using case studies, this course acquaints students with the techniques of project feasibility; analysis of project proposals and overall project compatibility assessment. Case studies will be based on a variety of public and private sector developments, in central city and suburb locations.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN C240
THEORIES OF URBAN FORMS AND DESIGN
SOUTHWORTH
(3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Formerly 240. Theories and patterns of urban form throughout history are studied with emphasis on the role of planning and design in shaping cities and the relationship between urban form and social, economic, and geographic factors. Using a case study approach, cities are evaluated in terms of various theories and performance dimensions. Also listed as Landscape Architecture C250.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 248
ADVANCED STUDIO: URBAN DESIGN/ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
BOSSELMANN
(5) Three hours of seminar and five hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 208 or 240. Advanced problems in urban design and land use, and in environmental planning. Occasional Friday meetings are required.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 250
INTRODUCTION TO LAND USE PLANNING
DEAKIN
(3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. This course will introduce students to the organization and conduct of local land use planning as practiced in California. The course will cover the following topics: California statutes, the General Plan, CEQA, specific plans and how to do them, and managing a planning department.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 252
LAND USE CONTROLS
ETZEL
(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. An advanced course in implementation of land use and environmental controls. The theory, practice and impacts of zoning, growth management, land banking, development systems, and other techniques of land use control. Objective is to acquaint student with a range of regulatory techniques and the legal, administrative-political equity aspects of their implementation.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 255
URBAN PLANNING APPLICATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
WADDELL
(3) Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. prerequisites: Consent of instructor. This course introduces students to the relatively new and rapidly expanding field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The course focuses on GIS and its application to both city and regional problems in the San Francisco Bay Area and offers students a toolkit for integrating spatial information into planning solutions. The laboratory sessions will mainly employ a vector model to solving problems. Topics include problem identification, data discovery, database design, construction, modeling, and analytical measurement.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 268
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STUDIO/WORKSHOP
HUTSON
(4) Two hours of lecture and four hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 208 or 235. Formerly 258. Studio experience in analysis, policy advising, and implementation in an urban setting. Students will engage in group work for real clients (e.g., community-based organizations or local government agencies), culminating in a final report or proposal.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 271
DEVELOPMENT THEORIES & PRACTICES
ROY
(3) Three hours of seminar per week. This course covers the theory and praxis of international development. It studies the project of development, from its Cold War launching to its metamorphosis into the current era of economic globalization and liberalization. And it examines the theoretical models and discursive debates that have accompanied each phase, including the recent critiques put forth by feminism and postcolonialism. The course also locates development in the industrialized world, "here" rather than "elsewhere," thereby unsettling the normalized hierarchy of First and Third Worlds.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 280C
DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM
CHRISTENSEN
(2) Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Presentation and discussion of research by Ph.D. students and faculty.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 281
THEORIES OF PLANNING PRACTICE
INNES
(3) Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Suitable for graduate students in professional programs doing research on planning and policy practice issues. Focuses on theory and practice of planning, with emphasis on the role of different types of knowledge in different kinds of practice. Compares positivist, interpretive, and critical theory views of knowledge and links these to policy analysis, interactive planning, group processes, and emerging models of critical planning practice.
Extended Course Description
To come.
CY PLAN 290
TOPICS IN CITY AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING
(1-3) Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of lecture and discussion per week per module. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Analysis of selected topics in city and metropolitan planning with emphasis on implications for planning practice and urban policy formation. In some semesters, optional five-week, 1-unit modules may be offered, taking advantage of guest visitors. Check department for modules at start of semester.
CY PLAN 290A
DEAR
Los Angeles and Urban Theory
Description to come.
CY PLAN 290B
ALSAYYAD
Traditions: The Real, the Hyper, and the Virtual in the Built Environment
Description to come.
CY PLAN 290C
CALDEIRA
Global Metropolitan Studies 200: Global Metropolitan Studies Introduction to Theories, Histories, and Methods
Description to come.
CY PLAN 290D
CENZATTI
Spaces and Local Development
Description to come.
CY PLAN 290E
CORBURN/ETO
Health Impact Assessment
Description to come.
CY PLAN 298
GROUP STUDIES
(1-3) Course may be repeated for credit. One to three hours of independent study per week. Sections A-L to be graded on a letter-graded basis. Sections M-Z to be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Section C to be graded on an In-Progress basis only. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Topics to be announced at beginning of each semester. No more than 3 units may be taken in one section.
CY PLAN 298 SEC 1
CERVERO
Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation
Description to come.
CY PLAN 298 SEC 2
MACDONALD
Freehand Drawing
Description to come.
CY PLAN 298 SEC 3
TEITZ
Berkeley Planning Journal
Description to come.
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