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CY PLAN 110
INTRODUCTION TO CITY PLANNING
CHAPPLE

(4) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus additional fieldwork. Prerequisites: Open to majors in all fields. Survey of city planning as it has evolved in the United States since 1800 in response to physical, social, and economic problems; major concepts and procedures used by city planners and local governments to improve the urban environment.

Extended Course Description

To come.

CY PLAN 111
INTRODUCTION TO HOUSING: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY
STAFF

(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 110 or Economics 1 or consent of instructor; open to majors in all fields. Housing problems, government housing policy, and housing as a field of urban planning practice. Emphasis on critical International Issues in the Third World and the United States.

Extended Course Description

To come.

CY PLAN 113B
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BLAUSTEIN

(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Introduction to political, economic and social issues involved in theory and practice of community economic development. Focus on national economic and social policies, role of local community economic development corporations (CDCs), resolution of conflicts between private-sector profitability and public sector (community) accountability through critical use of the planning process.

Extended Course Description

To come.

CY PLAN 114
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN & REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
CHATMAN

(3) Three hours of lecture per week. This course is designed to introduce students to the characteristics of urban transportation systems, the methods through which they are planned and analyzed, and the dimensions of key policy issues confronting decision makers.

Extended Course Description

To come.

CY PLAN 116
URBAN PLANNING PROCESS--THE UNDERGRADUATE PLANNING STUDIO
JACOBS

(4) Four hours of lecture/discussion per week plus fieldwork. Prerequisites: Upper division standing; 110 or consent of instructor. An intermediate course in the planning process with practicum in using planning techniques. Classes typically work on developing an area or other community plan. Some lectures, extensive field and group work, oral and written presentations of findings.

Extended Course Description

To come.

CY PLAN 118AC
THE URBAN COMMUNITY
HUTSON

(4) Three hours of lecture/seminar and one hour discussion per week. This course looks at the idea and practice of community in cities and suburbs and at the dynamics of neighborhood and community formation. Topics include urban social geography, ethnicity, and identity, residential choice behavior, the political economy of neighborhoods, planning for neighborhoods and civic engagement. Instructors emphasize different topics. Class size limits depend on the instructor. This course satisfies the American cultures requirement.

Extended Course Description

To come.