LAND USE CONTROLS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the legal and institutional contexts within which planning occurs. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the operation and functioning of the legal system and its impact on planning. Audience: Graduate 3. Use legal research skills to perform specific tasks required in the practice of planning. Audience: Graduate 4. Find and analyze information from primary and secondary legal resources. Audience: Graduate 5. Write legal documents related to plan creation, implementation, and enforcement. Audience: Graduate 6. Recognize ethics of public decision-making including the AICP Code of Ethics and state rules related to the unauthorized practice of law. Audience: Graduate 7. Examine the role of officials, stakeholders, and community members in planning in a democratic society. Audience: Graduate 8. Recognize sustainability, environmental quality, social justice, economic, and cultural factors in planning Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the legal and institutional contexts within which planning occurs. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe the operation and functioning of the legal system and its impact on planning. Audience: Graduate 3. Use legal research skills to perform specific tasks required in the practice of planning. Audience: Graduate 4. Find and analyze information from primary and secondary legal resources. Audience: Graduate 5. Write legal documents related to plan creation, implementation, and enforcement. Audience: Graduate 6. Recognize ethics of public decision-making including the AICP Code of Ethics and state rules related to the unauthorized practice of law. Audience: Graduate 7. Examine the role of officials, stakeholders, and community members in planning in a democratic society. Audience: Graduate 8. Recognize sustainability, environmental quality, social justice, economic, and cultural factors in planning Audience: Graduate