URBAN ECONOMICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze how urban environmental issues impact real estate markets and development Audience: Graduate 2. Apply an evidenced-based framework to analyze the different types and roles of cities Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills in individual and group projects as a means to present course concepts and market analyses Audience: Graduate 4. Understand the role of urban public policy, particularly land use controls, and evaluate its impact on real estate markets Audience: Graduate 5. Explain the fundamental determinants of location across and within cities, as well as rents and prices of land and real estate Audience: Graduate 6. Explain how real estate markets affect, and are affected by, national and regional economic events and processes. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze how urban environmental issues impact real estate markets and development Audience: Graduate 2. Apply an evidenced-based framework to analyze the different types and roles of cities Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills in individual and group projects as a means to present course concepts and market analyses Audience: Graduate 4. Understand the role of urban public policy, particularly land use controls, and evaluate its impact on real estate markets Audience: Graduate 5. Explain the fundamental determinants of location across and within cities, as well as rents and prices of land and real estate Audience: Graduate 6. Explain how real estate markets affect, and are affected by, national and regional economic events and processes. Audience: Graduate