METHODS OF PLANNING ANALYSIS

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. Discuss equity, diversity, and social justice, focusing on planners’ use of planning analysis and engagement to close disparities between advantaged and disadvantaged groups and to promote racial, gender, economic and other dimensions of equity. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the social, economic, public health, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of urban and regional development. Audience: Graduate 3. Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative analysis in planning. Audience: Graduate 4. Connect planning analysis to best practices for community-engagement in the co-production of planning knowledge. Audience: Graduate 5. Carry out research and critical analysis, including the use of quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, analysis, and forecasting. Audience: Graduate 6. Connect planning ethics to public decision-making, research, and client representation (including the provisions of the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conducts, and APA’s Ethical Principles in Planning). Audience: Graduate 7. Relate complex ideas through written, oral, and graphic communication. Audience: Graduate 8. Reflect on working in teams and with professionals in allied fields, including self-assessment of professional leadership in the planning context. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss equity, diversity, and social justice, focusing on planners’ use of planning analysis and engagement to close disparities between advantaged and disadvantaged groups and to promote racial, gender, economic and other dimensions of equity. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the social, economic, public health, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of urban and regional development. Audience: Graduate 3. Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative analysis in planning. Audience: Graduate 4. Connect planning analysis to best practices for community-engagement in the co-production of planning knowledge. Audience: Graduate 5. Carry out research and critical analysis, including the use of quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, analysis, and forecasting. Audience: Graduate 6. Connect planning ethics to public decision-making, research, and client representation (including the provisions of the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conducts, and APA’s Ethical Principles in Planning). Audience: Graduate 7. Relate complex ideas through written, oral, and graphic communication. Audience: Graduate 8. Reflect on working in teams and with professionals in allied fields, including self-assessment of professional leadership in the planning context. Audience: Graduate