INTRODUCTION TO PLANNING
Evolution of contemporary urban and regional planning thought. Major conceptual dilemmas in theory and practice. Emerging trends in planning, e.g., forecasting and futurism.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Urban and Regional Planning MS or PhD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2021 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the purpose and meaning of planning: why planning is undertaken by communities and what impact it is expected to have. Audience: Graduate 2. Interpret relationships between past, present, and future in planning and appraise the potential to influence the future. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply and critique the core values of planning (e.g., equity and social justice, public interest, sustainability, healthy and prosperous communities, diversity, democratic engagement, transparency). Audience: Graduate 4. Describe general terminology, practices, and principles of related professions (e.g., public health, architecture, law, engineering, real estate, environmental restoration). Audience: Graduate 5. Apply and critique tools of plan making and implementation: integrative tools useful for sound plan formulation, adoption, implementation, and enforcement. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply and critique planning process methods and tools for stakeholder involvement, community engagement, and working with diverse communities. Audience: Graduate 7. Explain and formulate for oneself professional planning ethics and responsibility. Audience: Graduate 8. Describe and appraise external and internal organizational management. Audience: Graduate 9. Compare the roles of officials, stakeholders, and community members in planned change governance and participation. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the purpose and meaning of planning: why planning is undertaken by communities and what impact it is expected to have. Audience: Graduate 2. Interpret relationships between past, present, and future in planning and appraise the potential to influence the future. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply and critique the core values of planning (e.g., equity and social justice, public interest, sustainability, healthy and prosperous communities, diversity, democratic engagement, transparency). Audience: Graduate 4. Describe general terminology, practices, and principles of related professions (e.g., public health, architecture, law, engineering, real estate, environmental restoration). Audience: Graduate 5. Apply and critique tools of plan making and implementation: integrative tools useful for sound plan formulation, adoption, implementation, and enforcement. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply and critique planning process methods and tools for stakeholder involvement, community engagement, and working with diverse communities. Audience: Graduate 7. Explain and formulate for oneself professional planning ethics and responsibility. Audience: Graduate 8. Describe and appraise external and internal organizational management. Audience: Graduate 9. Compare the roles of officials, stakeholders, and community members in planned change governance and participation. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027