VISUAL COMMUNICATION FOR PLANNERS
Visual communication in planning addresses the communication of plans - specifically in the form of site plans, master plans, comprehensive plans, illustrative design codes, cartography, analyses maps, among other. Provides a planning and design graphics foundation to help realize the procedures in communication and information management within today's interdisciplinary planning process. Develop skills in graphic communication from techniques currently used in the planning, architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and urban design fields and review several digital graphic representation programs as a means of developing a planning graphics toolkit.
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. Create visual communication strategies that lead to more focused planning conversations with stakeholders Audience: Graduate 2. Organize digital planning tools within multi-team member workflows to efficiently produce exhibits, presentations, and report documents Audience: Graduate 3. Transform 2D planning data into 3D models to better convey written policies and their impacts on the physical environment Audience: Graduate 4. Integrate emerging technology, such as virtual reality, into public engagement, analysis and planning studies Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Create visual communication strategies that lead to more focused planning conversations with stakeholders Audience: Graduate 2. Organize digital planning tools within multi-team member workflows to efficiently produce exhibits, presentations, and report documents Audience: Graduate 3. Transform 2D planning data into 3D models to better convey written policies and their impacts on the physical environment Audience: Graduate 4. Integrate emerging technology, such as virtual reality, into public engagement, analysis and planning studies Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027