Lower Division Courses

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97.  Field Studies in City and Regional Planning. (1-3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of field work per week per unit. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Supervised experiences in the study of off-campus organizations relevant to specific aspects of city planning. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and written report required.

98.  Special Group Study. (1-3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. One to three hours of directed group study per week. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.

Upper Division Courses

110.  Introduction to City Planning. (4)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus additional fieldwork. Prerequisites: Open to majors in all fields. Survey of city planning as it has evolved in the United States since 1800 in response to physical, social, and economic problems; major concepts and procedures used by city planners and local governments to improve the urban environment. (F,SP) Christensen

111.  Introduction to Housing: An International Survey. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 110 or Economics 1 or consent of instructor; open to majors in all fields. Housing problems, government housing policy, and housing as a field of urban planning practice. Emphasis on critical International Issues in the Third World and the United States. (SP) AlSayyad

113A.  Economic Analysis for Planning. (3)   Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Introduction to economic concepts and thinking as used in planning. Micro-economic theory is reviewed and critiqued. (F) Staff

113B.  Community and Economic Development. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Introduction to political, economic and social issues involved in theory and practice of community economic development. Focus on national economic and social policies, role of local community economic development corporations (CDCs), resolution of conflicts between private-sector profitability and public sector (community) accountability through critical use of the planning process. (F,SP)

114.  Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. This course is designed to introduce students to the characteristics of urban transportation systems, the methods through which they are planned and analyzed, and the dimensions of key policy issues confronting decision makers. (SP) Staff

115.  Urbanization in Developing Countries. (4)   Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. The course covers issues of development and urbanization from the era of colonialism to the era of contemporary globalization. Themes include modernization, urban informality and poverty, transnational economies, and the role of international institutions and agencies. (F) Roy

116.  Urban Planning Process--The Undergraduate Planning Studio. (4)   Four hours of lecture/discussion per week plus fieldwork. Prerequisites: Upper division standing; 110 or consent of instructor. An intermediate course in the planning process with practicum in using planning techniques. Classes typically work on developing an area or other community plan. Some lectures, extensive field and group work, oral and written presentations of findings. (SP) Staff

118AC.  The Urban Community. (4)   Three hours of lecture/seminar and one hour discussion per week. This course looks at the idea and practice of community in cities and suburbs and at the dynamics of neighborhood and community formation. Topics include urban social geography, ethnicity, and identity, residential choice behavior, the political economy of neighborhoods, planning for neighborhoods and civic engagement. Instructors emphasize different topics. Class size limits depend on the instructor. This course satisfies the American cultures requirement. (SP) Hutson

119.  Planning for Sustainability. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Open to majors in all fields. This course examines how the concept of sustainable development applies to cities and urban regions and gives students insight into a variety of contemporary urban planning issues through the sustainability lens. The course combines lectures, discussions, student projects, and guest appearances by leading practitioners in Bay Area sustainability efforts. Ways to coordinate goals of environment, economy, and equity at different scales of planning are addressed, including the region, the city, the neighborhood, and the site.

120.  Community Planning and Public Policy for Disability. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. This course reviews what society and local communities can do in terms of policies, programs, and local planning to address the needs of citizens with disabilities. Attention will be given to the economics of disability, to the politics of producing change, and to transportation, housing, public facilities, independent living, employment, and income policies. Options will be assessed from the varying perspectives of those with disabilities and the broader society. Dear

C139.  Urban and Sub-national Politics in Developing Countries. (4)   Three hours of lecture and one to two hours of discussion per week. Over half of the world's population is now urban. As urban populations swell, metropolitan areas in both the developed and the developing world struggle to provide basic services and address the negative externalities associated with rapid growth. Sanitation, transportation, pollution, energy services, and public safety typically fall to sub-national governments. Yet local sub-national institutions face difficulties as they tackle these challenges because development tends to spill over political boundaries and resources are limited. Such difficulties are particularly acute in the developing world due to tighter resource constraints, weak institutions, and the comparative severity of the underlying problems. Moreover, democratization and decentralization suggest that urban governance and service delivery may have become more democratic, but present challenges with respect to priority setting, coordination, and corruption. Also listed as Political Science C139. (F,SP)

140.  Urban Design: City-Building and Place-Making. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. The course is concerned with the multidisciplinary field and practice of urban design. It includes a review of historical approaches to urban design and current movements in the field, as well as discussion of the elements of urban form, theories of good city form, scales of urban design, implementation approaches, and challenges and opportunities for the discipline. Learning from cities via fieldwork is an integral part of the course. (F) Macdonald

190.  Advanced Topics in Urban Studies. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. One hour of lecture/discussion per week per unit. Sections A-L to be graded on a letter-graded basis. Sections M-Z to be graded on a pass/no pass basis. Prerequisites: Upper division standing. Analysis of selected topics in urban studies. Topics vary by semester. (F,SP) Staff

197.  Field Studies. (1-3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. Three hours of field work per week per unit. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Supervised experiences in the study of off-campus organizations relevant to specific aspects of city planning. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and a written report are required.

198.  Special Group Study. (1-3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. One to three hours of directed group study per week. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.

199.  Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates. (1-4)   Course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. Flexible, at the discretion of the instructor. Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Regular meetings with faculty overseer. (F,SP)

Graduate Courses

200.  History of City Planning. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. The history of city planning and the city planning profession in the context of urban history. Principal focus on the evolution of North American planning practice and theory since the late 19th century; some comparative and earlier material. (F) Roy

203.  Metropolitan Governance and Planning. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. This course provides an introduction to the metropolis with a focus on its institutions, governance, and planning. It provides a metropolitan perspective on issues that cut across the concentrations, including housing, transportation, and equity, and it emphasizes strategies for governance of metropolitan regions in the U.S. and Europe. (F)

204.  Analytic and Research Methods for Planners.   Course may be repeated for credit as modules vary. A series of course modules on research design strategies and analytic methods for planners. Each module will run for all or for a segment of a semester and will cover a cluster of methods. Students may take sequentially two or three modules in one semester.

204A.  Methods of Planning Data Analysis. (2,4)   Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of laboratory per week. Introduction to the use of quantitative reasoning and statistical techniques to solve planning and policy problems. Course focuses on (I) basic planning techniques for analyzing and presenting secondary data, preparing forecasts, and conducting regional economic analysis (weeks 1-8); (II) inferential statistics and sampling, as applied to planning problems; and (III) basic multivariate techniques such as chi-squared and linear regression and advanced multivariate techniques such as multiple regression (weeks 9-15). For the two-unit option, students may take the first half of the class (weeks 1-8). (F) Chapple, Chatman, Cervero

204B.  Research Methods for Planners. (2,4)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week for 10 weeks (2 units). Three hours of lecture/discussion per week for 15 weeks (4 units). Research methods for planning, including problem definition, observation, key informant interviewing, causal modeling, survey design and overall design of research, as well as memorandum writing and presentation skills. Students work in teams with clients on actual research problems and learn professional skills as well as practical ways of conducting usable research. With permission of the instructor, students who wish to complete only half of the assignments for their individual research may take the course for 2 units. (SP) Caldeira

204C.  Introduction to GIS and City Planning. (4)   Four hours of lecture/laboratory per week. Introduction to the principles and practical uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This course is intended for graduate students with exposure to using spreadsheets and database programs for urban and natural resource analysis, and who wish to expand their knowledge to include basic GIS concepts and applications. Prior GIS or desktop mapping experience not required. (SP) Radke

204D.  Multivariate Analysis in Planning. (4)   Four hours of lecture/laboratory per week. Prerequisites: 204A or equivalent. Theory and application of advanced multivariate methods in planning. Emphasis on causal modeling of cross-sectional data. Topics include: multiple regression analysis; residual analysis; weighted least squares; non-linear models; path analysis; log-linear models; logit and probit analysis; principal components; factor and cluster analysis. Completion of two computer assignments, using several microcomputer statistical packages, is required. (SP) Cervero

205.  Introduction to Planning and Environmental Law. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. An introduction to the American legal process and legal framework within which public policy and planning problems are addressed. The course stresses legal methodology, the basics of legal research, and the common-law decisional method. Statutory analysis, administrative law, and constitutional interpretation are also covered. Case topics focus on the law of planning, property rights, land use regulation, and access to housing. (SP) Etzel

206.  Planning Institutions and Organizations. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Duties and role of the physical planning agency in municipal and metropolitan governments; major alternative definitions of city planning; relationship of long-range physical plan to urban development agencies; significance of city planning legislation in reorganization of local government. (SP) Christensen

207.  Land and Housing Market Economics. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 113A or equivalent. Using microeconomics as its platform, course explores the process and pattern of land utilization from a variety of perspectives: the neighborhood, the city, and the metropolis. The approach blends real estate, descriptive urban geography, and urban history with economics. (SP) Waddell

208.  Plan Preparation Studio. (5)   Three hours of seminar and five hours of studio per week. An introductory laboratory experience in urban plan preparation, including the use of graphic communication techniques appropriate to city planning and invoking individual effort and that of collaborative student groups in formulating planning policies and programs for an urban area. Occasional Friday meetings are required. (SP) Macdonald

209.  Methods for Collaborative Planning: Meeting Management, Negotiation, and Consensus Building. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. A methods course in basic techniques of meeting management, negotiation, mediation, consensus building, and collaborative planning for controversial issues. It deals with process design, strategies for change and leadership, and ways of building civil society. This learn by doing course involves role play simulations on topics such as environmental management, community and ethnic conflict, transportation, housing development and environmental justice, along with videos and brief lectures.

C213.  Transportation and Land Use Planning. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: City Planning 113A or equivalent. Examination of the interactions between transportation and land use systems; historical perspectives on transportation; characteristics of travel and demand estimation; evaluation of system performance; location theory; models of transportation and urban structure; empirical evidence of transportation-land use impacts; case study examinations. Also listed as Civil and Environmental Engineering C290U. (F) Chatman, Cervero

214.  Infrastructure Planning and Policy. (3)   Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Survey of basic knowledge and technology of physical infrastructure systems: transportation, water supply, wastewater, storm water, solid waste management, community energy facilities, and urban public facilities. Environmental and energy impacts of infrastructure development; centralized vs. decentralized systems; case studies. (F) Dowall

C216.  Transportation Finance. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. This course will explore the economic and financial dimensions of urban transportation systems, including highway finance and user fees, toll financing and congestion pricing, transit finance, and fare and subsidy policies. Class will review debates over the full social costs of transportation systems and current topics, including the politics of transportation sales taxes. Also listed as Civil and Environmental Engineering C290V. Staff

C217.  Transportation Policy and Planning. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Civil and Environmental Engineering C290U, City Planning C213, or consent of instructor. Policy issues in urban transportation planning; measuring the performance of transportation systems; the transportation policy formulation process; transportation finance, pricing, and subsidy issues; energy and air quality in transportation; specialized transportation for elderly and disabled people; innovations in transportation policy. Also listed as Civil and Environmental Engineering C250N. Staff

218.  Transportation Planning Studio. (4)   Four hours of studio laboratory per week. Prerequisites: 213 or 217 or consent of instructor. Studio on applying skills of urban transportation planning. Topics vary, focusing on specific urban sites and multi-modal issues, including those related to planning for mass transit and other alternatives to the private automobile. Recent emphasis given to planning and designing for transit villages and transit-based housing. Deakin

219.  Comparative International Topics in Transportation. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Covers comparative planning and policy topics in urban, regional, and rural transportation that are transnational in nature. Builds policy lessons on planning for mobility, accessibility, and sustainability in different political and contextual settings. Case studies are drawn from both developed and developing countries. Cervero

220.  The Urban and Regional Economy. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 113A or equivalent. Analysis of the urban, metropolitan, and regional economy for planning. Economic base and other macro models; impact analysis and projection of changing labor force and industrial structure; economic-demographic interaction; issues in growth, income distribution, planning controls; interregional growth and population distribution issues.

223.  Economic Development Planning. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Strategy and tools for developing employment attracting investment and improving the standard of living in regional, state, and local economies. Organization of economic development activities, with a focus on current practices. Chapple

225.  Workshop in Regional Analysis. (3,4)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus five-week optional module. Prerequisites: 204A or 220. This course covers economic base analysis, shift share techniques, input-output analysis, regional accounting, impact analysis, cluster analysis, and qualitative sectoral studies. Includes an optional 1-unit applied module during the last five weeks of instruction. Chapple

227.  Studies in Regional Growth and Development. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Formerly C227. Intermediate to advanced course focusing on theory and empirical evidence for regional growth and development, using reading and discussion. Staff

228.  Research Workshop on Metropolitan Regional Planning. (4)   Four hours of studio and two hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Relevant past coursework and consent of instructor. Field problem in major phases of metropolitan or regional planning work. A collaborative student-group effort in formulating policy or plan recommendations within specific governmental framework. Staff

230.  U.S. Housing, Planning, and Policy. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Theory of housing markets and empirical methods for measuring market conditions and performance: housing consumption, housing supply and production, and market performance. Empirical analysis and applications to policy issues. (F) Staff

231.  Housing in Developing Countries. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. This course covers issues of housing policy and housing form in the urbanizing developing world from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective. Using case studies from Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, it highlights the role of physical planners as community activists involved in practices like squatter development slum upgrading, sites and services, and self-help. (SP) AlSayyad

C234.  Housing and the Urban Economy. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Public Policy 210A-210B or equivalent. This course considers the economics of urban housing and land markets from the viewpoints of investors, developers, public and private managers, and consumers. It considers the interactions between private action and public regulation--including land use policy, taxation, and government subsidy programs. We will also analyze the links between primary and secondary mortgage markets, securitization, and liquidity. Finally, the links between local housing and related markets--such as transportation and public finance--will be explored. Also listed as Public Policy C275. (F) Quigley

235.  Methods of Project Analysis. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 207 or equivalent. Using case studies, this course acquaints students with the techniques of project feasibility; analysis of project proposals and overall project compatibility assessment. Case studies will be based on a variety of public and private sector developments, in central city and suburb locations. (SP) Smith-Heimer

238.  Development--Design Studio. (4)   Two hours of lecture/seminar and four hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 235. Studio experience in analysis, policy advising, and project design or general plan preparation for urban communities undergoing development, with a focus on site development and project planning. (F) Smith-Heimer

C240.  Theories of Urban Form and Design. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Formerly 240. Theories and patterns of urban form throughout history are studied with emphasis on the role of planning and design in shaping cities and the relationship between urban form and social, economic, and geographic factors. Using a case study approach, cities are evaluated in terms of various theories and performance dimensions. Also listed as Landscape Architecture C250. (F) Southworth

C241.  Research Methods in Environmental Design. (4)   Three hours of lecture/seminar and two hours of laboratory per week. Formerly Interdepartmental Studies 241. The components, structure, and meaning of the urban environment. Environmental problems, attitudes, and criteria. Environmental survey, analysis, and interview techniques. Methods of addressing environmental quality. Environmental simulation. Also listed as Landscape Architecture C241. (F) Bosselmann

C243.  Shaping the Public Realm. (5)   Three hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: Previous design studio or consent of instrutor; City and Regional Planning C240/Landscape Architecture C250. This interdisciplinary studio focuses on the public realm of cities and explores opportunities for creating more humane and delightful public places. Problems will be at multiple scales in both existing urban centers and in areas of new growth. Skills in analyzing, designing, and communicating urban design problems will be developed. Studio work will be supplemented with lectures, discussions, and field trips. Visiting professionals will present case studies and will serve on reviews. Also listed as Landscape Architecture C203. (F) Southworth

248.  Advanced Studio: Urban Design/Environmental Planning. (5)   Three hours of seminar and five hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 208 or 240. Advanced problems in urban design and land use, and in environmental planning. Occasional Friday meetings are required. (SP) Bosselmann

249.  Urban Design in Planning. (3)   Three hours of seminar/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Formerly Interdepartmental Studies 249. This seminar will focus on urban design in the planning process, the role of environmental surveys, methods of community involvement, problem identification, goal formulation and alternatives generation, environmental media and presentation, design guidelines and review, environmental evaluation and impact assessment. Case studies. (F) Macdonald

250.  Introduction to Land Use Planning. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. This course will introduce students to the organization and conduct of local land use planning as practiced in California. The course will cover the following topics: California statutes, the General Plan, CEQA, specific plans and how to do them, and managing a planning department.

C251.  Environmental Planning and Regulation. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Formerly 251. This course will examine emerging trends in environmental planning and policy and the basic regulatory framework for environmental planning encountered in the U.S. We will also relate the institutional and policy framework of California and the United States to other nations and emerging international institutions. The emphasis of the course will be on regulating "residuals" as they affect three media: air, water, and land. Also listed as Landscape Architecture C231. (F) Corburn

252.  Land Use Controls. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. An advanced course in implementation of land use and environmental controls. The theory, practice and impacts of zoning, growth management, land banking, development systems, and other techniques of land use control. Objective is to acquaint student with a range of regulatory techniques and the legal, administrative-political equity aspects of their implementation. (F) Etzel

254.  Sustainable Communities. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. This course examines and explores the concept of sustainable development at the community level. The course has three sections: (1) an introduction to the discourse on sustainable development; (2) an exploration of several leading attempts to incorporate sustainability principles into plans, planning, and urban design; (3) an examination of European attempts to establish metropolitan patterns and urban designs for a more sustainable "green urbanism."

255.  Urban Planning Applications of Geographic Information Systems. (3)   Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. This course introduces students to the relatively new and rapidly expanding field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The course focuses on GIS and its application to both city and regional problems in the San Francisco Bay Area and offers students a toolkit for integrating spatial information into planning solutions. The laboratory sessions will mainly employ a vector model to solving problems. Topics include problem identification, data discovery, database design, construction, modeling, and analytical measurement. (SP) Radke

256.  Healthy Cities. (3)   Three hours of lecture per week. Exploration of common origins of urban planning and public health, from why and how the fields separated and strategies to reconnect them, to addressing urban health inequities in the 21st century. Inquiry to influences of urban population health, analysis of determinants, and roles that city planning and public health agencies - at local and international level - have in research, and action aimed at improving urban health. Measures, analysis, and design of policy strategies are explored. (F) Corburn

C257.  The Process of Environmental Planning. (3)   Students will receive no credit for C257 after taking Landscape Architecture 237. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Landscape Architecture C251/City and Regional Planning C231. A review of the techniques used in environmental planning, and evaluation of alternate means of implementation in varying environmental and political circumstances. The class will examine and critique a number of well-known environmental planning programs and plans. Lectures and discussion will address recurrent planning problems, such as the limitations of available data, legal and political constraints on plans, conflicts among specialists. Also listed as Landscape Architecture C237.

258.  Land Use Planning Studio. (4)   Two hours of lecture and four hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 250. A capstone studio for graduate students interested in neighborhood, municipal, and regional land use planning. Depending on the particular project and client, students will learn how to design, develop, and implement neighborhood specific plans, general plan land use elements, and/or strategic plans.

260.  Theory, History, and Practice of Community Development. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Formerly 268. This course will explore the theory, history, methods, and practice of local community development. The course will begin by examining the historical roots of community involvement and action. It will present alternative explanations for different paths of neighborhood and community change. (F) Hutson

C261.  Citizen Involvement in the City Planning Process. (3)   Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. An examination of the roles of the citizens and citizen organizations in the city planning process. Models for citizen involvement ranging from advising to community control. Examination of the effectiveness of different organizational models in different situations. Also listed as Landscape Architecture C242. (F) Staff

268.  Community Development Studio/Workshop. (4)   Two hours of lecture and four hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: 208 or 235. Formerly 258. Studio experience in analysis, policy advising, and implementation in an urban setting. Students will engage in group work for real clients (e.g., community-based organizations or local government agencies), culminating in a final report or proposal. Hutson

270.  Regional and Urban Development Strategies in Third World Countries. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Competing theories of regional and urban distribution of nonextractive industries and populations. Effects of natural resource distribution, of governmental services and infrastructure, and of private investment. Alternative strategies for influencing settlement patterns. Review of experience to date in various nations. (SP) Dowall

271.  Development Theories and Practices. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. This course covers the theory and praxis of international development. It studies the project of development, from its Cold War launching to its metamorphosis into the current era of economic globalization and liberalization. And it examines the theoretical models and discursive debates that have accompanied each phase, including the recent critiques put forth by feminism and postcolonialism. The course also locates development in the industrialized world, "here" rather than "elsewhere," thereby unsettling the normalized hierarchy of First and Third Worlds. (F) Roy

275.  Comparative Analysis of Urban Policies. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Formerly 262. Description, analysis, and evaluation of urban policies in a variety of social and spatial contexts, with references to state-planned societies. Main topics: national and local public policies in regional development, housing, transportation, urban renewal, citizen participation, social services, and decentralized urban management. Staff

280.  Doctoral Seminars.   Course may be repeated for credit. Two to three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Ph.D. standing. Doctoral research seminars on research design, metods, and presentation of dissertation work. (F,SP)

280A.  Research Design for the Ph.D. (3)   Formerly 280. This course is designed for students working on their dissertation research plan and prospectus. Weekly writing assignments designed to work through each step of writing the prospectus from problem framing and theoretical framework to methodology. At least one oral presentation to the class is required of all students. (F,SP) Staff

280B.  Advances Methods for the Ph.D. (3)   Advanced research methods for doctoral students. Focus on qualitative and/or quantitative methods varies by semester. (F,SP) Staff

280C.  Doctoral Colloquium. (2)   Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Presentation and discussion of research by Ph.D. students and faculty. (F,SP) Staff

281.  Theories of Planning Practice. (3)   Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Suitable for graduate students in professional programs doing research on planning and policy practice issues. Focuses on theory and practice of planning, with emphasis on the role of different types of knowledge in different kinds of practice. Compares positivist, interpretive, and critical theory views of knowledge and links these to policy analysis, interactive planning, group processes, and emerging models of critical planning practice. (SP) Staff

282.  Planning and Governing. (3)   Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Origins and evolution of the idea of planning. Values, choice, and purposive behavior; knowledge and social action; rationales for governmental intervention in self-regulating social systems. Alternative planning strategies for conditions of uncertainty in the absence of science-based knowledge. (F) Christensen

290.  Topics in City and Metropolitan Planning. (1-3)   Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of lecture and discussion per week per module. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Analysis of selected topics in city and metropolitan planning with emphasis on implications for planning practice and urban policy formation. In some semesters, optional five-week, 1-unit modules may be offered, taking advantage of guest visitors. Check department for modules at start of semester. (F,SP)

291.  Special Projects Studio in Planning. (4-6)   Course may be repeated for credit. Two to three hours of lecture and six to nine hours of studio per week, depending on the number of units. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Studio on special projects in planning. Topics vary by semester. (F,SP) Staff

295.  Supervised Research in City and Regional Planning. (1-2)   Course may be repeated for credit. Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in department and consent of adviser and sponsor. Supervised experience on a research project in urban or regional planning. Any combination of 295, 297 courses may be taken for a total of 6 units maximum towards the M.C.P. degree. (F,SP)

297.  Supervised Field Study in City and Regional Planning. (1-2)   Course may be repeated for credit. Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in department and consent of adviser and sponsor. Supervised experience relative to specific aspects of practice in city or regional planning. Any combination of 295, 297 courses may be taken for a total of 6 units maximum toward the M.C.P. degree. A maximum of 3 units of 297 can be used for degree requirements. (F,SP)

298.  Group Studies. (1-3)   Course may be repeated for credit. One to three hours of independent study per week. Sections A-L to be graded on a letter-graded basis. Sections M-Z to be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Section C to be graded on an In-Progress basis only. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Topics to be announced at beginning of each semester. No more than 3 units may be taken in one section.

299.  Individual Study or Research. (1-12)   Course may be repeated for credit. Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate standing. Individual study or research program; must be worked out with instructor in advance of signing up for credits. Maximum number of individual study units (295, 297, 299) counted toward the M.C.P. degree credits is 9. (F,SP)

602.  Individual Study for Doctoral Students. (1-8)   Course may be repeated for credit. Regular meeting to be arranged. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Ph.D. students only. Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. May not be used for unit or residence requirements for the doctoral degree. Students may earn 1-8 units of 602 per semester or 1-4 units per summer session. No student may accumulate more than a total of 16 units of 602. (F,SP)

Professional Courses

300.  Supervised Teaching in City and Regional Planning. (1-2)   Course may be repeated for credit. Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in department and appointment as a graduate student instructor. Supervised teaching experience in courses related to planning. Course may not be applied toward the M.C.P. degree. (F,SP)

375.  Supervised Teaching in City and Regional Planning. (1-2)   Course may be repeated for credit. Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in department and appointment as a graduate student instructor. Formerly City and Regional Planning 300. Supervised teaching experience in courses related to planning. Course may not be applied toward the M.C.P. degree. (F,SP)