This course is an introductory examination of graphic tools, techniques and technologies used by planners and other design professionals. Professional urban and regional planners prepare and use graphics to communicate with their peers, other professionals and the public. This course will build a basic understanding and elemental proficiency in graphics addressing issues for everything from day to day communications with other professionals, to effective communication with larger groups and constituencies. This one-hour course is one of a series of modules designed to help students learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in their academic and professional careers. This module will provide students with presentation techniques and help them identify areas of difficulty in their own presentation style.
Emphasis is on developing enduring personal remedial strategies.
This one-unit course is one of a series of modules designed to help the students learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in their academic and professional careers. This module will provide students with the ability to utilize desktop publishing software to enhance planning reports and documents. This one-unit course is one of a series of modules designed to help the students learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in their academic and professional careers. This module will train students in the basics of negotiation and mediation as they relate to the planning field. Contemporary areas of potential conflict will be explored in the context of planning's role in mediation and negotiation.