An introduction to the profession and activity of contemporary American urban and regional planning. Course emphasis is placed on land use control, design, growth management, and development regulation. The legal and institutional bases of planning practice are covered as well. Examines basic items necessary to prepare urban and regional comprehensive plans. This senior seminar and workshop is a capstone course that focuses on recent research in the major field.
Students carry out a research project on a topic of local or regional importance.
Through cooperative learning students will design and implement functional systems. Methods for designing GIS systems to user specification, data collection, data input, project management, and system documentation are covered. Introduces students to the activity of design, design programming, design decision making, and design communications. Focuses specifically on the development of site planning, site analysis, and site design skills as well as the translation of design program elements into physical form. RGPL 350 Introduces students to principles of land use law.