The following menu of courses is to be used by students in consultation with their advisor.
Substitutions are possible with the approval of the specialization faculty group.
The traditional core of planning programs, the land use specialization is characterized by a generalist, comprehensive approach to addressing multiple and interrelated issues. Thus, land use planning includes, but is not limited to a focus on housing, infrastructure, open space, and economic development. The scale of land use concerns ranges from a specific site as in the application of development standards for a convenience store, to the region as a whole as in the shared responsibility for providing housing for low and moderate income households. Strathman The purpose of this field is to provide specialist level training in analytical methods in urban and regional planning. Choose one additional course in consultation with your field area paper first reader that supports your analytical specialization.