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internships, compare work-related experiences and situations, learn about the roots modern planning, planning
ethics, leadership, and discuss the changing roles of planning professionals in city and regional development.
UPL 406 Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: UPL 302, UPL 307
Alternative dispute resolution has gained increasing popularity in planning as a response to congestion in the legal
system, delays in litigation, and rising legal costs. This course familiarizes students with theory, concept, and
practice for managing conflict and resolving disputes. Students will make extensive use of simulations to develop
analytical and practical skills in conciliation, negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, and learn how to respond to
conflict in planning and community disputes.
UPL 407 Senior Studio Project II (4 = 0 + 4)
Prerequisite: UPL 402
This course is an advanced continuation of UPL 402. The Senior Planning Project is an opportunity for students
to pursue a topic of interest in depth under the individualized supervision of a faculty member. Students will learn
how to develop a project proposal, carry out a research program of study, and write a major paper. The course will
emphasize both the process of research, and the product that represents the culmination of the effort. This
project also serves as an integrating mechanism and draws on everything the student has learned throughout the
program.
UPL 456 Urban Transportation Planning (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: UPL 300
This course will introduce supply and demand management approaches to transportation planning within land
use/transportation interface. It will also teach the function of travel modes, modeling local and regional flows, the
finance politics and policy of transportation planning; and the class four-state model: trip generation, trip
distribution, modal split, and trip assignment. Cost and capacity relationships are also discussed.
UPL 458 Selected Topics in City and Regional Planning (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: UPL 204
A current topic in city and regional planning, in which students require competence, will constitute the focus of
this course. The topic may be issue-based, geographically related to specific regions or cities, or project- focused.
Selected topics will vary each term, and will be developed/proposed by individual faculty members, or in
response to student request.
UPL 459 Site Design and Planning (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: UPL 206
Using a studio approach, students will be introduced to the planning and design of distinct land uses on existing
sites. The emphasis will be on the design of suitable built form units within the context of an understanding of
environmental, engineering, technical, administrative, regulatory, cultural, and aesthetic factors which influence
and regulate planning and the design process. Within the context of this understanding, the student will develop
either a residential subdivision plan or a plan for a moderate sized retail development.
UPL 460 International Development (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: UPL 300
Planners often work in developing countries. This course begins with an examination of the dynamics of
development, and emphasizes the linkages between population, health and development; participation in
development planning; human settlements; sustainable development; and capacity building. Case studies are
used to illustrate the range of approaches currently being used by governments, multi-lateral organizations, and
non-governmental groups.
UPL 461 Advanced GIS for the Urban Environment (3 = 1 + 2)
Prerequisite: UPL 203
This course builds on the introductory course to GIS (UPL 203). It provides students with a thorough
understanding of GIS techniques and enables them to make full use of them. It also offers students a taste of the
real-world activities that are often required in urban GIS projects but rarely included in prepared lab work—tasks
such as data acquisition, integration of data in to the GIS, and manipulation of real data. Another objective is to
demonstrate project design and analysis methodologies through presentation of real examples— case studies—of
urban GIS projects.
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