2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Course Descriptions/Land and Property Development 479668. Land Development Practice. (3-0). Credit 3. Strategies, methods and techniques of land developmentincluding: site selection criteria, urban infrastructure; market evaluation; conceptual arrangementof land uses and structures; conceptual design and regulatory considerations; lending institutions; locationtheory; value theories; regulatory agencies. Prerequisite: LDEV 667.669. Income Property Land Development. (3-0). Credit 3. Exploration of the characteristics of real estateas an investment, venture and capital structures, the development process, site and financial feasibility,and project funding; strategies, methods and technologies for investment property developmentutilizing current developments. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.671. Sustainable Development. (3-0). Credit 3. Sustainability perspectives about values, rights, propertyand what constitutes an optimum human environment; sustainability principles and case studies emphasizingon-the ground, incentive-based land develpment that balances economic growth with environmentalquality. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.672. Public-Private Project Funding. (3-0). Credit 3. Financing and related issues in public-private developmentprojects; explores structuring, valuing and managing projects and investigates the interactionbetween suppliers, operators, lenders and contractors; introduction to financial tools: loans, credit,interest rates and financial models.673. International Development Planning. (3-0). Credit 3. International variations in urban growth andland development strategies: savings, aid and trade policy options for cities and regions; internationalco-development programs; application of planning and urban land development professions in contemporaryglobal context. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.681. Seminar. (1-0). Credit 1. College of Architecture research activities pertaining to land and real estatedevelopment; preparation and presentation of required final paper for MS in Land Development examination.Prerequisite: Graduate classification in land development.683. International Development Perspectives. (1-0). Credit 1. Recent international conceptual frontiersin development and redevelopment; land and real estate development activities in the Far East, SouthAmerica, Mexico and Eastern Europe; assessment of the future of global development. Prerequisite:Graduate classification.684. Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 12. Professional practice under approved arrangement with publicor private land or real estate development agencies in the United States or abroad. Prerequisites:Approval of committee chair and program coordinator.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 12. Individual and group problems dealing with application of strategicplan development theory in practice: opportunities to select international or domestic developmentprojects of special interest. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.687. Development Feasibility and Design. (3-9). Credit 3. Selected residential and non-residential developmentprojects of varying size analyzed by teams with respect to the following: economic feasibilityand cash flow; site analysis; and design concept. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.688. Development Feasibility and Design II. (1-6). Credit 3. Plans and venture structures for selectedresidential and non-residential development projects of varying size analyzed by multidisciplinary teamswith respect to the following; economic feasibility and cash flow and site and design plans and costs.Prerequisite: LDEV 687 or approval of instructor.689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of land development. May berepeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester. PhD research and preparation of dissertation. Prerequisite:Doctoral classification.693. Professional Study. Credit 1 to 6. Approved professional case study of project organization in theUSA or abroad undertaken as terminal requirement for the Master of Science in land developmentdegree, non-thesis option. Prerequisites: Approval of committee chair and associate department head.