This course offers a comprehensive review of the major historical and theoretical developments in planning; the human aspects of planning as a social, political, and community-oriented process; public engagement; social justice; planning leadership and advocacy; and the future of planning. Cross-listed with URPL 4000. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course focuses on the most commonly applied quantitative and qualitative methods used in planning; data organization and management principles; and various ways to collect, analyze, and communicate data as a fundamental component of the planning process. Restriction: Graduate level students. Cross-listed with URPL 4010. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course covers the legal basis for planning; the evolution of planning law through a comprehensive review of landmark court decisions; and the types and hierarchies of governments, their powers and relationships, and how planning operates within those governmental contexts. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This flexibly designed course provides introductory to intermediate instruction on three software packages that are core to the planning profession; Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign), ESRI ArcGIS Pro, and Trimble Sketchup. Students can select the appropriate level of instruction for each software based on their prior experience. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Explores the procedures, policies, financing, and politics of planning and real estate development. Topics include the relationship between planning goals and laws and regulations; real estate development and finance; site planning and development review for societal impacts, such as traffic, health, and safety; urban and regional economics, and financing and planning public infrastructure. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Explores the procedures, policies, financing, and politics of planning and real estate development. Topics include the relationship between planning goals and regulations; real estate development and finance; site planning and development review for societal impacts, such as traffic, health, and safety; and financing and planning public infrastructure. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Typically Offered: Spring.

An introduction to the studio environment, this course provides students with experience and knowledge/skills development in physical planning and design, the planning process, plan making, and collaborative planning, plus introductory instruction in GIS and SketchUp. Prereq: 9 hours of URPL Core Coursework. Restriction: Graduate level students. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: 9 hours of URPL Core Coursework (URPL 5000, 5010, 5020, 5030, 5040, 5050, 5070). Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course offers a comprehensive survey of planning practice; types of planning positions and employers; business aspects of planning; planning ethics; planning engagement, and professional/career development in planning. The planning engagement component includes planning advocacy; public meetings; public engagement techniques; diverse publics; controversial planning topics; and mediation. Restriction: Graduate students in the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to Graduate Urban and Regional Planning students.

Typically Offered: Spring.

This studio course requires student teams to complete a substantial planning project using a comprehensive set of knowledge/skills for real-world clients. Summer options include one or more international studios and Summer in Colorado. Prereq: URPL 5060. Max hours: 6 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: URPL 5060.

Additional Information: Global Education Study Abroad.

Typically Offered: Fall, Summer.

This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the various components of land development regulation, including preliminary plats; general/final development plans; zoning; PUDs; variances; site plan/development review; land use regulators; regulatory processes. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course offers a broad overview of the various types of plans and the specific processes involved in their creation, including comprehensive plans; rural/small town plans; corridor plans; small area plans; campus/ institutional plans; special plans. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course offers an in-depth look at a variety of research principles and techniques, including advanced qualitative and quantitative data collection; survey design; sampling; probability distributions; hypothesis testing; inferential statistics; other topics associated with scholarly research. Prereq: URPL 5040. Restriction: Graduate level students. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: URPL 5040. Restriction: Graduate level students

This course teaches quantitative analysis techniques to answer questions about Planning. Topics include population/economic forecasting, analysis of census data, research design, and survey design. Relying on the software R, students learn how to manage datasets and run bivariate/multivariate statistical analysis. Prereq: URPL 5010 - Planning Methods or instructor's permission. Max Hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: URPL 5010 or Instructor's permission.

This course takes a computational social science approach to working with urban data. It uses R to introduce coding and statistical methods that students can reproduce and experiment with. The course presumes no prior knowledge of R as it introduces coding (data cleaning, web scraping, running various statistical analyses) from the ground up. We will partner with city agencies who will provide datasets for the class to work with and who will serve as clients for the class. The final project will consist of a product for our clients. Restriction: Restricted to Graduate Students in the College of Architecture and Regional Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning

Typically Offered: Fall.

This class explores the foundations of the environmental justice movement, current and emerging issues, and the application of environmental justice analysis to environmental policy and planning. It examines claims made by diverse groups along with the policy and civil society responses that address perceived inequity and injustice. While focused mainly on the United States, international issues and perspectives are also considered. Restriction: Restricted to Graduate Students or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to graduate students within the College of Architecture and Planning

Introduces the knowledge and skills of Project Management (PM) in a business environment. Emphasis will be on the entire project life cycle, the project management process groups and the knowledge areas as presented in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Managerial aspects, quantitative tools, and traditional techniques of Project Management will be covered. A variety of projects will be examined. Note: Cannot receive credit for both DSCI 6820 and BUSN 6820. Restriction: Graduate level students. Cross-listed with BANA 6650. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course is a detailed introduction to GIS that focuses on spatial analytics for Urban Planning using vector and raster data. Aimed at professionals and researchers, this course includes advanced ArcGIS applications and tools, and innovations in geo-spatial data analysis. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Students will be introduced to the hardware, software, theory, and skills required to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS). In this course, students will learn how to use GIS software to manage, analyze, map, and present spatial data to support the planning and design processes. Prereq: An introductory GIS class is required before taking this class. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course will explore some of the most change-making technological innovations in the 21st century and their impact on public policy in cities through a survey of best practices, model policies, and lessons learned from cities across the United States and globe. Restriction: Restricted to Graduate Students. Cross-listed with ENGR 6299, ENVS 5660, and PUAD 5627. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Healthy communities require sustainable local and regional food systems. This course examines how communities can collaboratively develop and implement programs, processes and practices that help ensure food security and equitable access to healthy food options for all populations. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Global Health Studies II: Comparative Health Systems. The course has three parts: (1) examines the social and cultural construction of sickness, systems of etiology cross culturally, the therapeutic encounter, varying roles of healer and patient, and the cultural basis of all healing systems; (2) considers health systems in the context of global health reform, and the history, organization, and roles of institutions of global health governance; and (3) considers the interrelationship of health, foreign policy and global security. Cross-listed with PBHL 4020. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Investigates the historical roots, spatial patterns, and physical forms of cities and their evolution over time; the environmental, cultural, and economic forces influencing city design; and urban design as the nexus of the planning and design professions in contemporary city-building. Cross-listed with ARCH 6270 and URBN 6525. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course focuses on the best practices and strategies used to help revitalize urban areas. Topics include urban infill development; TODs; adaptive reuse; historic preservation; design review; parking; public spaces; brownfield/grayfield redevelopment; culture/tourism; special districts; incentives/funding; and revitalization policies. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course offers a focused look at the role of parks and public spaces in the development and activation of cities; their designs, qualities, and components; management /operations; funding; policies; equal access; role as community and economic development tool. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Advances current practice by exploring innovative methods of design analysis, production, representation, and communication. Community participation and civic engagement are integral components of seminar. Cross-listed with URBN 6641 and LDAR 6741. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Focuses on developing uniform vocabulary on sustainable infrastructure across science & technology, architecture & planning, public policy, and health & behavioral sciences. Students learn concepts, principles/pathways and evaluation techniques for promoting the diffusion of sustainable urban infrastructures. Restriction: Graduate level students. Cross-listed with CVEN 5460. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course introduces community development, examining planners’ and other stakeholders’ roles in the field; key theories and practices; community dynamics; community-based organizations; asset-based development; social equity; and the influence of local physical and economic factors on community development. Cross-listed with ARCH 6256. Restriction: Graduate level students. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course examines housing trends and patterns; supply and demand factors; housing policies; housing challenges (e.g., inequitable distribution, special needs, segregation/discrimination, and homelessness); sociological, demographic, and economic considerations; and the roles of planners and the public and private sectors. Restriction: Restricted to graduate students. Cross-listed with LDAR 6755 and ARCH 6205. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to students with graduate standing.

Examines local government from the perspective of sociology and group dynamics. Course could include some or all of the following subjects: neighborhoods and community groups, class and race relations, community crime, social service issues, immigration, the underclass in American society, and related urban social problems. Cross-listed with PUAD 7628. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

The course offers a detailed analysis of the real estate development process with a focus on affordable housing and mixed use development. It discusses the relationship between the planning/design profession, and financial aspects of real estate development including measures of value, capitalization rates, capital budgeting, debt and equity markets and taxation. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Philosophical questions in preservation practice; balancing significance in the environment with natural decay and demands for change. Policy issues as well as preservation and adaptation design. Cross-listed with HIPR 6010. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course addresses issues related to planning under major environmental laws, ecosystem service-based management, urban green infrastructure, urban watershed and river management, urban forest and parks planning. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course provides an overview of the issues associated with energy and natural resource planning. Topics include: energy policy; alternative energy development; water resources; extraction/mining; natural resource protection and regulation; resource management, policies, politics, and technologies. Cross-listed with GEOG 4260. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This lecture/seminar will cover ecological principles as applied to urban systems (lecture portion) and students will do an intensive study, presentation, and discussion on the topic of their choosing (seminar portion). Cross-listed with LDAR 6655. Restriction: Restricted to graduate students in the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to graduate CAP students.

The objective of this course is to provide the foundation for understanding the environmental impact assessment process, its legal context, and the criteria and methods for procedural and substantive compliance. Prereq: URPL 5530 or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with GEOG 4220, 5220. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course teaches how current transportation modes shape regions and how future transportation technologies might impact us. Topics include policy making and governance; land use interactions with transportation investments; climate change and resilience; energy use; environmental justice; and equity considerations. Restriction: Graduate level students. Cross-listed with URPL 4555. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course provides a detailed focus on the unique planning issues and factors involved with bicycle and pedestrian modes of transportation, including pedestrian/bicycle planning fundamentals; routes and systems; facilities and design requirements; funding; maintenance and operations; policies; and best practices. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course examines notable topics in sustainable transportation: demystifies conventional transportation engineering methods; and explores empirical examples of why such methods are often misguided. The intent is to enlighten engineering students and help support planning/policy students interested in transportation sustainability. Cross-listed with CVEN 5633. Restriction: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to students with graduate standing.

Explores the institutions, policies, laws, data, and funding that support planning for housing, transportation, infrastructure, and jobs at the regional scale with a focus on equity. Students will learn analytic techniques to study the labor market, economic growth and performance, transportation systems, and affordable housing strategies. Restriction: Restricted to graduate level students. Cross-listed with URPL 4600. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Typically Offered: Fall.

This course investigates issues and challenges associated with rural, small town, and tourism planning including farmland conservation, growth management, sustainable food systems, economic development, and revitalization. It reviews global trends, national policies, and local planning processes through case studies. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Introduces students to concepts and debates that shape disaster and climate change studies. Features case studies of disaster and climatic issues affecting Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Looks specifically at how planning can reduce risk and increase local resilience.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Graduate level students.

This course examines key development issues and planning approaches in cities of the Global South. Topics include: development theory; legacies of colonial urbanisms; actors and institutions in development; urban informality; water and sanitation; housing and land tenure; and climate change, among other topics. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Various topical concerns are offered in urban and regional planning, theory, concepts, methods, case studies and practice. Repeatable. Max hours: 9 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 9.

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

Studies initiated by students or faculty and sponsored by a faculty member to investigate a special topic or problem related to urban and regional planning. Restriction: Graduate level students. Repeatable. Max hours: 6 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Graduate students work with professional architects, designers, and engineers mentoring students in selected local high schools to learn problem solving, graphics and model making to produce a design project. Student mentors develop lesson plans, outcomes and keep a weekly journal. Cross-listed with ARCH 6470 and LDAR 6470. Restriction: Restricted to majors within the College of Architecture and Planning. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Restriction: Restricted to graduate majors within the College of Architecture and Planning.

Planning Capstone A requires students to identify an independent study/small group project of their choosing and develop a detailed plan to complete the project. Prereq: URPL 6000 or instructor consent. Max hours: 6 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: URPL 6000 Restriction: Restricted to MURP graduate majors within the College of Architecture and Planning

Study abroad. Intends not only to help students consider their own design and planning attitudes, but also to help them see the world from a more balanced perspective. Repeatable. Max hours: 9 credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 9.

Typically Offered: Summer.

Spanning two semesters, with Planning Thesis B (URPL 6925), Planning Thesis requires students to plan and complete a research thesis of their choice. Part A provides instruction for proper thesis research, analysis, and writing while students develop a detailed work plan and begin their research. Restriction: Graduate level students. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade with IP

Restriction: Graduate level students.

Additional Information: Report as Full Time.

Planning Thesis B (3 Credits) Spanning two semesters (after URPL 6920), Planning Thesis requires students to plan and complete a research thesis of their choice. Part B includes the completion of the research and the thesis document, and presentation of the project to the student's thesis committee. Prereq: URPL 6920. Max hours: 3 Credits.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade with IP

Prereq: URPL 6920.

Additional Information: Report as Full Time.