Faculty Advisers

Clinton Andrews, Tony Nelessen, Michael Greenberg, Lyna Wiggins

 

Overview

This concentration prepares students to plan, design and manage the human-environment interface. This concentration has two tracks – physical planning and environment. The physical planning track focuses on the visioning, planning and urban design of neighborhoods, towns and cities. The environment track focuses on the application of management and policy tools to reduce anthropogenic environmental impacts and to mitigate natural hazards. All students in this concentration will develop fluency with the distinct but interdependent design, regulatory and managerial approaches. Students must take at least two of the three required courses and at least four courses total in the concentration. They can focus on one of two tracks – physical planning and environment – selecting from the list below, depending on interest. At least one graduate planning studio in environmental or physical planning is strongly recommended.

 

Required Courses (you must take at least three of the following  courses)

Land Use Planning
34:970:508 Comprehensive Planning
34:970:667 Planning and Land Use Administration
Urban Design*
34:970:601 Introduction to Planning and Design
34:970:674 Fundamentals of Urban Design
Environmental Policy
34:970:618 Environmental Planning and Management  
34:970:571 Industrial Ecology

Recommended Courses (choose additional courses to bring the total to four)

34:970:521 Historic Preservation 
34:970:523 Legal Aspects of Environmental Planning 
34:970:553 Transportation and Environment
34:970:554 Transportation and Land Use
34:833:572 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 
34:970:594 Program Evaluation 
34:970:604 Land Development Practice 
34:970:620 Energy Policy and Planning 
34:970:6xx rotating seminar classes on relevant topics

Recommended Methods Courses

34:970:590 Graphical Communication for Urban Planners 
34:970:591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy 

Recommended Studios 34:970:510 Studio: Urban Design 
34:970:511 Studio: Comprehensive Planning 

Upper Division Undergraduate and Graduate Courses in Other Departments

Geography 
(Note: Courses labeled Geography Seminar are offered on an occasional basis) 
01:450:404 Advanced Physical Geography: Biogeography 
01:450:419 Advanced Conservation and Use of Natural Resources 
16:450:508 Environment and Development 
16:450:510 Water Resources Management 
16:450:605 Geography Seminar: Human Dimensions of Environmental Change 
16:450:606 Geography Seminar: Integrated Land Use Change 

Landscape Architecture 
11:372:444 Watershed Management: An Interdisciplinary Perspective 
11:550:431 Advanced Landscape Architecture (studio course, requires design some design background, topics vary)

Environmental Science 
Students with appropriate backgrounds (chemistry and calculus typically required) should consider courses in the Department of Environmental Science. 
16:375:530 Hazardous Waste Management 
16:375:534 Environmental Sustainability: Life-Cycle Assessment Tools

Graduate Certificates

Students in this concentration may be interested in Graduate Certificate Programs. Of potential interest are Human Dimensions of Environmental Change and Geographic and Geospatial Information Science. Contact your faculty advisor for more information.

Recommended Course Flow

First Year – Fall Semester	Second Year – Fall Semester
Core (pick 1-2)	Core (pick 1-2)
501 History and Theory of Planning	501 History and Theory of Planning
509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns	509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns
515 Methods of Planning Analysis I	510 Studio  (Urban Design & Comprehensive Planning only offered in Fall)
516 Methods of Planning Analysis II (if passed out of I)	515 Methods of Planning Analysis I
517 Survey of Planning Law	516 Methods of Planning Analysis II
	517 Survey of Planning Law
Electives/Methods (pick 1-2)	Electives/Methods (pick 2-3)
554 Transportation and Land Use	554 Transportation and Land Use
591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy	591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy
604 Land Development Practice	604 Land Development Practice
619 Environmental Economics and Policy	619 Environmental Economics and Policy
620 Energy Policy and Planning	620 Energy Policy and Planning
674 Fundamentals of Urban Design (required prerequisite for 601)
First Year – Spring Semester	Second Year – Spring Semester
Core (pick 1-2)	Core (pick 1-2)
501 History and Theory of Planning	501 History and Theory of Planning
509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns	509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns
515 Methods of Planning Analysis I	511 Studio
516 Methods of Planning Analysis II	515 Methods of Planning Analysis I
517 Survey of Planning Law	516 Methods of Planning Analysis II
	517 Survey of Planning Law
Required (pick 1-2)	Required (pick 1)
508 Comprehensive Planning	571 Industrial Ecology
601 Introduction to Planning and Design (requires prerequisite of 674)	618 Environmental Planning and Management
571 Industrial Ecology
618 Environmental Planning and Management
Electives/Methods (pick 1-2)	Electives/Methods (pick 2-3)
521 Historic Preservation	521 Historic Preservation
523 Legal Aspects of Environmental Planning	523 Legal Aspects of Environmental Planning
553 Transportation and Environment	553 Transportation and Environment
572 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution	572 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
590 Introduction to Graphics for Urban Planners	590 Introduction to Graphics for Urban Planners
591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy	591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy
685 Environmental Conflict and Cooperation

Other Areas of Concentration:

Environmental and Physical Planning
Housing and Real Estate
International Development and Regional Planning
Transportation Policy and Planning
Urban and Community Development