Summer 2008 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Summer 2008; however, some (or all) may not be offered.  The course numbers that are offered, in either Pre-Session, Summer I or Summer II, are linked to the Schedule of Classes. Classes with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Planning (PLNN)  Department Info

PLNN 256 -- Sustainable Cities and Societies  (3 units)
Description:  Urbanization and cities within the sustainability framework. Global urbanization, social justice, environmental equity, growth management, "the new urbanism." International cases. Web based projects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  RNR 256; RNR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 301 -- Introduction to Regional Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the principles and techniques used for planning in metropolitan and rural regions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  GEOG 301.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLNN 379 -- Urban Growth and Development  (3 units)
Description:  Location patterns in urban areas and processes of growth; historical development of U.S. cities, rent theory, housing markets, commercial and industrial location, the role of transportation and planning. Student development teams create a model city using the ACRES real estate simulation game.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 379; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLNN 399 -- Independent Study  (2-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 401A -- Introduction to Planning  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed for advanced undergraduate students seeking careers in urban/regional planning, architecture, real estate development, and related fields. The primary objective of the course is to introduce students to the planning profession and the tracks of study within the University of Arizona's Planning Degree Program. Some of the topics covered during the semester include: the scope and objectives of urban planning; the evolution of the city and the profession of planning; ethics in planning; the place of planning within the government and the law; and selected topics of interest to planners.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 401A.
May be convened with:  PLNN 501A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 401B -- Introduction to Planning  (3 units)
Description:  The second of a two-course sequence, this course is designed for first year graduate students, although well suited for advanced undergraduate students who are seeking careers in urban/regional planning, architecture, landscape architecture, real estate development, and related fields. The primary objective of the course is to introduce students to the planning profession. Some of the topics covered include: history of planning, land use planning, growth management, and the ethics of planning.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 401B.
May be convened with:  PLNN 501B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 410 -- Comparative Planning: Past, Present, and Future  (3 units)
Description:  Designed for planning students who expect to practice in a variety of national planning systems. The objective of this course is to provide a comparative survey of domestic planning systems in an international context. Additional topics covered include variations in the powers of local units of government and analysis of interjurisdictional competencies and conflicts.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 410.
May be convened with:  PLNN 510.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 412 -- Comprehensive and Strategic Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Course examines the theory and practice of comprehensive and strategic planning for urban and regional development. The tradition of strategic planning in corporations and other public and no-for-profit organizations, leading to the "situation change" criterion, is studied. In a parallel manner, the even older traditions of comprehensive planning, leading to the appropriately comprehensive criterion will be studied. When possible, students will be able to do hands-on planning at either the comprehensive or strategic planning levels.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 512.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 416B -- Geographic Information Systems for Geography and Regional Development  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to GIS and related technologies for Geography and Regional Development. Fundamentals of GIS data structures, spatial sampling strategies, GIS design and implementation, software options, GIS analysis functions, spatial statistics, GIS ethics, and social science applications.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 416B; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 516B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 432 -- History IV: Urban Form  (2 units)
Description:  A lecture survey dealing with the origins and evolution of communal ordering systems. A variety of critical attitudes are developed with which current and historic settlement patterns are visually compared to discover spatial attributes as a dimension of human experience.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 302.
Identical to:  ARC 432; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 532.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 444 -- Site Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Studies relating to design determinants for development of outdoor space. Lectures and exercises dealing with individual design criticism, including topography, hydrology, climate, and vegetation. Final project summarizing and applying all criteria to a realistic development project is required.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 544.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 453 -- Locational Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Industrial location theory and location factors, consumer travel behavior and market areas, geography of economic impacts, location of public facilities.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE).
Identical to:  GEOG 453; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 553.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 456 -- The American City  (3 units)
Description:  An integrated approach to the built environment with special emphasis on the historical, social, and political aspects of American urban development.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE).
Identical to:  GEOG 456; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 457 -- Statistical Techniques in Geography, Regional Development and Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Methods of gathering and analyzing data for the solution of geographical, urban, and regional planning problems, with emphasis on quantitative and statistical techniques used in spatial analysis and cartography, on the one hand, and program planning, on the other.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $42.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 110 or equivalent.
Identical to:  GEOG 457; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 557.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 459 -- Land Use and Growth Controls  (3 units)
Description:  Lecture/seminar class designed for graduate planning students. Looks at basic and advanced land use, the tools utilized for land use planning, and the methodology of land use planning. Current planning and legal issues dealing with regulation of growth, the sequence of growth, and the limiting of growth are analyzed. Issues of equity in controlling land use are also explored.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 459.
May be convened with:  PLNN 559.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 461 -- Environmental and Resource Geography  (3 units)
Description:  Examines physical resources (e.g. distribution, quantities, and availability) and the human factors which may contribute to their completion and deterioration as well as protection and maintenance.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE).
Identical to:  GEOG 461; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 462A -- Public Transit Planning and Operations  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught odd-numbered years] Development, operation, management, financing, evaluation and travel demand estimation for urban public transportation systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  C E 462A; C E is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 562A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 468 -- Urban Transportation Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Transportation planning in relation to urban development; techniques and procedures for developing long-range regional plans. Usually offered every third semester beginning Fall 2002.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  C E 363, consult department before enrolling.
Identical to:  C E 468.
May be convened with:  PLNN 568.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 471 -- Problems in Regional Development  (3 units)
Description:  Topical issues in regional development, with emphasis on policy in diverse contexts and case study analysis.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE).
Identical to:  GEOG 471; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 571.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLNN 476 -- The Land Development Process  (3 units)
Description:  A case-oriented approach to site selection, rezoning, financing, architectural design, economic feasibility, and other facets of the land development process.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  consult department before repeating this course.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  GEOG 476.
May be convened with:  PLNN 576.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 483 -- Geographic Applications of Remote Sensing  (3 units)
Description:  Use of aircraft and satellite imagery for monitoring landforms, soils, vegetation and land use, with the focus on problems of land-use planning, resource management and related topics.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $21.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  2 units of remote sensing or equivalent.
Identical to:  GEOG 483; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 583.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 496A -- Urban Social Issues  (3 units)
Description:  The course focuses on the social dimension of North American cities, especially at community and neighborhood scales. Topics covered include poverty and deprivation, residential segregation, environmental justice and the role that urban planners play in shaping access to public space through land use controls and urban design.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 596A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 497D -- Graphic Skills  (1 unit)
Description:  This course is an introductory examination of graphic tools, techniques, and technologies used by planners and other design professionals. An overview of tools and methodologies will be presented. The coursed is conducted in a workshop format, to build a basic understanding and elemental proficiency in graphics through practice. Projects and exercises will be used to help students gain a basic proficiency in communications using graphic media. Traditional methods including drafting, plan graphic development and reproduction techniques will be explored along with contemporary computer aided presentations technologies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597D.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 497E -- Public Presentation  (1 unit)
Description:  This one-hour course is one of a series of modules designed to help students learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in their academic and professional careers. This module will provide students with presentation techniques and help them identify areas of difficulties in their own presentation styles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 497I -- Interdisciplinary Studio for Community Design  (3-6 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 471F or consent of instructor. Open to non-majors only.
Identical to:  ARC 497I; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597I.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 497J -- Documentation and Interpretation of the Historic Built Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Examines methods to document buildings, districts and cultural landscapes and methods to interpret historical and architectural significance. Focuses on historic built environments of Greater Southwest including semester-long service-learning project applying documentation and interpretation methodologies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 471F or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  ARC 497J; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597J.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 497O -- Writing for Planners  (1 unit)
Description:  A critical examination of the problems in written communications by professional planners. Emphasis is on developing enduring personal remedial strategies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597O.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 497Q -- Conflict Resolution  (1 unit)
Description:  This one unit course is one of a series of modules designed to help you learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in your academic and professional career. This module will train you the basics of negotiation and mediation as they relate to the planning field. Contemporary areas of potential conflict will be explored in the context of planning’s role in mediation and negotiation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597Q.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 497R -- Grant Writing  (1 unit)
Description:  This one unit course is one of a series of modules designed to help you learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in your academic and professional career. This module will provide students with grant writing skills.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 497S -- New Urbanism and Sustainability in the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Examines contemporary competition between environment, resources (water, energy), social equity, and economic viability in the community development and revitalization arena. Public policy, planning initiatives, design strategies and technical solutions that bridge the conflicting agendas are analyzed. Field investigation of contemporary cases. Appropriate for students specializing in planning, architecture and landscape architecture.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 497S.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597S.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 497V -- Affordable Housing and Community Development  (3 units)
Description:  The course focuses on housing and community development issues. Its purpose is to understand the nature of housing development, particularly for the lower income sectors of the community, and its relation to community development.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  ARC 497V.
May be convened with:  PLNN 597V.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLNN 499 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLNN 500 -- Ecosystemology for Urban Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to conceptual tools used in complex ecosystems, particularly cities and urban areas; integration of human residents with larger natural systems (human ecology); environmental impact assessment (EIA) and statement (EIS). Water resource planning and impact on regional ecosystems; technical, legal, ethical dimensions of water transfer.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  HWR 500; HWR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 501A -- Introduction to Planning  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed for advanced undergraduate students seeking careers in urban/regional planning, architecture, real estate development, and related fields. The primary objective of the course is to introduce students to the planning profession and the tracks of study within the University of Arizona's Planning Degree Program. Some of the topics covered during the semester include: the scope and objectives of urban planning; the evolution of the city and the profession of planning; ethics in planning; the place of planning within the government and the law; and selected topics of interest to planners. Graduate-level requirements include one additional project and leading in-class exercises.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 501A.
May be convened with:  PLNN 401A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 501B -- Introduction to Planning  (3 units)
Description:  The second of a two-course sequence, this course is designed for first year graduate students, although well suited for advanced undergraduate students who are seeking careers in urban/regional planning, architecture, landscape architecture, real estate development, and related fields. The primary objective of the course is to introduce students to the planning profession. Some of the topics covered include: history of planning, land use planning, growth management, and the ethics of planning. Graduate-level requirements include writing an additional paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 501B.
May be convened with:  PLNN 401B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 504 -- Public and Policy Economics  (3 units)
Description:  Applications of economics to the analysis of public policy and planning problems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PA 504; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 510 -- Comparative Planning: Past, Present, and Future  (3 units)
Description:  Designed for planning students who expect to practice in a variety of national planning systems. The objective of this course is to provide a comparative survey of domestic planning systems in an international context. Additional topics covered include variations in the powers of local units of government and analysis of interjurisdictional competencies and conflicts. Graduate-level requirements include more required reading and are graded on analysis of readings in their logs.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 510.
May be convened with:  PLNN 410.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 512 -- Comprehensive and Strategic Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Course examines the theory and practice of comprehensive and strategic planning for urban and regional development. The tradition of strategic planning in corporations and other public and no-for-profit organizations, leading to the "situation change" criterion, is studied. In a parallel manner, the even older traditions of comprehensive planning, leading to the appropriately comprehensive criterion will be studied. When possible, students will be able to do hands-on planning at either the comprehensive or strategic planning levels. Graduate-level requirements include submission of a readings log worth 40 points.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 412.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 514 -- Analytic Methods in Planning and Strategic Management  (3 units)
Description:  Methods and models for program planning and policy analysis; forecasting, service demand, facility location in capital investment programming, task sequencing, program analysis and evaluation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOG 557 or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  CPH 514, GEOG 514, PA 514.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 516B -- Geographic Information Systems for Geography and Regional Development  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to GIS and related technologies for Geography and Regional Development. Fundamentals of GIS data structures, spatial sampling strategies, GIS design and implementation, software options, GIS analysis functions, spatial statistics, GIS ethics, and social science applications. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of a project report.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 516B; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 416B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 516C -- Urban Geographic Information Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Introduces concepts and application skills for use of geographic information systems to investigate a range of urban spatial issues and decision-making processes. Emphasis on complete process of GIS-based problem solving, including project planning, spatial data sources/acquisition, preparation/coding, analysis, representation, and communication. Graduate-level requirements include writing an original research papers based on original data collected in the field.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOG/RNR 517 or consent of instructor.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Identical to:  GEOG 516C; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 516D -- PPGIS: Participatory Approaches in Geographic Information Science  (3 units)
Description:  A project-based course focusing on applications and impacts of GIS and other spatial analysis technologies in grassroots community development, participatory decision making, and community-engaged social science. Class format includes discussion seminar, GIS workshop, collaboration, and out-of-classroom community involvement. Graduate-level requirements include writing an original research papers based on original data collected in the field.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOG/RNR 517 or consent of instructor.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Identical to:  GEOG 516D; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 516E -- Geovisualization (GIS)  (3 units)
Description:  Introduces principles and practices of Geovisualization (Geoviz) and softwares (Community and ERDAS Image). Graduate-level requirements include an instructor-approved, scholarly paper on a related topic in Geoviz. The paper will be 5-8 double-spaced, typewritten pages and provide a scholarly analysis and critique of a significant real-world geoviz application.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOG 516A, GEOG/RNR 517 or consent of instructor.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture.
Identical to:  GEOG 516E; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 517 -- Public Policy Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to theory and practice of public policy analysis.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  PA 517; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 532 -- History IV: Urban Form  (2 units)
Description:  A lecture survey dealing with the origins and evolution of communal ordering systems. A variety of critical attitudes are developed with which current and historic settlement patterns are visually compared to discover spatial attributes as a dimension of human experience. Graduate-level requirements include a more in-depth research background that could result in an extended final paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  ARC 532; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 432.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 543 -- Site Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  This course is intended to be an introduction to the study of the context in which community development takes place. It is intended, within the Masters of Planning program, to introduce students to the concepts surrounding site, site context, site information, discovery and analysis, and site planning and design.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  good standing in the School of Planning or by consent of the instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 544 -- Site Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Studies relating to design determinants for development of outdoor space. Lectures and exercises dealing with individual design criticism, including topography, hydrology, climate, and vegetation. Final project summarizing and applying all criteria to a realistic development project is required. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper focusing on one particular aspect of developing new techniques in the field.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 444.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 551 -- Infrastructure and Community Facilities  (3 units)
Description:  Addresses infrastructure and community facilities planning in United States metropolitan areas. In particular, it examines the role that local governments play in providing public services, the types of services they provide, and the relationship between public services and land use regulation. These topics are explored from both theoretical and applied standpoints.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 553 -- Locational Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Industrial location theory and location factors, consumer travel behavior and market areas, geography of economic impacts, location of public facilities. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of an original research paper on an approved topic.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 553; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 453.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 557 -- Statistical Techniques in Geography, Regional Development and Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Methods of gathering and analyzing data for the solution of geographical, urban, and regional planning problems, with emphasis on quantitative and statistical techniques used in spatial analysis and cartography, on the one hand, and program planning, on the other. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of several data-intensive research projects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $42.
Identical to:  GEOG 557; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 457.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 559 -- Land Use and Growth Controls  (3 units)
Description:  Lecture/seminar class designed for graduate planning students. Looks at basic and advanced land use, the tools utilized for land use planning, and the methodology of land use planning. Current planning and legal issues dealing with regulation of growth, the sequence of growth, and the limiting of growth are analyzed. Issues of equity in controlling land use are also explored. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of a series of research projects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 559.
May be convened with:  PLNN 459.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 562A -- Public Transit Planning and Operations  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught odd-numbered years] Development, operation, management, financing, evaluation and travel demand estimation for urban public transportation systems. Graduate-level requirements include a project, as an additional requirement over and above the undergrads.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  C E 562A; C E is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 462A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 564 -- Preservation Planning Issues  (3 units)
Description:  Course reviews preservation policy and jurisdictional issues within community development context, addresses complex social equity considerations associated with historic designation, examines economic incentives, and explores preservation philosophy, cross cultural values and emerging trends. Gain skills to connect technical and policy requirements of historic preservation with pragmatic social and economic concerns of community development.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 567 -- Geographical Analysis of Population  (3 units)
Description:  Population distribution and change; practical methods of demographic analysis, migration, business and planning applications.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 567; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 568 -- Urban Transportation Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Transportation planning in relation to urban development; techniques and procedures for developing long-range regional plans. Usually offered every third semester beginning Fall 2002. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper or project. Usually offered every third semester beginning Fall 2002.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  C E 568.
May be convened with:  PLNN 468.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 571 -- Problems in Regional Development  (3 units)
Description:  Topical issues in regional development, with emphasis on policy in diverse contexts and case study analysis. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of an original research paper on an approved topic.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 571; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 471.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLNN 576 -- The Land Development Process  (3 units)
Description:  A case-oriented approach to site selection, rezoning, financing, architectural design, economic feasibility, and other facets of the land development process. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of a series of research projects.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  GEOG 576.
May be convened with:  PLNN 476.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 580 -- Environmental and Healthy City Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Designed for Planning, Community Design and Public Health grad students. Evolution of perception of health and disease is examined from a public health policy and community planning perspective. Stress Agents (stressors) and protective factors that assist in our ability to deal with stressors (supports) are analyzed. Planning and policy implications of the stressor/support model and the health of cities are explored.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 583 -- Geographic Applications of Remote Sensing  (3 units)
Description:  Use of aircraft and satellite imagery for monitoring landforms, soils, vegetation and land use, with the focus on problems of land-use planning, resource management and related topics. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of a project report.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Special course fee required:  $21.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  GEOG 583; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 483.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 596A -- Urban Social Issues  (3 units)
Description:  The course focuses on the social dimension of North American cities, especially at community and neighborhood scales. Topics covered include poverty and deprivation, residential segregation, environmental justice and the role that urban planners play in shaping access to public space through land use controls and urban design. Graduate-level requirements include class presentations.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 496A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 596U -- Interdisciplinary Environment-Behavior-Design  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  consult college before enrolling.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Identical to:  PSYC 596U; PSYC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597A -- Research Methods  (3 units)
Description:  An interdisciplinary survey of research methods applicable to research in Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture. Graduate-level requirements include an additional assignment of seeking out a granting agency applicable to their research topic and following their application guidelines in the completion of this assignment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  ARC 597A; ARC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 597C -- Basic Computer Skills  (1 unit)
Description:  This one unit course is one of a series of modules designed to help you learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in your academic and professional career. This module will provide students with the ability to utilize the computer for writing, data analysis and communication.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597D -- Graphic Skills  (1 unit)
Description:  This course is an introductory examination of graphic tools, techniques, and technologies used by planners and other design professionals. An overview of tools and methodologies will be presented. The coursed is conducted in a workshop format, to build a basic understanding and elemental proficiency in graphics through practice. Projects and exercises will be used to help students gain a basic proficiency in communications using graphic media. Traditional methods including drafting, plan graphic development and reproduction techniques will be explored along with contemporary computer aided presentations technologies. Graduate-level requirements include submission of an additional paper to be presented in class. The paper will be a graphic presentation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497D.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 597E -- Public Presentation  (1 unit)
Description:  This one-hour course is one of a series of modules designed to help students learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in their academic and professional careers. This module will provide students with presentation techniques and help them identify areas of difficulties in their own presentation styles. Graduate-level requirements include an additional public presentation plan.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597I -- Interdisciplinary Studio for Community Design  (3-6 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  ARC 597I; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497I.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597J -- Documentation and Interpretation of the Historic Built Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Examines methods to document buildings, districts and cultural landscapes and methods to interpret historical and architectural significance. Focuses on historic built environments of Greater Southwest including semester-long service-learning project applying documentation and interpretation methodologies. Graduate students also required to transform service-learning project into web-accessible format to integrate into Preservation Studies website.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  ARC 571F or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  ARC 597J; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497J.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597O -- Writing for Planners  (1 unit)
Description:  A critical examination of the problems in written communications by professional planners. Emphasis is on developing enduring personal remedial strategies. Graduate-level requirements include writing an essay worth 25 points.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497O.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 597Q -- Conflict Resolution  (1 unit)
Description:  This one unit course is one of a series of modules designed to help you learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in your academic and professional career. This module will train you the basics of negotiation and mediation as they relate to the planning field. Contemporary areas of potential conflict will be explored in the context of planning’s role in mediation and negotiation. Graduate-level requirements include completing a negotiation plan for an assigned community conflict (50 points).
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497Q.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597R -- Grant Writing  (1 unit)
Description:  This one unit course is one of a series of modules designed to help you learn basic planning techniques necessary for success in your academic and professional career. This module will provide students with grant writing skills. Graduate-level requirements include submission of a grant proposal either on their master's report topic or one provided by the instructor (100 points).
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597S -- New Urbanism and Sustainability in the Southwest  (3 units)
Description:  Examines contemporary competition between environment, resources (water, energy), social equity, and economic viability in the community development and revitalization arena. Public policy, planning initiatives, design strategies and technical solutions that bridge the conflicting agendas are analyzed. Field investigation of contemporary cases. Appropriate for students specializing in planning, architecture and landscape architecture. Graduate-level requirements include a case study paper and formal class presentation. The study should include a literature review, and assessment methodology and critical comment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 597S.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497S.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 597T -- Housing and Households  (3 units)
Description:  First of two-course sequence focusing on U.S. housing and community development. Topics covered include housing market projections, housing submarket analysis, housing finance and mortgage lending, household analysis, residential choice and residential mobility. Appropriate for students specializing in urban planning, architecture, urban geography and urban sociology.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  graduate status.
Identical to:  GEOG 597T.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 597V -- Affordable Housing and Community Development  (3 units)
Description:  The course focuses on housing and community development issues. Its purpose is to understand the nature of housing development, particularly for the lower income sectors of the community, and its relation to community development. Graduate-level requirements include individual projects and a longer research paper.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  ARC 597V.
May be convened with:  PLNN 497V.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 599 -- Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 605 -- Theory & Perspectives  (3 units)
Description:  This course shows students how planners frame the notion of public interest in their work, how planning, which is often intervention in the private market, can be justified in a capitalist society, the role that professional ethics play in the life of the planner, and the ways in which various kinds of planners define their job - and then do it. The course includes both the classic work in planning theory and the latest conversations in the theory community but with a strong emphasis on the value of such work for practicing planners.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  GEOG 605.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 611 -- Projects in Regional Planning  (4 units)
Description:  Lectures, laboratory, and field projects covering various aspects of professional practice.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  PLNN 605; 24 units toward a graduate degree in planning.
May be repeated:  for credit 4 times (maximum 5 enrollments).
Identical to:  GEOG 611.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 624 -- Reports in Planning  (3 units)
Description:  This is a preparation class for writing a master's report or thesis. The overall objective of the course is for each student to select a research topic, complete their abstract, outline, review of the literature, and propose a preliminary empirical research design. Topics covered emphasize the fundamentals of research, including literature review, problem identification, research design, data compilation, and the fundamentals of research presentation, including report or thesis organization and oral presentation skills.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, ARC 497A. Open to all; Planning students must have a minimum of one semester in program.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLNN 657 -- Spatial Statistics and Spatial Econometrics  (3 units)
Description:  This course provides the statistical and econometric techniques required for the analysis of geocoded data. Identification of spatial heterogeneity and inclusion in a formal regression model. An important aspect of the course is to gain hands-on experience in applying the appropriate techniques and using state-of-the-art software.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOG 557.
Identical to:  GEOG 657; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 660 -- Land-Use Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Review of the principal legal devices available to implement planning decisions on community design (official map, subdivision control), the use of land (nuisance, covenants and zoning) and housing needs (including urban renewal). Special attention will be paid to the significance and legal effect of a comprehensive plan and to the social and economic effects of planning decisions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 693 -- Internship  (3 units)
Description:  Give Planning students experience in the professional side of the discipline before leaving the university program. Student must complete 225 hours of internship under the direction of a planner at a level above satisfactory work to earn the credits. The course is designed to provide the student with learning experiences not present in the classroom through on-the-job training, to allow the student to apply and practice skills and techniques he/she has learned in class in a real--world environment, and to permit the student to interact with a network of colleagues engaged in professional planning practice.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 696B -- Financing Public Services  (3 units)
Description:  This course first identifies the principle means by which local governments--cities, counties, school districts, special districts--finance both the construction and on-going operation of public services and facilities. The methods we examine include both traditional and evolving ways of implementing taxes, user charges, fees, and using debt instruments. The course also describes and analyzes how local governments use a variety of finance instruments--franchise fees, taxes, and impact fees, for example--to finance and to regulate community growth and development. We examine alternative ways to evaluate the comparative equity and effectiveness of each method.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Identical to:  ARC 696B.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 696D -- International Planning  (3 units)
Description:  A seminar in the theory and practice of international planning and the institutions which participate in planning globally. The system of multi-lateral agencies developed in the post World War II period is examined as is the growing nonprofit and self-help movement worldwide, composed of other public and not-for-profit organizations, known as NGOs, CBOs, grass roots organizations, and local popular movements. The practice of international development planning will be surveyed through a series of recently published materials and guides to international planning by practitioners. Two seminar papers will be required on the practice of international planning.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  CPH 696D.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLNN 696E -- Issues Along Borders  (3 units)
Description:  Seminar on the key planning issues which affect international borders, particularly between Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora. Seminar topics will be enhanced by invited experts on key issues of migration, growth and change, social issues and political realities. Each student will select a related border region to study in parallel with the structure of the seminar.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  graduate status.
Identical to:  LA S 696E, CPH 696E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLNN 699 -- Independent Study  (2-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 900 -- Research  (1-3 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 909 -- Master's Report  (3 units)
Description:  Individual study or special project or formal report thereof submitted in lieu of thesis for certain master's degrees.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 910 -- Thesis  (1-3 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLNN 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
Grading:  Grade of K is awarded for this course except for the final term.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.