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 two of the following three courses)

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

34:970:521 Historic Preservation
34:970:523 Legal Aspects of Environmental Planning
34:970:525 Property Theory and Land Use Policy
34:970:529 Principles of Housing
34:970:555 Urban Transportation Policy
34:970:556 Urban Transportation Planning
34:970:558 Public Transit Planning and Management
34:970:571 Industrial Ecology
34:833:572 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
34:970:594 Program Evaluation
34:970:604 Land Development Practice
34:970:619 Environment, Economics and Policy
34:970:665 Transportation, Land Use and Urban Form
34:970:672 Seminar: Energy Policy and Planning
34:970:674 Housing
34:833:685 Environmental Conflict and Cooperation

Recommended Methods Courses

34:970:590 Graphical Communication for Urban Planners
34:970:591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy
34:970:592 Topics in GIS

Recommended Studios

34:970:510 Studio: Urban Design
34:970:510 Studio: Comprehensive Planning
34:970:511 Studio: Redevelopment Studio
34:970:510/1 Studio: Environmental topics on a rotating basis

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
16:450:612 Natural Hazards (co-listed as undergrad course 01:450:311)

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

Core (pick1-2)
501 History and Theory of Planning
509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns
515 Methods of Planning Analysis I
516 Methods of Planning Analysis II (if passed out of I)
517 Survey of Planning Law

Electives/Methods (pick 1-2)
555 Urban Transportation Policy
556 Urban Transportation Planning
558 Public Transit Planning and Management
571 Industrial Ecology
591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy
604 Land Development Practice
619 Environmental Economics and Policy
672 Seminar: Energy Policy and Planning
674 Housing

First Year – Spring Semester

Core (pick 1-2)
501 History and Theory of Planning
509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns
515 Methods of Planning Analysis I
516 Methods of Planning Analysis II
517 Survey of Planning Law

Required
508 Comprehensive Planning
601 Introduction to Planning and Design

Electives/Methods (pick 1-2)
521 Historic Preservation
523 Legal Aspects of Environmental Planning
525 Property Theory and Land Use Policy
529 Principles of Housing
572 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
590 Introduction to Graphics for Urban Planners
591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy
665 Transportation, Land Use and Urban Form
685 Environmental Conflict and Cooperation

Second Year – Fall Semester

Core (pick 1-2)
501 History and Theory of Planning
509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns
510 Studio
515 Methods of Planning Analysis I
516 Methods of Planning Analysis II
517 Survey of Planning Law

Electives/Methods (pick 2-3)
555 Urban Transportation Policy
556 Urban Transportation Planning
558 Public Transit Planning and Management
571 Industrial Ecology
591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy
604 Land Development Practice
619 Environmental Economics and Policy
672 Seminar: Energy Policy and Planning
674 Housing

Second Year – Spring Semester

Core (pick 1-2)
501 History and Theory of Planning
509 Urban Economy and Spatial Patterns
511 Studio
515 Methods of Planning Analysis I
516 Methods of Planning Analysis II
517 Survey of Planning Law

Required
618 Environmental Planning and Management

Electives/Methods (pick 2-3)
521 Historic Preservation
523 Legal Aspects of Environmental Planning
525 Property Theory and Land Use Policy
529 Principles of Housing
572 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
590 Introduction to Graphics for Urban Planners
591 Introduction to GIS for Planning and Policy
665 Transportation, Land Use and Urban Form
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