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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2009 Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Course Listing Planning and Public Policy Course Listing  

Planning and Public Policy Course Listing

Planning and Public Policy 762
10:762:101 Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Health (3) Overview of public health, public policy, and urban planning with an emphasis on how these fields intersect in a U.S. context.
Credit not given for both this course and 10:832:101. 
10:762:205 Basic Statistical Methods for Policy, Planning, and Health (3) Descriptive and inferential statistics, data presentation and analysis: sampling methods, probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, and chi-square.
10:762:233 The Urban World (3) Interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of cities, historical and contemporary; urban processes, and problems.
10:762:295 Internship in Public Service (BA) Students complete between 40 and 125 hours in the field (1 to 3 credits) doing  a preapproved public service internship under the direction of a faculty member.
10:762:298,299 Independent Study (BA,BA) Prerequisite: A contract with a faculty sponsor and permission of the program director.  
10:762:303 Poverty in Developing Nations (3) Causes and governmental responses to urban poverty in developing nations: economic, historical, and cultural factors.
10:762:304 Poverty in the United States (3) Causes and consequences of poverty in the United States: economic, historical, and cultural factors, plus governmental solutions.
10:762:305 Principles of Public Policy (3) Implementation of public policy including federal, state and intergovernmental decision making. Policy areas examined include environment, health care, development, labor, and other areas.
10:762:306 Principles of Urban Planning (3) The purpose of plans and planning and an introduction to planning techniques. Overview of planning domains such as housing, land use, and transportation with an emphasis on solutions to local problems.
10:762:310 U.S. Housing Policy (3) Major issues in housing: historical, economic, and social factors. Political and regulatory dimensions of housing decision making: housing codes and the landlord-tenant relationship.
10:762:315 Designing America's Cities and Suburbs (3) The visual experience and physical nature of America's cities and suburbs from their original planning stage to their ultimate reality. Digital camera required.
10:762:316 Physical Design and Site Planning (3) The impact of physical design on quality of life with a focus on analytic processes for understanding basic elements of human environments. Fieldwork.
10:762:317 Urban and Municipal Management (3) Management issues for service delivery (e.g., police and fire, health, housing, transportation, and welfare).  Focus on internal organizational structure and leadership.
10:762:324 Social Movements (3) How social movements translate changing social values into political forces. Issues include democracy, environment, health, human rights, labor, peace, and women.
10:762:330 Local Taxing and Spending Policy (3) This course covers the principles, policies, and practices of local government finances, including the raising and spending of tax dollars to reflect the structure, size, health, location, and service responsibilities of the local public sector.
10:762:331 Urban Social Policy (3) The historical emergence of social policy in the United States with a focus on housing, welfare, race relations, education, intergovernmental, and environmental issues.
10:762:335 Gender, Family, and Public Policy (3) Explores women's evolving role in both family and the labor market, and addresses contemporary public policy debates around these changes.
10:762:350 Drugs, Culture, and Society (3) The history, physical and psychological effects, current trends, and legal/social consequences of substance abuse. Compare prevention, intervention, and treatment approaches.
Credit not given for both this course and 10:832:350.
10:762:351 Addictions Policy (3) Practical pharmacology and scientific nature of addictions as public health issue. Exposure to treatment facilities, mutual aid meetings, and discussions of substance abuse policies. Credit not given with this course and 10:832:351
10:762:352 Cybercities (3) Social and economic implications of new communications technologies for urban life. Includes consideration of ecommerce, online education, egovernment, and infrastructure needs.
10:762:395 Research Methods (4) Research concepts and skills applied to public health, public policy, and planning. Includes development of original and online data sources, coding, appropriate selection of statistical methods for analysis, and professional presentation of results.
Open to school 10 only.
10:762:400 Internship (3) A 125-hour field experience in the public or private sector plus a weekly classroom experience. Students complete a project under the supervision of a field preceptor and a faculty supervisor. Projects are presented in a public forum.
Open to 762 majors only.
10:762:413 Urban Revitalization (3) Causes of urban decline and subsequent renewal efforts. Emphasis on contemporary programs to stimulate revitalization such as neighborhood renovation, gentrification, historic preservation, and economic development.
10:762:417 Population Tools and Policies (3) Basic demographic concepts, methods, and their application. Population growth, mortality, fertility, migration, and marriage patterns.
Credit not given for both this course and 10:832:417.
10:762:420 GIS for Health and Planning (3) Computing concepts and methods applicable to planning and health, including database management, introduction to GIS, and graphics.
Credit not given for both this course and 10:832:420.
10:762:421 Community Development (3) Analysis of neighborhood-based community development efforts to address housing, economic, and social issues affecting low-income communities. Resources for community building.
10:762:435 Administrative Issues in Environmental and Land-Use Planning (3) In-depth use of planning tools such as zoning, subdivision, housing, and eminent domain, and their use in comparative land-use systems.
10:762:440 Principles of Real Estate (3) An overview of real estate in the marketplace, the organization and services of the real estate industry, and the tools of real estate practitioners.
10:762:441 Real Estate I: Housing Analysis (1) Introduces the basics of market analysis in the housing sector. The tools and vocabulary needed to interact with developers are provided.
10:762:442 Real Estate II: Retail Analysis (1) Introduces the basics of market analysis in the retail sector. The tools and vocabulary needed to interact with developers are provided.
10:762:443 Real Estate III: Pro Formas (1) Introduces pro-forma statements, the main tool for investments used by real estate developers. Students will learn to read, prepare, and present pro-forma income statements.
10:762:444 American Environmental History (3) Exploring the diverse connections between America's national development and its land environment. This is essentially a course in ecological history.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:050:301.
10:762:448 Historic Preservation (3) The scope of historic preservation has expanded significantly. An overview of historical evolution of the preservation movement in the United States, examining important public preservation regulations and programs and the economics of historic preservation.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:082:441,442.
10:762:451 Environmental Policy and Regulation (3) Focus on the role of economics in the role of environmental policy formation. Emphasis on applications to air, water, land use, and natural environments.
10:762:460 Local Economic Development (3) Analysis of efforts of citizens, business leaders, and governments to promote local economic development, focusing on economic development theory and the political economy.
10:762:462 Human Rights and Health (3) Covers human rights law, its uses in wartime, the theoretical reframing of women's rights, and its application to health and health care.
Credit not given for this course and 10:832:462.
10:762:463,464 Bloustein Research (BA,BA) Advanced undergraduates participate as research assistants in an ongoing research project at one of the institutes or centers at the Bloustein school. Students contract with and are supervised by the principal investigator of the project.
Open to students enrolled in school 10 only.
10:762:471 Globalization: Trends and Policy (3) Explore global trends in demographic, political, security, economic, technological, social, and environmental areas. Discuss key public policy challenges that such trends pose to nation-states and global players.
10:762:473 Transportation Policy (3) Major policy issues in urban transportation. Historical development and current characteristics of urban transportation systems. Problems and alternative solutions analyzed in the context of political and institutional constraints.
10:762:474 Tourism Planning (3) Analysis of the largest global industry. Rise of mass tourism, marketing of tourism destinations. Economic, environmental, social, and political impacts of tourism nationally and internationally.
10:762:476 Immigration Policy and Health (3) Facts and controversies surrounding immigration. Legislative history, urban and public health impacts, racial implications.
Credit not given for this course and 10:832:476.
10:762:477 Immigration Policy and Health (CASE) (1) A 40-hour community service component focused on immigration activities.
Corequisite: 10:762:476.
10:762:478 History of Planning Thought (3) Major ideas in city and regional planning since the early 19th century. Origin, growth, and impact of these ideas on the evolution of planning in the context of intellectual, social, and technological change.
10:762:483 Protecting Public Health and the Environment (3) The policies and realities facing places trying to protect community health in the face of economic feasibility and political forces.
Credit not given for both this course and 10:832:483.
10:762:485 Gender and Development (3) Competing theories of development and feminist critiques of current theory and practice: the sexual division of labor, ecofeminism, human rights of women, and population and women's health.
10:762:490,491 Independent Study (BA,BA) Open to 762 majors only. Prerequisites: A contract with a faculty sponsor and permission of the program director.  
10:762:494 Senior Seminar (3) Integration of past learning experience, discussion and readings on key concepts, and preparation of a senior thesis, which is presented in a public forum. 
Open to 762 majors with at least 100 credits and no outstanding core requirements for the major.
10:762:495,496 Special Topics (3,3) Topics vary. These courses are designed to address current issues in planning and public policy.
 
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