Planning and Public Policy 762
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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.
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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.
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The Urban World (3)
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of cities, historical and contemporary; urban processes, and problems.
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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.
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Independent Study (BA,BA)
Prerequisite: A contract with a faculty sponsor and permission of the program director.
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Poverty in Developing Nations (3)
Causes and governmental responses to urban poverty in developing nations: economic, historical, and cultural factors.
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Poverty in the United States (3)
Causes and consequences of poverty in the United States: economic, historical, and cultural factors, plus governmental solutions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Social Movements (3)
How social movements translate changing social values into political forces. Issues include democracy, environment, health, human rights, labor, peace, and women.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Cybercities (3)
Social and economic implications of new communications technologies for urban life. Includes consideration of ecommerce, online education, egovernment, and infrastructure needs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Immigration Policy and Health (CASE) (1)
A 40-hour community service component focused on immigration activities.
Corequisite: 10:762:476.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Independent Study (BA,BA)
Open to 762 majors only. Prerequisites: A contract with a faculty sponsor and permission of the program director.
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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.
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Special Topics (3,3)
Topics vary. These courses are designed to address current issues in planning and public policy.
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