DCRP courses for the international certificate:
(* Short List)

PLAN 110 (059) Political Economy of Poverty & Inequality (3)
This course introduces students to the political economy of poverty alleviation programs and policies.
It explores what works well and why in this arena, and draws lessons from examining successful and
less successful attempts at designing and implementing employment generation, skill development,
capabilities enhancing poverty alleviation programs at the local level.  Spring.  Tewari

* PLAN 127, Public Transportation Planning (3)
About 1/3 of the course is devoted to international issues.  Alternative public urban transportation
systems including mass transit, innovative transit services, and paratransit, examined from economic,
land use, social, technical, and policy perspectives. Fall.  Rodríguez

PLAN 128, Transportation policy (3)
About 1/4 of the course is devoted to international topics.  Examination of transportation planning and
policy questions: land use relationships, modal comparisons, environmental quality, transportation
demand management, paratransit planning, the transportation needs of special populations, and
international comparisons.  Spring.  Rodríguez.

* PLAN 214 Urban Spatial Structure (3)
Principal theories and empirical evidence of the contemporary spatial development of metropolitan
areas.  Topics include the locational behavior of industrial, residential, retail and office activities, and
public facility location; theories of neighborhood change; the political organization of metropolitan regions;
the impacts of demographic and technological change and public policies on urban spatial form in
residential neighborhoods; normative and future perspectives on urban spatial form.  Spatial analysis of
metropolitan area development trends using census and other spatial information sources is required.
Fall. Song.

PLAN 219 Water Policy in Lesser Developed Countries (ENVR 288) (3)
Application of multi-objective programming and planning techniques to environmental and resource
management problems.  Management and planning models of water quantity and quality, air quality,
land use, and public facilities location.  Spring.  Whittington.

PLAN 232 Public Investment Theory and Techniques (ENVR 282) (3)
Prerequisite, PLAN 210 or equivalent. Basic theory, process, and techniques of public investment
planning and decision making, involving synthesis of economic, political, and technologic aspects.
Theory underlying benefit-cost analysis, adaptation to a descriptive and normative model for planning
public projects and programs. Spring. Whittington.

* PLAN 252 Housing and Public Policy (3)
A theory-based course in housing and market dynamics; the justification for government intervention
in the housing market; the structure and operations of the mortgage market and construction industry;
the economics of housing markets and housing market analysis; problems of racial discrimination,
substandard housing, the homeless, affordability; evaluation of public policies, including rent
regulations, housing allowances, and subsidized production programs. (Those interested in the
certificate have the option of writing their term paper on an international housing topic).  Fall.  Quercia.

* PLAN 261 Economic Development Policy (3)
Introduction to basic theories, concepts, and strategies employed to pursue local and regional economic development. Clarifies similarities and distinctions with related planning perspectives including community development, investigates the economic logic behind various development initiatives, and reviews basic
principles for critically examining alternative policies and programs. Spring. Lowe.

PLAN 263 Development Planning Techniques (3)  Intermediate and advanced techniques for analyzing
the development of local and regional economies.  Social accounts, indicator construction, regional
input-output models, economic and fiscal impact analysis, labor market analysis, and regional economic
forecasting techniques.  Spring.  Goldstein.

* PLAN 264 Urban and Regional Development Seminar (3)   Fundamental concepts and theories
applied to local economic development including growth, trade, product-cycle, flexible specialization, and
entrepreneurship theories.  Urban and regional development issues addressed in the North American,
South American, European, or South Asian contexts. Fall. Tewari.

* PLAN 310 (061) Theories and Principles of Urban Design (3) Reviews the theories of urban design
and city form in a comparative American and international context.  Fall.  Campanella

PLAN 310 (063) Planning for Jobs (3)
This course examines changing labor market conditions and their impact on workers, especially the
working poor.  Students seeking credit for the UCIS International Certificate are allowed to substitute
articles from a prepared list of international readings, as well as explore international case comparisons
through select class assignments.  Fall.  Lowe

PLAN 310 (029) International Dispute Resolution (3)
Fall. Whittington

 

* Short List