Fall 2002 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Fall 2002; however, some (or all) may not be offered this term.  The course numbers that are offered this term link to the Schedule of Classes.  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.

School of Planning (PLN )  Department Info

PLN 110 -- Regional Land Use  (3 units)
Description:  Problems of regional environments in relation to the use and development of activities on the land. Emphasis on field study of actual land uses and introduction to the analysis and mapping of these using microcomputers. The relation of land use to taxation, zoning, and real estate transfer and development.
Identical to:  GEOG 110.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  GEOG 256; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 301 -- Introduction to Regional Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the principles and techniques used for planning in metropolitan and rural regions.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  GEOG 301.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 379; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 399 -- Independent Study  (2-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 401A -- Introduction to Planning  (3 units)
Description:  First of a two-course sequence introducing students to the planning profession, graduate planning program, and fundamentals of transportation planning, international planning, urban design, and housing and community development.
Identical to:  GEOG 401A.
May be convened with:  PLN 501A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 401B.
May be convened with:  PLN 501B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 510.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 412 -- Comprehensive and Strategic Planning  (3 units)
Description:  A seminar in the theory and practice of strategic and comprehensive plannng. Strategic planning had its inception in corporations, public and not-for-profit organizations. Comprehensive planning is an older, traditional technique of planning. Both are theoretical constructs that are utilized in planning. The study of these two divergent forms of plannng will be examined in the context of land management and internal uses for governmental and private agencies.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 416B -- Geographic Information Systems for Geography and Regional Development  (3 units)
Description:  contact department.
Identical to:  GEOG 416B; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.   This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; ARC 302, grade of "Pass" for UDWPE or completion of ENGL 397A.
Identical to:  ARC 432; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 532.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 544.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  GEOG 453; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 553.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  GEOG 456; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 110 or equivalent.
Identical to:  GEOG 457; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 557.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 459.
May be convened with:  PLN 559.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  GEOG 461; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  C E 363, consult department before enrolling.
Identical to:  C E 468; C E is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 568.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  GEOG 471; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 571.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
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:  PLN 576.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 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.
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:  PLN 583.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 596A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 597D.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 597E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  open to non-majors only.
Identical to:  ARC 497I; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 597I.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 597O.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 497P -- Desktop Publishing  (1 unit)
Description:  This course is an introductory examination of desktop publishing tools, techniques, and technologies that are being used by planners for the preparation of proposals, reports, and other promotional materials. An overview of desktop software (Adobe Publishing) and basic techniques will be presented. The coursed is conducted in a workshop format to build a basic understanding and elemental proficiency in desktop publishing. Demonstrations, projects and exercises will be used to help students gain a basic proficiency in the use of desktop graphic media.
May be convened with:  PLN 597P.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 597Q.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 597R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 597S.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  ARC 497V.
May be convened with:  PLN 597V.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 499 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  HWR 500; HWR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 501A -- Introduction to Planning  (3 units)
Description:  First of a two-course sequence introducing students to the planning profession, graduate planning program, and fundamentals of transportation planning, international planning, urban design, and housing and community development. Graduate-level requirements include one additional project and lead in-class exercises.
Identical to:  GEOG 501A.
May be convened with:  PLN 401A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 501B.
May be convened with:  PLN 401B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 504 -- Public and Policy Economics  (3 units)
Description:  Applications of economics to the analysis of public policy and planning problems.
Identical to:  PA 504; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 410.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 512 -- Comprehensive and Strategic Planning  (3 units)
Description:  A seminar in the theory and practice of strategic and comprehensive plannng. Strategic planning had its inception in corporations, public and not-for-profit organizations. Comprehensive planning is an older, traditional technique of planning. Both are theoretical constructs that are utilized in planning. The study of these two divergent forms of plannng will be examined in the context of land management and internal uses for governmental and private agencies. Graduate-level requirements include submission of a readings log worth 40 points.
May be convened with:  PLN 412.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOG 557 or consent of instructor.
Identical to:  PA 514; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 516B; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 517 -- Public Policy Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to theory and practice of public policy analysis.
Identical to:  PA 517; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  ARC 532; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 432.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 535 -- Zoning, Ethics and Equity  (3 units)
Description:  Extensive look at zoning and regulation of uses of land and buildings and how it relates to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  good standing in the School of Planning or consent of the instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 444.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 550 -- Metropolitan and Regional Planning  (3 units)
Description:  Survey and evaluation of concepts and examples, including metropolitan, economic development, state and national, and environmental plans in the U.S. and abroad.
Identical to:  GEOG 550.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 553; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 453.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 555 -- Introduction to Transportation  (3 units)
Description:  Graduate survey and policy analysis course, focusing on the policy environment surrounding several major transportation issues.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 557; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 457.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 559.
May be convened with:  PLN 459.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 561 -- Resource Management  (3 units)
Description:  Examination and critical appraisal of social and behavioral science aspects of resource management, with special emphasis on factors affecting decision making.
Identical to:  GEOG 561; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 563 -- Perception of Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of interdisciplinary research on environmental perception; consideration of social and behavioral variables at all scales of environmental perception and planning.
Identical to:  GEOG 563; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 567 -- Geographical Analysis of Population  (3 units)
Description:  Population distribution and change; practical methods of demographic analysis, migration, business and planning applications.
Identical to:  GEOG 567; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Special course fee required:  Special fee may apply for web delivered sections. See the M.Eng Website (http://triuniv.engr.arizona.edu/tuition.html) for details..
Identical to:  C E 568; C E is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 468.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 571; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 471.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  GEOG 576.
May be convened with:  PLN 476.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 580 -- Planning the Healthy City  (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.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  GEOG 583; GEOG is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 483.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 595C -- Public Policy in Latin America  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines public policymaking in Latin American countries in light of the political and socioeconomic transformations that took place in the region following regime democratization. Graduate-level requirements include three short papers and two oral presentations.
May be repeated:  for credit 4 times (maximum 5 enrollments).
Identical to:  LA S 595C; LA S is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 496A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
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.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  ARC 597A; ARC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 497D.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 497E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 597F -- Communicating with Numbers  (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 help students think carefully about numbers and numerical analyses and to effectively use quantitative assessments in professional planning reports, presentations and public hearings; to become experienced in the essentials of the leading computer software; and to improve proficiency in developing graphics from spreadsheets and other computer programs.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Identical to:  ARC 597I; ARC is home department.
May be convened with:  PLN 497I.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
May be convened with:  PLN 497O.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 597P -- Desktop Publishing  (1 unit)
Description:  This course is an introductory examination of desktop publishing tools, techniques, and technologies that are being used by planners for the preparation of proposals, reports, and other promotional materials. An overview of desktop software (Adobe Publishing) and basic techniques will be presented. The coursed is conducted in a workshop format to build a basic understanding and elemental proficiency in desktop publishing. Demonstrations, projects and exercises will be used to help students gain a basic proficiency in the use of desktop graphic media. Graduate-level requirements include an extra project worth 50 points.
May be convened with:  PLN 497P.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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).
May be convened with:  PLN 497Q.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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).
May be convened with:  PLN 497R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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 asessment methodology and critical comment.
May be convened with:  PLN 497S.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  graduate status.
Identical to:  GEOG 597T.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  ARC 597.
May be convened with:  PLN 497V.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 605 -- Planning Theories and Perspectives  (3 units)
Description:  A critical examination of normative and methodological assumptions of alternative planning models, with emphasis on developing a perspective on contemporary issues.
Identical to:  GEOG 605.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 611 -- Projects in Regional Planning  (4 units)
Description:  Lectures, laboratory, and field projects covering various aspects of professional practice.
Prerequisite(s):  PLN 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.

PLN 657 -- Spatial Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Formal analysis and modeling of spatial structures and processes; conceptual evaluation of point patterns, networks, surfaces and interaction.
Prerequisite(s):  GEOG 557.
Identical to:  GEOG 657; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  LAW 660.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 665 -- Quick Response Transportation Planning Methods  (3 units)
Description:  Quick response transportation tools for subarea, problem and policy analysis, and strategic planning in the urban setting.
Identical to:  C E 665; C E is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 668 -- Urban Public Transportation Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Development, operation, management, financing, evaluation and travel demand estimation for urban public transportation systems.
Special course fee required:  Special fee may apply for web delivered sections. See the M.Eng Website (http://triuniv.engr.arizona.edu/tuition.html) for details.
Identical to:  C E 668; C E is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 693 -- Internship  (3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 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.
Identical to:  ARC 696B.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PLN 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.
Prerequisite(s):  graduate status.
Identical to:  LA S 696E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PLN 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.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 900 -- Research  (1-3 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 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.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 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.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PLN 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.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.