City and Regional Planning
College of Environmental Design
Department Office: 228 Wurster Hall, (510) 642-3256
Department Website: City and Regional Planning
Overview
The mission of the Department of City and Regional Planning is to improve equity, the economy and the environment in neighborhoods, communities, cities, and metropolitan regions by creating knowledge and engagement through our teaching, research and service. We aim to design and create cities, infrastructure, and public services that are sustainable, affordable, enjoyable, and accessible to all.
Wisely and successfully intervening in the public realm, whether locally, nationally, or globally, is a challenge. Our urban future is complex and rapidly changing. Resource scarcity and conflict, technological innovation, retrofitting of existing built environments, and social empowerment will alter the ways in which planning has conventionally been carried out. We believe the planning academy has a special responsibility to always address social justice, equity, and ethics; to teach and research means of public participation, collective decision making, and advocacy; and to focus on reforming institutions, urban governance, policy and planning practices to make these goals possible.
Urban Studies Major
The undergraduate major in urban studies introduces interested students to cities and urban environments as objects of study, analysis, criticism, and planned transformation. The major has a core in urban studies and planning with courses in city planning and environmental design, and an interdisciplinary curriculum in various urban-related social science fields and disciplines.
City and Regional Planning Minor
The Department of City and Regional Planning offers an interdisciplinary minor in city planning that is open to students in all majors. The minor trains students in the study and analysis of urban environments and teaches them about the practices, policies, and politics that constitute the field of urban planning.
Graduate Programs
The Master of City Planning Degree
The two-year Master of City Planning (MCP) program comprises a solid core of knowledge in the field of city and regional planning—including history and theory, planning methods, urban economics, and urban institutions analysis—and an opportunity to specialize in one of four concentration areas: housing, community, and economic development; environmental planning and policy and healthy cities; transportation policy and planning; and urban design.
The MCP degree requires the completion of 48 units of coursework during four consecutive semesters in residence. Unless they already have equivalent work experience, students must also complete a three-month internship. The terminal MCP requirement, undertaken during the second year of study, takes the form of a professional report or a client report. Alternatively, some elect to write a master's thesis.
The Department of City and Regional Planning participates in concurrent master's degree programs with the Departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Public Health; and with UC Berkeley School of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law, and International and Area Studies.
The Doctor of Philosophy Degree in City and Regional Planning
The PhD in City and Regional Planning at Berkeley provides training in urban and planning theory, advanced research, and the practice of planning. Alumni of the program have established national and international reputations as planning educators, social science researchers and theorists, policy makers and practitioners. Today the program is served by nearly 20 City and Regional Planning faculty with expertise in community and economic development, transportation planning, urban design, international development, environmental planning, and global urbanism. With close ties to numerous research centers and initiatives, the program encourages its students to develop specializations within the field of urban studies and planning and to expand their intellectual horizons through training in the related fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, Civil Engineering, Anthropology, Geography, Sociology, Public Policy, Public Health, and Political Science.
Each student’s program of study is individually designed with the assistance and support of a faculty adviser, in accordance with the student’s specific intellectual interests and prior preparation. PhD students are required to complete an outside field requirement (in another department) and an inside field requirement in city and regional planning before taking their oral exams and undertaking their dissertation research. The normative time in the program is five years.
CY PLAN 97 Field Studies in City and Regional Planning 1 - 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of field work per week per unit.
Supervised experiences in the study of off-campus organizations relevant to specific aspects of city planning. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and written report required.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 98 Special Group Study 1 - 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CY PLAN 110 Introduction to City Planning 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus additional fieldwork.5 hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus additional fieldwork per week for 8 weeks. 7.5 hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus additional fieldwork per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Open to majors in all fields.
Survey of city planning as it has evolved in the United States since 1800 in response to physical, social, and economic problems; major concepts and procedures used by city planners and local governments to improve the urban environment.
CY PLAN 111 Introduction to Housing: An International Survey 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 110 or Economics 1 or consent of instructor; open to majors in all fields.
Housing problems, government housing policy, and housing as a field of urban planning practice. Emphasis on critical International Issues in the Third World and the United States.
Instructor: AlSayyad
CY PLAN 113A Economic Analysis for Planning 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Introduction to economic concepts and thinking as used in planning. Micro-economic theory is reviewed and critiqued.
CY PLAN 113B Community and Economic Development 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week. 6 hours of lecture/discussion per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of lecture/discussion per week for 6 weeks.
Introduction to political, economic and social issues involved in theory and practice of community economic development. Focus on national economic and social policies, role of local community economic development corporations (CDCs), resolution of conflicts between private-sector profitability and public sector (community) accountability through critical use of the planning process.
CY PLAN 114 Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This course is designed to introduce students to the characteristics of urban transportation systems, the methods through which they are planned and analyzed, and the dimensions of key policy issues confronting decision makers.
Instructor: Chatman
CY PLAN 115 Urbanization in Developing Countries 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
The course covers issues of development and urbanization from the era of colonialism to the era of contemporary globalization. Themes include modernization, urban informality and poverty, transnational economies, and the role of international institutions and agencies.
Instructor: Roy
CY PLAN N115 Urbanization in Developing Countries 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of lecture/discussion per week for 6 weeks.
The course covers issues of development and urbanization from the era of colonialism to the era of contemporary globalization. Themes include modernization, urban informality and poverty, transnational economies, and the role of international institutions and agencies.
CY PLAN 116 Urban Planning Process--The Undergraduate Planning Studio 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of lecture/discussion per week plus fieldwork.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; 110 or consent of instructor.
An intermediate course in the planning process with practicum in using planning techniques. Classes typically work on developing an area or other community plan. Some lectures, extensive field and group work, oral and written presentations of findings.
CY PLAN 118AC The Urban Community 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/seminar and 1 hour discussion per week.
This course looks at the idea and practice of community in cities and suburbs and at the dynamics of neighborhood and community formation. Topics include urban social geography, ethnicity, and identity, residential choice behavior, the political economy of neighborhoods, planning for neighborhoods and civic engagement. Instructors emphasize different topics. Class size limits depend on the instructor.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Instructor: Hutson
CY PLAN 119 Planning for Sustainability 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Open to majors in all fields.
This course examines how the concept of sustainable development applies to cities and urban regions and gives students insight into a variety of contemporary urban planning issues through the sustainability lens. The course combines lectures, discussions, student projects, and guest appearances by leading practitioners in Bay Area sustainability efforts. Ways to coordinate goals of environment, economy, and equity at different scales of planning are addressed, including the region, the city, the neighborhood, and the site.
Instructor: Acey
CY PLAN 120 Community Planning and Public Policy for Disability 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week.
This course reviews what society and local communities can do in terms of policies, programs, and local planning to address the needs of citizens with disabilities. Attention will be given to the economics of disability, to the politics of producing change, and to transportation, housing, public facilities, independent living, employment, and income policies. Options will be assessed from the varying perspectives of those with disabilities and the broader society.
Instructor: Dear
CY PLAN C139/POL SCI C139 Urban and Sub-national Politics in Developing Countries 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Political Science
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 to 2 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
Over half of the world's population is now urban. As urban populations swell, metropolitan areas in both the developed and the developing world struggle to provide basic services and address the negative externalities associated with rapid growth. Sanitation, transportation, pollution, energy services, and public safety typically fall to sub-national governments. Yet local sub-national institutions face difficulties as they tackle these challenges because development tends to spill over political boundaries and resources are limited. Such difficulties are particularly acute in the developing world due to tighter resource constraints, weak institutions, and the comparative severity of the underlying problems. Moreover, democratization and decentralization suggest that urban governance and service delivery may have become more democratic, but present challenges with respect to priority setting, coordination, and corruption.
Instructor: Post
CY PLAN 140 Urban Design: City-Building and Place-Making 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
The course is concerned with the multidisciplinary field and practice of urban design. It includes a review of historical approaches to urban design and current movements in the field, as well as discussion of the elements of urban form, theories of good city form, scales of urban design, implementation approaches, and challenges and opportunities for the discipline. Learning from cities via fieldwork is an integral part of the course.
Instructor: Macdonald
CY PLAN 180 Research Seminar in Urban Studies 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture, discussion, and directed research per week.
A capstone course for urban studies majors; open to other majors by instructor approval. Topical focus varies by semester. The course involves student production of a high-quality research report from inception to completion. Lectures introduce a range of research skills typical in urban studies, and cover specific domain knowledge necessary for the completion of the research project. Students identify a research topic subject to instructor approval and prepare a formal research proposal, undertaking the analysis specified in the proposal, making public presentations of their findings, and producing a professional-quality research report.
Student Learning Outcomes: Conceptualizing, executing and completing an individual research project, including public presentations of findings, revision based on critical feedback, and the production of a final research report to the highest professional standards. ^Devising policy and practical solutions to address borderland planning problems.
^The fundamental principles of research project design, scheduling, and execution, as well as exposure to a variety of methodological approaches using visual, cartographic, quantitative and qualitative data sources.
CY PLAN 190 Advanced Topics in Urban Studies 1 - 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture/discussion per week per unit. 2 hours of lecture/discussion per week per unit for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
Analysis of selected topics in urban studies. Topics vary by semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 197 Field Studies 1 - 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of field work per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Supervised experiences in the study of off-campus organizations relevant to specific aspects of city planning. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and a written report are required.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CY PLAN 198 Special Group Study 1 - 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CY PLAN 199 Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Flexible, at the discretion of the instructor.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Regular meetings with faculty overseer.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CY PLAN 200 History of City Planning 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
The history of city planning and the city planning profession in the context of urban history. Principal focus on the evolution of North American planning practice and theory since the late 19th century; some comparative and earlier material.
Instructor: Roy
CY PLAN 204A Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Methods of Planning Data Analysis 2 or 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Introduction to the use of quantitative reasoning and statistical techniques to solve planning and policy problems. Course focuses on (I) basic planning techniques for analyzing and presenting secondary data, preparing forecasts, and conducting regional economic analysis (weeks 1-8); (II) inferential statistics and sampling, as applied to planning problems; and (III) basic multivariate techniques such as chi-squared and linear regression and advanced multivariate techniques such as multiple regression (weeks 9-15). For the two-unit option, students may take the first half of the class (weeks 1-8).
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructors: Chapple, Chatman
CY PLAN 204B Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Research Methods for Planners 2 or 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week for 10 weeks (2 units). 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week for 15 weeks (4 units).
Research methods for planning, including problem definition, observation, key informant interviewing, causal modeling, survey design and overall design of research, as well as memorandum writing and presentation skills. Students work in teams with clients on actual research problems and learn professional skills as well as practical ways of conducting usable research. With permission of the instructor, students who wish to complete only half of the assignments for their individual research may take the course for 2 units.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Caldeira
CY PLAN 204C Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Introduction to GIS and City Planning 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of lecture/laboratory per week. 10 hours of lecture/laboratory per week for 6 weeks. 7.5 hours of lecture/laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Introduction to the principles and practical uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This course is intended for graduate students with exposure to using spreadsheets and database programs for urban and natural resource analysis, and who wish to expand their knowledge to include basic GIS concepts and applications. Prior GIS or desktop mapping experience not required.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Radke
CY PLAN 204D Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Multivariate Analysis in Planning 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of lecture/laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 204A or equivalent.
Theory and application of advanced multivariate methods in planning. Emphasis on causal modeling of cross-sectional data. Topics include: multiple regression analysis; residual analysis; weighted least squares; non-linear models; path analysis; log-linear models; logit and probit analysis; principal components; factor and cluster analysis. Completion of two computer assignments, using several microcomputer statistical packages, is required.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Cervero
CY PLAN 205 Introduction to Planning and Environmental Law 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week.
An introduction to the American legal process and legal framework within which public policy and planning problems are addressed. The course stresses legal methodology, the basics of legal research, and the common-law decisional method. Statutory analysis, administrative law, and constitutional interpretation are also covered. Case topics focus on the law of planning, property rights, land use regulation, and access to housing.
Instructor: Etzel
CY PLAN 207 Land and Housing Market Economics 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 113A or equivalent.
Using microeconomics as its platform, course explores the process and pattern of land utilization from a variety of perspectives: the neighborhood, the city, and the metropolis. The approach blends real estate, descriptive urban geography, and urban history with economics.
Instructor: Waddell
CY PLAN 208 Plan Preparation Studio 5 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar and 5 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks. 4 hours of Seminar and 16 hours of Studio per week for 8 weeks.
An introductory laboratory experience in urban plan preparation, including the use of graphic communication techniques appropriate to city planning and invoking individual effort and that of collaborative student groups in formulating planning policies and programs for an urban area. Occasional Friday meetings are required.
Instructor: Macdonald
CY PLAN C213/CIV ENG C290U Transportation and Land Use Planning 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 113A or equivalent.
Examination of the interactions between transportation and land use systems; historical perspectives on transportation; characteristics of travel and demand estimation; evaluation of system performance; location theory; models of transportation and urban structure; empirical evidence of transportation-land use impacts; case study examinations.
Instructors: Chatman, Cervero
CY PLAN C217/CIV ENG C250N Transportation Policy and Planning 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 213 or consent of instructor.
Policy issues in urban transportation planning; measuring the performance of transportation systems; the transportation policy formulation process; transportation finance, pricing, and subsidy issues; energy and air quality in transportation; specialized transportation for elderly and disabled people; innovations in transportation policy.
CY PLAN 218 Transportation Planning Studio 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of studio laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 213 or 217 or consent of instructor.
Studio on applying skills of urban transportation planning. Topics vary, focusing on specific urban sites and multi-modal issues, including those related to planning for mass transit and other alternatives to the private automobile. Recent emphasis given to planning and designing for transit villages and transit-based housing.
Instructor: Deakin
CY PLAN 219 Comparative International Topics in Transportation 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Covers comparative planning and policy topics in urban, regional, and rural transportation that are transnational in nature. Builds policy lessons on planning for mobility, accessibility, and sustainability in different political and contextual settings. Case studies are drawn from both developed and developing countries.
Instructor: Cervero
CY PLAN 220 The Urban and Regional Economy 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: 113A or equivalent.
Analysis of the urban, metropolitan, and regional economy for planning. Economic base and other macro models; impact analysis and projection of changing labor force and industrial structure; economic-demographic interaction; issues in growth, income distribution, planning controls; interregional growth and population distribution issues.
Instructor: Chapple
CY PLAN 223 Economic Development Planning 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Strategy and tools for developing employment attracting investment and improving the standard of living in regional, state, and local economies. Organization of economic development activities, with a focus on current practices.
Instructor: Chapple
CY PLAN 225 Workshop in Regional Analysis 3 or 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus 5-week optional module.
Prerequisites: 204A or 220.
This course covers economic base analysis, shift share techniques, input-output analysis, regional accounting, impact analysis, cluster analysis, and qualitative sectoral studies. Includes an optional 1-unit applied module during the last five weeks of instruction.
Instructor: Chapple
CY PLAN 228 Research Workshop on Metropolitan Regional Planning 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Studio and 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Relevant past coursework and consent of instructor.
Field problem in major phases of metropolitan or regional planning work. A collaborative student-group effort in formulating policy or plan recommendations within specific governmental framework.
CY PLAN 230 U.S. Housing, Planning, and Policy 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Theory of housing markets and empirical methods for measuring market conditions and performance: housing consumption, housing supply and production, and market performance. Empirical analysis and applications to policy issues.
Instructor: Reid
CY PLAN 231 Housing in Developing Countries 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This course covers issues of housing policy and housing form in the urbanizing developing world from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective. Using case studies from Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, it highlights the role of physical planners as community activists involved in practices like squatter development slum upgrading, sites and services, and self-help.
Instructor: AlSayyad
CY PLAN 238 Development--Design Studio 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of lecture/seminar and 4 hours of studio per week.
Prerequisites: 235.
Studio experience in analysis, policy advising, and project design or general plan preparation for urban communities undergoing development, with a focus on site development and project planning.
Instructor: Smith-Heimer
CY PLAN C240/LD ARCH C250 Theories of Urban Form and Design 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Theories and patterns of urban form throughout history are studied with emphasis on the role of planning and design in shaping cities and the relationship between urban form and social, economic, and geographic factors. Using a case study approach, cities are evaluated in terms of various theories and performance dimensions.
Instructor: Southworth
CY PLAN C241/LD ARCH C241 Research Methods in Environmental Design 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/seminar and 2 hours of laboratory per week.
The components, structure, and meaning of the urban environment. Environmental problems, attitudes, and criteria. Environmental survey, analysis, and interview techniques. Methods of addressing environmental quality. Environmental simulation.
Formerly known as Interdepartmental Studies 241. Instructor: Bosselmann
CY PLAN 248 Advanced Studio: Urban Design/Environmental Planning 5 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar and 5 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 208 or 240.
Advanced problems in urban design and land use, and in environmental planning. Occasional Friday meetings are required.
Instructor: Bosselmann
CY PLAN 249 Urban Design in Planning 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of seminar/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
This seminar will focus on urban design in the planning process, the role of environmental surveys, methods of community involvement, problem identification, goal formulation and alternatives generation, environmental media and presentation, design guidelines and review, environmental evaluation and impact assessment. Case studies.
Formerly known as Interdepartmental Studies 249. Instructor: Macdonald
CY PLAN C251/LD ARCH C231 Environmental Planning and Regulation 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course will examine emerging trends in environmental planning and policy and the basic regulatory framework for environmental planning encountered in the U.S. We will also relate the institutional and policy framework of California and the United States to other nations and emerging international institutions. The emphasis of the course will be on regulating "residuals" as they affect three media: air, water, and land.
Instructor: Corburn
CY PLAN 252 Land Use Controls 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
An advanced course in implementation of land use and environmental controls. The theory, practice and impacts of zoning, growth management, land banking, development systems, and other techniques of land use control. Objective is to acquaint student with a range of regulatory techniques and the legal, administrative-political equity aspects of their implementation.
Instructor: Etzel
CY PLAN 254 Sustainable Communities 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
This course examines and explores the concept of sustainable development at the community level. The course has three sections: (1) an introduction to the discourse on sustainable development; (2) an exploration of several leading attempts to incorporate sustainability principles into plans, planning, and urban design; (3) a comparative examination of several attempts to modify urban form and address the multiple goals (social, economic, environmental) of sustainable urbanism.
Instructor: Acey
CY PLAN 255 Urban Planning Applications of Geographic Information Systems 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
This course introduces students to the relatively new and rapidly expanding field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The course focuses on GIS and its application to both city and regional problems in the San Francisco Bay Area and offers students a toolkit for integrating spatial information into planning solutions. The laboratory sessions will mainly employ a vector model to solving problems. Topics include problem identification, data discovery, database design, construction, modeling, and analytical measurement.
Instructor: Radke
CY PLAN 256 Healthy Cities 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Exploration of common origins of urban planning and public health, from why and how the fields separated and strategies to reconnect them, to addressing urban health inequities in the 21st century. Inquiry to influences of urban population health, analysis of determinants, and roles that city planning and public health agencies - at local and international level - have in research, and action aimed at improving urban health. Measures, analysis, and design of policy strategies are explored.
Instructor: Corburn
CY PLAN C257/LD ARCH C237 The Process of Environmental Planning 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: C231/Landscape Architecture C251.
A review of the techniques used in environmental planning, and evaluation of alternate means of implementation in varying environmental and political circumstances. The class will examine and critique a number of well-known environmental planning programs and plans. Lectures and discussion will address recurrent planning problems, such as the limitations of available data, legal and political constraints on plans, conflicts among specialists.
CY PLAN 260 Theory, History, and Practice of Community Development 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This course will explore the theory, history, methods, and practice of local community development. The course will begin by examining the historical roots of community involvement and action. It will present alternative explanations for different paths of neighborhood and community change.
Formerly known as 268. Instructor: Hutson
CY PLAN C261/LD ARCH C242 Citizen Involvement in the City Planning Process 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning; Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
An examination of the roles of the citizens and citizen organizations in the city planning process. Models for citizen involvement ranging from advising to community control. Examination of the effectiveness of different organizational models in different situations.
Students will not receive credit for C242 after taking City and Regional Planning 208, Interdepartmental Studies 206 Fall 1990, and Interdepartmental Studies 206 Fall 1991. Formerly known as Interdepartmental Studies 223.
CY PLAN 268 Community Development Studio/Workshop 4 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 208 or 235.
Studio experience in analysis, policy advising, and implementation in an urban setting. Students will engage in group work for real clients (e.g., community-based organizations or local government agencies), culminating in a final report or proposal.
Formerly known as 258. Instructor: Hutson
CY PLAN 271 Development Theories and Practices 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
This course covers the theory and praxis of international development. It studies the project of development, from its Cold War launching to its metamorphosis into the current era of economic globalization and liberalization. And it examines the theoretical models and discursive debates that have accompanied each phase, including the recent critiques put forth by feminism and postcolonialism. The course also locates development in the industrialized world, "here" rather than "elsewhere," thereby unsettling the normalized hierarchy of First and Third Worlds.
Instructor: Roy
CY PLAN 275 Comparative Analysis of Urban Policies 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Description, analysis, and evaluation of urban policies in a variety of social and spatial contexts, with references to state-planned societies. Main topics: national and local public policies in regional development, housing, transportation, urban renewal, citizen participation, social services, and decentralized urban management.
Formerly known as 262.
CY PLAN 280A Doctoral Seminars: Research Design for the Ph.D 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Ph.D. standing.
This course is designed for students working on their dissertation research plan and prospectus. Weekly writing assignments designed to work through each step of writing the prospectus from problem framing and theoretical framework to methodology. At least one oral presentation to the class is required of all students.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 280.
CY PLAN 280C Doctoral Seminars: Doctoral Colloquium 2 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Ph.D. standing.
Presentation and discussion of research by Ph.D. students and faculty.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 281 Theories of Planning Practice 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Suitable for graduate students in professional programs doing research on planning and policy practice issues.
Focuses on theory and practice of planning, with emphasis on the role of different types of knowledge in different kinds of practice. Compares positivist, interpretive, and critical theory views of knowledge and links these to policy analysis, interactive planning, group processes, and emerging models of critical planning practice.
CY PLAN 290 Topics in City and Metropolitan Planning 1 - 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of lecture/discussion per week per unit for 8 weeks. 3 hours of lecture and discussion per week per module.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Analysis of selected topics in city and metropolitan planning with emphasis on implications for planning practice and urban policy formation. In some semesters, optional five-week, 1-unit modules may be offered, taking advantage of guest visitors. Check department for modules at start of semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 291 Special Projects Studio in Planning 4 - 6 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 to 3 hours of lecture and 6 to 9 hours of studio per week, depending on the number of units.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Studio on special projects in planning. Topics vary by semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 295 Supervised Research in City and Regional Planning 1 - 2 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in department and consent of adviser and sponsor.
Supervised experience on a research project in urban or regional planning. Any combination of 295, 297 courses may be taken for a total of 6 units maximum towards the M.C.P. degree.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 297 Supervised Field Study in City and Regional Planning 1 - 2 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in department and consent of adviser and sponsor.
Supervised experience relative to specific aspects of practice in city or regional planning. Any combination of 295, 297 courses may be taken for a total of 6 units maximum toward the M.C.P. degree. A maximum of 3 units of 297 can be used for degree requirements.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 298 Group Studies 1 - 3 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hour of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Topics to be announced at beginning of each semester. No more than 3 units may be taken in one section.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 299 Individual Study or Research 1 - 12 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate standing.
Individual study or research program; must be worked out with instructor in advance of signing up for credits. Maximum number of individual study units (295, 297, 299) counted toward the M.C.P. degree credits is 9.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN N299 Individual Study or Research 1 - 6 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate standing.
Individual study or research program; must be worked out with instructor in advance of signing up for credits. Maximum number of individual study credits counted toward the MCP degree is 9.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CY PLAN 375 Supervised Teaching in City and Regional Planning 1 - 2 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Regular meeting to be arranged with faculty sponsor.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in department and appointment as a graduate student instructor.
Supervised teaching experience in courses related to planning. Course may not be applied toward the M.C.P. degree.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as City and Regional Planning 300.
CY PLAN 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Department: City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Regular meeting to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Ph.D. students only.
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. May not be used for unit or residence requirements for the doctoral degree. Students may earn 1-8 units of 602 per semester or 1-4 units per summer session. No student may accumulate more than a total of 16 units of 602.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
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