City and Regional Planning

University of California, Berkeley

This is an archived copy of the 2015-16 guide. To access the most recent version of the guide, please visit http://guide.berkeley.edu.

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.

Our undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as faculty research and community service activities, address social justice, equity, and ethics; innovative means of public participation, collective decision making, and advocacy; and ways to reform institutions, urban governance, policy and planning practices. Faculty research harnesses the latest methods and data, ranging from ethnography to sophisticated 3-D simulations and visualization. Faculty expertise is diverse, and includes sustainable transportation and land use, economic development, urban health and social policy, environmental assessment and sustainability, global urbanization and poverty, and urban design for livable places.

Lecture Series

The Department of City and Regional Planning sponsors lecture series, which offers students the opportunity to hear internationally-acclaimed speakers. These speakers often also participate in classes and seminars as part of their visit to campus. For a schedule of speakers and events in this lecture series, see the College of Environmental Design website .

Undergraduate Programs

Urban Studies : BA
City Planning : Minor
Geospatial Information Science and Technology :  Minor (offered in conjunction with the College of Natural Resources)

Graduate Programs

City and Regional Planning : Master of City Planning (MCP), and Ph.D. in City Planning

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Courses

City and Regional Planning

CY PLAN 97 Field Studies in City and Regional Planning 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
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.

CY PLAN 98 Special Group Study 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.

CY PLAN 101 Introduction to Urban Data Analytics 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017
This course (1) provides a basic intro to census and economic data collection, processing, and analysis; (2) surveys forecasting and modeling techniques in planning; (3) demonstrates the uses of real-time urban data and analytics; and (4) provides a socio-economic-political context for the smart cities movement, focusing on data ethics and governance.

CY PLAN 110 Introduction to City Planning 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2016
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

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
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.

CY PLAN 113A Economic Analysis for Planning 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
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

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2015
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

Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2017, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session
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.

CY PLAN 115 Urbanization in Developing Countries 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
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 N115 Urbanization in Developing Countries 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2003 10 Week Session
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

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
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

Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2017, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session
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.

CY PLAN 119 Planning for Sustainability 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 120 Community Planning and Public Policy for Disability 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN C139 Urban and Sub-national Politics in Developing Countries 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2013
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.

CY PLAN 140 Urban Design: City-Building and Place-Making 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 180 Research Seminar in Urban Studies 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.




CY PLAN 190 Advanced Topics in Urban Studies 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Analysis of selected topics in urban studies. Topics vary by semester.

CY PLAN 197 Field Studies 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.

CY PLAN 198 Special Group Study 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.

CY PLAN 199 Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2017
Regular meetings with faculty overseer.

CY PLAN 200 History of City Planning 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 201A Planning Methods Gateway: Part I 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Two-semester course sequence that introduces first-year students in the Master of City Planning (MCP) program to a suite of data collection, data analysis, problem solving, and presentation methods that are essential for practicing planners. 201A focuses on supporting integrated problem solving, using a case-based approach to introduce methods in sequenced building-blocks. 201B prepares MCP students for more advanced courses in statistics, GIS, observation, qualitative methods, survey methods, and public participation.

CY PLAN 201B Planning Methods Gateway: Part II 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Second course in two-semester course sequence that introduces first-year students in the Master of City Planning (MCP) program to a suite of data collection, data analysis, problem solving, and presentation methods that are essential for practicing planners. 201B prepares MCP students for more advanced courses in statistics, GIS, observation, qualitative methods, survey methods, and public participation.

CY PLAN 202 Practice Gateway: Introduction to Planning Practice 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Using challenging real-world cases, this course introduces first year MCP students to the persistent dilemmas, the power and limits of planning action, the multiple roles in which planners find themselves in communities around the globe, and the political and other constraints that planners face as they try to be effective, and the key issues facing planning practice. In all these ways, our focus is on planning action, not the history of urban development or urban social theory, though we will explore the ways in which planning ideals and cities have shaped each other as society evolves.

CY PLAN 204B Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Research Methods for Planners 2 or 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN 204C Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Introduction to GIS and City Planning 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN 204D Analytic and Research Methods for Planners: Multivariate Analysis in Planning 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2013, Spring 2010
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.

CY PLAN 205 Introduction to Planning and Environmental Law 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 207 Land and Housing Market Economics 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN 208 Plan Preparation Studio 5 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN C213 Transportation and Land Use Planning 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 214 Infrastructure Planning and Policy 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
Survey of basic knowledge and technology of physical infrastructure systems: transportation, water supply, wastewater, storm water, solid waste management, community energy facilities, and urban public facilities. Environmental and energy impacts of infrastructure development; centralized vs. decentralized systems; case studies.

CY PLAN 216 Active Transportation 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016
Covers pedestrian and bicycle transportation planning including benefits of active transportation, importance of urban design and network connectivity, and facility design. Examines policies and programs to support active transportation and the processes to create, implement, and evaluate bicycle and pedestrian plans.

CY PLAN C217 Transportation Policy and Planning 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 219 Comparative International Topics in Transportation 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
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.

CY PLAN 220 The Urban and Regional Economy 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 223 Economic Development Planning 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2011
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.

CY PLAN 228 Research Workshop on Metropolitan Regional Planning 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
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

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN 231 Housing in Developing Countries 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
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.

CY PLAN 235 Methods of Project Analysis 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Using case studies, this course acquaints students with the techniques of project feasibility; analysis of project proposals and overall project compatibility assessment. Case studies will be based on a variety of public and private sector developments, in central city and suburb locations.

CY PLAN 238 Development--Design Studio 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN C240 Theories of Urban Form and Design 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN C241 Research Methods in Environmental Design 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN C243 Shaping the Public Realm 5 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This interdisciplinary studio focuses on the public realm of cities and explores opportunities for creating more humane and delightful public places. Problems will be at multiple scales in both existing urban centers and in areas of new growth. Skills in analyzing, designing, and communicating urban design problems will be developed. Studio work will be supplemented with lectures, discussions, and field trips. Visiting professionals will present case studies and will serve on reviews.

CY PLAN 248 Advanced Studio: Urban Design/Environmental Planning 5 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Advanced problems in urban design and land use, and in environmental planning. Occasional Friday meetings are required.

CY PLAN 249 Urban Design in Planning 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
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.

CY PLAN C251 Environmental Planning and Regulation 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
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.

CY PLAN 252 Land Use Controls 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN 254 Sustainable Communities 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
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.

CY PLAN 255 Urban Planning Applications of Geographic Information Systems 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN C256 Healthy Cities 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
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.

CY PLAN 260 Theory, History, and Practice of Community Development 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014
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.

CY PLAN C261 Citizen Involvement in the City Planning Process 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

CY PLAN 268 Community Development Studio/Workshop 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
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.

CY PLAN 271 Development Theories and Practices 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
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.

CY PLAN 275 Comparative Analysis of Urban Policies 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
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.

CY PLAN 280A Doctoral Seminars: Research Design for the Ph.D 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
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.

CY PLAN 280C Doctoral Seminars: Doctoral Colloquium 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Presentation and discussion of research by Ph.D. students and faculty.

CY PLAN 281 Theories of Planning Practice 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
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

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.

CY PLAN 291 Special Projects Studio in Planning 4 - 6 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Studio on special projects in planning. Topics vary by semester.

CY PLAN 295 Supervised Research in City and Regional Planning 1 - 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.

CY PLAN 297 Supervised Field Study in City and Regional Planning 1 - 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.

CY PLAN 298 Group Studies 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Topics to be announced at beginning of each semester. No more than 3 units may be taken in one section.

CY PLAN 299 Individual Study or Research 1 - 12 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.

CY PLAN N299 Individual Study or Research 1 - 6 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session
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.

CY PLAN 375 Supervised Teaching in City and Regional Planning 1 - 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Supervised teaching experience in courses related to planning. Course may not be applied toward the M.C.P. degree.

CY PLAN 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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.

Faculty and Instructors

Faculty

Charisma Acey, Assistant Professor. Water, sanitation, basic services delivery, poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, environmental justice, urban governance, participatory planning, community-based development, international development, development planning, sustainable development, African studies.
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Nezar Alsayyad, Professor. Virtual reality, urban history, Architectural history, Middle Eastern Studies, cross-cultural design, cities and cinema, cultural studies of the built environment, environmental design in developing countries, housing and urban development, Islamic architecture and urbanism, traditional dwelling and settlements, urban design and physical planning.
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Peter C. Bosselmann, Professor. Urban design, architecture, city and regional planning, landscape architecture.
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Teresa Caldeira, Professor.

Robert B. Cervero, Professor. Transportation planning, city and regional planning, transportation & land use, transportation & urban development, international transportation.
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Karen Chapple, Professor. Poverty, economic development, regional planning, metropolitan spatial patterns, labor markets, community development, neighborhood change, gentrification.
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Daniel Chatman, Associate Professor. Transportation, urban planning, travel behavior, immigration, housing, agglomeration.
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Jason Corburn, Associate Professor. Urban health, informal settlements, global public health, urban climate change, environmental impact assessment, mediation, environmental justice.
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Karen T. Frick, Assistant Adjunct Professor.

Carol J. Galante, Adjunct Professor.

Malo Hutson, Assistant Professor. Urban and regional planning, community development, urban policy, population health.
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Raymond Lifchez, Professor. Architecture, patronage of the arts, post revolutionary France.
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Elizabeth S. Macdonald, Associate Professor. Urban design.
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John Radke, Associate Professor. City and regional planning, landscape architecture and environmental planning, geographic information systems, database design and construction, spatial analysis, pattern recognition computational morphology.
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Carolina K. Reid, Assistant Professor. Affordable housing, access to credit, foreclosures, community development, the Community Reinvestment Act, poverty, neighborhood change, homeownership and mortgage finance (with a focus on low-income and minority households).
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Annalee Saxenian, Professor. Innovation, information management, entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, regional economic development, high skilled immigration, Asian development.
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Michael Smith-Heimer, Adjunct Professor.

Paul Waddell, Professor. UrbanSim, land use models, transportation models, urban sustainability.
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Jennifer Wolch, Professor. Sustainable urbanism, urban design and public health, poverty and homelessness, human-animal studies.
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Lecturers

John G. Ellis, Lecturer.

Sara Hinkley, Lecturer.

Ricardo Huerta, Lecturer.

Susan Moffat, Lecturer.

Moira O'Neill-Hutson, Lecturer.

Kimberly Suczynski Smith, Lecturer.

David Waldron, Lecturer.

Madeleine Zayas Mart, Lecturer.

Visiting Faculty

Richard Legates, Visiting Professor.

Emeritus Faculty

Edward J. Blakely, Professor Emeritus.

Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus.

Karen Christensen, Professor Emeritus. Evaluation, intergovernmental relations, city and regional planning, housing policy, planning theory, organizational theory.
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Stephen Cohen, Professor Emeritus.

Frederick C. Collignon, Professor Emeritus. Urban economics, metropolitan planning, city and regional planning, urban recreational space, passive recreational parkland, urban redevelopment, public assistance, disability.
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Elizabeth A. Deakin, Professor Emeritus. Urban design, city and regional planning, transportation policy, planning and analysis, land use policy and planning; legal and regulatory issues, institutions and organizations, energy and the environment, new technologies.
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Michael James Dear, Professor Emeritus. Social theory, disability studies, urban theory, comparative urbanism.
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David Dowall, Professor Emeritus. City and regional planning, urban and regional development, international comparative urban development policy, domestic and international land management, housing policy, economic development strategy, infrastructure planning, management and finance.
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Donald L. Foley, Professor Emeritus.

Judith E. Innes, Professor Emeritus. Innovation, governance, collaborative planning and policy making, regionalism, interpretive methods, complexity and adaptation.
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Allan B. Jacobs, Professor Emeritus.

Michael Southworth, Professor Emeritus. Management, analysis, design, city and regional planning, landscape architecture, environmental planning, morphology of the post-industrial city, design of public space.
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Michael Teitz, Professor Emeritus.

Irene Tinker, Professor Emeritus.

Martin Wachs, Professor Emeritus.

Contact Information

Department of City and Regional Planning

228 Wurster Hall

Phone: 510-642-3256

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Department Chair

Robert Cervero

dcrpchair@berkeley.edu

Department Manager

Malla Hadley

228 Wurster Hall, MC 1850, Berkeley, CA 93720-1850

Phone: 510-642-3258

Fax: 510-642-1641

malla@berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Major Head, Minor Program Faculty Adviser

Malo Hutson

mhutson@berkeley.edu

Urban Studies Major Adviser

Omar Ramirez

250 Wurster Hall

Phone: 510-642-0926

oramirez@berkeley.edu

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies

Renee Chow

382D Wurster Hall

rychow@berkeley.edu

Director, Office of Undergraduate Advising

Susan Hagstrom

250 Wurster Hall

Phone: 510-642-0408

hagstrom@berkeley.edu

College Evaluatior

Nancy Trinh

250 Wurster Hall

Phone: 510-642-0928

nantrinh@berkeley.edu

Maria Dawson

CED Career Services

http://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/students/career/

Amy Honigman

CED Counseling Services

http://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/students/counseling-psychological-services/

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