Graduate Courses
The faculty has approval to offer the following courses in the academic years 2013–2014 and 2014–2015; however, not all courses are taught each semester or summer session. Students should consult the Course Schedule to determine which courses and topics will be offered during a particular semester or summer session. The Course Schedule may also reflect changes made to the course inventory after the publication of this catalog.
Community and Regional Planning: CRP
CRP 980. Planning Theory and Practice.
A three-semester sequence in planning practice and communications; basic planning methods; history, theory, and ethics of planning. Students complete a comprehensive planning project in the final semester. Three lecture hours a week for three semesters. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and admission to the community and regional planning master's or doctoral degree program.
CRP 381. Management and Implementation.
Public policy and administration, law, public finance, economics of the public sector, political economy. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 1: Financing Public Services.
Topic 2: Planning Law.
Topic 3: Preservation Law.
Topic 4: Growth Management.
Topic 5: Dispute Resolution.
Topic 6: Planning and Politics of Cities and Regions.
Topic 7: Neighborhood Participatory Planning.
Topic 8: Deep Democracy: Dialogue of Exchange.
Topic 9: Environmental Policy and Law.
CRP 382C. Physical Planning and Design.
Subjects may include place-making, landscape and urban design, and physical planning and design at the national, regional, or local level. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Some topics may require additional studio hours. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Urban Design Practice.
Topic 2: Design for Planners I.
Topic 3: Design for Planners II.
Topic 4: Urban Land Institute Workshop.
Topic 5: Garden City to New Community.
Topic 6: Urban Landscapes and Place-Making.
Topic 7: Spatial Analysis and Design.
Topic 8: Planning Studio for Landscape and Urban Design.
Topic 9: Social Life of Public Places.
Topic 10: Principles of Physical Planning.
Topic 11: The Future: Views in Planning.
Topic 12: Geodesign.
CRP 383. Environment and Natural Resources.
Seminars and workshops. Workshops are based on active research or cooperation with public or private clients. May also include studios. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Techniques in Environmental Analysis.
Topic 2: Coastal Zone Planning.
Topic 3: Environmental Impact Assessment.
Topic 4: Disasters and Resilience: Planning and Response.
Topic 5: Natural Resources and Environmental Planning Workshop.
Topic 6: Urban Environmental Analysis.
Topic 7: Introduction to Urban Ecology.
Topic 8: Basic Ecology for Designers and Planners.
Topic 9: Environmental Readings.
Topic 10: Planning for Megaregions.
Topic 11: Aesthetics and Ecology.
CRP 384. Transportation.
Seminars and workshops on urban transportation policy and practice. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Urban Transportation Planning.
Topic 2: Neighborhood Transportation Planning.
Topic 3: Planning for Accessibility.
Topic 4: Land Use and Transportation Planning.
Topic 5: International Transportation Issues.
Topic 6: Metropolitan Transportation Studies with Geographic Information Systems.
Topic 7: Transit-Oriented Development.
Topic 8: Transportation, Access, and Equity.
CRP 385C. Economic and Community Development.
Theory and analysis of community and regional structure and function; social and political organization; economic structure and development; growth problems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Urban and Regional Theory.
Topic 2: Urban Economic Development Policy.
Topic 3: Sustainable Urban Economic Development Planning.
Topic 4: Community Development.
Topic 5: Local Development Planning in Latin America.
Topic 6: International Sustainable Social Development.
Topic 7: Social, Spatial, and Environmental Justice.
Topic 8: Built Environment and Public Health.
Topic 9: Sustainable Cities.
Topic 11: City and Regional Planning in Texas.
Topic 12: Building a Sustainable Region.
CRP 685D. Planning Studio.
An integrative and comprehensive planning studio project course, involving application of theory, research, fieldwork, and oral, graphic, and written communication. Six lecture hours and four laboratory hours a week for one semester. With consent of the graduate adviser, may be repeated for credit. Community and Regional Planning 685D and 395C may not both be counted, without consent of the graduate adviser; Community and Regional Planning 685D and 395D may not both be counted without consent of the graduate adviser. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
CRP 386. Applied Planning Techniques.
Quantitative and qualitative methods of planning analysis; computer models; geographic information systems. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Quantitative Methods.
Topic 2: Applied Methods. Additional prerequisite: Community and Regional Planning 386 (Topic 1).
Topic 3: Data Sources and Analysis. Major sources and types of data available in the public and private domains; data analysis and applications.
Topic 4: Qualitative Research Methods.
Topic 5: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.
Topic 6: Applied Geographic Information Systems.
Topic 7: Planning Studio for Landscape and Urban Design.
Topic 8: Research Design.
Topic 9: Sustainable Land Use Planning.
Topic 10: Agenda 21: Sustainable Urbanism.
CRP 387C. Infrastructure Planning.
Policy and techniques for providing soft and hard urban infrastructure; infrastructure planning and analysis. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Infrastructure Planning and Development.
Topic 2: Water Resources Planning.
Topic 3: Urban Parks and Open Space Planning.
CRP 388. Housing.
Policy, production, maintenance, location, finance, and mortgages of single-family and multifamily housing; neighborhoods, gentrification, and public and private housing subsidy programs. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Housing Demand and Production.
Topic 2: Housing and Culture.
Topic 3: Affordable Housing Policy.
Topic 4: Affordable Housing Development and Design.
Topic 5: Housing Practice and Public Policy in Latin America.
CRP 389C. Land Use and Land Development.
Private land development investment decisions; public regulatory mechanisms; the public and private land development process; financial feasibility and market analysis; impact fees and special ordinances. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: Planning for Land Development.
Topic 2: Research in Land Development.
Topic 3: Landscape and Culture.
Topic 4: Images of the City.
CRP 390. Conference Course in Community and Regional Planning.
Readings and case studies in current topical issues in planning and planning education; may include planning and designing for the high-tech environment. Conference course. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
CRP 391D. Doctoral Seminar.
Advanced theory and research methodology. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and admission to the community and regional planning doctoral program.
Topic 1: Colloquium on Planning Issues.
Topic 2: Planning Theory Seminar.
Topic 3: Research Methodology Seminar.
CRP 392C. Historical Preservation.
Includes topics in architectural history, with a focus on the twentieth century and Modernism; architectural conservation; preservation planning and cultural resource management; and design. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 1: History of American City-Building. Community and Regional Planning 392C (Topic 1) and 389C (Topic: History of American City-Building) may not both be counted.
Topic 2: Preservation History and Theory.
Topic 3: National Registry of Historic Places Documentation.
Topic 4: Research Seminar in Sustainable Preservation.
Topic 5: Historic Preservation: Planning and Practice.
CRP 395C. Planning Studio.
An integrative and comprehensive planning studio project course, involving application of theory, research, fieldwork, and oral, graphic, and written communication. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. With consent of the graduate adviser, may be repeated for credit. Community and Regional Planning 395C and 685D may not both be counted without consent of the graduate adviser. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
CRP 395D. Planning Studio.
Continuation of Community and Regional Planning 395C. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. With consent of the graduate adviser, may be repeated for credit. Community and Regional Planning 395D and 685D may not both be counted without consent of the graduate adviser. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, Community and Regional Planning 395C, and consent of the graduate adviser.
CRP 396. Independent Research in Community and Regional Planning.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
CRP 397. Planning Internship.
Includes placement with a public or private planning agency, faculty supervision, and presentation of report. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.
CRP 698. Thesis.
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: For 698A, graduate standing in community and regional planning and consent of the graduate adviser; for 698B, Community and Regional Planning 698A.
CRP 398R. Master's Professional Report.
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option; a student may choose this option with faculty approval if the student also completes an internship. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in community and regional planning and consent of the graduate adviser.
CRP 399R, 699R, 999R. Dissertation.
Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
CRP 399W, 699W, 999W. Dissertation.
Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Prerequisite: Community and Regional Planning 399R, 699R, or 999R.