The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.

 

Planning and Development (PLDV)

100m Los Angeles, The Enduring Pueblo (4, Irregular) Gateway to the minor in Planning and Development. Ethnic history of Los Angeles, emphasis placed on architecture, city systems, and development. Multiplicity of cross-connections shaped by race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.

150 The Emergence of the American City (4, Irregular) Survey of the relationship of urban planning and political power, including the various factors which shaped the distinctively American form of the city.

203 Spatial Organization of Society (4, Irregular) Introduction to spatial patterns of human activity; determinants of location behavior; spatial structure of agricultural, industrial, commercial, and residential land-use; problems of spatial organization.

210x Animals and the Moral Landscape (4, Irregular) Evaluation of the moral status of animals; human-animal interactions; animals in the economy; pets and human well-being; animals in research; animal liberation movements. Not available for major credit.

250m Third World Cities (4, FaSp) Gateway to the bachelor of science in Planning and Development. The transition from traditional to modern cities in the developing world. Primacy and dualism; comparative urbanism as an expression of cultural variation; contrast in Western cities.

260m Planning, Diversity and Space (4, Irregular) Analysis of how diversity is impacted by physical space, proximity and separation. Consideration of selected diversity problems as planning issues, including diagnosis and policy prescriptions.

265x Understanding Urban Complexity and Form Through Geographic Information Systems (4, Irregular) GIS (geographic information systems) software combines cartographic and database capabilities. Introduction to GIS; exploring applications in understanding spatial aspects of social diversity and urban form. Not available for major credit.

275L Environment and Behavior (4, Irregular) Introduction to social and behavioral functions and effects of the built environment including concepts such as territoriality, privacy, behavior settings, cognitive maps; emphasis on projects.

280x The Automobile and the City (4, Irregular) Examination of the complex process of decisions that resulted in the adoption of the auto and the development of the world’s most extensive highway system. Not available for major credit.

300 The Design of the Good: Conception and Judgment (4, Sp) How to design, make, and judge things we take as whole and good — cities, art, science, policies; projects in engineering, planning, business. How things fail. Craftsmanship.

310x The Idea of God in Social Thought and in Social Policies (4, Irregular) The theological foundations of topics and questions of modern social science and of planning and development. Not available for major credit.

315m Urban Sleuths: Exploring People and Places in Cities (4, Irregular) Exploring the processes through which we construct and construe cities; application and evaluation of empirical methods; special focus on the multiple landscapes in Los Angeles.

355 Introduction to Urban, Regional, and International Planning (4, FaSp) Understanding of the incremental process of building cities and regions; planners’ historic and contemporary role; major topics such as land use, transportation, economic development; case studies from Europe, Americas, and Asia.

361 Property Rights, Governance, and the Environment (4, FaSp) Role of property rights in historic governmental structures, modern environmental concerns and their connection to traditional views of property rights, contemporary role of governmental systems.

390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.

401 Politics and Ethics in Planning and Development (4, Sp) Key issues in planning theory; difficulties faced by planners and developers and strategies to overcome them; review and discussion of ethics literature as related to planning and development issues.

402 Urban Economic Analysis (4, Fa) Basic concepts; how planners intervene and affect the market; focus on land use zoning, congestion, housing, public goods, fiscal impacts, entitlements, and cost-benefit analysis.

403 Advanced Finance and Investment for Planning and Development (4, Sp) Advanced real estate principles. Mortgage financing of residential and income-producing property types. Prerequisite: PLDV 402.

404 Quantitative Methods for Planning and Development (4, Fa) Fundamentals of probability and statistics and survey of other analytic techniques, framing statistical questions and identifying, collecting, evaluating, and managing data.

405 Introduction to Comparative International Development (4, FaSp) Urbanization, transition from agricultural to globalized diversified economies, service delivery, finance, policy, and roles of government.

407 Principles of Urban Design (4, Fa) Reading of the urban landscape, understanding historic antecedents of contemporary urban form, normative visions of city form, appreciation of urban design process; fieldwork.

408 The Experience of Place (4, Fa) The examination and planning of spaces from the framework of the elemental senses — taste, touch, movement, sight, scent, and hearing. A humanist approach to planning.

410 Graphic Techniques in Urban Planning (4, FaSp) Graphic media and methods for recording and representing physical environments and related human uses and experiences. Techniques for displaying abstract concepts, relationships, and data systems.

414 Urban Design Practicum (4, Fa) Application of design concepts and graphic skills to a local design problem sponsored by a local public or private client in a studio setting; site visits, community contact, presentations. Prerequisite: PLDV 407, PLDV 410.

426 History and Development of Cities (4, FaSp) Role of cities in civilization; origins of institutions and physical forms; social and intellectual history; concepts of the “ideal” city; urban/metropolitan goals.

427 Geographic Information Systems and Planning Applications (4, Sm) Basic GIS concepts, ArcView and other GIS software, planning applications and databases, basic cartography; students select, research and prepare a planning GIS analysis project. (Duplicates credit in former GEOG 497L.) Prerequisite: PLDV 265L, GEOG 281L, or departmental approval.

440 Housing and Community Development (4, Fa) Evolution of government housing and community development programs; present practices, e.g., housing elements, economic development, neighborhood rehabilitation; housing needs and market analysis; housing and health.

446 Real Estate Markets (4, Fa) Introduction to the economics of urban real estate markets, insights into macro and micro levels, new construction determinants, government influence, submarkets, location and site perspectives.

447 Local Economic Development (4, Fa) Economic development in a capitalist system, historic review, sectoral review, funding, strategizing, partnerships, evaluation; class project.

452 Planning, Policy-Making, and Social Change (4, Sp) Processes designed to intervene in and achieve social change in cities; successes and failures of past attempts; preparation of case study or other research project.

455 Analysis for Planning and Development (4, Sp) Presentation of concepts central to planning; macroanalytics — national, regional, and urban systems; microanalytics — behavior of individuals, households, and organizations; systems analysis; investment analysis.

460 Political Economy and Planning (4, Fa) Focus on political resolution of conflict between status quo and intervention, whether for profit or in the public domain; dynamics of intersection of politics and political process and the market-based economy.

461 Environmental Issues (4, Irregular) Metro-regional ecologies; environmental quality through land use planning, water/air quality planning, residuals management and environmental design; legal mandates, plan evaluation, and program implementation.

474 Urban Diversity and Communication (4, Fa) Analysis of communities with census data. Population diversity. Design of opinion surveys of market and policy issues. Research communication, writing with numbers, graphic presentation.

475L Design and Development Laboratory (4, FaSp) Examines issues of urban planning design and development through laboratory experiences; emphasis on urban design and development in the Los Angeles region.

480 Introduction to Urban Transportation (4, Sp) Current transportation planning and critiques. Transportation planning; the relationship to urban structure; conventional and para-transit modes; analysis of local plans.

485 History of Planning and Development (4, Sp) Historical evolution of planning and development. How changing modes of planning and development have shaped the built landscape throughout the century.

486 Los Angeles: The City, The Novel, The Movie (2, Irregular) Every real city is also an imagined city: a look at Los Angeles and its parts from four perspectives: place, fiction, film, and fiction-into-film.

490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSpSm) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.

491 Senior Seminar (4, FaSp) Advanced study and discussions in planning and
development.

499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8, Irregular) Review of major city and regional problems. Nature and contribution of different forms of planning to their solution.

 

Urban and Regional Planning (PLUS)

501 Planning Theory (2, Fa) Development of a critical perspective by becoming more aware of the intellectual roots of the planning profession, with a focus on practical outcomes of actions.

502 Statistics and Arguing from Data (4, Fa) Fundamentals of probability and statistics, planning analysis techniques, computing standards, and understanding of the rhetoric related to statistical analysis.

503 Policy Issues in Planning and Development (4, Fa) Overview of policy issues in planning and development professions in the U.S. and abroad. Special attention to collective decision making, role of institutions, and ethics.

504 Research and Analytical Techniques (4, Sp) Professional practice-oriented analytic skill; fundamentals of data manipulation; spreadsheet applications and forecasting; and communication of results.

505 Comparative International Development (2, Fa) Introduction to comparative international development with a focus on regional growth and urban development.

506 The Social Context of Planning (2, Sp) Examination of the formation of the modern urban environment with its consumer culture, social classes, and racial and ethnic diversity.

507 The Urban Economy (2, Sp) Introduction to markets and how they allocate scarce resources, focus on cities and the interaction of land, labor, housing, and transportation.

508 Planning and Political Economy (4, Sp) Planning in relation to structure and role of the state; paradigms of political economy; place of planning in existing and alternative politico-economic systems.

509 Legal Environment of Planning (2, Sp) Understanding of the legal system and its processes and laws applicable to land use and development and the legal nature of powers of public and private entities.

510 Historical Analysis of Urban Form and Planning Practice (2, Sp) Awareness, analysis, understanding, and influencing the city building process locally and regionally; isolate and exercise tools and methods of visual literacy.

521 Management in Planning Practice (2 or 4, 2 years, Sp) Administrative, management, political, and other problems faced by the practicing professional planner.

526 Urban Information Systems (4, Fa) How GIS and other information systems are integrated within professional planning organizations. Examination of data, hardware, software, humanware, analysis, operations and policy. Prerequisite: PLDV 427L or departmental approval.

534 Comparative Urbanization, Development, and Inequality (4, Irregular) Theories of inequality, dependency and dualism in relation to urbanization, growth, and poverty in developing countries; development and underdevelopment; core-periphery linkages.

539 Housing and Urban Demography (4, Irregular) Theories linking the characteristics of housing and population in cities and neighborhoods. Methods of census data analysis, estimation, and forecasting.

540 Housing Facilities and Community Development (4, Irregular) Structure of the building industry and technology. Housing markets and programs; environmental standards. Community development and redevelopment. Planning, program development, finance, and coordination of public facilities and services.

541 Seminar in Urban Development (4, Irregular) Central city housing and renewal problems and policies. Site selection, organization; land valuation, acquisition, disposition; relocation and management; reuse; site planning and development; politics; financing.

543 Public/Private and Mixed Enterprises Planning (4, Fa) Case studies of planning and public/private and mixed enterprises; public production of private goods; privatization of public services; public/private partnerships; mixed enterprises.

545 Planning in the Voluntary Nonprofit Sector (4, Irregular) Structure of voluntary nonprofit sector; role in social, economic, and spatial planning; corporate philanthropy; foundations; pass-through organizations; nonprofit planning requirements.

546 Planning and Economic Development Finance (4, Fa) Fundamentals for economic development professionals and policy makers including feasibility analysis and the financing of facilities, social services, and community-based enterprises.

547 Local Economic Development: Theory and Finance (4, Sp) Socioeconomic change, economic development theory, assessment techniques, and economic indicators in the context of planning and development policies and programs.

550 Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Development and Planning (4, Irregular) Theory and methods of conflict analysis, negotiation and mediation involving public regulators and private developers. Psychology of dispute resolution; alternative institutional resources. Case studies and gaming exercises.

552 Urban Planning and Social Policy (4, Irregular) Urban planning and social work: theory, values, techniques of inquiry, and problem-solving methods appropriate to urban planning and social work.

560 Land Use Controls and Other Tools of Physical Planning Effectuation (4, Irregular) Federal, state, and local laws and administrative controls affecting the physical development of municipalities and metropolitan regions; e.g., planning, land use, health, safety, environment.

561 Environmental Impacts (4, Sp) Legal, political/institutional, and technical aspects of environmental impact reports for urban planning.

562 Land Use Policy: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation (4, Irregular) Determinants and analytical models of land use; interaction of land uses with environmental quality and natural resources, land use policy instruments; regulation, taxation, public services.

563 General Plans (4, Fa) Assessment of a recently adopted general plan, analysis of the general plan process, and detailed review of each major element and issue.

566 Urban Economic Analysis (4, Sp) Economic models of cities and city development and structure; housing and land markets; transportation systems; problems of congestion and pollution; evaluation of urban policies.

573 Design Skills for Urban Planners (4, Fa) Develop observation, description, analysis, and conceptualization skills related to urban spatial conditions; advance professional communication proficiencies. Prerequisite: PLUS 510.

574 Planning Analysis and Evaluation (4, Sp) Methods of policy, program, and plan evaluation: economic principles and theoretical concepts introduced, followed by case studies. Prerequisite: PLUS 507.

580 Urban Transportation Planning and Management (4, 2 years, Fa) Background applications of established urban travel forecasting procedures; land use; trip-generation, trip-distribution, modal-choice, trip-assignment; evaluation; criticisms.

581 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation (4, Sp) Analysis of policies relating to transportation alternatives; institutional environment and background; federal, state, regional, and local agency responsibilities and interactions.

582 Principles of Transportation Systems Analysis (4, Fa) Planning, design, modeling, and operation of inter- and intra-urban transportation networks. Analysis of contemporary engineering-economic issues relevant to transport, especially questions pertaining to infrastructure.

590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

591 Integrative Seminar (4, FaSpSm) Individual research and preparation of an integrated comprehensive study coordinated with a sponsor such as a government agency or development firm. Prerequisite: PLUS 503, PLUS 504.

594abz Master’s Thesis (2-2-0, FaSp) Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8, Irregular) No more than three registrations permitted.

600 Environmental Goods in Planning and Development (4, Irregular) Production, distribution, and valuation of environmental goods with attention to amenity concepts, externalities, public goods, consumer behavior; as characterized in economics, political science, sociology, psychology.

601 Advanced Planning Theory I (4, Fa) Value hierarchies, means-ends continuums, and the nature of social action; problems of prediction and choice under conditions of uncertainty; alternative planning strategies.

602ab Research Design (2-2, Fa) Formulation of research questions and design; specification of models, hypotheses, variables, measures; alternative research methods; independent student-faculty research.

603 Planning and Development Paradigms (4, Sp) Introduction to historic, prevalent, and alternative paradigms of professional planning and development practice; seminar format and case studies.

605 Advanced Planning Theory II (4, Sp) Positive and normative attitudes of public plans, policies, programs, organizational and institutional settings; policy analysis; modeling of social choices; evaluation; applied welfare analysis; performance assessment.

606 Advanced Research Methods in Planning: Multivariate Statistical Methods (4, Fa) Regression analysis, cluster analysis, factor analysis, and maximum likelihood techniques: focus on linkages between theory and application. Recommended preparation: PLUS 502 or PLUS 504.

607 Advanced Research Methods in Planning: Optimization and Matrix Methods (4, Sp) Comprehensive overview of principles and practice of operations research: background, deterministic models, and stochastic models. (Duplicates credit in ISE 530.) Recommended preparation: PLUS 502 or
PLUS 504.

608 Advanced Research Methods in Planning: Survey Research Methods (4, Sp) Collection and use of survey data: basic orientation, mechanics of using SAS, and interpretation of survey tabulations. Recommended preparation: PLUS 502 or PLUS 504.

609 Advanced Research Methods in Planning: Qualitative Methods (4, Sp) Reflective and critical approach that questions data collection techniques, positions relative to those being studied, and explanatory methods. Recommended preparation: PLUS 502 or PLUS 504.

612 Analysis of Quantitative Data for Planning and Development (4, Fa) Planning and development case study approach to identifying data needs, acquisition, evaluation, manipulation, analysis, and multimedia presentation. Prerequisite: PLUS 502.

615 Behavioral Issues in Environmental Design (4, Irregular) Planning and design of the physical environment for human activities, e.g., user preferences, privacy, territoriality, stress and adaptation, cognitive mapping, lifestyles.

623 Politics of Planning and the Urban Environment (4, Sp) Historic roots of property rights and obligations related to public policy, focus on current issues and discourse.

626 Information Systems for Planning and Development (4, 2 years, Sp) Structure, content, and applications of formal information systems in planning and policy making emphasizing social accounts and indicators, censuses, social reporting, and “futures” research.

631 Seminar in Physical Planning and Design in Developing Countries (4, Irregular) Issues in comparative urbanism; planning and design in developing countries: slums and squatters, housing and infrastructure, new towns, land policy, conservation and redevelopment, city design.

632 National Urban Policy in Developing Countries (4, Irregular) The problems of the primate city, the role of intermediate cities, and the implicit spatial impacts of macro and sectoral policies.

633 Seminar in Comparative Housing Policy and Urban Planning Programs (4, Irregular) Comparative examination of urbanization experience in selected areas and cities throughout the world; housing policies, urban planning approaches, financial, administrative, legal, and other techniques.

635 Urban Finance (4, Irregular) The theory of fiscal federalism and municipal finance, with examples from the USA and other countries, public/private partnerships in urban development, and government decentralization.

640 International Urban Development (4, Irregular) Study of urbanization in developing countries; special attention to urban growth, migration, city size, land use, and urban management. Comparative case studies.

676L Core Laboratory Workshop (4 or 8 or 12, max 12, FaSpSm) Application of methods in planning, programming, research, and evaluation in a professional context; data collection and analysis; case studies; practical applications.

680 Advanced Urban and Regional Transportation Planning (4, 2 years, Fa) Social and environmental impacts; incentive structures; alternate travel; investment guidelines; technological change.

692 Conspectus Preparation (4, FaSpSm) Preparation of a case study of a specific planning and/or development project that defines the student’s field of study.

694abcdz Planning, Design and Development Project (2-2-2-2-0, FaSp) Credit on acceptance of planning, design and development project. Graded IP/CR/NC.

790 Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the Center. Graded CR/NC.

794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0, FaSp) Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.

 

Real Estate Development (RED)

500 Real Estate Development and the Economy (2, Sm) Linkages between national and regional economies and the performance of the real estate sector. Anticipating development trends. Public policy applications.

509 Market Analysis for Real Estate Development (4, Fa) Market analysis in a political, public, and planning context. Project impact analysis and impact fee calculations, technical aspects of market studies. Growth forecasts and master planning.

542 Finance of Real Estate Development (4, Sm) Real estate finance including: mortgage evaluation, analysis of cash flow and economic returns, secondary market, and joint ventures and capital markets.

546 Development Processes (4, Sp) Organizing and planning the development process. Venture structure, site selection, approvals, pricing, construction, leasing operations and sales. Case studies.

547 Project Management and Construction (2, Sm) Managing the building phase of development. Architectural and engineering aspects of construction management for the real estate developer.

548 Construction Law (2, Sp) Major legal issues and documents utilized in the construction field are studied with an emphasis on current applications in the industry.

551 The Approval Process (4, Sp) A review of the approval process for real estate development including EIR review, land use entitlement, government relations. Ethical issues and negotiation skills.

563 Introduction to the Asset Management of Real Estate (2, Fa) Introduction and overview of institutional asset management, including: acquisition, performance monitoring, refinancing, ownership interacting, and disposition.

564 Issues in Asset Management of Real Estate (2, Sp) Advanced issues in institutional asset management. Tenant relations. Environmental aspects. Management of various property types. Prerequisite: RED 563.

571 Introduction to Appraisal Principles, Procedures and Standards (4, Fa) Introduction to real property and its appraisal. Valuation processes. Standards of professional practice.

572 Advanced Appraisal Approaches and Applications (2, Sp) Advanced appraisal skills, including income capitalization, risk analysis, highest and best use analysis, and other applications. Recommended preparation: RED 571.

583 International Development Opportunities (2, Fa) A survey of various markets prominent in the global real estate community. Protocols for analyzing international development opportunities and cultural, political, and socio-economic considerations.

585 Comparative International Development Workshop (2-4, Sm) Comparative study tour focused on understanding international real estate development practices and markets, site visits and meeting with principals.

590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.

598 Real Estate Product Development (2-4, max 12, FaSpSm) An evaluation of various real estate development types. Case studies and site visits.

599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Current issues, trends, and developments in real estate development.

662 Legal Issues in Real Estate Development (4, Fa) Forms of ownership, construction contracts, lender documents, methods of holding title, acquiring and selling property, legal implications of financing, government controls, commercial leases, tax issues.

673 Design History and Criticism (2, Fa) The concepts, language, and metaphors of design-related disciplines are examined in relation to design and construction values and choices in real estate development.

674 Building Typologies (2, Fa) The exploration of categories of building types, including retail, industrial, residential, office, and institutional, using key examples or case studies from each.

675L Community Design and Site Planning (2-4, max 8, Sp) Physical implementation of development projects. Students will develop concept plan, preliminary design, and marketing plan for selected domestic and/or international development sites.