Advanced Studies in Collaboration and Dispute Resolution, Real Estate Development, and Urban Design

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning offers advanced studies in collaboration and dispute resolution, real estate development, and urban design. Each area of advanced study consists of a minimum of 12 credit hours of coursework. These courses are taken as part of a student's degree program through the Department.

Advanced Studies in Collaboration and Dispute Resolution
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning offers coursework for Advanced Studies in Collaboration and Dispute Resolution which provides an opportunity for graduate students in urban and regional planning to develop expertise useful to moving public policy communities toward consensus and at helping stakeholders resolve impasse. Skills covered include bargaining, negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and the design of programs for consensus building, all oriented toward the creation and implementation of plans and public policies.

Students are required to complete a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours of collaboration and dispute resolution related coursework as part of their advanced studies, as shown below.

Required Courses
URP 5122 Planning Dispute Resolution
URP 5504 Community Involvement and Citizen Participation
URP 5123 Collaborative Governance

Additionally students must complete one of the following courses:
EDP 5285 Group Processes in Instruction
GEO 5358 Environmental Conflict & Economic Development
LAW 6310 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAW 6312 Mediation
MAN 5245 Organizational Behavior
MAN 5285 Organizational Change and Development
PAD 5106 Public Organizations
PAD 5335 Strategic Leadership for Communities
POS 5723r Game Theory
PUP 5005 Public Policy: Institutions and Processes
PAD 6025 Theoretical Perspectives in Public Policy
POS 5032 Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict
PUP 6910 Advanced Research Seminar in Public Policy
URP 5910r* Directed Individual Research
URP 5342* Advanced Planning Problems
*With a particular focus on community participation and collaborative process components, as approved by the course instructor.

Advanced Studies in Real Estate Development
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning, in cooperation with the College of Business, offers coursework in Advanced Studies in Real Estate Development which provides an opportunity for graduate students in urban and regional planning or real estate to acquire additional coursework related to the real estate development process. Urban planners need to have extensive knowledge of real estate development in order to adequately and efficiently regulate and work with developers. In turn, developers must be able to operate in an environment in which land use and environmental planning and regulation are critical to the success of their projects. Together, planners and developers require a joint understanding of the real estate development process and the role that planning plays in shaping that process.

Students are required to complete a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours of real estate development related coursework as part of their advanced studies, as shown below.

Real Estate Courses (6 credits required)
REE 5105 (Online) Real Estate Valuation (Fall)
REE 5205 (Online) Topics in Real Estate Finance (Spring)
REE 5305 (Online) Real Estate Investment-Project Seminar(Summer)

Urban and Regional Planning Courses (6 credits required)
URP 5125 Plan Implementation (Fall)
URP 5272 Urban and Regional Information Systems (All Terms)
URP 5316 Land Use Planning (Spring)
URP 5312 Growth Management (Fall)

Advanced Studies in Urban Design
The Department offers coursework in Advanced Studies in Urban Design that prepares urban and regional planning graduate students to be conversant in both design and planning languages and to be able to devise, implement and communicate physical plans and policy to a diverse group of stakeholders. Courses provide students with instruction in the history and theory of urban design, visualization techniques, and physical planning skills and application.

Students are required to complete a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours of urban design related coursework as part of their advanced studies, as shown below.

Required Courses
URP 5881 Urban Design
URP 5885 Graphics Communications for Urban Planning and Design
URP 5873 Site Design and Land Use Analysis

Additionally students must complete one of the following courses:
URP5272 Urban and Regional Information Systems
URP 5312 Growth Management
URP 5316 Land Use Planning
URP5350 Pedestrian-Oriented Communities
URP 5716 Transportation and Land Use
URP 5743 Neighborhood Planning