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3.00 Credits
Presents strategies to improve writing and speaking in planning and public policy work. Helps students to find their own "voice," organize ideas, make points, reach their audience, and be creative through writing and speaking exercises, group discussions, brief lectures, and frequent individual conferences.This course is offered during the following semesters: Second Summer Semester
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Overview of major issues and conflicts of interest in international politics concerning environment, development, and security. Topics include population politics, air pollution and global climate change, water stewardship, food security, toxic chemicals, biodiversity, energy and environment, hazardous waste, natural resource management, and basic human needs and human rights issues in safeguarding the environment. This course is offered during the following semesters: First Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
How has the practice of planning and urban design emerged over time What theories inform the day-to-day decisions of practicing planners as well as broader concepts and movements such as New Urbanism and Smart Growth This course reviews the highlights of American planning history and theory, and examines how this legacy is applied and used (or not) in current planning projects. There are three field trips to case study sites in the Boston region, as well as an applied design exercise in housing development on a real site.
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3.00 Credits
What leads people to change their behavior -- knowledge, fundamental values, self-interest, peer pressure, or empowerment The answers to this question are often critical to the success of programs that seek to promote sustainable communities, environmental justice, healthy lifestyles, environmental protection, cohesive neighborhoods and active citizenship. This course provides a comparative perspective on behavior change theories that are used by social change agents. Approaches such as social marketing, innovation diffusion theory and the health belief model will be discussed. Students will apply the theories they have learned by designing a behavior change strategy and planning (and possibly implementing) a pilot project to test the strategy's effectiveness. This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Course looks at major passenger transportation modes including walking, bicycling, transit and automobiles. Focus on the skills and tools needed to effectively plan transportation projects- both directly through planning skills and indirectly through managing consultants. Course is presented within the context of how transportation intersects with communities, including how transportation impacts neighborhoods, the elderly and disabled, the price of affordable housing, economic development and overall quality of life. "Hands-on" approach with many guest speakers and a final project that will integrate course-work with student's professional interests. This course is offered during the following semesters: Second Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
This seminar course examines air and water policy from the perspective of law, regulation, economics and politics, with particular focus on - and comparison among - the primary statutory programs that promise to deliver clean air and water: the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act, as well as related federal and state programs. We look at the major challenges facing the process today, particularly those crossing media boundaries - for instance, global warming and mercury contamination. Although the main focus is on U.S. policies, discussion topics will range from international regulatory regimes (e.g., carbon emissions trading) to highly localized efforts (e.g., watershed advocacy). Featured will be guest speakers with broad experience in the field. Students can expect to gain a stronger substantive understanding of air and water policy, and a clearer sense of how citizen activists shape that policy - as well as a deeper appreciation of the work that regulatory bodies do; of the complex relations among federal, state and local governments; and of the growing opportunity for of broad policy reform.
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3.00 Credits
Please see departmental website for detailed information. This course is offered during the following semesters: Second Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Designed for students in the field of planning, engineering, and environmental policy. Provides a land use planning approach and specific site planning skills. Low impact development (LID) is a land use planning and a site planning approach that integrates conservation design principles and specific best management practices to minimize or eliminate the environmental impacts associated with development. Course will present planning approaches using actual case studies. A field trip to visit LID projects will be scheduled. This course is offered during the following semesters: Second Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Multi-disciplinary course examining the social, economic, and political dimensions of homelessness in the United States. Overview of causes, historical responses, and current conditions. Analysis of housing and welfare policies, mental health and substance abuse issues, economic and employment concerns. Volunteer work at shelters and organizations addressing homelessness required. This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Child Development 182.) Intersection of child development and social policy. Case studies of processes through which social problems are defined, policies formulated and implemented. Models for analyzing existing and proposed policies and for interpreting program evaluation results. Topics may include child abuse and neglect, family leave, maternal and child public-health policy, child care, early-childhood education. Special attention to policies affecting disadvantaged and minority populations. Prerequisites Child Development 1 or Psychology 1, and senior or graduate standing. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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