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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course is divided into five parts (1) the nature of housing problems and housing markets, (2) alternative low-income housing strategies (public housing, subsidized housing and rental vouchers, community development corporations), (3) addressing housing market failures (fair housing, senior housing, housing for the disabled), (4) middle-income housing programs, and (5) local housing plans. The course has an explicit international comparative orientation, showing how U.S. public housing revitalization efforts resemble and differ from comparable efforts in selected European countries.
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary seminar covers the history of formal and informal community change efforts by individuals and collectivities in developing communities that are creative, effective, inspiring and/or inclusive. Among the topics covered are human rights, community analysis, types of leadership, and theories of community change.
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3.00 Credits
From a perspective on politics that is strategy-level and power-centered, this course introduces students to the practice of political campaigning: creating a campaign plan, building a campaign organization, raising funds, analyzing potential voter yields, managing campaign communications, and implementing get-out-the-vote efforts. Students meet candidates running for public office and representatives of campaigns promoting or opposing ballot issues and each student is expected to work on an electoral or ballot issue campaign of his or her choosing.
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3.00 Credits
From a perspective on politics that is strategy-level and power-centered, this course introduces students to the broad spectrum of interest groups actively engaged in attempts to influence public policy: groups focused on social issues, business associations, labor unions, community organizing groups focused on geographic areas, activist religious organizations, etc. Students learn the essential elements of effective interest groups: recruiting members, creating and maintaining a flexible and responsive organizational structure, raising funds, communicating with members and the public, and engaging in direct and grass-roots lobbying campaigns. Students meet the leaders of high-profile interest groups and each student is expected to provide volunteer work for an activist interest group of his or her choosing.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines major approaches and concepts in organizational theory and uses them to analyze planning environments, practice, processes, and change. Some emphasis is given to organizational change and learning, leadership, and organizational culture as they shape the possibilities and limitations of planning practice. The course also includes the analysis of bureaucracies and bureaucratic behavior and strategies for navigating organizational environments and implementation strategies.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the theories of urban life. Students will explore the classical writings of urban social theory addressing such topics as density, racial segregation, social stratification, and social justice, as well as more recent theories of urbanism that address the transformation of cities and urban regions, metropolitan political fragmentation, urban fiscal crisis, and urban social movements.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course begins with an overview of different perspectives toward social justice. We then spend the major part of the course focusing on two to three case studies such as Laurence Vale's "From the Puritans to the Projects" (a history of public housing in Boston). In the next part we look at how social justice planning is practiced in different countries (e.g. Scotland). In the final part of the course we examine how social justice themes have been presented in different films such as "Chinatown" and "Sunshine State."
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
In a world where more than 50% of all people live in cities, and the urbanization rate is rapidly increasing, the role of the urban planner is ever more important. Increasingly as well, the cultural milieu of the city forms a tapestry of issues within which urban problems must be solved. Cities around the world have the same problems of transportation, the environment, social conflict and dislocation, land use planning, etc. However, these problems manifest themselves differently and must be tackled by planners in various ways depending on the cultural contect of a particular city. This course demonstrates these themes and generates discussion about them through the medium of commercial film. A selection of outstanding releases from and about a variety of cities will be screened, their particular urban problems identified, and solutions within their specific cultural context discussed and compared.
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4.00 Credits
Applied weekly one hour lessons. Content (repertoire and technical exercises) to be determined by the professor based on the specific needs of the student.
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2.00 Credits
Applied weekly one hour lessons. Content (repertoire and technical excercises) to be determined by the teacher based on the specific needs of the student.
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