fessors: J. F. Alexander; E. R. Bartley; J. W. Milliman:
E. M. Starnes; W. L. Weismantel. Associate Professor:
O. F. Wetterqvist.
 The Department of Urban and Regional Planning offers
graduate work leading to the degree of Master of Arts
in Urban and Regional Planning (M.A.U.R.P.). Students
are encouraged to enter the program at the beginning
of Fall Semester each academic year. The program is
usually completed in two academic years. The student
entering with an undergraduate degree and no graduate
study must complete 48 hours of credit for the
M.A.U.R.P. degree. Students who have earned graduate
credit in related fields may transfer up to 18 semester
hours toward the 48 hour requirement with consent of
the department. The department encourages students
with any undergraduate degree, who show evidence of
education and interest appropriate in the planning field,
to apply for admission.
 Applications for admission must be received 90 days
prior to the beginning of each semester. The Registrar's
Office will notify applicant of acceptance at least 45 days
before semester begins. The department will notify
applicant of rejection at least 45 days before the semester
begins.
 The Urban and Regional Planning curriculum is de-
signed to provide content and context to a comprehen-
sive planning or decision model which forms the basic
strategy shaping core studies. The content courses
include history and theory of planning, planning
methods, community powers for plan implementation,
planning design, and urban economics. The context
courses include urban design, special district planning,
comprehensive and land development planning with
cogent projects of one semester or longer. This cur-
riculum is supported by adequate studio and individual
study space in close proximity to architectural and land-
scape architectural laboratories, computer graphics
system, and large visual aid library. The program is
recognized by the American Planning Association for
having achieved the highest applicable standards for a
graduate planning program. Graduates of the program
will be prepared for professional standing in urban and
regional planning practice. The department and the
College of Law offer a joint study program. The Depart-
ments of Urban and Regional Planning and Architecture
additionally offer a specialization in planning and com-
munity conservation. In addition, the Department also
offers a concentration in environment planning in
cooperation with other graduate programs.
 In addition to course work the student is required to
complete an internship with a public or private planning
office and successfully complete a comprehensive ex-
amination and thesis or terminal project. The thesis or
project is included in the required 48 hours. The depart-
ment reserves the right to retain student work for the
purposes of record, exhibition, or instruction.
ECP 5614-Urban Economics (4) Prereq: ECO 2013-2123 or
by permission of instructor. Economic analysis of urbanization
and original interdependence. Applicability of location theory
and other economic analysis. Criteria for determining public
expenditures and allocating costs in urban areas.
URP 6042-Planning and Urban Systems Theory (3) Prereq:
URP 6100. Examines the structural relationships among urban
systems and the planning process. It views planning as a
communication network tracking urban physical and social
change.
URP 6061-Professional Administration (1-3) Explores contem-
porary policy-making responsibility as shared between citizen
organizations and government; prepares future planning director


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or consultant to distribute staff resources for various plan making
responsibilities.
URP 6100-Planning Theory and History (3) Explores the
history of planning and the associated development of theory.
Synoptic versus disjointed incrementalism and the political
setting for comprehensive planning are emphasized.
URP 6101-Planning Research and Design I (3) Lectures,
readings, and exercises in planning research and design
methods. Emphasis is placed on design graphics and other
means of communication.
URP 6102-Planning Research and Design II (3; max: 6)
Advanced lectures, readings, and exercises in planning research
and design methods. Emphasis is placed on urban and regional
planning design problems. The focus may vary and will be
determined by prospective students and the instructor.
URP 6103-Urban Design and Special District Planning (3)
Prereq: URP 6101. Explores the practice of urban design and
special district planning. Emphasis is placed on applied methods,
case studies and synthesis of form.
URP 6131-Community Development Powers 1 (3) Introduc-
tion to regulatory and non-regulatory techniques of plan
implementation. Relationship of law and politics to the plan-
ning process. Police power as the basis for regulation. Mandatory
planning and status of adopted comprehensive plans.
URP 6132-Community Development Powers 11 (3) Prereq:
URP 6131. Traditional and innovative approaches to the control
of land use. Zoning, subdivision regulation, and other land use
control codes. Growth management in modern context.
URP 6141-Comprehensive Planning and Evaluation (3)
Explores the comprehensive planning process by means of
lectures, readings and field experiences. Includes the analysis
of comprehensive planning tasks and methods of plan evalua-
tion, often using regional or river basin, Caribbean, Latin
American, and Florida case studies.
URP 6231-Planning Methods I (3) Quantitative and qualitative
methods of analysis and synthesis applied to identifying,
understanding, and solving conflicts generated by development
of the systems of man. Special emphasis is placed on the.hands
on use of digital computer modeling and mapping as aids to
the planning process.
URP 6261-Planning Methods' I (3) Advanced methods of
synthesis and analysis focused on understanding the function;
growth, and dynamics of cities and urban development. Spatial
and temporal computer models of cities and development are
studied.
URP 6271-Planning Information Systems (3) Prereq: URP
6261. Advanced work in planning and analysis using large data
bases with emphasis on development monitoring systems and
information systems in planning.
URP 6301-Urban Project (1-12; max: 12) Program preparation
and design of renewal and expansion projects featuring the
weaving together of many networks, facilities, and landscape
elements which make up a city. H.
URP 6311-Regional Planning Project (1-12; max: 12) Design
at the substate regional scale where urban settlement is to be
balanced with extensive uses of land, such as agriculture, mining,
forestry, and natural areas. H.
URP 6312-Land Development Planning and Evaluation (3)
Standards, criteria, policies, design techniques, and research
systems used in designating proposed general distribution; loca-
tion and extent of the uses of land and of population densities
for all public and private land use categories as established by
law, regulation, and social and economic justification at all levels
of governments in the U.S. and abroad.
URP 6315-Special District Project (1-12; max: 12) Examines
planning for districts such as historic, town centers, or special
neighborhood redevelopment planning projects.
URP 6321-State Planning Project (1-12; max: 12) Examines
state level land development and social systems interactions in
various environmental settings.
URP 6331-Housing and Urban Systems Project (1-12; max:
12) Such a project examines one component of the array of
urban systems. Emphasis will be placed on housing, transpor-
tation or other physical artifacts of urbanization processes; H.
URP 6341-Urban Planning Project (1-12; max: 12) Such
projects will encompass city wide comprehensive planning
examining the interactions of urban and social systems cast in
scenarios of future growth and development. H .