up to 18 semester hours toward the 48 hour require-
ment with consent of the Department. The Depart-
ment encourages students with any undergraduate
degree, who show evidence of education and interest
appropriate in the planning field, to apply for admis-
sion.
 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 Depart-
ment will notify applicant of rejection at least 45 days
before the semester begins.
SThe Urban and Regional Planning curriculum is de-
signed to provide content and context to a com-
prehensive planning or decision model which forms
the basic strategy shaping core studies. The content
courses include history and theory of planning, plan-
ning methods, community powers for plan im-
plementation, planning design, and urban econom-
ics. The context courses include urban design, special
district planning, comprehensive and land develop-
ment planning with cogent projects of one semester
or longer. This curriculum is supported by adequate
studio and individual study space in close proximity
to architectural and landscape architectural labora-
tories, 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 pro-
gram. Graduates of the program will be prepared for
professional standing in urban and regional planning
practice. The Department and the College of Law of-
fer a joint study program. The Departments of Urban
and Regional Planning and Architecture additionally
offer, a specialization in planning and community
conservation. In addition, the Department also offers
a concentration in environment planning in coopera-.
tion 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 com-
prehensive examination and thesis or terminal
project. The thesis or project is included in the re-
quired 48 hours. The Department reserves the right to
retain student work for the purposes of record, ex-
hibition, or instruction.
ECP 5614-Urban Economics (4) Prereq: ECO 2013-2123 or
by permission of instructor. Economic analysis of urban-
ization and original interdependence. Applicability of loca-
tion theory and other economic analysis. Criteria for de-.
termining public expenditures and allocating costs in urban
areas.
URP 6100-Planning Theory and History (3) Explores the his-
tory 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,
re dings, 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 11(3; max: 6) Ad-
vanced lectures, readings, and exercises in planning research
and design methods. Emphasis is placed on urban and re-
gional planning design problems. The focus may vary and
will be determined by prospective students and the instruc-
tor.
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 I (3) Introduc-
tion to regulatory and non-regulatory techniques of plan im-
plementation. Relationship of law and politics to the plan-


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ning process. Police power as the basis for regulation. Man-
datory planning and status of adopted comprehensive plans.
URP 6132-Community Development Powers II (3) Prereq:
URP 6131. Traditional and innovative approaches to the con-
trol of land use. Zoning, subdivision regulation, and other
land use control codes. Growth management in modern
context.
URP 6141-Comprehensive Planning and Evaluation (3) Ex-
plores the comprehensive planning process by means of lec-
tures, readings and field experiences. Includes the analysis
of comprehensive planning tasks and methods of plan eval-
uation, often using regional or river basin, Caribbean, Latin
American, and Florida case studies.
URP 6231-Planning Methods I (3) Quantitative and quali-
tative methods of analysis and synthesis applied to identi-
fying, understanding, and solving conflicts generated by de-
velopment of the systems of man. Special emphasis is placed
on the hands on use of digital computer modeling and map-
ping as aids to the planning process.
URP 6261-Planning Methods II (3) Prereq: URP 6231. Ad-
vanced methods of synthesis and analysis focused on under-
standing 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 sys-
tems and information systems in planning.
URP 6301-Urban Project (1-12; max: 12) Program prepara-
tion and design of renewal and expansion projects featuring
the weaving together of many networks, facilities, and land-
scape 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;
location-and extent of the uses of land and of population
densities for all public and private land use categories as es-
tablished by law, regulation, and social and economic justifi-
cation 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 spe-
cial neighborhood redevelopment planning projects. H.
URP 6321-State Planning Project (1-12; max: 12) Examines
state level land development and social systems interactions
in various environmental settings. H.
URP 6331-Housing and Urban Systems Project (1-12; max:
12) Examines one component of the array of urban systems.
Emphasis will be placed on housing, transportation or other
physical artifacts of urbanization processes. H.
URP 6341-Urban Planning Project (1-12; max: 12) Projects
will encompass city wide comprehensive planning examin-
ing the interactions of urban and social systems cast in
scenarios of future growth and development. H.
URP 6421-Environmental Impact Statements (3) Manage-
ment and decision-making aspects of impact statements un-
der the U.S. Environmental Protection Act, Florida's Land
and Water Management Act of 1972, and as a component of
a comprehensive planning process.
URP 6700-The Capital Web (3) Determining location, size,
and appearance of community facilities, circulation, and
utilities networks; the city as private investments and ac-
tivities attached to the deliberately arranged, commonly
owned capital web.
URP 6801-The City in History (3) Investigation of historic
and future city form as an expression of civilized aspiration;
origins and recurring popularity of protourban forms such as
the plaza, the ceremonial axis, the citadel.
URP 6811-Community Values and Goals (3) Investigation
of values and goals achievable through common effort, and
techniques of community self-evaluation and goal de-
termination.
URP 6821-Urban and Regional Systems (3) A quantitative
computer-assisted exploration of a comprehensive planning
model.
URP 6884-Community Conservation and Revitalization (3)