Introduction to Urban Planning and Policy

This course provides an introduction to the fields of urban planning and public policy, and investigates their relationship to each other in the context of key urban policy issues such as housing, land use, poverty and inequality, education, economic development, environmental management, transportation, and community development. Students will investigate the historical roots and fundamental practices of both urban planning and public policy creation in the United States, and will engage in hands on policy analysis to explore how planning decisions and outcomes are influenced by the policy context in which they are made.