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576. Human
Settlements. (3)
This course addresses the social and built forms of human settlements
in an historical context. It will explore the cultural assumptions embedded
in a selected survey of historical developments, designs, and cities,
to understand how these were made manifest in regional and urban form.
The course will analyze broad historical epochs from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica
to the present to display and seek an understanding of a variety of human
settlement patterns. The course objective is to provide an understanding of how human
societies pattern their settlements to reflect their philosophies, cultural
values, specific natural and social systems and individual/collective
actions. Additionally, the course is designed to help the student develop
a critical ability to distinguish and discuss diverse human settlement
forms.
508. Design and Planning Assistance Center. (3-6) [4-6]
Architectural and planning services to organizations and groups throughout
the state who cannot afford traditional professional services. May repeat
to a total of 12 hours. Advance approval required. Prerequisite for undergraduates:
permission of instructor/ Prerequisite for graduates: one upper-level
studio or permission of instructor.
513. Qualitative Research Methods
This course will introduce students to the methods and techniques of qualitative
inquiry. The course is geared to students who, (a) intend to conduct qualitative
scholarly research; and (b) students who wish to build their skills in
community based planning practice, using qualitative and facilitative
techniques. Though the class will address the varieties of paradigms and
epistemologies of qualitative research, the class will focus primarily
on preparing the students to conduct rigorous qualitative research, community
based planning, and analysis. Four additional classes will be arranged
for learning qualitative software.
523. Advanced Site & Environment. (3-4)
This seminar asks students to investigate "alternative" or "appropriate"
technologies, and then develop guidelines using one selected technology.
Students must apply their own guidelines to a real site and/or building
design.
524. Environmental
Planning Methods. (2)
This course focuses on methods that environmental planners use to gather
data and make judgments about projects. This course will present an overview
of current practices in environmental planning with an emphasis on environmental
documents. Specifically, we shall discuss the details of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and its applicability to the natural and
urban environment in New Mexico. This NEPA overview will include discussions
concerning threatened and endangered species, wetlands determination/delineation,
archaeological clearances, air quality and noise impacts, public participation,
conflict resolution, environmental justice, and socioeconomic analyses.
This course will also involve the review of the environmental-site assessment
process, as well as current hazardous-waste-related legislation.
526. Water
Resources Studio. (3)
This class will focus on water resources and sustainable development in
New Mexico's Rio Grande basin. The class will address three contemporary
issues within the basin: 1) the conflict between the City of Albuquerque
and Isleta Pueblo over water quality standards for arsenic; 2) the impacts
on water quality and availability to traditional Hispanic and Pueblo Indian
communities if the ponderosa pine forest in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
is restored; and 3) the economic and environmental impacts of preserving
the silvery minnow, an endangered species living in the Rio Grande.
527. Watershed
Management. (3)
This course will examine watersheds as integrated planning units, land
use impacts on water quality, hydrology and water budget concepts, biodiversity,
experimental watershed research, grazing impacts, economic appraisal of
watershed conservation, riparian impact evaluation, and stakeholder involvement.
Student participation will be emphasized in a presentation/discussion
format. Through readings, research and class discussion, students will
formulate a management plan for a watershed of their choice.
528. Women
and Economic Development. (3)
This course examines women's economic and social roles in economic development,
especially in Third World societies; prepares students to assess gender
implications of development plans and projects; and provides analytical
skills in gendered development planning.
529. Problems.
(1-3 hrs. to a maximum of 6)
Problems are individualized topics conducted on a one-to-one student-faculty
arrangement. Allows for exploration of various subjects of interest to
students and faculty members.
531. Foundations
of Community Development. (3)
In this course on the foundations of community development, we explore
what community development means. What is community and what is the process(es)
by which we develop it? What are some of the necessities for a community
(eg. Infrastructure, economic activity etc.)? What are the structural
factors in the community development process with which a planner must
contend? What are the obstacles? What are the tools and potential resources?
What are the issues to consider? And perhaps most importantly, what are
the ways in which any community development process is truly reflective
of the desires of the people in that community? What is the role of the
"planner" in developing community?
533. Foundations of Physical Planning. (3)
This is a new seminar in planning methods for graduate students in
the Planning, Landscape and Architecture degree programs. Lectures, exercises
and cross-disciplinary projects will explore the wide range of physical
planning practice from regional plans to physical details of the built
environment. It is designed to provide experience and practice in physical
aspects of planning along with graphic methods of analysis and communication
suitable for use in advanced studios and in professional practice.
465/565. Land
Development Economics. (3)
The objectives of this course are to (1) introduce the fundamental tools
used in land economics, development financing, and local economic analysis;
(2) identify the major public issues related to land development in the
national, the regional southwest and the local context; (3) develop a
working understanding of the linkages between urbanization and land development,
and how these linkages are seen from differing perspectives (capitalist,
socialist, naturalist); and (4) provide the student with the skills to
quantitatively and nonquantitatively evaluate a land development project
and land use plans from an area-wide perspective.
570. Seminar.
(1-3 hrs., To a maximum of 6)
Various topics related to planning in the southwest.
573. Planning
Process and Issues of Native American Reservations. (3)
This course examines tribal identity issues central to Native American
community development in the United States.
574. Cultural
Aspects of Community Development. (3)
This course provides an understanding of how different cultural values,
behavior and decision structures affect community development strategies.
Its intention is to introduce planners, social scientists, development
practitioners and researchers to community analysis and to cross-cultural
aspects of planning. Four multicultural areas serve as cases for comparative
analysis of community development.
480/580. Community Growth and Land Use Planning. (3)
This course looks at the consequences of unplanned growth on New Mexico's
communities and new ways to plan and manage land use. Fiscal, social,
economic, spatial and cultural impacts of unplanned growth are analyzed.
How communities in New Mexico and others around the nation have responded
to the challenges of growth are thoroughly discussed. A student may take
this course or Land Use Controls to satisfy core requirements. Registration
by permission of the instructor is encouraged for undergraduate and non-CRP
graduate students.
581. Computer
Applications for Planning and Administration. (3)
This course will introduce students to computer applications necessary
for the communication of planning information. The purpose of the course
is to prepare students for using basic computer tools necessary in the
preparation, analysis and formatting of data and graphic presentations
for planning. Software learned in this course includes those that are
supported in other CRP courses (with the exception of GIS which is taught
elsewhere). Applications chosen are cross-platform (Mac or PC) and model
the mixed hardware environments of professional planning offices.
482/582. Introduction
to Graphics. (3)
This course builds the capacity of planners with little graphic experience
to produce and interpret graphically presented visual analysis and physical
plans. The intent of this course is to train planners in spatial analysis
and visual thinking.
483/583. Introduction
Information Systems. (3)
Overview of GIS capabilities in the context of municipal government and
other planning applications. Includes lectures, demonstrations and discussion
of urban GIs applications.
484/584. Neighborhood Planning. (2)
This course examines the scale of the neighborhood and its relation to
the larger community. The neighborhood planning process is a discourse
between the personally valued neighborhood and the often agenda-driven
government agencies. We will consider the neighborhood as home, a pattern
of land uses, and a politically recognized entity. Class lectures and
assignments will focus on planning processes, resident involvement in
neighborhood activities, the impacts and implementation of neighborhood-based
plans, and the differences between designing new neighborhoods and working
with existing neighborhoods.
585. Practice
of Negotiation and Public Dispute Resolution. (3)
(Also offered as Pub Ad 588.) This course helps students develop effective
ways to negotiate and apply strategic tactics in the context of professional
practice. The course uses dynamic simulations of development and planning
projects of interest to Planners, Engineers, and Public Administrators.
Introduces students to new ways to negotiate and resolve disputes in the
context of professional practice throughout collaborative decision making
and problem solving. REQUIRED FOR THE DUAL MPA/MCRP DEGREE.
586. Planning
Issues in Chicano Communities. (3)
This course is designed to apply planning concepts and techniques to issues
facing Chicanos universally and Chicanos in the region, with reference
to planning experiences in Chicano/a communities elsewhere. The course
should address community development strategies, particularly those that
are community driven, including community development corporations, issues
of housing, economic self determination, and human services.
587. Political
Economy of Urban Development. (3)
This course provides an opportunity to analyze the political and economic
factors shaping urban development with particular emphasis on the impacts
of economic restructuring, the rise of "globalization," and
the new urban forms and relations. We begin by assessing underlying assumptions
about history and society and the difference they make in how urban growth
is explained and what planning policies are recommended. We examine specific
recent trends in urban change including post World War II developments
as seen in the fiscal crisis of the 70s, restructuring of the 80s, and
the increasing internationalization of the economy and the rise of global
cities. Finally, we explore new social formations and challenges. Students
interested in rural issues may also want to be aware of the dynamics of
urban development - since so much of rural issues involves protection
from urbanization. As planners, we will be concerned about how these changes
affect the process of planning and policy.
500. Planning
Theory and Process. (4)
The purpose of this course is to link key concepts in planning theory
to the concrete practice of planning. In the context of studying planning
history and theory, this course will help students to develop personal
theories of planning action and to experience the feel of practice--grappling
with problems and competing interests, measuring complex patterns, developing
viable solutions, and devising ways to make them happen. Students will
be introduced to roles that planners play in practice and to the wide
array of mode used in practice. Students will learn ways to apply theory
to practice, assess planning effectiveness, and understand the settings
in which planning is carried out. This course is designed to raise key
questions that surround ethical, historical, and theoretical issues in
planning practice.
510. Techniques
of Planning Communication. (4)
The course objectives are to learn and practice methods available to the
professional planner for effective communication; to begin to understand
some of the implications of planning communication in a variety of applied
situations, with various client and interest groups; and to begin the
process of becoming an ethical professional. The course content includes
use of graphic, group, written and oral communication in relation to scale,
audience, and context. Lectures are followed by brief practice assignments
and exercises. Mock settings and weekly assignments explore speaking,
writing and presentation methods appropriate in different situations.
The course emphasizes direct experience, practice and supportive peer
review.
511. Analytical
Methods for Planning. (4)
Introduction to use of comparative analysis, building of data sets, assembly
and organization of planning information. Use of statistical method in
problem and plan development. Use of survey research and beginning forecasting
techniques. BASIC STATISTICS COURSE SHOULD BE TAKEN PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT.
512. Planning
Analysis and Forecasting. (3)
This course covers methods of modeling, assessment, evaluation and forecasting.
Including techniques of needs-assessment, population forecasting, economic
impact studies and estimation. A PREREQUISITE OF CRP 511, EQUIVALENT COURSE,
OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR IS REQUIRED FOR ACCEPTANCE INTO THIS COURSE.
515. Natural Resource Methods. (3)
This course will teach applied techniques for analyzing land use suitability,
ecological impact, and proposed development within watersheds. A theoretical
and applied understanding of the effect of human interventions upon natural
systems. Training in techniques of biogeography, monitoring of ecological
change, and land use decision models will be addressed. The opportunity
to apply those techniques in an actual case using a geographic information
system will be given to the students.
520. Urban
Planning Studio. (4)
Application of planning methods to real world settings. Development of
a synthesis of the application of theory to professional practice. Case
problems pertaining to various planning situations.
521. Advanced
Planning Studio. (4)
The advanced planning studio provides a transition experience from a student/instructor
mode to that of a professional/mentor, requiring independent judgment
and self-directed work. It also requires the class to function as a team,
with individual tasks fitting into the integrated product.
530. Internship.
(2)
Project management and design in the context of professionally based experience
in planning practice in a public, private or nonprofit agency. In addition
to field practice, the course provides an arena for reflecting analytically
on practice. OFFERED ON A CR/NC BASIS ONLY.
536. Social
Policy and Planning. (3)
(Also offered as Pub Ad 536.) This seminar is designed to explore the
process of policy formation by examining current policy and planning issues.
Prerequisite: senior standing.
543. Seminar
on Transportation Planning. (3)
Introduction to urban transportation subject area. Characteristics of
urban transportation systems in U.S. and foreign cities are explored as
are effects of urban transportation on local economies, urban form, the
environment and the neighborhood.
545. Land
Use Controls. (3)
This course addresses the legal structures within which planners practice.
It covers principles of land ownership, distribution of land rights, and
the role of government in establishing regulations for the acquisition,
distribution, and use of real property.
A student may take this course or Community Growth and Land Use to satisfy
core requirements. Registration by permission of the instructor encouraged
for undergraduate and non-CRP graduate students.
551. Problems.
(1-3)
Individual study of problems in planning undertaken with faculty advisement
and supervision. May be repeated for credit, no limits. Students must
receive permission of instructor.
563. Housing
Seminar. (3)
Seminar examines selected issues in housing at both regional and local
levels; independent research topics include trends in federal policy and
legislation, technology and the housing industry, the changing roles of
participants, and design implication of energy constraints.
564. Natural
Resource Planning. (3)
Most human settlements are founded because nearby physical resources provide
a livelihood for the settlers. What attracted them in the first place
changes over time, however, frequently leading to a choice between adaptation
to new conditions and outmigration. This course lays a foundation for
applying planning concepts and analytical techniques to identify the characteristics
and limitations of natural resources in regions. The lower Rio de Chama
serves as the geographical domain. This course is concerned with four
ways in which natural resources affect regional planning: (a) the types
of physical resources in the region; (b) the changes in the resource base
during the 20th century; (c) the impact of urbanization in a predominantly
rural area; and (d) the importance of sustainable development planning.
567. Regional
Planning Process and Theory. (3)
This course addresses two fundamental lines of inquiry: (a) what concepts
o f "region" are important to the planning process? and (b)
how do planners integrate complex systems (such as transportation, human
settlements, economic development, public health) on a regional scale?
The course is organized into three related segments, progressing from
the general conceptual issues to specific regional and international examples.
569. Rural
Community Development. (3)
(Also offered as Pub Ad 569.) Principles and practice of rural area development.
Emphasis on rural issues of the Southwest. Includes field studies and
analysis of theory.
571. Urban
Design Theory. (3)
This course explores philosophies and traditions that have influenced
the design of cities and towns throughout history. We will ask how different
groups have defined "good city form," and how we might define
and help create that ourselves. Lectures, exercises, and projects explore
a range if urban design activities from the regional scale to the building
and site scale. This course is cross-listed with the Architecture program,
and is appropriate for students from many different academic backgrounds.
572. Research
Methods. (3)
(Also offered as Arch 572.) Conceptualizing research questions and translating
those into research strategy.
575. Natural
Resource Economics. (3)
(Also offered as Pub Ad 575.) Use and management of natural resources
and systems useful to humans. Issues include: why natural resources are
important, economic growth impact, optimal exploitation, and identification
and management of environmental concerns. Prerequisites: Econ 105 and
106, or permission of instructor.
577. Practice
of Policy Development. (3)
(Also offered as Pub Ad 577.) Introduction to practice of public policy
development in technical and professional applications. Emphasis on writing,
interpretation and implementation of policy documents. Required for the
dual MPA-MCRP degree.
578. Latin
American Development Planning. (3)
Since before the Spanish contact, Latin American scholars and practitioners
have contributed significantly to what could be called the "international
culture of development". In this course, we will discuss issues of
Latin American economic development, analyzing development planning strategies
that have arisen out of specific circumstances in the regional political
and economic history. We will begin with a review of the pre-conquest,
colonial and early post independence antecedents of contemporary Latin
American development planning, and then move on to the theoretical foment
of the post World War II period. Class materials will emphasize policy
responses to crisis and reconstruction that have accompanied the historical
regional cycles. The class will be structured around lecture and discussion.
In addition to active weekly participation in class discussions, students
will be asked to facilitate two class discussions during the semester
(you may have to facilitate in groups, depending on the class size). With
some exceptions, the syllabus is organized to allow for a) lecture on
key development theories; b) class discussion and query of each theory;
and c) sectoral or empirical applications of those theories. Student facilitated
sessions tend to fall in the last category.
588. Professional
Project/Thesis Preparation Seminar. (2)
The objective of this course is to prepare students to pursue research,
analysis and presentation of a Professional Project or Thesis.
589. Professional
Project II. (1-6)
Development of a professional project reflective of advanced work in the
field. Project should have an identified client, a time frame, and a final
product which demonstrates competence to engage in professional level
planning. Prerequisites: advanced graduate standing and permission of
instructor. Plan Il only. Offered on a PR/CR/NC basis only.
599.
Thesis. (1-6)
Development of a research project reflective of advanced inquiry into
a planning topic. Thesis should make concrete contributions to guide planning
practice. Prerequisite: 598 or equivalent and approval by thesis chairperson.
Offered on a PR/CR/NC basis only.
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