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Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - Understand the foundation(s) and differing aims of urban and regional planning - Explain key perspectives in urban and regional planning - Apply key theories to case studies of urban and regional planning - Learn about planning tools and methods for understand public space use - Analyze cases of urban and regional planning - Critically discuss international literature on urban and regional planning - Communicate knowledge about urban and regional planning orally and in text - Critically reflect on current developments and trends in urban and regional planning - Reflect upon their own position in debates on urban and regional planning

The purpose of this seminar is to explore why our cities, suburbs and metropolitan regions look the way they do and how they change over time. This seminar will introduce the origins and aims of planning, the developments of planning theory, and the elements of urban and regional plans. Our sessions will focus on the importance of lane use, urban design, transportation and the environment as well as planning processes and the role of the people involved in and affected by urban and regional planning. Each session will consider the aim of planning and planning processes in different contexts, the role of identity in planning, and technology and planning. Through these cases and the theoretical perspectives we discuss on urban and regional planning, the seminar aims to develop the students’ critical and reflective skills. These skills will be fostered as we constantly ask ‘why’ urban and regional planning is practiced as we critically discuss contemporary planning throughout the semester.

Teaching Method: - Weekly meetings/lectures, mostly in-person, some online. - Small group discussions and exercises in-class - Individual exercises outside of class - Individual reading to prepare for in-class discussions

To receive credit for this course, each student must delivery the following: - 5-minute presentation on an urban or regional planning case - 10-page report on an urban or regional planning case