Curriculum
Intro Courses
• PD 535 Urban Management and Governance (also a foundation elective); and either
• PD 606 Community Development Processes or PD 595 Central City Revitalization
Methods Course
• PD 561 Qualitative Methods for Planning
Elective Courses (minimum one)
• PD 520 Housing and Social Policy
• PD 525 Financing Urban Development
• PD 526 Strategic Planning and Implementation
• PD 539 Local Government Finance and Budgeting
• PD 541 Nonprofit Management
• PD 562 Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Form
• PD 569 GIS Applications
• PD 570 GIS in Planning
• PD 574 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• PD 592 Tourism and Recreation Policy and Planning
• PD 606 Community Development Processes (may be used for elective credit if not taken as an intro course)
• GEO 528 Geography and Social Theory
Recommended Foundational Electives
• PD 508 Race, Class Gender and the City
• PD 535 Urban Management and Governance
• PD 538 Economic Concepts
Culminating Exercise
• Thesis on topic in Community Development and Urban Management or
• Professional Project on topic in Community Development and Urban Management
Specialization Director
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