URSI 602 Goals


Whether you pursue a public-sector career in urban affairs (in management or in planning), a private sector career in development or corporate public affairs, or a career in the non-profit sector, you will need to understand the planning process.

The purpose of this course is not to train you in the techniques of planning--there are other, specific courses for that. Rather, this course comes to grips with the concepts (values, theories, philosophies, paradigms, models) which underlie any attempt at planning. It provides you the opportunity to evaluate these concepts critically, to determine their individual strengths and weaknesses, to compare them, and finally to come up with your own approach to the planning process.

Two assumptions underlie this approach to the class:

By the end of the course, you should:


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© 1996 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 2 January 1997