PPA 505 Urban Community Development

This course provides an overview of community planning and urban development. The course focuses on the historical and contemporary relationships between urban social patterns, federal policies, and neighborhood initiatives. Students will examine factors that contribute to disparities in urban communities and the challenges of managing, planning and implementing policy across diverse groups. Students will analyze and evaluate how metropolitan development, proposed and implemented projects, and socio-political dimensions of community programs affect planning and development. Students will also examine initiatives in the Chicago metropolitan area and propose a planning initiative on a topic of the student's choosing. Pre-requisite(s): PPA 500. Co- requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

Credits

3