Academic Programs

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UST 242 Introduction to Urban Real Estate and Public Finance
Professor Roby Simons
Will the housing market recover? How much will the financial crisis hurt local government? What about your college fund? Fulfills GenEd 08 Social Science.

UST 289 Physical Geography - new time!
Understand the development of the physical environment and how it affects metropolitan areas and the people who live there. Fulfills GenEd and GenEd 08 Natural Science

UST 289 Physical Geography - web course!
Understand the development of the physical environment and how it affects metropolitan areas and the people who live there. Fulfills GenEd and GenEd 08 Natural Science

UST 493/593 Urban Tourism, Economic Development, and Rebuilding Downtown Areas
Professor Mark Rosentraub
Does a city's investment in stadiums and entertainment venues really lead to urban revitalization? Global interests, politics, limits, benefits and outcomes of tourist development and central cities.

PDD/UST 577, UST 477 Regional Issues and Planning
Professor Sugie Lee
Everyone knows that sprawl is a bad thing. Is a regional planning approach the answer? This course looks at both the conceptual and practical aspects of regional planning. Topics to be explored include regionalism, the interdependency of cities and suburbs, sprawl, smart growth strategies, and case studies of regional collaboration.

ENV 653/753, UST 653/753, PDD 653 Environmental Planning 2: Regional Landscapes and Ecological Systems
Professor Wendy Kellogg
The role of planning and public policy in the protection of regional landscapes and ecological systems; Land use and the shift to sustainable land planning; and implications of alternative energy systems, watershed management, wetland protection, and habitat preservation.