Sustainable Urban Planning in an Entrepreneurial Environment

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Describe and explain the various elements of land property rights particularly as they relate to the public interest and the common good.
• Distinguish how public and private land use controls historically emerged from the feudal commons through common law doctrine to the major urban reforms of the nineteenth century that eventually provided the legal and conceptual platform for modern day urban planning.
• Recognize the key precursors that triggered land use zoning in most major cities in America.
• Apply their understanding of urban issues to the development and critical analysis of programs and policies appropriate to addressing contemporary social and economic problems.
• Identify the fundamental mechanics and principles of contemporary land-use zoning, mixed-use and the new urbanism movement, and how they can shape both entrepreneurial opportunity and the urban geography of cities.
• Differentiate how the city planning ecosystem of land-use regulations, institutions, actors and policies can both constrain and cultivate local startups and an innovation-driven economy.

Graduate Student Additional Outcomes

• Demonstrate elevated written and oral competencies in the analysis of urban planning and land use zoning issues and urban entrepreneurship opportunities.
• Distinguish the successful features of various innovative and sustainable urban planning/urban entrepreneurship schemes and effectively compare them with more conventional schemes.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Exams (3 total)	50%
Class Participation (online discussion boards, in-class activities, attendance)	25%
Mini Studio Project (Undergraduates)	25%
Mini Studio Project (Graduate Students)	15%
Project Presentations (Graduate Students Only)	10%

Note: Late assignments will not be accepted without a documented reason. Late assignments are subject to a 25% reduction in points unless discussed with the instructor in advance.

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
97-100%	A+
93-96%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C-
67-69%	D+
63-66%	D
60-62%	D-
59% and below	No-pass (F)

Note that scores below a grade of C for graduate students are not allowed per university policy; lower grades will be treated as an F.

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance will be taken randomly at the end of class periods. If you are not in attendance, you will not receive points. Class Participation includes online discussion boards, in-class activities, and attendance.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Practice of Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice by International City Management Association, 9th Edition