This specialization focuses on the social and economic factors shaping planning within and for a wide array of communities. It prepares students for positions in housing, neighborhood revitalization, center city redevelopment and/or regional economic development in many settings.

Within this concentration, students may elect to pursue one of two emphases: housing and community development or economic development.

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EMPHASIS
Requirements:
Methods
CPLN 631 Techniques of Urban Economic Development

Foundation:
CPLN 712 Inner City Revitalization

Suggested Electives:
(select three)
CPLN 552 Center City Housing Markets
CPLN 590 Community Planning in Major Local Institutions
CPLN 601 Servicing CBDs through Special Districts
CPLN 615 Introduction to Housing
CPLN 655 Land Use and Transportation Planning
CPLN 658 Urban Markets and Residential Devlopment
CPLN 662 Metropolitan Regional Planning
CPLN 737 Housing in Developing Countries
CPLN 744 Public Private Development
CPLN 748 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
HSPV 625 Economics of Preservation
BPUP 772 Urban Public Policy & Private Economic Development
FNCE 730 Urban Fiscal Policy
GAFL 725 Industrial and Local Urban Development

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPHASIS
Requirements:
Methods:
CPLN 680 Real Estate Finance and Investment

Foundation:
CPLN 712 Inner City Revitalization

Suggested Electives:
(select three)
CPLN 552 Center City Housing Markets
CPLN 590 Community Planning in Major Local Institutions
CPLN 601 Servicing CBDs through Special Districts
CPLN 615 Introduction to Housing
CPLN 631 Techniques of Urban Economic Development
CPLN 655 Land Use and Transportation Planning
CPLN 658 Urban Markets and Residential Devlopment
CPLN 662 Metropolitan Regional Planning
CPLN 737 Housing in Developing Countries
CPLN 744 Public Private Development
CPLN 748 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
HSPV 625 Economics of Preservation
BPUP 772 Urban Public Policy & Private Economic Development
FNCE 730 Urban Fiscal Policy
GAFL 725 Industrial and Local Urban Development