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Planning as a decision-making process, the attributes of the political and administrative environment within which planning takes place, and the implications of this environment for the planning process and the planner.

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Application of quantitative methods used by regional and urban planners. Problem definition and data sources, data collection and analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics, and spreadsheet and database planning software. Data presentation techniques. Prerequisite: Statis 501 or equivalent.

This course will introduce students to public participation at the practice level in planning. Lectures and class discussions will review current theory underpinning participation practice, and will critically evaluate the wide range of participation methods currently in use in planning practice. There will also be one or more exercises in participation implementation that occur outside standard class times, when we will join one of the other studio classes, and plan and run their participation process.

This course is designed for professional degree students in SPP's masters programs or other relevant campus programs (e.g., Environmental Conservation) and focuses on the role of information technology (IT) in public and nonprofit settings. The course provides hands-on skill-building in: (1) analyzing information flow in organizational processes (sometime called "Systems Analysis"); and (2) data management techniques such as advanced functions in spreadsheets (Excel) and design and development of relational database management systems (MS Access).