The second year of Modern Standard Arabic; expanding the grammatical and syntactical structures necessary for reading basic forms of literary Arabic. Samples include: newspaper excerpts, short stories, descriptive narratives. Emphasis also placed on writing short essays and developing oral skills, using a broader range of regular and irregular verbs. At the end of the second semester, students examine a range of Arabic news broadcasts. Prerequisite: ARABIC 146.

An important course for landscape architects, planners, and other professionals interested in the cultural landscape, this course will introduce students to the identification, understanding, documentation and policy implications of cultural landscapes. While it will touch on the issues of both designed and vernacular landscapes, the focus of the course will be vernacular landscape.

This course offers students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the theory and practice of heritage management generally, and specifically in its application to the management, interpretation, and design of culturally significant landscapes, including urban landscapes, parks, gardens, historic sites, and agricultural landscapes all over the world.

The role of policy in guiding optimal growth. Examination of constitutional issues, controversies regarding growth management practices, techniques used in designing growth management strategies, and future trends in growth management. Prerequisite: Reg Pl 651 or consent of instructor.

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This is an introductory, graduate-level course in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in urban and regional planning.

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The law of land-use control as expressed in major judicial decisions in the U.S. Creation, expansion and powers of municipal corporations; use of legal planning tools such as zoning, abatement of nuisance, eminent domain, etc.

Contact department for description. Credit, 1-5.