Course ID: | PADP 7520. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Urban Policy |
Course Description: | Major trends and policies affecting American communities,
alternative explanations for these patterns, and possible
responses. Topics include service delivery, land use, economic
development, and intergovernmental cooperation. |
Oasis Title: | URBAN POLICY |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 7520 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This seminar is designed to familiarize students with significant trends affecting
American communities, offering alternative explanations for these patterns, as well
as possible policy responses. From this course, students will be able to learn how
to operate as a professional in the modern urban environment of the United States.
In particular, the student will learn different professional roles in the urban
setting to include city/county manager, personnel director, director of finance,
and other professional roles. At the outcome of the course, the student will have
a better idea of how all of the roles work and how they interact with each other. |
Topical Outline: | I. Introduction to the course
II. The modern urban setting
III. Intergovernmental relations
IV. Financing local services
V. Approaches to service delivery
VI. The changing urban economy
VII. Social change and urban communities
VIII. Economic development approaches
IX. Land use and zoning
X. Managing the urban future |