Foundations of Urban Planning and the Built Environment

Understanding the genesis of American urban planning concepts and the planner’s role through the decades is integral to the education of a planning professional. Explore the development of American urban planning from the colonial period, through America’s founding of the national capital, westward expansion and into the 19th and 20th centuries. Study when planning regulations were established and innovative city planning and design undertaken across the United States. Learn vocabulary for approaching and discussing planning projects. Discussion will focus on California and San Diego in the larger context of important movements; enabling legislation and accompanying regulatory models; and ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Note: This course is recommended as a prerequisite for advanced planning courses.

Course Number: BUSA-40748   Credit: 2 units

This course is part of the following Certificate Program(s):

• Urban Planning and Development