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Fall 2018 | PA 5290 Section 002: Topics in Planning -- Local Leadership: Municipal Governance and Policy (33513)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term10/23/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 06:00PM - 08:45PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 15
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?glid0004+PA5290+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Explore the expanding and unique role of the city in today's world and our increasing reliance on cities and metropolitan areas to solve big policy problems. As residents' trust in federal and state government is at an all time low, the "municipalist" movement is taking hold in cities around the world. Cities have had an increased role in visibly addressing wicked problems and implementing policy to improve local economies, the environment, worker protections, transit, and other areas that have lacked investment from state and federal government for years if not decades. At the same time, the environment for city policy-making is rapidly changing, with the influence of social movements and protest, higher levels of engagement with city government, and use of a race equity lens to redefine the priorities of public entities.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Graduate school students; others with permission.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic structure of local government and the roles of stakeholders inside and outside of government.
- Identify and analyze pressures on local government and individuals in local government.
- Engage with those who seek to influence local government decisions, such as community advocates, lobbyists, elected officials and city staff, and explore their motivations and objectives.
- Understand the policy making process at the local government level and how to impact that process
- Grading:
A = 100%-90%
B = 89%-79%
C = 78%-68%
D = 68%-59%
F = less than 59%
- Class Format:
- Class lecture and discussion; frequent guest speakers.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33513/1189
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/glid0004_PA5290_Fall2018.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/glid0004_PA5290_Spring2021.pdf (Spring 2021)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 26 July 2018
Fall 2018 | PA 5290 Section 003: Topics in Planning -- Health Impact Assessment: A Tool to Promote Health (33866)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Meets With:
- PUBH 6703 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon 04:00PM - 05:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (6 of 8 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schiv005+PA5290+Fall2018; http://classinfo.umn.edu/?callx001+PA5290+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- Health is largely influenced by the upstream social determinants of health, and yet policy decision makers rarely consider health. As a result, our social and physical environments often benefit certain groups over others, leading to health disparities. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a tool that uses the best-available evidence to uncover the health impacts of policies, plans and projects in order to influence decisions before they are finalized. Strong community engagement grounds the HIA in the health issues and topics important to those who will be impacted by the decision, leading to more equitable, healthier communities.
This is a skills focused course that introduces students to the six steps of an HIA, along with relevant data sources and methods. With each step, students will be given the opportunity to practice and apply key concepts. Throughout the semester, students will work in interdisciplinary teams to develop a plan for an HIA, culminating in a group presentation. Students will also critique an HIA of their choice to see how HIAs have been used in the real world. This course will also cover emerging topics and challenges in the HIA field, including data gaps, funding, intersections with government decision making processes, and public engagement in HIAs. Students will have a chance to hear from several practitioners who will share their insights and experiences conducting HIAs in Minnesota.
(Note: Syllabus uploaded on 4/9/2018 is a "work in progress. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33866/1189
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/callx001_schiv005_PA5290_Fall2018.docx
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2018
Fall 2018 | PA 5290 Section 005: Topics in Planning -- Planning & Design for the Urban Public Realm (35615)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session10/19/2018 - 12/12/2018Fri 09:00AM - 11:45AMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (13 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Selected topics.
- Class Notes:
- Full title: Planning & Design for the Urban Public Realm. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?brow1804+PA5290+Fall2018
- Class Description:
- The flight to the City is on, and along with the new residents and workers has come heightened demand for reinvestment in the urban public realm. In order to enhance both productivity and quality of life, American cities are reinvesting in older parks, plazas and streets, and building new public spaces in developing areas that never had them - waterfronts, industrial sites, rail yards, and acres of surface parking. The work of improving the public realm requires commitment to multi-disciplinary collaboration and broad and genuine stakeholder engagement processes at an entirely new level. Facilitating these processes - and successfully building this new public realm - requires uniquely skilled and open-minded planners and designers who can help us envision a better way to live together in our cities.
This course will integrate theory and practice into a framework for understanding the implementation of urban public realm projects - from inception through design and construction, start-up, and ongoing operations. Students will learn how planning, design, finance, and politics must be integrated into a single overarching vision if an urban public realm project is to be successfully completed.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- This class is open to graduate students from the Humphrey School, the College of Design, and others interested in City Building.
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Passion: Develop a general interest in and understanding of the urban public realm, the role of planning and design in creating good public places, and the "who, what, where, why, when, and how" of how the public realm is produced.
Learn how to evaluate the character and quality of public spaces and use analytical tools and skills to study how urban public realm projects are implemented - from inception and planning to stakeholder engagement, project management, and funding through design, construction, and ongoing operations once completed. Students will create summary budgets, timelines, flow diagrams, narratives, and organizational charts for use in studying actors and processes.3. Generalization: Learn how to apply this framework for understanding implementation - the process of taking a project from vision to reality - across a broad range of urban development projects.
- Grading:
- Coursework will include three graded assignments that will build upon one another.
Assignment #2: Project Analysis (Group) - 40%
Assignment #3: Final Paper (Individual) - 40%
TOTAL: 100%
- Exam Format:
- There will be no exams, just the three assignments, the last of which will be due in the last class on December 7.
- Class Format:
- Work during class time will include facilitated discussions, individual student presentations of response papers and final papers, and team presentations of group work. The instructor will offer short tutorials and lectures on background topics such as project economics/finance, design and construction, stakeholder engagement, and politics, front-loaded towards the beginning of the course. There will be an optional field trip in the first two weeks of class (not during class time) and a panel discussion with local public realm experts towards the end of the semester.
- Workload:
- Students will be required to read 30-60 pages a week for the first four weeks of the semester and complete three assignments, each of which will build on previous work.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35615/1189
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/brow1804_PA5290_Fall2018.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/brow1804_PA5290_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 July 2018
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