UPP 502: Planning Skills – Computers, Methods and Communication

Instructor

Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2021

Department of Urban Planning & Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Graduate core curriculum course focused on planning skills to collect, analyze and communicate information and data; including data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics, economic and policy analysis, population projections, systems analysis, spatial and land use analysis, com­puter and visualization skills (ArcGIS, Photoshop, SketchUp, NetLogo).
• Full responsibility for classroom instruction and course development.
• Instructor evaluation rating (mean): 4.4/5.0.
• Course Syllabus
• Assignment Examples:
  • Population Projection
  • Land Use Analysis
  • Economic Analysis
  • ESRI ArcGIS
  • Trimble SketchUp

The Final Project, Community Profile, is to write and present a profile and analysis report of the student’s selected local area community. This is not a Comprehensive Plan, but it should identify issues to be considered as a plan is developed. The analysis report will consist of a compilation of previously completed assignments, in addition to new information and data as deemed necessary by the student. The analysis is to focus on the relationships between your compiled information, data and findings.

Additional information is provided by assignment handout: Community Profile.