201/Geol. 201. Introductory Geography: Water, Climate, and Mankind. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in GS 268. Those with credit for GS 111 may only elect Geog. 201 for 3 credits. (4). (NS). (BS).
See Geological Science 201.
(Stearns)
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406/Urban Planning 406. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($20) required.
This course provides an introduction to Geographic Information
Systems and related technologies. The course will cover basic
principles and concepts of GIS, theory and tools of spatial analysis, and a broad exposure to GIS applications. The objectives of the
course are to provide spatial information and analysis capabilities
for urban planners and those in related disciplines. Content includes
map analysis, hardware/software, nature of spatial data, data
sources and acquisition, spatial analysis and models, presentation
of output and reports, GIS trends and evaluation. The course will
consist of two one-hour lectures per week and a three-hour lab
using computer software, access to computer software for individual
projects. There will be a course pack of readings. (Levine)
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472/Urban Planning 572. Transportation and Land Use Planning. Permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
This course explores the interrelated systems of urban transportation
and urban land use to discover principles and ideas that can be
useful in designing or evaluating plans that affect the two. The
course covers four broad areas: 1. Transportation Planning History:
What assumptions and approaches have guided domestic transportation
planning in this century? How have these evolved? How good is the fit between current approaches and current conditions? 2.
Transportation and Land Use Theory: What frameworks have been
developed to understand the interrelationships between transportation
and land use, and how might these affect how we view potential
transportation planning alternatives? 3. Transportation Planning
Technique: Formal approaches to modeling the urban transportation
system have evolved in the past few decades. We will explore these
approaches as well as their limitations. 4. Urban Transportation
Policy: Alternative definitions of "the transportation problem"
can lead to different directions for policy. We will explore various
transportation planning concerns and approaches to dealing with them. The course will have a weekly lecture/discussion section.
A weekly laboratory session of one and a half hours will also
be scheduled at the first class meeting, to be matched with students'
availability. Labs will be devoted to using specialized transportation
software (TransCad) to analyze transportation problems, particularly
within the framework of the transportation planning techniques
developed in number 3, above. The last two lab sessions (somewhat
expanded) will be devoted to oral presentation of course projects.
TEXTBOOKS: Whiner, Edward. (1992) Urban Transportation Planning
in the United States: An Historical Overview. Washington, DC: United States Department of Transportation, Technology Sharing
Program. Distributed at the first class meeting. Downs, Anthony.
(1992) Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion.
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution. Available for
purchase at the North Campus Commons Bookstore. A course pack
will be available at Michigan Document Service, Inc. upstairs
at 603 Church Street, just south of South University Avenue. Permission
of Instructor is required. Though the course carries no formal
course prerequisites, it is highly recommended that the following
courses be completed prior to taking UP572: UP504 and either UP406
or UP507. Grading will be on the basis of a midterm (30%), a course
project (40%), laboratory exercises (20%), and active class time
participation (10%). (Levine)
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591. Research and Special Work in Human Geography. Permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.
Individual project under the direction of a faculty member
enables student to pursue a course of study not included in organized
courses offered by the Geography program.
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