Below is a selection of currently offered courses for the summer semester. For a full list of courses, see the UC Berkeley Online Schedule of Classes.
DCRP Summer 2021 Courses will be taught remotely.
CY PLAN 101
Introduction to Urban Data Analytics
Session C - 8 Weeks: June 21 - August 13
Units: 4 (Lecture / Discussion)
Instructor: TBD
This course (1) provides a basic intro to census and economic data collection, processing, and analysis; (2) surveys modeling and story mapping techniques in planning; (3) demonstrates the uses of real-time urban data and analytics; and (4) provides a socio-economic-political context for the smart cities movement, focusing on data ethics and governance.
Extended Course Description: CP 101 introduces students to the systematic analysis of urban data in its institutional context. Recognizing that defining this context relies on critical thinking with regard to economic, social, and environmental outcomes, this course explores how stakeholders conceptualize “smart” urbanity. Accordingly, this course will teach students systematic approaches to collecting, analyzing, modeling, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative data used to inform robust research, and, ultimately, urban planning practice and policymaking. Beyond instruction in urban data science and analytics, students will be introduced to theory and critical discourses on topics such as big data, open data and e-governance. Instructors will expect students to engage with technical and theoretical - with particular focus placed on ethical - considerations associated with these subjects in lecture and laboratory sections. The course will introduce students to programming in Excel and Python, using open source software, accessing open and scraped data, and other tools and techniques for urban analysis.
CYPLAN 110
Introduction to City Planning
Session C - 8 Weeks: June 21 - August 13
Units: 4 (Lecture / Discussion)
Instructor: TBD
Survey of city planning as it has evolved in the United States since 1800 in response to physical, social, and economic problems; major concepts and procedures used by city planners and local governments to improve the urban environment.
Extended Course Description:
Introduction to City Planning is an upper division course in the Department of City and Regional Planning providing students with a study of the origins, history, and legal basis for contemporary urban planning. The course explores several key areas of planning practice in the United States including urban design, housing, transportation, and community and economic development. The course also examines key challenges and opportunities in urban planning including sustainability, environmental justice, immigration, and community health. Throughout the semester the course also examines issues of justice, equity, and access as these relate to planning practice, planning theory, and the built environment. Given the often overlooked or neglected issues related to race, class, and gender, among others, the course aims to situate these in the study of planning histories, theories, and practices to help inform a new generation of planners, advocates, and informed global citizens. Students will gain a perspective to see how these issues form the complex fabric of cities, regions, and nations, which must be considered and incorporated into planning analysis and decision-making.
CYPLAN 113A
Economic Analysis for Planning
Session A - 6 Weeks: May 24 - July 2
Units: 3 (Lecture)
Instructor: TBD
This is an introductory course in the application of basic principles of economic analysis to problems of urban planning and policy. The course aims to cover the fundamentals of microeconomic theory and apply them to contemporary planning issues, including urban land use, transportation, housing, education, and economic development planning
Extended Course Description: Economic theories and methods can be powerful tools for understanding important issues facing communities and to evaluate policies that might address them. In CP113A we will learn about central concepts and methods of economic analysis and how they can be applied to questions of urban planning and policy. We will cover many of the core methods used in economic analysis: descriptive statistics, basic regression models, multiplier effects, location quotients, impact analysis, and measures of inequality and segregation. We will also explore methods for evaluating policy interventions.
CYPLAN 114
Introduction to Urban and Regional Transportation
Session A - 6 Weeks: May 24 - July 2
Units: 3 (Lecture)
Instructor: TBD
This course is designed to introduce students to the characteristics of urban transportation systems, the methods through which they are planned and analyzed, and the dimensions of key policy issues confronting decision makers.
Extended Course Description: Efficient, safe, and sustainable transportation is essential to the social, economic, and environmental well-being of cities and regions. This survey course covers a range of themes related to the planning of such systems. We focus on multi-modal ground transportation—autos/highways, mass transit, paratransit, and non-motorized transport—at multiple geographical scales ranging from local neighborhoods to large urban regions. The course concentrates on contemporary policy issues and problems such as traffic congestion, air pollution, energy consumption, social equity, and transportation finance. The institutional and political environment that governs transportation planning and practice are an important theme as well. As background we also study the historical evolution of transportation systems; how transportation systems have shaped metropolitan areas; variance in travel demand in regions; and how transportation planning is carried out in the US.
CYPLAN N115
Urbanization in Developing Countries
Session A - 6 Weeks: May 24 - July 2
Units: 3 (Lecture)
Instructor: TBD
The course covers issues of development and urbanization from the era of colonialism to the era of contemporary globalization. Themes include modernization, urban informality and poverty, transnational economies, and the role of international institutions and agencies.
Extended Course Description: TBD
CYPLAN 119
Planning for Sustainability
Session C - 8 Weeks: June 21 - August 13
Units: 4 (Lecture / Discussion)
Instructor: TBD
This course examines how the concept of sustainable development applies to cities and urban regions and gives students insight into a variety of contemporary urban planning issues through the sustainability lens. The course combines lectures, discussions, student projects, and guest appearances by leading practitioners in Bay Area sustainability efforts. Ways to coordinate goals of environment, economy, and equity at different scales of planning are addressed, including the region, the city, the neighborhood, and the site.
Extended Course Description: TBD
CYPLAN 130
U.S. Housing, Planning and Policy
Session A - 6 Weeks: May 24 - July 2
Units: 3 (Lecture)
Instructor: TBD
Introduction to housing policy in the United States, including housing affordability, the interaction between demand and supply, housing finance, zoning and land use, gentrification and displacement, and the role that housing plays in promoting household well-being.
Extended Course Description: TBD