UP 503: Site and Physical Planning

Course Schedule (Fall 2006)

Date		Topic
23-Aug		Course Introduction Assignment: Understanding Distance and Area Diagramming With Adobe Illustrator Thursday Tutorial: Adobe Illustrator (Lecture, Instructions), and Sample Graphic
28-Aug		Discussion (AM | PM): Introduction (Physical planning, real estate markets, land-use and reuse) Some links Readings: Miles, et al. Chapter 13 and Chapter 3 (in that order) Assignment: Understanding Density
30-Aug		Lab: Maps by planners, Discussion AM Thursday Tutorial: MAPublisher (Lecture, MAPublisher Guide Assignment: Making Maps with GIS Data
4-Sep		Holiday
6-Sep		Discussion (AM | PM): Natural Systems Analysis Thursday Tutorial: MAPublisher Advanced (Lecture)
11-Sep		Lab
13-Sep		Lab Thursday Tutorial: Runoff modeling (Lecture; Save to your computer, do not open the Spreadsheet Model)
18-Sep		Lab
20-Sep		Lab Thursday Tutorial:
25-Sep		Lab
27-Sep		Lab Thursday Tutorial:
2-Oct		Discussion: Site Engineering Analysis
4-Oct		Lab AM | PM Thursday Tutorial: Cut-and-Fill calculations
9-Oct		Lab
11-Oct		Lab Thursday Tutorial: Sizing Detention & Retention
16-Oct		Lab (Discussion)
18-Oct		Lab Thursday Tutorial:
23-Oct		Discussion: Socio-Economic Context
25-Oct		Lab Thursday Tutorial:
30-Oct		Discussion: Design Analysis
1-Nov		Lab Thursday Tutorial: Suitability Analysis
6-Nov		Lab
8-Nov		Lab Thursday Tutorial:
13-Nov		Lab
15-Nov		Lab: Real Estate Pro Forma Thursday Tutorial: Real Estate Pro Forma
20-Nov		Thanksgiving Break
22-Nov		Thanksgiving Break
27-Nov		Lab
29-Nov		Lab Thursday Tutorial:
4-Dec		Discussion: Site Plan Review and Project Synthesis
6-Dec		Lab
13-Dec		Course wrap-up and review (2p)