Planners work to enhance quality of life and social equity for all, whether working on revitalizing an older neighborhood or developing a regional transportation plan that enhances opportunities for people of all incomes, ages, and physical abilities. Planners address the diverse needs of community members to build a better future.
Urban planning is an interdisciplinary field of study, reflected in the academic backgrounds of our faculty who have expertise in economics, urban design, urban revitalization, transportation, sustainability, and the intersections between these areas of study.
Although the professional planning program offered at UWM is a master's degree requiring two years of graduate study, a number of planning courses are available to undergraduates. They include:
- A cluster of introductory courses reviewing urban problems and solutions for freshmen and sophomores, and introducing urban planning to upper-level undergraduates.
- A cluster presenting the planning process in a general urban context.
- A group of upper-level courses that introduce more specialized aspects of planning in contexts ranging from neighborhoods, through suburbs, to new towns and planned communities; and approaches from fiscal planning to environmental issues.
These courses are offered to students interested in learning more about planning and the roles of planners in addressing urban problems, and complement other programs such as architecture, business, economics, engineering, geography, social work, sociology, and political science.
Programs
- Geographic Information Systems, Graduate Certificate (School of Architecture and Urban Planning)
- Urban Design, MUD (Department of Urban Planning)
- Urban Planning, MUP
- Urban Planning, MUP/Architecture, MArch
- Urban Planning, MUP/Engineering, MS
- Urban Planning, MUP/Public Administration, MPA
- Urban Planning, MUP: Geographic Information Systems
- Urban Planning, MUP: Real Estate Development
- Urban Planning, Undergraduate Certificate
Urban Planning Courses
URBPLAN 140 Issues in Contemporary Urban Planning
URBPLAN 141 Urban Planning Solutions to Contemporary Urban Problems
URBPLAN 292 Current Planning Issues:
URBPLAN 315 Great Cities of the World: Their Growth and Guided Urbanization
URBPLAN 316 Planning for the Great Cities of America
URBPLAN 350 Social Justice, Urban Planning and the New Multicultural America
URBPLAN 399 Independent Study
URBPLAN 491 Urban Planning Internship
URBPLAN 497 Study Abroad:
URBPLAN 550 Land Use Planning Practice
URBPLAN 560 Public Sector Influence on Real Estate Development
URBPLAN 591 Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Planning
URBPLAN 630 Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector
URBPLAN 630G Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector
URBPLAN 655 Negotiation Theory and Practice for Urban Planners
URBPLAN 671 Transportation Policy and Planning
URBPLAN 672 Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation
URBPLAN 684 Planning Local Economic Development
URBPLAN 692 Special Topics in Urban Planning:
URBPLAN 692G Special Topics in Urban Planning:
URBPLAN 701 Introduction to Land Use Planning
URBPLAN 702 Introduction to Planning Law
URBPLAN 711 Planning Theories and Practice
URBPLAN 720 Urban Development Theory and Planning
URBPLAN 721 Applied Planning Methods
URBPLAN 740 Data Analysis Methods I
URBPLAN 750 Land Use Planning Practice
URBPLAN 751 Introduction to Urban Design and Physical Planning
URBPLAN 755 Negotiation Theory and Practice for Urban Planners
URBPLAN 760 Public Sector Influence on Real Estate Development
URBPLAN 762 Housing Markets and Public Policy
URBPLAN 771 Transportation Policy and Planning
URBPLAN 772 Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation
URBPLAN 784 Planning Local Economic Development
URBPLAN 791 Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems for Planning
URBPLAN 792 Using Urban Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Planning
URBPLAN 793 Applied Projects in Urban Geographic Information Systems
URBPLAN 794 Internet Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
URBPLAN 797 Study Abroad:
URBPLAN 810 Planning Policy Analysis
URBPLAN 811 Applied Planning Workshop
URBPLAN 857 Urban Design as Public Policy
URBPLAN 858 Studio in Urban Design and Physical Planning
URBPLAN 880 Urban Sustainability
URBPLAN 888 Candidate for Degree
URBPLAN 990 Graduate Thesis
URBPLAN 991 Legislative/Administrative Agency Internship
URBPLAN 992 Seminar in Urban Planning:
URBPLAN 999 Independent Study
Name | Rank | Degree | School | Graduate Faculty | Emeritus Faculty |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernest Alexander | Professor | PhD | No | Yes | |
Carolyn Esswein | Adjunct Assistant Professor | MArch, MUP | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | No | No |
Enrique Figueroa | Associate Professor | PhD | No | Yes | |
Nancy Frank | Associate Professor | PhD | State University of New York at Albany | No | No |
Kirk Harris | Associate Professor | PhD | Cornell University | Yes | No |
Wililam Huxhold | Professor | MS | No | Yes | |
Mordecai Lee | Professor | PhD | No | Yes | |
Joseph Mangiamele | Professor | PhD | No | Yes | |
Robert Schneider | Associate Professor, Chair | PhD | University of California, Berkeley | Yes | No |
Sammis White | Professor | PhD | No | Yes |