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• RGPL 453: Planning Design Studio I

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduces students to professional graphic communications An emphasis is placed on the use of 2-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) applications, plan graphics, and professional standards to represent and solve basic physical planning problems.
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• RGPL 454: Planning Design Studio II

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduces students to activity of design, design programming, design decision making, and design communications. Focuses specifically on the development of site planning, site analysis, and site design skills as well as the translation of design program elements into physical form (Offered as RGPL 354 Planning Design prior to 2000-01). Prerequisite:    RGPL 350, 353 or instructor permission
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• RGPL 455: Advanced Remote Sensing

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Expands beyond basic principles of remote sensing to understand and apply complex methods of data collection, normalization, and analysis. May cover radiometric normalization, spectral transformations, change detection, object oriented classification, spatial analysis and filtering, accuracy assessment, and application of learned techniques. A research intensive experience with a project and paper demonstrating acquired knowledge and application of techniques to a variety of physical and human processes. (Also offered as GEOG 455; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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• RGPL 458: Land Use Law

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduces students to principles of land use law. Focus is on federal constitutional principles and key Supreme Court cases, especially as they relate to actions of local units of government and municipal planning practice. Deals with the present state of land use law and with current trends and issues. Prerequisite:    RGPL 350
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• RGPL 462: Planning Policy, Implementation, and Administration

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Focuses on the planning and implementation of policies to manage the location, timing, type, and intensity of land development. Explores the multi-step process from community plan to project completion. Exposes students to the public environment in which community plans are developed and implemented and walks them through the real-world problems of identifying projects, building agency and interagency consensus, finding funding, putting together a project plan, project management, personnel, and budget to project completion. (Also offered as GEOG 462; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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• RGPL 468: Planning Theory

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Seminar on contemporary debates concerning planning traditions, principles, and practices. The activity of planning is investigated from several theoretical frames and analytic positions. (Offered as GE462 Planning: Development, Principles, and Theory prior to 1996-97) Prerequisite:    RGPL 350, 352, 454, or instructor permission
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• RGPL 470: Housing and Community Development Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores a range of issues relating to U.S. housing and community development policy, including the role housing plays in building and strengthening neighborhoods and communities. Covers the structure of housing and related financial markets; the economic and social bases for government to intervene in these markets; and the relative merits and demerits of the different tools available to intervene in these markets including: subsidization, both directly and through the tax system; regulation of financial institutions, e.g. the Community Reinvestment Act; FHA and the government sponsored enterprises of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; zoning; and regulation of lands and rents.
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• RGPL 482: Independent Study

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Students with interest in independent study of a topic not offered in the curriculum may propose a plan of study in conjunction with a faculty member. Approval is based on academic appropriateness and availability of resources. Prerequisite:    Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Provost Office
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• RGPL 493: Internship

  1.00 - 12.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Professional learning experience with emphasis on application of academic background. Open to majors and minors in regional planning with a total of 57sh and 15sh in the major. See internship supervisor for additional information.
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• RGPL 498: Community Planning Practicum

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Focuses on recent research in the major field in a senior seminar and workshop capstone. Develops a research project on a topic of local or regional importance. (Also offered as GEOG 498; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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