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Undergraduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
11.001J	Introduction to Urban Design and Development	Spring 2006
11.002J	Fundamentals of Public Policy	Fall 2004
11.004J	CityScope: New Orleans	Spring 2007
11.007	Resolving Public Disputes	Spring 2005
11.011	The Art and Science of Negotiation	Spring 2006
11.013J	American Urban History I	Spring 2005
11.014J	American Urban History II	Fall 2004
11.015J	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History	Fall 2004
11.016J	The Once and Future City	Spring 2006
11.020	Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy	Fall 2003
11.021J	The Ancient City	Spring 2005
11.026J	Downtown	Spring 2005
11.027	City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities	Spring 2006
11.122	Environment and Society	Fall 2002
11.123	Big Plans	Spring 2003
11.124	Introduction to Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science	Fall 2004
11.125	Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education	Spring 2009
11.126J	Economics of Education	Spring 2007
11.127J	Computer Games and Simulations for Investigation and Education	Spring 2009
11.128	Information Technology and the Labor Market	Spring 2005
11.129	Educational Theory and Practice I	Fall 2006
11.131	Educational Theory and Practice III	Spring 2007
11.163J	Law and Society	Spring 2003
11.164	Human Rights in Theory and Practice	Spring 2005
11.166	Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience	Fall 2002
11.167	Economic Development & Technical Capabilities	Spring 2004
11.248	Information Technology and the Labor Market	Spring 2005
11.249	Economics of Education	Spring 2007
11.252J	Computer Games and Simulations for Investigation and Education	Spring 2009
11.310J	Media Technology and City Design and Development	Spring 2002
11.339J	Downtown	Spring 2005
11.496	Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience	Fall 2002
11.497	Human Rights in Theory and Practice	Spring 2005
11.969	Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution	Summer 2005

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Graduate Courses

Course #	Course Title	Term
11.026J	Downtown	Spring 2005
11.126J	Economics of Education	Spring 2007
11.127J	Computer Games and Simulations for Investigation and Education	Spring 2009
11.128	Information Technology and the Labor Market	Spring 2005
11.164	Human Rights in Theory and Practice	Spring 2005
11.166	Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience	Fall 2002
11.188	A Workshop on Geographic Information Systems	Fall 2005
11.201	Gateway: Planning Action	Fall 2002
11.201	Gateway: Planning Action	Fall 2005
11.201	Gateway: Planning Action	Fall 2007
11.202	Gateway: Planning Economics	Fall 2004
11.203	Microeconomics for Planners	Fall 2004
11.204	Planning, Communications, and Digital Media	Fall 2004
11.208	Introduction to Computers in Public Management II	January (IAP) 2002
11.220	Quantitative Reasoning and Statistical Method for Planning I	Spring 2006
11.225	Argumentation and Communication	Fall 2006
11.229	Advanced Writing Seminar	Spring 2004
11.233	Crafting Research Questions and Qualitative Methodology	Fall 2005
11.233	Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning	Fall 2007
11.235	Analyzing Projects and Organizations	Spring 2008
11.237	Gender and Race, Work, and Public Policy	Spring 2005
11.248	Information Technology and the Labor Market	Spring 2005
11.249	Economics of Education	Spring 2007
11.252J	Computer Games and Simulations for Investigation and Education	Spring 2009
11.255	Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector	Spring 2005
11.262J	Organizations and Environments	Fall 2004
11.301J	Introduction to Urban Design and Development	Fall 2006
11.302J	Urban Design Politics	Spring 2003
11.304J	Site and Urban Systems Planning	Spring 2006
11.307	Beijing Urban Design Studio	Summer 2006
11.307	Beijing Urban Design Studio	Summer 2008
11.308J	Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design	Fall 2005
11.309J	Sites in Sight: Photography as Inquiry	Fall 2003
11.309J	Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry	Spring 2006
11.310J	Media Technology and City Design and Development	Fall 2002
11.328J	Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City	Fall 2004
11.329	Social Theory and the City	Fall 2005
11.330J	Theory of City Form	Spring 2004
11.332J	Urban Design	Fall 2003
11.332J	Urban Design Studio: Providence	Spring 2005
11.333	Urban Design Seminar	Spring 2005
11.337J	Urban Design Policy and Action	Spring 2007
11.337J	Urban Design Policy and Action	Spring 2009
11.339J	Downtown	Spring 2005
11.360	Community Growth and Land Use Planning	Fall 2003
11.360	Community Growth and Land Use Planning	Fall 2005
11.360	Community Growth and Land Use Planning	Fall 2006
11.362	Environmental Management Practicum: Brownfield Redevelopment	Fall 2006
11.363	Civil Society and the Environment	Spring 2005
11.364	International Environmental Negotiation	Fall 2002
11.366J	Planning for Sustainable Development	Spring 2006
11.368	Environmental Justice	Fall 2004
11.370	Brownfields Policy and Practice	Fall 2005
11.371J	Sustainable Energy	Spring 2005
11.371J	Sustainable Energy	January (IAP) 2007
11.373	Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy	Fall 2004
11.375	Role of Science and Scientists in Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Policymaking	Spring 2006
11.380J	Urban Transportation Planning	Fall 2002
11.401	Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development	Fall 2003
11.401	Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development	Fall 2004
11.414J	Labor and Politics	Fall 2005
11.421	Housing and Human Services	Spring 2005
11.422	Downtown Management Organizations	Fall 2006
11.423	Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development	Spring 2004
11.431J	Real Estate Finance and Investment	Fall 2006
11.432J	Real Estate Capital Markets	Spring 2007
11.433J	Real Estate Economics	Fall 2008
11.434J	Advanced Topics in Real Estate Finance	Spring 2007
11.437	Financing Economic Development	Spring 2006
11.439	Revitalizing Urban Main Streets	Spring 2003
11.439	Revitalizing Urban Main Streets	Spring 2005
11.467J	Property Rights in Transition	Spring 2005
11.469	Urban Sociology in Theory and Practice	Spring 2007
11.471	Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor	Fall 2007
11.479	Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries	Spring 2005
11.479J	Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Developing Countries	Spring 2007
11.481J	Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Growth	Spring 2009
11.482J	Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling	Fall 2007
11.482J	Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling	Fall 2008
11.484	Project Appraisal in Developing Countries	Spring 2005
11.486J	Economic Institutions and Growth Policy Analysis	Fall 2005
11.487	Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries	Fall 2004
11.489	The Growth and Spatial Structure of Cities	Fall 2005
11.491J	Economic Development, Policy Analysis, and Industrialization	Fall 2004
11.493	Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use	Fall 2005
11.496	Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience	Fall 2002
11.497	Human Rights in Theory and Practice	Spring 2005
11.501	Introduction to Technology and Cities	Fall 2002
11.520	A Workshop on Geographic Information Systems	Fall 2005
11.521	Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems	Spring 2003
11.522	Research Seminar on Urban Information Systems	Fall 2005
11.523	Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems	Spring 2003
11.524	Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems	Spring 2003
11.527J	Transportation Systems	Fall 2004
11.540J	Urban Transportation Planning	Fall 2006
11.541J	Public Transportation Service and Operations Planning	Spring 2006
11.542J	Transit Management	Fall 2006
11.543J	Transportation Policy and Environmental Limits	Spring 2004
11.545J	Introduction to Transportation Systems	Fall 2006
11.545J	Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand and Economics	Fall 2008
11.601	Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning	Fall 2005
11.701	Introduction to Planning & Institutional Processes in Developing Countries	Fall 2003
11.701	Introduction to Planning and Institutional Processes in Developing Countries	Fall 2005
11.800	Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena	Spring 2007
11.914	Planning Communication	Spring 2007
11.941	Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I	Fall 2003
11.941	Disaster, Vulnerability and Resilience	Spring 2005
11.941	Learning by Comparison: First World/Third World Cities	Fall 2008
11.942	Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part II	Spring 2004
11.942	Regional Energy-Environmental Economic Modeling	Spring 2007
11.943	Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning - The Cardener River Corridor Workshop	Fall 2001
11.943J	Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment	Spring 2002
11.945	Springfield Studio	Spring 2004
11.945	Springfield Studio	Fall 2005
11.945	Katrina Practicum	Spring 2006
11.946	Planning in Transition Economies for Growth and Equity	Spring 2004
11.946J	Beijing Urban Design Studio	Summer 2004
11.947	Imaging the City: The Place of Media in City Design and Development	Fall 1998
11.947	New Century Cities: Real Estate, Digital Technology, and Design	Fall 2004
11.947	Sustainable Economic Development	Spring 2004
11.947	Race, Immigration, and Planning	Spring 2005
11.947	History and Theory of Historic Preservation	Spring 2007
11.948	Power of Place: Media Technology, Youth, and City Design and Development	Spring 2001
11.948	The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq	Spring 2005
11.949	Cities in Conflict: Theory and Practice	Fall 2003
11.949	City Visions: Past and Future	Spring 2004
11.950	Citizen Participation, Community Development, and Urban Governance in the Developing World	Spring 2007
11.952	Foshan China Workshop	Spring 2004
11.952	Gaoming Studio - China	Spring 2005
11.953	Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning	Spring 2006
11.954	Community-Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation	Spring 2005
11.957	Frameworks of Urban Governance	January (IAP) 2007
11.958	Getting Things Implemented: Strategy, People, Performance, and Leadership	January (IAP) 2009
11.959	Reforming Natural Resources Governance: Failings of Scientific Rationalism and Alternatives for Building Common Ground	January (IAP) 2007
11.965	Reflective Practice: An Approach for Expanding Your Learning Frontiers	January (IAP) 2007
11.967	Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning: Economic Development Planning Skills	January (IAP) 2007
11.969	Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution	Summer 2005

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