| CORE COURSES (for all courses) |
| Evolution of Planning: Changing thoughts and practices of planning across nations, early influences in western and colonial settings; garden city; city beautiful-neighborhood idea; urban renewal; theories of planning and empiricism; emerging issues in housing policies; land; finance and privatization, globalization and urban development. |
| Land Use Planning Theories and Techniques: Land use planning theories and techniques; allocation, location and intensity of activities over land; relationships between various activities are covered. |
| Housing: Evolution of housing policies in developing countries. Self-help and support policies for housing; introduction to housing need; demand and supply processes; emerging issues in housing policies; land finance and privatization. |
| Social Analysis for Planners: Sociological concepts and theories for planning; theories of urbanization; neighborhood and urban community; research methods for socio-economic analysis. |
| Economic Analysis for Planners: Basic concepts in micro and macroeconomics; Changing trends and economic concepts in development economics, poverty and development; economic planning in India. |
| Environmental Planning: Basic concepts of ecology; components of environment; principles of environmental planning; issues related to use and management of resources; environmental concerns related to development; environmental degradation; pollution control and evaluation of energy resources. |
| Quantitative Research Methods: Sources of various statistical information in India; data collection and presentation methods; time series data analyses; index numbers; population projection methods; simple descriptive statistics, probability and sampling; simple and multiple regression and correlation; measures of association and hypotheses testing; and |
| Transportation Planning: Overview of transportation planning process; transportation planning process and analytical models; planning and design of urban roads; transport problems in urban areas; mass transportation systems. |
| Project Planning, Appraisal, and Management: Theory and techniques of technical, financial and economic feasibility of projects and appraisal methods, project planning and management using decision analysis, PERT/CPM, and linear programming.Regional Planning: Concept of region, regionalisation, regional disparities, regional development theories, concepts and theories of settlement; urbanization patterns and theories; review of policies and program for settlement planning in India, district planning. |
| Regional Planning: Concept of region, regionalisation, regional disparities, regional development theories, concepts and theories of settlement; urbanization patterns and theories; review of policies and program for settlement planning in India, district planning. |
| Urban Infrastructure Planning: Urban infrastructure planning with an emphasis on water supply, drainage, solid waste management and road networks; their planning and management concepts. |
ELECTIVE COURSES – for all programs
The following is a list of elective courses, which can be opted by students of any discipline and are offered subject to availability of faculty. |