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11.S940-11.S944 Special Subject: Urban Studies and Planning

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged
11.S941: Lecture: MW2-4 (10-401)

For graduate students wishing to pursue further study in advanced areas of urban studies and city and regional planning not covered in regular subjects of instruction.
Catherine D'Ignazio
11.S940: No textbook information available
11.S941: No textbook information available
11.S942: No required or recommended textbooks
11.S943: No textbook information available
11.S944: No textbook information available

11.426 Urban Emergency Medical Services: Clinical, Operational, and Social Dimensions

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Prereq: None
Units arranged
Lecture: F9-12 (9-255)

Examines clinical, operational, and social dimensions of urban emergency medical services. Reviews triage and treatments in the field for major trauma and medical emergencies. Analyzes how to create a culture of safety in EMS and build skills in crew resource management. Analyzes social determinants of health, presents fundamentals of research design for EMS, and examines how EMS and community paramedicine can play roles in reducing racial disparities in health and advancing health equity. Designed to meet the National Continued Competency Program and Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services EMTB recertification requirements. Students can choose to take the subject for 6 units, which meets the recertification requirements, or 12 units. The 12-unit version includes additional homework and advising from the teaching team on research design in EMS and on creating new knowledge about EMS through original analysis EMS data.
G. Del Cerro
No textbook information available

11.325 Technological Change & Innovation for Real Estate and Cities

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Prereq: None
Units: 2-0-4
Begins Oct 21. Lecture: T2.30-4.30 (9-217)

Seeks to examine the technological change and innovation that is disrupting the foundation of how we create the built environment. Through a series of educational workshops, students scout, catalog, and track technologies by looking at new real estate uses, products, processes, and organizational strategies at MIT labs and around the globe. Participants contribute to an interactive web tool, "The Tech Tracker," which provides technology intelligence to students and real estate professionals to enhance their understanding of technological progress.
F. Duarte, J. Scott
No textbook information available

11.401 Introduction to Housing, Community, and Economic Development

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(Subject meets with 11.041)
Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR9.30-11 (9-451)

Provides a critical introduction to the shape and determinants of political, social, and economic inequality in America, with a focus on racial and economic justice. Explores the role of the city in visions of justice. Analyzes the historical, political, and institutional contexts of housing and community development policy in the US, including federalism, municipal fragmentation, and decentralized public financing. Introduces major dimensions in US housing policy, such as housing finance, public housing policy, and state and local housing affordability mechanisms. Reviews major themes in community economic development, including drivers of economic inequality, small business policy, employment policy, and cooperative economics. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.
J. Phil Thompson, Holly Harriel
No textbook information available

11.701 International Development Planning: Foundations

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Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR2.30-4 (9-255)

Offers a survey of the histories and theories of international development, and the main debates about the role of key actors and institutions in development. Includes a focus on the impact of colonialism, the main theoretical approaches that have influenced the study and practice of development, as well as the role of actors such as states, markets, and civil society in development. Focuses on the interactions between interventions and institutions on local, national, and global/transnational scales. Offers an opportunity to develop a focus on selected current topics in development planning, such as migration, displacement, participatory planning, urban-rural linkages, corruption, legal institutions, and post-conflict development. Restricted to first-year MCP and SPURS students.
B. Rajagopal
No textbook information available

11.431[J] Real Estate Finance and Investment

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(Same subject as 15.426[J])
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: MW1-2.30 (9-354) Recitation: M EVE (4-6 PM) (9-354)

Concepts and techniques for analyzing financial decisions in commercial property development and investment. Topics include property income streams, discounted cash flow, equity valuation, leverage and income tax considerations, development projects, and joint ventures. An introduction to real estate capital markets as a source of financing is also provided. Limited to graduate students.
W. Torous
No textbook information available

11.907 Urban Fieldwork

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units arranged [P/D/F]
TBA.

Practical application of planning techniques to towns, cities, and regions, including problems of replanning, redevelopment, and renewal of existing communities. Includes internships, under staff supervision, in municipal and state agencies and departments.
S. Elliott
No required or recommended textbooks

Total units: 42+

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