UP 494

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Credit: 1 TO 6 hours.

Seminar on topics of current interest, as announced in the Schedule.

1 to 6 undergraduate hours. 1 to 6 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63084	Laboratory-Discussion	CH	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	223 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Hoyle, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Active Transp. Workshop Section Info: Prerequistes: UP 347, Graduate Status, or by permission of Alice Novak, Assistant Head(novak2@illinois.edu) Students will apply principles and techniques of active transportation system design to a real world setting including: complete streets, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit planning, design, and policy analysis. Students will apply concepts and skills from prior courses and work in teams to compile, synthesize, and communicate information that will further active transportation planning and design. Project focus on a potential redevelopment project in the community. Research techniques including tools such as Walkability/Bikeability checklists, analysis of demographic, social, economic, and transportation data/infrastructure, trends and key stakeholder interviews. Public input meeting for students to showcase ideas. Concluding presentations to staff at MTD, the City of Urbana, and local agencies.
	65043	Lecture	O	5:30PM -7:20PM	M	19 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Olshansky, R	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/19/15-12/09/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Cities of Japan Section Info: The travel study course will introduce students to the history, forms, and functions of Japanese cities. Travel January 3 through January 16, preceded by six weeks preparatory sessions on campus. This course will introduce students to urban systems that are different from our own, despite serving the needs of a similarly modern industrialized society. The course will be greatest value to urban planning students, but would also be of interest to students from a broad range of other disciplines, such geography, sociology, architecture, landscape architecture, international studies, and more. The trip will consist of 12 days in Japan, visting the following cities: Tokyo, Sendai, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, and Hiroshima. The emphasis will be on the urban centers of the largest cities of Japan, but will also visit suburbs, new towns, and regional cities. Application to Study Abroad Office required in addition to course enrollment.