Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 11.967 (January (IAP) 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning: Economic Development Planning Skills 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Urban Studies and Planning 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Karl Seidman 
• Course Introduction:
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  11.967 Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning: Economic Development Planning Skills
  
  
  
  

  January (IAP) 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a complete set of readings and lecture notes from this four-day IAP seminar.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This intensive and brief 4-day seminar, taught during MIT's Independent Activities Period in January, uses a case set in Hartford, Vermont to introduce economic development planning skills to students in the Master in City Planning (MCP) Degree Program. It introduces analytical tools that are used to assess local economic development conditions, issues, and opportunities as part of formulating economic development plans. The course is designed to provide MCP students with skills needed for applied economic development planning work in other courses, particularly Economic Development Planning (11.438) and Revitalizing Urban Main Streets (11.439).