CREP 552 - Site Planning for Planners

Three hours.
3 Credits

This course is an introduction to the techniques and issues of site planning and plan review with an emphasis on site feasibility analysis. Students learn information and data collection techniques relative to parcel condition analysis and how to design and interpret maps and site plans. Taking into consideration “user programs” access and circulation, and land use activity impacts, the course guides the student in incorporating land use, demographic, economic and “best practice” analyses into decision making for plan concept development, layout and commission reviews. Students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of the roles to be performed by other professions in a land development team. The course includes an in the field project located within the Baltimore area.