Critical Conversations: bridging pathways forward to greater understanding and creative solutions.

PLAN-607 Participatory Planning Techniques

2 Credits

  • PLAN-607-01

This course introduces students to a range of theories, frameworks, tools, and techniques related to participatory planning and community engagement. Through a combination of field-based activities and workshops, case study discussions, and conversations with guest speakers, students learn to identify potential stakeholders, choose participation frameworks, match engagement objectives to outreach strategies, facilitate creative exercises, and interpret and translate public input into planning and policy objectives.