Courses

NOTE: This site is an archive of 2010–2011 programs and policies at Boston University Metropolitan College. If you are looking for current information about Metropolitan College and its programs, please go to our official website: www.bu.edu/met.

• MET UA 702: Urban Analytical Methods
  Use and analysis of quantitative data in public policy development and planning. Basic skills of organization and presentation of numerical information. Introduction to descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression; computer use. Math review.
• MET UA 703: Urban Research Methods
  Examines research techniques useful for urban policy research. Emphasis on survey research techniques, including sampling, survey organization, questionnaire development, and interviewing. Participant observation techniques. Field data collection and analysis.
• MET UA 704: Urban Economic Issues and Analysis
  Basic economic concepts and techniques of analysis necessary for urban public policy development. Analysis of the economic bases of selected current urban problems and evaluation of several policy solutions to common urban problems.
• MET UA 747: Building Conservation
  Theory and practicalities involved in conservation of historic buildings. This course will cover the history and theory of building conservation architectural investigations of building, including documentary, constructional, and finish materials to materials for conservation.
• MET UA 748: Seminar in Adaptive Use
  Seminar on the methods of adapting older buildings to new uses. Emphasis on architectural, legal, and economic factors. Field trips, case studies.
• MET UA 750: Neighborhood Conservation
  Focus on planning techniques and public programs relevant to neighborhood conservation and housing rehabilitation. Preparation of neighborhood preservation plan.
• MET UA 751: Urban Planning and Decision Theory
  The role and process of planning in terms of theory and historical development. Tradition of rational/comprehensive and incremental decision theory: roles and functions, organization, participation, political relationships, and time and information use. Relationships between planning, ideology, ethics, social change, and implementation.
• MET UA 754: Planning and Preservation
  Considers the methods employed to protect and plan for the historic landscape. Topics include the history of preservation planning and the broader planning profession, and a review of case law, legislation, and the protection strategies of current preservation practice.
• MET UA 755: Colloquium in Preservation Planning
  A comprehensive preservation planning and advocacy course in which students in the Preservation Studies Program prepare a planning document under contract with a community.
• MET UA 759: Financing Historic Preservation
  This course will focus on how to determine the value and potential income of a property, produce a feasibility analysis, and secure financing for preservation projects.
• MET UA 761: Planning Thesis
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: approval of program director.
  Graduate Prerequisites: approval of program director.
  Topic must be approved by designated instructor or advisor. For M.C.P. students only. Application of program coursework and independent research to a selected topic individually arranged.
• MET UA 780: Problems in Historic Preservation
  A research seminar to explore, in depth, changing themes or current issues in historic preservation.
• MET UA 801: Graduate Directed Study in Urban Affairs and Planning
  Limited to a maximum of 8 credits toward the degree requirements. Approval by program director required prior to registration. Study of urban and public affairs and planning individually arranged between student and instructor to provide training opportunities not available elsewhere.
• MET UA 802: Graduate Directed Study in Urban Affairs and Planning
  Limited to a maximum of 8 credits toward the degree requirements. Approval by program director required prior to registration. Study of urban and public affairs and planning individually arranged between student and instructor to provide training opportunities not available elsewhere.
• MET UA 804: Supervised Fieldwork
  Limited to a maximum of four credits toward the degree requirements. Approval by program director required prior to registration. Students spend a minimum of 12 hours working with public agencies, community groups, or private organizations. Seminar participation.
• MET UA 805: The Boston Urban Symposium
  The Boston based Urban Symposium will be a thematic Spring symposium, required for students in the Urban Affairs and City Planning programs. The class meetings will weave together the interdisciplinary nature of the urban planning and city planning professions. While the symposium topics will change each spring, professionals and industry leaders will be invited to lecture on their experiences, contemporary challenges to the professions, and major problems confronting the public and private sectors. Recognizing the unique and diverse characteristics of the Boston urban environment, the symposium themes will be drawn from topical issues that involve the greater Boston metropolitan area. The course features a combination of guest speakers and academic case studies that emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of urban planning.