PLAN 1010

If you think you will be interested in its content, this course is a good choice. It gave a great overall introduction to the different elements of urban planning. There is only one graded assignment - a paper about planning in your hometown. I recommend getting a head start on this assignment and conducting appropriate research to get a good grade. The exams consist of essay questions where it is important to demonstrate the content you have learned. Make sure to cover key points that Beatley addresses in class, and use some of his examples.

Beatley was a good professor. He gave active lectures and spoke from knowledge and his experiences. I found his lectures to be entertaining, and I learned a lot in this class.

I personally did not enjoy this class. If you don’t have an interest in urban planning or in the school of architecture then I wouldn’t recommend. Tim is an amazing professor, but class usually just consists of him lecturing about trees and bike accessibility. He recorded attendance during the fall; unsure if he’ll continue to do that. The exams weren’t too bad, if you know the basic concepts you’ll be fine. Lots of reading for this class. #tCFS24

PLAN 1010 is a class that I looked greatly forward to coming into college as I applied as an Urban Planning major in the A-School. Professor Beatley is incredibly knowledgeable and nice, but his lectures are not technical and dive into the mechanics of urban planning at all. It is truly the definition of a survey intro course. He talks about examples he is passionate about but does not analyze them very deeply.

The course does not dive into the theory or tools of urban planning. Terms such as zoning and transit-oriented designs are thrown around, but they are not elaborated upon. The readings are long and often dry (as they often go surface-level or are not practical while being ideological). The tests are ok as long as you listened in class. The final paper is rather interesting as you examine the urban planning of your own city/town, but there is not much from class to be applied in analyzing your own place (as none were really taught).

I liked Professor Beatley so much that I ended up working for him. He's one of my favorite professors, and by far the most passionate about his subject of interest. While his lectures get a little dull, and he almost never gets to the end of his slide deck, he makes up for it with fantastic stories and interesting examples.

This class is VERY easy. The essay at the end was a breeze, although some may find it long. So, if you're interested in sustainability and planning and just want to try it out, this is a great way to go.

I'm really interested in urban planning, and this course was incredibly boring. We didn't actually learn any urban planning tools or concepts through meaningful explanations, we just looked at photos of other cities and the professor would ramble about them. This course made me less interested in urban planning and lectures were so boring. Could be a great course if the lectures were more interesting. Would not recommend this class unless you need it for A-school pre-req.

I personally found a lot of value in this course. The subject of planning is so applicable to every aspect of your community that you’ll find a place for almost everything you learn. Professor Beatley is also super nice and cares a lot about his subject (as he’s also a widely published author). He covers a variety of topics throughout the course that I wanted to attend each and every lecture. I know some people may find his lectures dry, but there is something magical about seeing what you learn come into practice. I made sure to attend each of his lectures, which helped me understand each concept for the exam much more thoroughly. Besides the midterm and final, there’s only one assignment in the course which is an analysis paper. Because it’s a much longer term assignment, he gives you a direction to put together your sources. Even though you don’t need to attend lectures, I believe it can only help you in your research and deepen your appreciation for the field as a whole. Would absolutely recommend!

Tim is such a wholesome man and is very passionate about urban planning. Although the lectures are pretty boring, you can zone out for 95% of the lecture and still get the general gist of what is happening. I would usually pay attention to the things I found interesting and then do other work when I didn't. He also provided the key terms that will be on the exam on the final slide of each PowerPoint which you can look up pretty easily. Most people never showed up and still did pretty decent in the class. I never did the readings unless I was interested in a topic, and I still got an A. Also, his class has a pretty easy midterm and final along with a paper that I did the night before. Tim offers a decent amount of easy extra credit like movie night and coming to tour the downtown mall. If you want an easy A and hear a wholesome man talk about the stuff he is passionate about, this is the right class

Professor Beatley is an amazing guy that is very passionate about what he teaches and is willing to help anyone pass this class (the lectures are very dry although). He does assign VERY long readings, but it is not necessary to read them at all (also, he has all of the readings online either in his syllabus or on Collab, so no need to buy any textbooks!). He hosts movie nights and even a tour of downtown Charlottesville! Not a lot of people go to them, but really consider going, you learn a lot! The exams aren't hard at all, just get the definitions from google and study them about one-two weeks prior to the test. You also have plenty of time to do the final paper, it's very easy and quite interesting. I recommend this class to anyone, no matter what major.

This class is worth taking! I'll start off by saying that it is a very easy A. There are 3 grades for the entire semester. A midterm and final (with identical formats) and a large final paper. After going to the midterm, it was obvious that half the class has never been to a lecture before. And you really don't need to. Prof. Beatley gives you a list of terms to study before the midterm and final, as long as you go through all the ones marked in red (which should take a max of 3 hours), you will get an A on the exam. The TAs and even Prof. Beatley grade very easily. The final paper is long and in it you are tasked at analyzing your home town. If your home town has a lot of information on it's planning history, this will be a very easy paper to write. However, that is not the case for everyone. I wish I didn't put off this paper until finals week because it did take a long time to write, even if it was relatively easy. There are quite a few readings, however I don't know anyone who actually did them.

With that being said, the content of this course is extremely interesting! I would love just finding a comfortable spot in class, working on homework for other classes while listening to Prof. Beatley lecture. It often felt like I was watching a YouTube video. If you need an easy A to fill your schedule, this is it!

This has to be the easiest class at this university. I feel really bad for Professor Beatley, as he is incredibly passionate and knowledgable about planning as a whole, but was unable to use that passion to deliver captivating lectures. The lectures and readings are basically optional. I showed up simply to have a venue to do my homework in. If you need an easy 3 credits, take this course. If you want to learn about planning, take one of Moomaw's or Mondschein's classes instead.

I cannot recommend this class enough. It can be whatever you want or need out of class. Attendance is optional, if you want an easy class with minimal time needed to study for the midterm and final. The final paper is 10-15 pages but is not difficult and you tend to learn something interesting about the urban planning in your county. If you do go to class Professor Beatley is an amazing person and loves urban planning. He tends to get excited about one project or another and spend all of class with it, which can be great to learn about to or provide a calming place to do homework. If you do not go to class you still learn about interesting projects on that one day you actually study for the midterm or final that give you something to talk about during environmental conversations at Thanksgiving.

Not as easy of an A as I was thought it would be. Attendance in lectures isn't necessary but I still attended almost all of the lectures and studied hard and still ended with an A-. Unlike pervious years where students where allowed to take the exams anywhere they wanted we had to take the exams in the lecture hall. Beatley is very passionate and knowledgeable but his lecture are very boring and hard to pay attention to. If you don't have to take this class I would not.

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET A 95+ IN THIS COURSE:

- attend lectures (even though 70% of students don’t)
- define the key terms (listed at the end of each slideshow)
- start the paper worth 40% of the grade atleast a week in advance

That’s it. I got a 95% in this course without opening a single reading. It’s an easy A if you’re willing to attend the lectures.

Professor Beatley clearly loves urban planning. He also loves his slideshows. Ever single 75 minute lecture followed the same structure: Beatley opens slideshows, Beatley wastes time on a slide through an unrelated tangent that won’t be tested, Beatley realizes he’s wasted too much time, Beatley proclaims “oop! I’m fast running out of time here!”, Beatley fails to complete the slides.

I think throughout the entire semester, he got through the slides three times. Each time he did the room erupted into (sarcastic) applause. It was that rare.

Despite PLAN 1010s mind-numbing lectures, it is necessary to attend them. The two exams are both based entirely on regurgitating slideshow terms that Beatley discusses in lecture. Students who don’t attend lecture will attempt to get full definitions off the uploaded slides on Collab, but most terms won’t have additional text, and are only defined in lecture.

The final (and only) paper isn’t difficult to write, just time consuming. Beatley asks students to write about the urban planning issues, strategies, and futures of their home towns. If you start it atleast a week before the due date and have over 10 pages, you should get an A.

P.S. - Beatley offers an extra credit opportunity where he gives a guided tour of The Charlottesville Downtown Mall. Do it! It’s fun.

This class is not beneficial and it is incredibly boring. Professor Beatley is a big deal in the planning world and is very passionate about the subject, but he does not know how to lecture. Instead of picking 1-3 planning initiatives to talk about in depth per lecture, he glosses over about 20 or so. Because of this, I felt like I did not learn anything new about planning this semester. I just have long lists of very vague terms which is annoying since I am considering majoring in planning. Professor Beatley will post a study guise 1-2 weeks before the midterm and final with a list of the terms you should know. Warning, there will be over 100. He should highlight the ones are "important." Only focus on these; it brings the total closer to just 100. Overall the exams are not too hard, but they are graded kind of harshly. There is also a final paper that I recommend starting early on because it has to be 10-15 pages. You definitely do not have to do the readings, but I would recommend watching the videos and skimming articles when studying for the exams. While this is an easy class, I would not exactly recommend the class because you do have to put in some work for an A and you do not gain much from the class.

This was an easy class in the fact that you barely have to do any work, but hard to get a good grade. There is a midterm and a final, as well as one paper. Yes those are all the assignment for the class, but that means that you have to do extremely well on everything to get an A. I found that the tests were graded fairly difficult and others agreed with me. You have to really know the terms in depth to do well although you don't need to know all of them. Also, some of the online study guides can be misleading so make your own if you can. Lectures are VERY boring, the majority of the class only showed up on test days. He just isn't great at keeping everyone engaged. Overall probably not a class I would take again, but it was required for my major. Take it if you want an easy class not a GPA boost.

This course was very detailed. Prof Beatley is nice and approachable. He knows a lot about his field. Sometimes the lectures were long-winded, but imo you don't need to attend every class to be successful in this course. There are only 3 assignments — As long as you study the terms for the midterm and final, and work hard on the final paper, you should be fine.

This class is certainly one of the easier I've taken at UVA, but the subject matter is pretty interesting. Professor Beatley is a good guy and definitely has a ton of passion for the subject (especially the environmental side of things), but the lectures can definitely get a little dry and boring. It's sometimes hard to tell what he wants students to take out of the lectures vs what are just tangents that interest him.
The class has a midterm and final (which consist of a couple of term ID's plus an essay), plus an end-of-semester Community Planning Analysis (which is a 10-15 page paper analyzing planning in your own city). It's not difficult to get an A in the class if you don't attend all the lectures (he records them all as well), as long as you review the terms before the exams. All of the readings in the syllabus were supplemental, and there were no required books to purchase for the class.

*during COVID, so completely online [#tCF2020]
Great guy, not so content heavy on the lectures though. I am going to go into the civil/environmental engineering field and thought I would learn a lot from this class but that was not exactly the case. I learned more about specific examples of things rather than new systems/new information about the environmental planning field. Other reviews talk more on this as the exams really are just remembering those specific examples and then writing about them. This is an extremely easy class. I didn't do the readings at all, wrote the paper in 2 days, and just studied the Quizlet of terms before the exams and I got an A. I watched all the lectures though on 2.5x speed and it actually did help me when memorizing the terms for the exam as the visualization of what was talked/having a picture attached to the term jogged my memory on what Prof Beatley said about it so I recommend doing that for the specific examples you study for each topic.

Professor Beatley is passionate about sustainability and environmentalism, and this class is heavily skewed towards those concepts - much more so than the field of urban planning in general. Lectures are a little boring and long-winded. Weekly readings consist of textbook chapters and a few articles. They're optional, but I recommend reviewing them before exams. Midterm and final are short answer format, and Professor Beatley will give you a list of terms to study in advance. Make a study guide out of those and make sure you understand the overarching themes. The final paper is worth a big chunk of your grade - make sure to start it early. #tCF2020

If you're looking for a class where you literally don't have to do shit, this is the class you're looking for. There are 2 exams (short answer questions) and a 15-page research paper (it's not as bad as it sounds). Before I took the class, pretty much everyone got As but my semester (fall 2019) I guess he changed the way he graded things and many people, including myself, got Bs. But still, a B for a class that I never attended lecture for and never read or even bought the textbooks, is not something I can complain about. If you actually want to learn something, this class will not give you that, but if you want a low-stress and low-time commitment class, I would definitely recommend PLAN 1010.

It doesn't get much easier than PLAN 1010. No need to buy any books or do any of the readings, ever. Lecture is somewhat interesting and useful for getting a good sense of the general themes that you need to know, but it's also a great time to watch Champions League football or just skip entirely.

Yeah this class is easy. Definitely a GPA booster. A midterm, a final, and a final paper. The midterm and final basically just need you to memorize a set of 150ish words (it sounds like a lot but it really isn't) in order to define seven of them and then write a 3 paragraph essay as part of the test. The final paper is 10-15 pages on your hometown, which as a person who hates writing seemed daunting but there is so much planning info out there on most towns/counties/cities that it really is not that bad. Most people do not go to lecture (I skipped only a few) and the people who do go don't pay too much attention because a lot of the stuff that is covered is mostly common sense. Prof. Beatley is a nice guy but is not a great lecturer so you'll definitely see a few people slumped if you go to lecture. Also, I did not buy a single one of the books nor did any of the readings and still pulled an A. In sum, not a difficult class and lecture is pretty dry but you might learn something interesting (I think I did).

Beatley is such a nice man and truly loves what he does. Most people don't go to class since there is no sort of attendance and all of his notes are online. There is no homework and the only grades come from exams and one 10-15 page paper. The exams are pretty easy and he lets you leave the classroom to take them. Overall its a chill class if you're looking for a break in a hard schedule.

Beatley is one of my favorite professors at UVa; he is so passionate, excited, friendly, and cares about each student. His class is very interesting and doesn't require much work outside of the classroom. It's an easy A if you put in the effort on the final paper and study for the midterm and final. He allows extra credit opportunities if you need it and often holds class field trips around Charlottesville. I highly recommend this class.

Probably the best class for an easy A at UVA. There are 2 exams and a paper. The paper is graded pretty easily, and the exams are non-cumulative vocal tests where you pick something like 7 out of 12 terms and 1 of 3 long response questions.

All the vocab is already on quizlets and doesn't change much year to year. For the vocab, you have to give examples and how the term relates to planning. Usually some terms are the examples; for example "gotham greens" might be a "rooftop garden." Just know the broader concepts really well and have one or two examples down. Beatley is a really knowledgeable person, but the lectures are dry. He cares a lot about nature and biophilia; he even let people take the exams wherever they wanted like "under a tree," or more realistically, in a library.

You don't have to go to class. I was interested in this stuff and still only went to about 4 lectures the entire semester; I got an A. That being said, if you don't cram well for the exams, you will probably get 1 or 2 points off each definition (out of 10) and could end up with a B+ or A-. I actually learned some cool stuff from studying the terms for the exams. They're usually cool buildings or projects that you wouldn't think about normally. I learned a decent amount, had a 3 credit class I didn't go to, and got an A, pretty solid experience.

Easy A. You only have to work hard 3 times in the semester: the midterm, the paper, and the final which are all of your grades but easy. The midterm and the final consist of terms and a short essay. Prof. Beatley gives you a list of ~200 terms that he will choose ~20 from and you will have to define ~10 of them: what they are, their significance in terms of planning, and maybe an example from class. There are flashcards online, but I found it easier to remember them if I googled them myself. The essay is an overall planning issue, such as housing, Biophilia, food, etc. DON’T BUY THE BOOKS. I made this mistake despite other reviews saying that you will not need them. You really don’t need them. They weren’t expensive, but still money I could have saved. Professor Beatley is a really nice guy and renowned in the planning world, but his voice makes it very easy to fall asleep, unfortunately. The material was pretty interesting and common sense/easy to understand. Therefore, attending classes is not even necessary, but helpful for the essay portion of midterm/final. The paper is 10 pages, so it was agony for this engineer to write, but it should be pretty easy if you’re used to writing papers. It’s just a planning analysis for your hometown and you can write in first person. Overall, highly recommended if you’re looking for an interesting easy class.

Easiest class at UVA. The professor is extremely passionate, but the course content is really self explanatory and very much common sense. To be honest I didn't go to a lot of his lectures. Once you've been to them for a month, you get an idea of content for the class. Just be sure to study the notecards for the midterm and the final. There is even a quizlet of the vocab needed for these exams. For the final project, based on your home town and how it can be improved in terms of planning... I basically wrote the whole 10 page paper in first person, using personal stories and experiences the night before it was due and did well on it. Nothing to fret over at all.
He says the readings are necessary, but they really aren't. I honestly wouldn't even recommend buying them.

Very easy class. I found the lectures to be interesting, but you do not need to go to the lectures if you don't want to. There are readings, which are also very interesting, but you don't need to do the readings if you don't want to. Beatley is very interesting person who loves urban planning and sustainability and can talk for hours. He hands out a very extensive study guide, where most of the answers can be found online, or in the main planning textbook. The tests are very straightforward and if you do the study guide and memorize a good chunk of the study guide, you will do fine. Note that he isn't looking for a one word answer, but a fairly decent explanation. The only other grade for the class comes from the community analysis paper, which is pretty straightforward if you look through your city/county's general plan. He also posts example papers that are very good references for what he is looking for. I would definitely recommend this class to anyone in the college who is looking for an easier class with little workload and for those in the A school who are required to take it, know that it does not require much of your time or energy, but is still fairly interesting.

The content of the class itself is pretty interesting, but sitting through the class can be quite boring. However, Professor Beatley is a pretty pleasant guy, and not a very strict grader. Readings aren't super helpful (besides the book Walkable City), and just make sure to be detailed and thorough when writing your final paper. Exams aren't too difficult, focus on knowing a few things really well and you'll do fine.

Beatley is beat

Warning - trap class! Seriously though, if you are looking for a joke of a class to take for an elective, look elsewhere. While easy to get a good grade in, Beatley is a long and annoying lecturer and makes each class drag on and on. Focus most of your work on the planning analysis, and for the tests study a smaller group on terms than he recommends, but know them dead. I took this class because I was interested in sustainability and urban spaces, but this class was ultimately unsatisfying to me because it never went deep into the material and talked about the same ideas over and over again.

Borderline communist in approach, but then again it's a pretty easy A. If you treat it as an easy A though, you probably won't get one. He's a really cute guy who is really passionate about the field of urban and (especially) environmental planning, but as long as you agree with him in your essays, you'll secure an A without breaking your back. Pro tip on the midterm and final: Don't go a mile wide and an inch thick; study some of the terms a little deeper and forget the rest. His midterms will give you a list of 20-30 terms and ask you to write about 7-10 of them. His review sheets will have a lot of very specific things (such and such a building in the Bronx) and some general ideas (adaptive reuse); the specific things probably won't be the terms on the exam. He's more likely to put more general items like adaptive reuse, green roofs, community gardens, etc. and you HAVE TO know at least one example on each topic you choose to write about (a city that has a community garden). Follow these tips and should be a pretty easy class

Great class if you're interested in urban planning, super easy

Professor Beatley is SUPER adorable, but kind of dull. You can tell that he is very passionate about Urban Planning, which I respect. I just took this class because I needed an elective and he got a lot of nice reviews on rate my professor.
There are only three assignments total: the midterm, the 15 page paper, and the final. I went to only about half the classes and got a low A as my final grade. As long as those three things are studied for (he gives review sheets) then that's all the class is.

Really boring class, but pretty easy to do well in. Pay at least moderate attention in class (especially to his anecdotes), form study groups before exams (to fill in the gaps you missed), and its easy to do well.
There is a big paper at the end of the semester, but again, as long as you take time on it, you can do well within breaking your back.
Nice teacher, boring lectures, easy enough class.

You do not have to go to class, although I highly recommend do so. The teacher is great and very enthusiatic. He gives out study guides for both the midterm and the final. Its mostly remembering terms. Good intro course. Easy, very easy

Professor was enthusiastic about the topic, but you didn't learn anything new and the class was so, so, so boring. Not worth it at all.

Beatley is kind of boring, but he's enthusiastic about the material. Reading is unnecessary; tests are really easy.

Relatively easy class, just study the terms he hands out before the midterm and final and go to class.

Interesting course! Fairly easy and you can skip once in a while, but in general you need to go because there can be a lot of small terms he will mention that can come up on the exams. Lecture is a breeze though, Beatley is such a nice guy. Tests are easy and all about being able to give specific examples.

This course is a wonderful survey of current problems and possible solutions in urban planning. The professor is extremely knowledgeable about and invested in the material, and presented case studies from his own experience as part of the lectures. The only grades are the midterm, the final, and a 15 page paper, but all are graded fairly. The readings, though lengthy, were stimulating. I highly recommend this course to even non-architects, especially those concerned with sustainability.

Professor Beatley is a fantastic professor, and really passionate about the material. It can be a little hard to pay attention at times (and you don't really need to do all the readings, which makes paying attention even harder), but it's worth it if you do. Beatley gives out a review sheet for the midterm and final, and there's just one paper. Overall, a great introductory planning course.

This class is extremely easy and mildly entertaining. Beatley truly has a passion for Urban Planning and grades rather lenient. Know the basic concepts and you will do fine

Hes a real chill guy

Extremely easy class. If you go to class every once in a while or do some of the readings you will know exactly what is going on in the class and will do well on the midterm and final which are the only two graded assignments.

He's very passionate about the subject and it's easy to tell through his many somewhat unrelated stories which get kinda boring. No need to do the readings. The exams are relatively easy and the paper is graded fairly easy too.

Interesting class with a lot of topics. It's kind of redundant with the examples being very repetitive, but when you see something you like it will help you decide what class to take later in the Planning.

I was mostly disappointed by this class- I had a big interest in planning before entering the class but by the end of the semester didnt feel that I had really learned anything new. Beatley clearly has enthusiasm for the subject, but the survey of all the fields of planning didnt go into enough depth to be substantial

Probably the most useless and boring course I took at UVA. Not difficult but not very educational either.

This course is fairly easy. Lectures are kind of boring but the material is interesting. Beatley is amazing in his field but unfortunately cannot get all his ideas out in lecture and often goes over timewise. But I would still recommend this class as an easy course!

Lectures are really boring. Reading isn't related to the midterm and final. You don't need to read or go to class to do well. Just review the list of terms he gives out and you're fine.

This class is super easy - you don't need to do the readings, and you don't really need to pay attention in class, just cram for the midterm and final, and you'll do well. The paper is annoying, but the professor didn't even seem like it was that serious.

The course emphasizes the environmental planning aspect. This can be frustrating because a lot of the lectures are the same general ideas that aren't really feasible in America. I didn't find the class to be terribly insightful, but it also wasn't very difficult.

Easy A, non-stress class. There is a Midterm, Final, and a paper. He gives you a study sheet for the Midterm (4 pages of terms/places) and then you have to define 7 of them and write 1 essay. Don't freak out nerds. Same for the final. The paper is what you get for not having to do a single bit of work all semester, suck it up. Too easy.

Worst class, worst lecturer. I used to sleep or do the crossword. Don't know why people spoke so highly of this class.

Beatley is very enthusiastic and lectures are for the most part somewhat interesting. If you want to do well in this class just go to lecture. A significant amount of reading is assigned, but as long as you go to lecture and skim through some of the readings, you'll ace the 2 exams. The 15 page paper was a pain, though.

Although the material taught in this class is very interesting, lectures were some of the most boring I've ever experienced. They were very redundant, and did not move fast enough. Professor Beatley is very enthusiastic about his subject, but that can almost get in the way of lecture progressing quick enough. He has a habit of entertaining dumb questions far too much.

The class itself though is very easy to get an A- or B+ with very little work. It's rather hard to get an A though, as points are deducted off the midterm and final for stupid things.

Only three grades, a midterm, a paper, and a final.

Really interesting class, with zero homework except for one 10 page paper. Do not need to do the readings, just come to class and you will be prepared for the midterm and final.

Class seems like its 7 hours long and drags on but there is minimal work for a good grade.

Great professor. Very approachable and excited about the topic. Worth taking even if not highly interested in Planning.

Great guy, but not a great lecturer. But the material is still very interesting on its own. Class gets somewhat repetitive.

Beatley is the epitome of professor stereotype- super excited about his subject in an adorably geeky way. He covers interesting topics and makes lectures more personal and interactive. Outside reading isn't necessary if attend lectures, but does help. Very straightforward tests, and paper isn't hard.

PLAN103 was a class that I took to see if I wanted to persue this topic further. I definitely am glad that I took it. Beatley is a very well travelled professor, he takes pictures everywhere that he goes and puts them in his powerpoints. He is great at relating his experiences to the examples that we discuss in class. Also, REALLY easy. Reading is "required".

not terribly a terribly interesting class, beatley tends to ramble...but not a difficult class either. don't bother reading...as long as you can bs, the tests are pretty easy. 3 outside activities required...like going to a city planning meeting,etc..other than that not much work

Solid class. Good intro to college for first years. Lectures will put you to sleep in a millisecond, but professor is well informed and enthusiastic and likes to try and involve the class. Minimal amount of work for a good amount of knowledge and a solid "A".n

Beatley is very enthusiastic about his work, and this class will be easy for you if you can remember specific locations and regurgitate it back on the midterms and final. Go to class for minimal outside work. If you choose not to go, do the readings and you will be golden. This class is an easy A. Take this if you like Environmental Science or Architecture.

Interesting subject material, less than interesting lectures. Come to 60% of the lectures, browse the readings, put some work into the final paper, and you'll get an A.

Most boring class I have ever taken. Skipped a month and still got a 100 on the final. Though you must know your stuff to get a decent grade.

Very enthusiastic and uses a lot of examples to show what good planning is...would recommend to anyone interested in the city around them

Great, interesting class that isn't just for people interested in urban planning. A nice break from the college.

Easy class, but horribly boring lectures. Field trips were a waste of time. No need to read any of the assigned reading. Class has a midterm, final, and 10-page community planning analysis. Anybody who is even remotely aware of the world would be able to teach this class.

Great class for all majors

This class is interesting and not excessively demanding. ALSO OPEN TO NON- A-SCHOOLERS. It's a good elective or intro into Urban Planning... and there are field trips!