A Compendium of Housing and Related Courses Offered at

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A COMPENDIUM OF HOUSING AND RELATED COURSES OFFERED AT
CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
Prepared on behalf of the National Housing Research Committee
October 15, 2012
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CONTENTS
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1
Dalhousie University – 7 courses ........................................................................................ 2
Université Laval – 8 cours .................................................................................................... 3
Institut National de la Recherche scientifique – 5 cours ................................................. 7
Université de Montréal – 2 cours ......................................................................................... 9
Université du Québec à Montréal – 1 cours ......................................................................10
McGill University – 7 courses ..............................................................................................11
University of Ottawa – 1 course .........................................................................................13
Carleton University – 1 course ............................................................................................14
Queen’s University – 6 courses...........................................................................................14
University of Toronto – 9 courses ......................................................................................16
Ryerson University – 10 courses ........................................................................................20
York University – 8 courses .................................................................................................23
McMaster University – 5 courses ........................................................................................26
University of Guelph – 1 program – 8 courses ................................................................28
University of Waterloo – 6 courses ....................................................................................33
University of Western Ontario – 6 courses .......................................................................35
University of Manitoba – 2 courses ....................................................................................37
University of Winnipeg – 6 courses ....................................................................................38
University of Calgary – 8 courses .......................................................................................41
University of British Columbia – 9 courses .......................................................................44
Simon Fraser University – 1 courses .................................................................................48
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Introduction
This compendium of courses in housing and related fields across Canada has been
produced primarily as a resource for students seeking to make housing part of their
education, but also for the housing research community’s benefit. It is based on
recognition of the many links between research and education.
As just a few examples of these links:
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Housing courses are often developed and offered by housing researchers.
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They prepare students to do quality research.
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Textbooks used in educational institutions rely heavily on housing research.
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Education is a primary means of transferring knowledge gained from housing
research.
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Housing interests explored in courses can initiate life-long housing research
career choices.
This compendium of courses currently or recently offered at Canadian universities
provides the following information, all of it gleaned from university and college Websites
checked during the summer of 2012:
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Course number and title;
Course description;
Whether the course is at an undergraduate or graduate level;
Web links for course descriptions, outlines and further details;
Mailing address of faculty, school, and/or department offering the course;
Phone and fax numbers as available;
Location address if this differs from the mailing address.
Courses are listed according in order of increasing course designation number.
Institutions offering the courses are set out from East to West. Course descriptions are
presented in the original language, whether English or French.
Please note that the course listing has been updated with information provided through
the updating of existing listings and that new input was not solicited.
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Dalhousie University – 7 courses
Dalhousie University, Faculty of Architecture and Planning
(Halifax, Nova Scotia) – 7 courses
PLAN 3040/5040: Reading the Suburbs (Undergraduate/Graduate)
An increasing proportion of Canadians live in the suburbs. This course explores issues
related to planning and designing the suburbs, and develops techniques for analyzing
and developing community form in the suburban environment.
http://registrar.dal.ca/calendar/class.php?subj=PLAN&num=3040
and
PLAN 4105/6105: Land Development Economics (Undergraduate/Graduate)
The course applies basic techniques for analyzing the financial feasibility of land
development projects. Case studies focus particular attention on methods of financing
and organizing real-estate development within the planning framework.
and
PLAN 4111/6111: Housing Theory (Graduate)
An introduction to the history and theory of contemporary practice in housing design and
production. The focus is on the quality of housing and the residential environment. A
comparative analysis of significant past and current examples is used to provide insight
into the way houses and neighborhoods are designed. This understanding is placed in
the context of differing economic, political and housing market situations. [Note that this
course and that offered in Architecture appear identical.]
and
ARCH 5002: Urban Housing Studio (Graduate)
This studio explores the aesthetic, tectonic, social/cultural and economic challenges
presented by contemporary high-density, mixed-use development. The relationships of
architecture to urbanism, and building to city, will be explored through exemplary
precedents and the design of housing and its associated commercial, institutional, and
recreational components.
http://www.registrar.dal.ca/calendar/class.php?subj=ARCH&num=5002
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ARCH 5006: Light Frame Building Studio (Graduate)
This class studies the material and constructional orders of light-weight framing and
cladding systems. Through drawing, model, and full-scale construction, case studies of
buildings by modern and contemporary designers inform design projects for a multiple
residential or small institutional building.
ARCH 5102: Housing Theory (Graduate)
This class introduces the history and theory of contemporary practice in housing design
and production. The focus is on the quality of housing and the residential environment.
A comparative analysis of significant past and current examples is used to provide
insight into the way houses and neighbourhoods are designed. This understanding is
placed in the context of differing economic, political and housing market situations.
ARCH 5103: Residential Real Estate Development (Graduate)
This class introduces the basic issues, vocabulary, and conceptual approaches of
residential real estate development. It also engages the range of design, development,
financing, approval, and construction processes that are involved in the production of
housing.
Mailing Address/Telecommunications:
Location Address:
Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Dalhousie University
P.O. Box 15000,
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Dalhousie University
5410 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tel: (902) 494-3210
Fax: (902) 423-6672
Université Laval – 8 cours
Université Laval, École supérieure d’aménagement du territoire et de
développement régional (Québec, Québec) – 1 cours
Il convient de noter qu’au Québec, le baccalauréat correspond au « premier cycle », la
maîtrise, au « deuxième cycle » et le doctorat, au « troisième cycle ». C’est la
terminologie que nous avons utilisée dans le présent document.
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AME-6005 : Gestion et aménagement (Deuxième cycle)
Dans un contexte d'aménagement urbain et régional, ce cours permet à l'étudiant
d'acquérir une méthode d'analyse de la rentabilité publique de projets de
développement, par l'acquisition de notions de base en gestion financière et en fiscalité
et finances locales, de façon à lui permettre d'examiner avec rigueur les choix
d'aménagement et de développement, en tenant compte, notamment, de l'analyse de
l'impact fiscal d'un projet.
https://capsuleweb.ulaval.ca/pls/etprod7/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=2
01205&subj_code_in=AME&crse_numb_in=6005
Adresse postale/Télécommunications :
Accueil et renseignements :
École supérieure d'aménagement du
territoire et de développement régional
Université Laval
Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, local 1624
2325, rue des Bibliothèques
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
Tél : 418-656-7685
Téléc : 418-656-2018
Même chose
Université Laval, École d’architecture (Québec, Québec) – 2 cours
ARC 1007 : Atelier 2 – habitabilité et poésie de l'espace (Premier cycle)
Ce cours vise à développer, par des activités pratiques, la compréhension, la synthèse,
l'évaluation et l'expression des idées qui sous-tendent l'élaboration de projets
d'habitation à faible et à moyenne densité. La session comporte au moins deux projets
dans lesquels l'accent est mis sur la compréhension des caractéristiques du logis et sur
l'analyse du site et du contexte d'intervention. Le cours comprend aussi une initiation à
la conception assistée par ordinateur.
01009&subj_code_in=ARC&crse_numb_in=1007
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ARC 4101 : Domestication de l'espace (Premier cycle)
Le séminaire se penche sur certains aspects de la technologie, illustrant différents traits
de la modernité à travers la considération du corps (masculin, féminin) dans son espace
culturel et social. Il étudie la réalité de l'architecture par rapport à la notion d'habitation
et contribue à une théorie de la culture domestique, ainsi qu'à une histoire de la
domestication de l'espace. S'inspirant de sources diverses, les étudiants sont conduits
à repenser les schèmes de l'architecture sur le plan de l'environnement pour le corps
néotechnique. Débutant par la notion de «machines célibataires», le séminaire devrait
conduire à une réflexion critique sur les thèmes de la cybernétique, du «cyborg», et du
corps prosthétique et posthumain.
01009&subj_code_in=ARC&crse_numb_in=4101
Adresse
postale/Télécommunications :
École d'architecture
Université Laval
Édifice du Vieux-Séminaire de Québec
1, côte de la Fabrique - local 3210
Québec (Québec) G1R 3V6
Tél : 418-656-2543
Téléc : 418-656-2785
Même chose
Université Laval, Faculté des sciences de l’administration, Gestion urbaine
et immobilière (Québec, Québec) – 5 cours
GUI 2101 - Promotion et gestion immobilières (Premier cycle)
Étude du système de promotion et de développement des actifs immobiliers. Rôle des
agents publics et privés dans la planification, la production et la gestion de l'immobilier.
Méthodes et pratiques de la gestion immobilière: gestion d'immeubles et gestion
d'actifs. Stratégie de promotion et de gestion des actifs immobiliers et de
développement durable: étude de cas.
00909&subj_code_in=GUI&crse_numb_in=2101
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GUI 2103 : Immobilier et développement durable (Premier cycle)
Introduction aux principes généraux de la construction de bâtiments dans un contexte
de développement durable. Notions fondamentales sur les matériaux, les composantes
et les assemblages des bâtiments: fondations, structures, enveloppes, ouvertures,
recouvrements et systèmes mécaniques. Meilleures pratiques du développement
durable en immobilier, y compris l'étude des certifications LEED et BOMA.
GUI 3100 - Analyse urbaine et immobilière (Premier cycle)
Introduction aux instruments d'analyse urbaine et immobilière. Déterminants de la
croissance urbaine et impacts sur les marchés immobiliers. Étude de l'économie
foncière et des facteurs de localisation des activités urbaines. Instruments pour
l'analyse des marchés immobiliers, notamment ceux du logement. Déterminants et
interactions de l'offre et de la demande, rôle des intermédiaires et étude de la
réglementation affectant les marchés immobiliers.
GUI 3101 – Concepts et applications en gestion urbaine et immobilière
(Premier cycle)
Lieu de synthèse et de mise en situation sur des sujets portant sur les affaires urbaines
et immobilières. Les thèmes de ce séminaire sont variables et portent sur les facteurs
stratégiques de localisation, d'évaluation, d'administration, de financement, de
développement et de gestion urbaine et immobilière.
GUI 3102 - Évaluation immobilière: principes et pratiques (Premier cycle)
Analyse des méthodes et techniques en évaluation immobilière. Méthodologie
comparative d'évaluation. Étude détaillée des trois approches d'évaluation basées sur
la parité des ventes, sur le coût déprécié et sur le revenu actualisé. Analyse critique des
pratiques actuelles. Étude de techniques avancées d'évaluation foncière basées sur le
traitement statistique et géographique de l'information immobilière.
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Adresse postale/ Télécommunications :
Faculté des sciences de l'administration
Université Laval
Pavillon Palasis-Prince
2325, rue de la Terrasse
Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6
Tél. : 418-656-2180
Téléc. : 418-656-2624
Même chose
Institut National de la Recherche scientifique – 5 cours
Institut National de la Recherche scientifique, Urbanisation, Université du
Québec (Québec et Montréal, Québec) – 5 cours
EUR8228 : Transformation des liens sociaux et appropriation de l’espace urbain
(Deuxième cycle)
Ce cours vise l'approfondissement de dimensions sociales du phénomène urbain. La
relation entre modernité et lien social urbain depuis Simmel et l'École de Chicago
jusqu'aux approches post-modernes. Dynamiques de structuration et d'appropriation de
l'espace selon les groupes sociaux et l'ethnie. Pauvreté, exclusion, marginalité, habitat,
culture, consommation et modes de vie. La ville comme mosaïque de quartiers:
ségrégation et mixité sociorésidentielle, gentrification, signification sociologique du
quartier. Les réseaux sociaux et les formes déterritorialisées de liens sociaux dans la
ville. Ce cours comprend des exposés magistraux, des séminaires de discussion et une
ou des sorties sur le terrain.
https://portail.adm.inrs.ca/ide/cours/formulaire.html?id=658#section=formulaire
EUR8232 : Transformation de l’environnement urbain et qualité de vie (Deuxième
cycle)
Ce cours vise, à l'aide d'exposés magistraux et de discussions, l'approfondissement des
notions relatives à l'environnement urbain et à la qualité de vie en ville. Les grands
mouvements d'urbanisme et la place de la nature dans l'organisation des villes.
Urbanisation et environnement. Rétrospective des principales approches de
l'environnement urbain: écologique, écosystémique, aménagiste. Projets de villes
durables ou viables. Gouvernance environnementale dans différents contextes. Les
indicateurs de qualité de vie et d'environnement. Le problème des mesures qualitatives.
Les perceptions différenciées de la nature en ville. Les enjeux sociaux de la nature en
ville: syndrome NIMBY, débats sociaux. Restauration des environnements dégradés.
Ce cours comprend des études de cas et une ou des sorties sur le terrain.
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EUR8234 : Montréal – ruptures et continuités (Deuxième cycle)
Ce cours vise un approfondissement des connaissances sur Montréal. Les grandes
étapes de l'évolution de Montréal: de la ville-comptoir à la ville-métropole; la place de
Montréal dans la hiérarchie urbaine, canadienne et nord-américaine. Les assises
géographiques et spatiales du développement de Montréal: le lien avec le fleuve, le rôle
des transports, le cadre bâti, l'environnement. Les transformations de la société
montréalaise: les changements sociodémo-graphiques, les divisions ethnolinguistiques
et la pluriethnicité, la revitalisation des quartiers. L'économie montréalaise: la question
du déclin de Montréal, la «nouvelle économie», la tertiarisation et la montée des
services, le développement local et communautaire. Montréal et la hiérarchie urbaine
nord-américaine: rivalité Québec-Montréal, Toronto, New York et le Nord-Est. Les
difficultés de la gouvernance métropolitaine: les structures politiques, la
démocratisation, la place des élites. Montréal et l'imaginaire québécois: la culture
urbaine, le rayonnement culturel, la démétropolisation. Ce cours comprend des exposés
magistraux, des séminaires de discussions et des sorties sur le terrain.
EUR8456 : Planification urbaine et dynamiques de la ville (Deuxième cycle)
Ce cours vise l'approfondissement du processus de planification territoriale en lien avec
les orientations du développement, les objectifs et les grands enjeux urbains, en
incluant la détermination des actions et les mécanismes de suivi. Il lie donc la
planification aux intérêts et dynamiques qui se manifestent en milieu urbain et à la
gestion territoriale en tant que fonction de plus en plus décentralisée aux instances
locales et régionales, composée d'un volet stratégique et d'un volet opérationnel.
Cycles de vie urbains et mécanismes de structuration de l'espace. Réseaux urbains et
métropolitains d'appartenance et de référence. Cadres institutionnel et fiscal, multiplicité
des acteurs et hiérarchisation des intérêts. Encadrements sectoriels spécifiques:
habitation, transport, biens culturels, environnement, territoire et activités agricoles.
Méthodes, processus, échelles et instruments de planification: schéma d'aménagement
et de développement, plan d'urbanisme et autres plans. Planification par projets.
Processus et instruments de régulation (règlements de zonage et de lotissement, etc.),
d'aménagement, d'équipement et d'intervention directe. Enjeux territoriaux des
dynamiques de redéploiement (commercial, industriel, services professionnels, etc.).
Positionnement du territoire dans l'armature de référence, gestion territoriale et mesure
des résultats par des indicateurs de performance. Dynamiques et enjeux de la
planification urbaine au Québec et en Amérique du Nord par rapport à l'Europe et à des
groupes de pays émergents. Ce cours comprend des exposés magistraux et des
séminaires de discussion.
https://portail.adm.inrs.ca/ide/cours/formulaire.html?id=771" \l "section=formulaire
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EUR8464 : Les politiques sociales et l’urbain – mutations et enjeux (Deuxième cycle)
Ce cours a pour but de stimuler une réflexion critique et renouvelée sur le rôle joué par
les différents paliers de l'État contemporain dans l'offre et la distribution des services et
équipements à caractère «social» au sein des grandes villes, en tenant compte des
débats entourant la redéfinition de l'État-providence. Il traite notamment des politiques
de lutte à l'exclusion; de logement social; et de services à des clientèles qualifiées de
vulnérables. Le cours met l'accent sur les contextes québécois et canadien, mais
comporte également une dimension comparative. Des politiques sociales d'autres pays
(États-Unis, pays européens...) pourront être présentées et analysées. Une place sera
aussi faite aux pays en développement. L'approche pédagogique favorise les échanges
entre tous les participants complétés par de courts exposés des responsables du cours.
https://portail.adm.inrs.ca/ide/cours/formulaire.html?id=790" \l "section=formulaire
Bureau de Montréal :
Bureau de Québec :
INRS – Urbanisation
Bureau de Montréal
385, rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal (Québec) H2X 1E3
Tél. : 514-499-4000
Téléc. : 514-499-4065
INRS - Urbanisation
Bureau de Québec
490, rue de la Couronne
Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9
Tél. : 418-687-6400
Téléc. : 418-687-6425
Université de Montréal – 2 cours
Université de Montréal, Urbanisme (Montréal, Québec) – 2 cours
URB2213 : Politiques urbaines et habitat (Premier cycle)
Logement et habitat. Politiques et programmes de logement, d'habitations et d'habitat.
Rôle de l'État comme régulateur de marché. Promotion immobilière. Tendances dans
l'immobilier. Montage de projets immobiliers. Acquisitions de notions de base. Les
acteurs et les modalités de la production du logement. L'évolution du rôle de l'État et
des municipalités. Habitat et réaménagement urbain. La conception, le financement et
la mise en oeuvre de projets immobiliers.
http://www.progcours.umontreal.ca/cours/index_fiche_cours/URB2213.html
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URB6742 : Dynamique des habitats urbains (Deuxième cycle)
Transformation de l'habitat urbain. Évolution des modes de vie. Ménages, cycle de vie
et pratiques spatiales. Dynamiques sociales de valorisation/appropriation et de
dévalorisation/désinvestissement. Tendances récentes, nouveaux espaces résidentiels.
Examen des impacts de la transformation des modes d'habiter sur les habitats
existants. Survol de l'évolution des quartiers et des voisinages, du point de vue de la
mixité sociale et fonctionnelle, de l'offre de services de proximité, de la mobilité.
Intégration des tendances actuelles lors d'interventions en quartiers anciens. Impacts
de ces évolutions sur l'urbanisme.
http://www.progcours.umontreal.ca/cours/index_fiche_cours/URB6742.html
Adresse postale/ Télécommunications :
Institut d’urbanisme
Faculté de l’aménagement
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7
Tél : 514-343-6865
Téléc. : 514-343-2338
Institut d’urbanisme
Faculté de l’aménagement
Université de Montréal
2940, chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine
Montréal (Québec) H3T 1B9
Secrétariat : local 3072
Université du Québec à Montréal – 1 cours
Université du Québec à Montréal, programmes en sciences de la gestion
(Montréal, Québec) – 1 cours
MBA8R2A : Facteurs humains et environnementaux en immobilier (Deuxième cycle)
Ce cours s’articule autour du thème suivant : fondements de l’immobilier. Il aborde les
fondements anthropologiques de l’espace et de l’habitation, les formes urbaines à
travers l’histoire, les composantes et aspects techniques de l’immobilier, les différents
rôles du « gestionnaire des installations ».
http://www.websysinfo.uqam.ca/regis/PKG_WPUB.AFFICHE_cours_desc?P_si
gle=MBA8R2A
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Adresse postale/Télécommunications :
École des sciences de la gestion
Université du Québec à Montréal
Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8
Tél. : 514-987-3656
École des sciences de la gestion
Université du Québec à Montréal
315, rue Sainte-Catherine Est
local R-1020
Montréal (Québec) H2X 3X2
McGill University – 7 courses
McGill University, School of Architecture (Montreal, Quebec) – 7 courses
ARCH 517: Sustainable Residential Development (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Design strategies of sustainable residential environments at the community and the unit
levels. Historic references, siting principles, high density, healthy developments, green
homes, urban renewal, circulation and parking, open spaces and implementation
approaches.
http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2012-2013/courses/arch-517
ARCH 522: History of Domestic Architecture in Quebec (Undergraduate/Graduate)
The architecture of houses in Quebec from 1650 to the present. Distinguished buildings
are reviewed from the point of view of form, style, siting and material, as influenced by
climate, culture and architectural antecedents in France, England and the United States.
The course material is presented through alternating bi-weekly lectures and seminars.
ARCH 528: History of Housing (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Indigenous housing both transient and permanent, from the standpoint of individual
structure and pattern of settlements. Principal historic examples of houses including
housing in the age of industrial revolution and contemporary housing.
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ARCH 529: Housing Theory (Undergraduate/Graduate)
A review of environmental alternatives in housing; contemporary housing and the
physical and sociological determinants that shape it; Canadian housing.
ARCH 550: Urban Planning and Development (Undergraduate/Graduate)
A survey of municipal, regional and provincial actions to guide urban development in
Canada, with a particular emphasis on Montreal and Quebec. It also introduces
students to concepts in real-estate development and highlights the relationship between
developers and planners.
ARCH 561: Affordable Housing Seminar 1 (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Issues affecting housing delivery systems. Site selection; dwelling forms and
prototypes; interior design construction methods; products and utilities; land subdivision;
roads, pathways and infrastructure; open spaces; infill housing; selected built case
studies.
ARCH 562: Affordable Housing Seminar 2 (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Ideas and built prototypes of new paradigms in residential architecture. Adaptability;
net-zero energy dwellings; prefabrication; recycling; narrow-front; green roofs; design
for reduced mobility and affordability.
Mailing Address/Telecommunications: Location Address:
McGill University School of Architecture
Macdonald-Harrington Building,
815 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
Tel: 514-398-6700
Fax: 514-398-7372
Same
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University of Ottawa – 1 course
University of Ottawa, Centre for Continuing Education and the Centre on
Governance (Ottawa, Ontario – 1 course
Targeted Training Program: Housing Policy and Governance
This series is directed to professionals new to careers in housing, either in community
organizations or government that seek a grounding in the fundamentals and history of
housing policy development in Canada's market based system. It would also be of
interest to non-housing professions working in related areas such as health, social
development, economic development and planning. The course, offered jointly by the
Centre for Continuing Education and the Centre on Governance, is taught in three
separate modules each including lectures, extensive group discussion and a number of
case study exercises. Modules should ideally be combined but can also be taken
individually.
http://www.continue.uottawa.ca/courses_EN.cfm?groupID=21&catID=5
Centre for Continuing Education
University of Ottawa
55 Laurier Avenue East, Suite 12000
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5
Tel. 613-562-5802
Fax: 613-562-5947
Same
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Carleton University – 1 course
Carleton University, School of Social Work (Ottawa, Ontario) –
1 course
SOWK 4209 Affordable Housing and Homelessness (Undergraduate)
The purpose of the course is to provide an introduction to affordable housing and
homelessness. The starting point is a survey of Canadian housing and homelessness
indicators. From there, we will spend three consecutive classes looking at the evolution
of Canadian housing policy. This will culminate in one full class on the Harper
government’s track record on social housing, drawing on current research being
undertaken by the course instructor for the 2013-2014 edition of How Ottawa Spends.
This will be followed by classes looking at homelessness, supportive/supported
housing, housing & health, and both on- and off-reserve housing for Aboriginal persons.
http://www1.carleton.ca/socialwork/ccms/wp-content/ccms-files/SOWK-4902S2012july.pdf
School of Social Work
Carleton University
509 Dunton Tower
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
Same
Tel: (613) 520-5601
Fax: (613) 520-7496
Queen’s University – 6 courses
Queen’s University, Department of Geography (Kingston, Ontario) –
1 course
GPHY 886: The Political Economy of Urbanization (Graduate)
The focus of the course will be on themes and debates regarding Marxist analysis of
land, housing and residential structure in capitalist societies.
http://www.queensu.ca/calendars/sgsr/Geography.html
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Department of Geography
Queen's University
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D201
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6
Tel. 613-533-6030
Fax. 613-533-6122
Same
Queen’s University, School of Urban and Regional Planning
(Kingston, Ontario) – 5 courses
Planning courses are all to be found at the following Website:
http://www.queensu.ca/surp/current-students/courses/index.html
SURP 823 – Housing And Human Services (Graduate)
Project Course (Social-oriented).
SURP 844 – Real Estate Planning and Development (Graduate)
This course examines real estate market research, project planning finance and
development techniques. Residential, retail and office market analysis and development
are studied through lectures and case study discussions.
SURP 849 - Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Redevelopment (Graduate)
This course examines how the public and non-profit sectors can implement projects in
an era of abruptly reduced funding from taxpayers. It considers redevelopment of public
lands by requests for proposals by private developers. Case studies and group projects
are set in waterfronts, downtowns and suburbs of North American and European cities.
SURP 870 – Program Development for Human Services (Graduate)
This course will explore the planning, management and delivery of human services such
as health, social assistance, job creation and housing. It will review planning and
budgetary processes, institutional arrangements and management practices. The
course will emphasize Canadian services but comparative studies of other countries will
be encouraged. Alternative means of delivering services will be of particular interest.
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SURP 874 – Housing Policy (Graduate)
This course assesses housing policy options and the contributions planners can make
to the supply of affordable, adequate and appropriate housing. It presents the many
factors influencing the housing market and analyzes public and private initiatives
affecting the provision of housing. It shows the interdependence between housing and
social service planning and analyzes issues regarding the choices among housing and
other social policies. Current policies targeted at specific groups in need of assistance
will be reviewed.
School of Urban and Regional Planning
Queen's University
99 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6
Tel: 613-533-2188
Fax: 613-533-6905
Queen's University
138 Union Street - Room 539
(Robert Sutherland Hall)
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3NP
University of Toronto – 9 courses
University of Toronto, Department of Geography and Planning
(Toronto, Ontario) – 7 courses
Courses are described at:
http://www.geog.utoronto.ca/programs/planning/courses
JPG 1501H: The Political Economy of Cities (Graduate)
The physical form of cities is an expression of social and economic processes that are
nested and mediated at a number of different spatial scales. The reinvestment of inner
city neighbourhoods is, for example, a simultaneous expression of global labour market
restructuring, regional housing supply, and personal preference, among other factors.
This course addresses the political and multi-scalar context of contemporary urban
forms through a selective treatment of the relevant literature. It also examines ways in
which economic and political processes shape the built form of the city, as well as its
governance, planning and economic development – at local, regional, national and
global scales. This course considers ways in which the city serves as a site of
accumulation and control, as well as a means for negotiating or contesting inequalities.
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JPG 1507H: The Geography of Housing and Housing Policy (Graduate)
The objectives of this seminar are to provide an opportunity for in-depth research and
critical evaluation of alternative systems of housing provision and consumption, and to
apply the resulting insights to current housing situations and policy problems. Three
principal themes are emphasized: 1) basic concepts relating to the structural, social and
spatial dimensions of housing demand, need and supply; alternative modes of housing
provision and allocation; and housing market dynamics; 2) the identification of current
and emerging housing issues and associated planning problems; and 3) evaluations of
housing policies and programs and their relationships to contemporary debates on
social and economic policy, questions of equity and efficiency, and urban policy and
planning. The latter evaluations will be undertaken primarily through the discussion of
case studies of specific housing problems, policy issues and places. Visitors from the
government and the private sector will provide both informed and alternative
perspectives on housing research and policy.
JPG 1512H: Place, Politics and the Urban (Graduate)
The course examines the relationship between geography, politics, and governance. In
particular, it seeks to interrogate the theoretical importance of place, space and urban
form in the production of political and social values, practices, strategies, and
discourses, and in turn, analyze the implications of the place-politics nexus for
understanding shifts in the direction and form of urban policy, governance and
citizenship. The course begins with a broad examination of the theoretical bases for
linking place and politics, particularly as this relates to the construction of urban and
non-urban places, with literature drawn from a number of sources, including geography,
urban studies, political science, and planning theory. The course then examines a
number of specific cases, from gentrification as a political practice, to the politics of
homelessness and anti-panhandling legislation, and the political geography of regional
planning and municipal amalgamation, that inform and challenge our understanding of
the relationship between place and political praxis.
JPG1615H: Planning the Social Economy (Graduate)
The social economy is a term often used analogously with the ‘third sector’. It is
construed more broadly in this course as an economy rooted in the principles of social
justice, democratic governance and local autonomy. The course examines the concept
theoretically, with recourse to some canonical and more recent writings about the
interface between ‘society’ and ‘economy’—e.g. by looking at foundational arguments
for and against the idea of a self-regulating market and exploring recent literature
advocating as well as critiquing the principle of social economy. Analytical principles of
the social economy will be explored drawing on Marxist, feminist, post-structuralist and
mainstream liberal perspectives. These are then brought to bear on international
experience in key sites of the social economy, namely, business and enterprise, money
and finance, work, and food. The course concludes with a discussion of the conditions
of possibility for ‘planning the social economy’.
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PLA 1651H: Planning and Real Estate Development (Graduate)
Provides an overview of the Canadian and U.S. development industry within the real
estate development process. The course then covers the financial basis of urban
development projects (private and public finance); the participants; land assembly
procedures; land banking; mixed-use projects; sectoral and scale differences within the
development industry market and locational search procedures. Finally, it addresses the
interface of the industry with the public sector.
PLA 1652H: Introductory Studio in Urban Design and Planning (Graduate)
This studio course introduces the basic principles and skills of urban design to students
from various backgrounds by working through exercises of sketching, research and
design involving such challenges of planning as housing, public space and
transportation in their relation to the politics and aesthetics of urban form.
AEC 1102H: Community Development – Innovative Models (Graduate)
This course involves the study of innovative models of community development in such
areas as housing, childcare, healthcare including mental health services, social service
provision, and education, as well as models of community economic development.
There is a combination of case studies (both Canadian and international), papers on
alternative policies, and critical social analyses both of why there is a need for
community development and the significance of this phenomenon for a broader socialchange strategy. The community development strategies utilized in the course are
based primarily on non-profit and cooperative approaches.
Location Address:
Department of Geography and Planning
Sidney Smith Hall
University of Toronto
100 St. George Street, Room 5047
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3
Tel: 416-978-3375
Fax: 416-946-3886
Same
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University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work (Toronto, Ontario) – 1 course
SWK 4422H – Social Housing and Homelessness (Graduate)
This course examines a broad range of social issues associated with Canada’s housing
system and the planning of residential areas. The focus is on the social policy
implications of the problems lower income households and special needs groups have
in accessing affordable appropriate housing. This course examines a broad range of
social issues associated with Canada's housing system. The focus is on the social
policy implications of the problems lower income households and specific groups within
the population (based on gender, ‘race’ and/or socio-economic status) have in
accessing affordable appropriate housing in good quality neighbourhoods. The gender,
‘race’ and ethnicity aspects of housing issues are a particular focus and permeate all
sessions. A particular theme throughout this course is Canada’s rental housing sector,
which houses one third of all Canada’s households (and half of the City of Toronto’s
households). This course also focuses on the growing number of people who are
unhoused. People who are homeless require housing, some require support services
(for physical or mental health problems, or addictions) and all require enough money to
live on (jobs, job training, or social assistance). What do we mean by the term
‘homelessness’? What is the difference between the ‘old’ (pre-1980s) and the ‘new’
homelessness? Who is homeless, why, and for how long? What should be done about
it? How do we prevent and eventually eliminate mass homelessness?
http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/students/courses.htm
Location Address:
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
246 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V4
Tel: 416-978-6314
Fax: 416-978-7072
Same
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University of Toronto, Innis College Urban Studies Program
(Toronto, Ontario) – 1 course
INI308H1 – The City of Toronto (Undergraduate)
Examines the struggle to create a civic society within Toronto as it becomes a global
city. Sample topics include: the neighbourhood and the city, the outer city and the urban
region, planning and sprawl, public and private transportation, the natural and the urban
environment, housing and homelessness, levels of government, civic culture and
multiculturalism.
http://www.utoronto.ca/innis/urban/courses.html
Location Address:
Urban Studies Program
Room 233A, Innis College
2 Sussex Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J5
Tel: 416-978-5809
Same
Ryerson University – 10 courses
Ryerson University, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science
Architecture course descriptions are to be found at:
http://www.ryerson.ca/calendar/2010-2011/pg2574.html
ARC 720: Architecture Studio (Undergraduate)
Option studios are offered each term, on the basis of demand, availability and faculty
interest. (Examples may include: The Essential Detail; Spatial Syntax; Architecture and
Structure; Landscape/Urban Design; Housing/Community Design; Digital Architecture;
Intervention in an Historic Context).
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ARC 731: The Architecture of Urban Housing (Undergraduate)
This course explores the impact that globalization has had on the design and
development of urban housing and its implications for critical practice in Canada.
Through the lens of critical practice, students will be exposed to cultural, political,
economic and other factors that have an effect on the design of contemporary housing
and associated living environments. This reading-intensive course will include
discussion sessions led by the instructor and/or invited guests on one or more of the
subject's core themes, augmented by comparative analyses of seminal housing projects
located in major urban centres worldwide.
ARC 820: Architecture Studio (Undergraduate)
Option studios are offered each term, per demand, availability and faculty interest.
(Examples may include: The Essential Detail; Spatial Syntax; Architecture and
Structure; Landscape/Urban Design, Housing/Community Design; Digital Architecture;
Intervention in an Historical Context).
Master of Architecture course descriptions are to be found at:
http://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/graduate/graduate_calendar/current/AR001.pdf
AR8204: Architecture in Public Policy (Graduate)
This course investigates the application of architectural principles and processes to
facets of public policy not traditionally addressed by the discipline of architecture. The
intent is to identify how such principles and processes can shed new light on, and
positively contribute to, the evolution of public policy. Some of the public policy issues to
be considered include: infrastructure (transportation, waste handling, supply of water,
energy and communication), social policy (relating to poverty, homelessness and
health), education and governance.
AR8205: The Architecture of Urban Housing (Graduate)
This course explores the impact that globalization has had upon the design and
development of urban housing and its implications for critical practice in Canada. Seen
through the lens of critical practice, students will be exposed to the myriad of themes,
from cultural to political to economic, having an effect on the design of contemporary
housing and associated living environments. This reading-intensive course comprises
discussion sessions led by the instructor and/or invited guests on one or more of the
subject’s core themes, augmented by comparative analyses of seminal housing projects
located in major cities in Western Europe, Asia, the United States, and Canada.
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AR8222: Sustainable Housing Design (Graduate)
Sustainable Housing deals with the design of low rise residential housing which
demonstrates and promotes advanced levels of energy efficiency, resource
conservation strategies, healthy environments, cultural appropriateness and sustainable
development principles. Sustainable housing is viewed from a holistic approach,
investigating issues as they relate to architecture, social context, building science, and
mechanical systems.
AR8227: Minimal Housing (Graduate)
This course examines housing design related to the issues of affordable housing, to
explore new and innovative approaches to minimal housing and to engage students in
issues of affordable/minimal housing through direct involvement.
Mailing Address/Telecommunications :
Location Address:
Department of Architectural Science
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
Tel: 416-979-5360, Ext. 6481
Fax: 416-979-5353
Department of Architectural Science
Ryerson University
325 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario
Ryerson University, School of Urban and Regional Planning
Urban planning course descriptions can be found at:
http://www.ryerson.ca/surp/current/graduate/courses.html
PL8108: Advanced Theories of Planning and Design (Graduate)
This course covers current and emerging theories in the interdisciplinary context of
urban development, from a variety of planning-related literatures, including urban
planning, urban design, geography, architecture, cultural and development studies.
Theories of contemporary city-building are related to applied cases in urban
revitalization and regeneration, with attention to several metropolitan contexts, including
for example, brownfields, waterfronts, neighbourhood gentrification, housing and
poverty alleviation.
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PL8303: Retrofitting Suburbs (Graduate)
Our current pattern of low density, automobile dependent, single land use urban form is
widely recognized as no longer being sustainable. Yet suburban and exurban growth
patterns have largely defined urban built form of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Can the suburbs be retrofitted to intensify and diversify land uses, and to meet the
social and economic challenges that accompany this growth pattern? Can transit be
viable and housing sustainable? Can suburban ecosystems and landscapes be
redesigned or regenerated?? This course will respond to these questions through a
series of analytical case studies, speculative policies, and creative design projects.
PL8304: Housing and Redevelopment (Graduate)
Regent Park, the Toronto Waterfront, Lawrence Heights – these neighbourhoods in
Toronto represent the next frontiers for innovative urban redevelopment. This seminar
explores current issues and challenges in housing through an exploration of related
literatures on homelessness, poverty, and neighbourhood creation, with associated
study of precedents in residential building form. This course will examine the past,
present and future of housing issues in urban redevelopment with an emphasis on
developing new viable housing typologies that are affordable, sustainable, and welldesigned for contemporary urban vitality.
Location Address:
School of Urban & Regional Planning (SBB400)
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St.
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
Tel: 416-979.5165
Fax: 416-979.5357
Ryerson University
105 Bond Street
4th Floor (SBB400)
York University – 8 courses
York University, Urban Studies Program, Various Departments
Course outlines for various Urban Studies courses are to be found at this Website:
http://www.yorku.ca/laps/sosc/urst/option_courses.html Individual course descriptions
are accompanied by their respective departmental Website addresses below.
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SOSC 3746: Cities as Neighbourhoods and Communities (Undergraduate)
The course considers local areas within urban regions and the people and processes
that create and alter them. Different meanings of the concepts “community” and
“neighbourhood” are explored. Other topics addressed include the relationship between
urban planning and local urban areas, designing community, and issues of inclusion
and exclusion in urban neighbourhoods. Students explore the ideas and issues raised in
the course by way of case-study investigations of a variety of Toronto-area
neighbourhoods.
SOSC 3760: Toronto - Urban Growth and Community (Undergraduate)
The autumn term course examines the older inner zone of Toronto, focusing on
processes of growth and change - in the more distant past, more recently and today that have led to the urban communities we now find in this part of town. Its main
elements are a series of lectures, weekly class discussions and two walks through
neighbourhoods in and around the city's downtown. Each student is responsible for
exploring a particular site in or around downtown, reporting back to small class groups
about what they are learning about the site and writing a term paper about some feature
of the site. The course is oriented to students who are members of the Urban Studies
Program and would like to do a close study of inner Toronto and to students from
outside the program who would like to try their hand at an urban fieldwork project in a
study of the city in which we experience our everyday lives.
GEOG 3770: Housing Policy (Undergraduate)
It has been often stated that Canadians are among the best housed people in the world.
Yet, it is also said that Canada has been in a continuous housing crisis for most of the
twentieth century. We will examine this apparent contradiction in the context of the
provision and consumption of housing. The course is divided into three major sections.
In the first section we provide a contextual framework for policy evaluation by exploring
the attributes of housing, housing markets and submarkets, housing need and demand,
housing supply and finance, and the justification for government intervention in the
housing market. In the second section, housing programs in Canada over the postwar
period are surveyed and placed in the context of the evolving welfare state. Emphasis
will be given to three major tenures: home ownership, private rental, and social and
public housing. Several housing programs will be examined as case studies to see
whose interests are served. In the third section we will consider a number of
contemporary policy issues, especially concerning households who have difficulty
accessing market housing. Examples of the latter include the homeless, women,
immigrants and the elderly.
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GEOG 4170: Geographic Perspectives on Immigration, Ethnicity and
Race in Modern Cities (Undergraduate)
This course first discusses a number of conceptual issues concerning the residential
segregation of ethnic and racial groups. The course then considers several case
examples that exemplify the varied experiences of ethnic and racial groups in modern
cities.
ECON 4279: Housing Economics (Undergraduate)
The course examines housing markets and housing policy. Models of demand, supply,
and housing market equilibrium are developed emphasizing the special characteristics
of housing. Welfare economics is used to study the design of optimal policies.
ENVS 3226: Planning Environmentally (Undergraduate)
This course considers the potential for planning environmentally within and outside the
formal planning processes, by planners and non-planners alike. The relationships
between planning and environmental issues are explored at different scales ranging
from the neighbourhood to the urban region.
Location Address:
Division of Social Science
York University
S702 Ross Building
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Tel: 416-736-2100
Same
York University, Faculty of Environmental Studies
(Toronto, Ontario) – 1 course
ENVS 6126 – Community Planning and Housing (Graduate)
This course explores the evolving nature of community planning and the linkages
among planning, housing policy and programs, and planning for the provision of social
services and infrastructure in a multicultural society.
http://www.yorku.ca/fes/wa/GradCourses/app/do_list
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Location Address:
Faculty of Environmental Studies
HNES 109, York University
4700 Keele Street
Tel: 416-736-5252
Fax: 416-736-5679
Same
York University, Schulich School of Business Program in Real Estate and
Infrastructure (Toronto, Ontario) – 1 courses
PROP 6200: Development Prototypes (Graduate)
This course deals with development, developers, and the products that they create. The
course provides an understanding of the business of real estate development, insights
into the economic, functional, technical, and aesthetic factors that shape dominant
building forms, and an understanding of the link between demand and product
development. Course content spans an understanding of the spatial economy of citieswhere economic activity occurs and why-to the interaction between demand and supply
in the marketplace, a detailed examination of the products that are shaped by market
forces, and an overview of new prototypes that are emerging to meet emerging
demands. The course is delivered through a combination of lectures, case studies, and
guest speakers from industry.
http://www.schulich.yorku.ca/client/schulich/Schulich_LP4W_LND_WebStation.nsf/page
/PROP+6200+3+00?OpenDocument
Schulich School of Business, York
University
4700 Keele Street
Tel: 416-736-5303
Same
McMaster University – 5 courses
McMaster University, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
(Hamilton, Ontario) – 5 courses
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GEOG 3UR3: Urban Residential Geography (Undergraduate)
The social geography of North American cities. Topics include commuting, segregation,
inner-city gentrification, suburban development.
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/undergraduate/courses/thirdyear/geog3ur3/index.
html
GEOG 4UH3: Urban Housing (Undergraduate)
The geography of housing, including the effects of land development, construction,
municipal planning and public policy on the urban landscape of housing and
homelessness.
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/undergraduate/courses/fourthyear/geog4uh3/inde
x.html
GEOG 6UH3 – Urban Housing (Graduate)
The geography of housing, including the effects of land development, construction,
municipal planning and public policy on the urban landscape of housing and
homelessness. [This is the same as the undergraduate course 4UH3, except that more
work is required of graduate students.]
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/geo/graduate/courses.html#600
GEOG 726: Feminist Geography (Graduate)
This course examines recent work in feminist geography, with emphasis on issues of
theory, method, praxis, and critical assessment of research studies. An introduction to
origins of and changing directions in this field is followed by an examination of research
in: changing geographies of cities and regions; women and work; housing and
household survival strategies; state intervention in women's lives; women, disability and
disabling environments; women, space, sexuality and violence; place, politics and
identity; methodological issues; and future research directions.
GEOG 743: International Housing (Graduate)
Trends in housing and housing policy internationally since 1945. Economic, social and
political aspects.
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School of Geography & Earth Sciences
General Science Building, Room 206
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1
Tel: 905-525-9140 Extension 24535
Fax: 905-546-0463
Same
University of Guelph – 1 program – 8 courses
University of Guelph, College of Management and Economics,
Department of Marketing and Community Studies
(Guelph, Ontario) – 1 program; 8 courses (in 2015 will changed to 7, as two
courses will be combined at that point)
The University of Guelph appears to offer the only undergraduate course in Canada that
devotes most of its attention to housing. The complete curriculum for the Bachelor of
Commerce degree in Real Estate and Housing is presented below.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/current/c10/c10bcommreh.shtml
Real Estate and Housing Program (Undergraduate)
The Real Estate and Housing major in the B.Comm. program is one of only two
undergraduate programs in Canada that specialize in the real estate sector. It takes a
multi-disciplinary approach to the study of residential and commercial/ investment real
estate. Topics such as the development, financing, valuation, market analysis and
management of real estate are taught in the context of economic, legal, political and
social factors affecting this large and growing field of business in Canada and the world.
The purpose of this major is to develop the conceptual, analytical and management
skills required for careers in real estate and housing. Students graduate with a degree
that can lead to a variety of professional positions in the private or public sectors of the
Canadian real estate industry or they can continue on to graduate work in business,
planning or the social sciences.
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Given the professional and applied nature of the program, there are no double majors or
minors associated with the degree. Elective options enable students to select courses
which support or complement their primary field of study. Examples: (1) students can
use Liberal Education and free electives to earn the Certificate in Leadership. See
http://www.leadershipcertificate.com/ for information regarding this Certificate and its
course requirements; (2) students interested in languages and/or going on exchange
can use their Liberal Education and free electives to study one or more of the various
languages taught at the University. (3) Students interested in obtaining their Accredited
Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI) designation should consider taking the additional 4
required courses through University of British Columbia distance education by letter of
permission to count as electives in their degree, once they have completed REAL*4820.
Note: students also can take courses of interest as electives without concern for
clustering.
Liberal Education Requirement
As part of the graduation requirement all students within the B.Comm. Program are
required to complete 1.50 credits from at least two different subject prefixes as listed
under the B.Comm. Program Information section of the undergraduate calendar.
Major
Students in the Real Estate and Housing major are required to take the courses listed
below. For this major, 16.00 of the 20.00 credits are specified as core requirements and
4.00 as electives (including the Liberal Education Requirements of 1.50 credits.)
Semester 1
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
REAL*1820 [0.50] Real Estate and Housing
MGMT*1000 [1.00] Introduction to Business
Semester 2
ACCT*2220 [0.50] Financial Accounting
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
MCS*1000
[0.50] Introductory Marketing
MATH*1030 [0.50] Business Mathematics
Semester 3
ACCT*2230
[0.50]
Management Accounting
ECON*2310
[0.50]
Intermediate Microeconomics
REAL*2850
[0.50]
Service Learning in Housing
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One of:
ECON*2740 [0.50] Economic Statistics
STAT*2060 [0.50] Statistics for Business Decisions
Semester 4
ECON*2560 [0.50] Theory of Finance
HROB*2100 [1.00] Managing People in Organizations
REAL*2820
[0.50] Real Estate Finance
One of:
CIS*1200
CIS*1500
MCS*2020
[0.50] Introduction to Computing
[0.50] Introduction to Programming
[0.50] Marketing Information Management
Semester 5
ECON*2410 [0.50] Intermediate Macroeconomics
REAL*4820 [0.50] Real Estate Appraisal
REAL*4840 [0.50] Housing and Real Estate Law
Semester 6
ECON*3660 [0.50] Economics of Equity Markets
ECON*3960 [0.50] Money, Credit and the Financial System
LARC*2820 [0.50] Urban and Regional Planning
MGMT*3320 [0.50] Financial Management
Semester 7
ECON*3500 [0.50] Urban Economics
MGMT*4000 [1.00] Strategic Management
REAL*3810 [0.50] Real Estate Market Analysis
Semester 8
POLS*3270 [0.50] Local Government in Ontario
REAL*3890 [0.50] Property Management
REAL*4830 [1.00] Real Estate Development Project
Here are the main housing-focused course descriptions (listed in order of semester
offered):
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REAL 1820 - Real Estate and Housing (Undergraduate)
This survey course acquaints students with the theories, practices and principles of real
estate and housing. Topics include how real estate assets and markets differ from other
assets, government involvement in the housing and real estate sectors, non-market
housing in Canada, financing real estate, and development.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/current/courses/real1820.sht
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REAL 2850: Service Learning in Housing (Undergraduate)
This course provides an introduction to ethics and social capital as they apply to the
housing and real estate industries. Students will be required to participate in a 10-15
hour service learning exercise where they volunteer for a frontline housing
agency/provider. They will then share their experiences with their classmates during the
final week of classes
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MCS 3820: Real Estate Development (Undergraduate)
This course introduces the student to the real estate development process, providing an
overview from the project idea to the cursory feasibility stage. The steps in development
planning that will be investigated are analysis, design, and evaluation. Topics include
evaluating development potential, land acquisition, site planning, economic feasibility
studies, approval processes, construction, project management, and marketing phases.
The construction of both single family housing and larger buildings is examined. (Last
offering Winter 2013 – Being replace by REAL 4830 Real Estate Development Project
beginning Winter 2015.)
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/current/courses/mcs3820.sht
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REAL 3810: Real Estate Market Analysis (Undergraduate)
In this course students examine the processes used to analyze supply and demand in
the real estate market. The course focuses on using research methodologies to define
the scope of analysis; identify data needs; collect information from various sources,
including on-line resources; and interpret the results. Applications to different property
types are discussed. Current market trends are also examined. As well, the course
deals with marketing real estate: listing procedures, advertising, negotiating.
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REAL 4820: Real Estate Appraisal (Undergraduate)
This course deals with the basic principles involved in valuing real estate. The market
comparison, cost and income approaches of appraisal are covered. The major
emphasis in the course is on using discounted cash flow projections to value incomeproducing real estate. The term project involves the use of a spreadsheet program to
estimate property value for a property chosen by the student. While valuation of single
family homes is covered, the main emphasis is on investment real estate.
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REAL 4840: Housing and Real Estate Law (Undergraduate)
This course lays out the legal principles which guide the expanding and changing body
of law dealing with housing and real estate development and forms of occupancy;
statutory and regulatory matters are explored.
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MCS 4810: Real Estate and Housing Project (Undergraduate)
This course is a capstone course meant to bring together concepts from all other Real
Estate and Housing courses. It deals with the development, redevelopment and renewal
of housing and real estate services. Students will complete a project that addresses an
issue in the real estate or housing sector, applying knowledge of development, market
analysis, affordability, financing and government regulation. (Last offering Winter 2014 –
Being replace by REAL 4830 Real Estate Development Project beginning Winter 2015.)
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/current/courses/mcs4810.sht
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REAL 4830: Real Estate Development Project (Undergraduate)
This is a capstone course covering the real estate development process and bringing
together concepts from all other Real Estate and Housing courses. It deals with the
development, redevelopment and renewal of real estate and housing services. Students
will complete a phased project that considers all aspects of development feasibility
including market analysis, physical constraints, financial viability and government
regulation. (First offering - Winter 2015)
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ECON 3500: Urban Economics (Undergraduate)
This course is designed to apply the basic principles of intermediate economic theory to
problems facing urban areas with emphasis on Canada. Topics to be covered will
include such things as housing, urban poverty, municipal financing, transportation.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/current/courses/econ3500.sh
tml
Department of Marketing and Consumer
Studies
College of Management & Economics
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
Tel: (519) 824-4120
Fax: (519) 823-1964
MacKinnon Building
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
University of Waterloo – 6 courses
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environment, School of Planning
(Waterloo, Ontario) – 6 courses
Information about all courses is to be found at the following Website:
http://www.ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/1213/COURSE/course-PLAN.html
PLAN 261: Urban and Metropolitan Planning and Development (Undergraduate)
This course explores the relationship between planning instruments and the urban land
use market. It relates urban outcomes to interactions between market processes and
planning interventions. It is in this light that it interprets changing urban land use and
transportation patterns since the late 1940s, as well as contemporary urban issues.
These issues are chosen so as to underscore differences in the circumstances
confronting different zones of urbanization (core, inner city, inner suburb and outer
suburb).
PLAN 333: Neighbourhood and Community Planning (Undergraduate)
This course examines concepts and issues related to social planning for neighbourhood
and community environments. It considers planning for particular target populations in
the contexts of suburbanization and core area revitalization. It will review models of
neighbourhood change and community development and will address ways to involve
community members in the planning process.
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PLAN 349: Urban Form and Internal Spatial Structure (Undergraduate)
An examination of the major factors giving rise to distinctive styles of urban spatial
organization. Focus moves from city-wide scale to subareas/sectors - inner city,
housing, retailing, etc. Emphasis on understanding and planning for the dynamics of
complex environments. Applied issues or problems are dealt with throughout the
course.
PLAN 431: Issues in Housing (Undergraduate)
The first part consists of an overview of housing in Canada considering federal,
provincial and municipal policy as well as the housing industry. In the second part,
special topics such as homelessness, affordability, environment and other issues are
discussed
PLAN 471: Planning Law (Undergraduate)
An analysis of the legal basis for planning in Ontario and the practice of planning law as
it affects planners, municipalities, local councils, property owners and residents. The
roles of planning boards, municipal councils, the Ontario Municipal Board, the Ministry
of Housing, provincial Cabinet and the Niagara Escarpment Commission in the planning
process will be discussed.
PLAN 483: Land Development Planning (Undergraduate)
An examination of planning issues related to the design, economics and financing of
private land and building construction projects including residential high-rise
condominium, low-rise residential subdivision, infill, intensification and brownfield
redevelopment and industrial/commercial land development. The course focuses on
developer decision-making, analysis of risk, sources of financing, planning,
environmental and engineering aspects of land development.
Location Address:
School of Planning
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Tel: 519-888-4567, ext. 36564
Fax: 519-725-2827
Same
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University of Western Ontario – 6 courses
University of Western Ontario, Department of Geography
(London, Ontario) – 5 courses
Course descriptions can be found at: http://geography.uwo.ca/undergrad/courses/.
“Land development”-related courses are assumed to have a substantial housing
component, since residential land uses constitute about half of all uses in most
communities.
2460G: Urban Development (Undergraduate)
Urban areas do not only vary in their form, structures, morphology, patterns of land use,
and historical processes of evolution, but they are driven by a series of interrelated
processes of change—economic, political, cultural, demographic, technological,
environmental, social and locally contingent forces. These forces operate at a variety of
geographical scales ranging from the global to the local. The task of this course is to
understand the processes and the character of urban areas. In doing so student will be
exposed to: 1) the factors that gave rise to early cities; 2) models and theories that exist
to explain urban growth; 3) various distinct structures and form of urban areas; 4) urban
development processes and forces driving these processes; and 5) government policies
and urban management strategies. The course will be delivered in various formats:
formal lecture, in-class and tutorial discussions, guest lectures, and videos. By the end
of the course students should be able to apply various constructs to real world urban
issues.
3461F/G: Land Use and Development Issues (Undergraduate)
Critical examination of current land use and development projects; students are
required actively to participate in the discussions.
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3463G: Housing (Undergraduate)
Geographers and other social scientists as well as planning, design and associated
engineering fields have a long-standing interest in housing and neighbourhoods. As the
single most important material/durable good consumed/purchased by most households,
we are interested in how housing is supplied, obtained and used. Overlaid on these
concerns is the geography of the market: because it is fixed in place housing is
characterised by its location perhaps more than any other feature and more than any
other durable good. The housing market is necessarily a geographical market of
neighbourhoods. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the variegated urban housing
market that juxtaposes the unbounded life chances of affluent residents against highrise social housing in poorly serviced neighbourhoods. How that residential geography
comes to be, how it influences and reinforces the everyday lives and socioeconomic
position of its residents, and how the state responds in its housing policies and
programmes is the focus of this course. Accordingly the purpose of this course is to
provide an advanced honours seminar on housing and neighbourhoods from a
geographical perspective.
3464F: Financial Feasibility of Urban Developments (Undergraduate)
The object of the course is to expose students to the financial and economic
underpinnings of urban form and structure. A major focus is on static development
feasibility models and their application to understanding urban change. The course
provides hands-on experience for students to build financial feasibility models of urban
developments.
4460G: Real Estate and the Cities (Undergraduate)
The object of the course is to expose students to various forms and categories of
investment in commercial real estate. It seeks to explore real estate portfolio theory,
direct vs. indirect ownership, real estate private equity, specific theories of location and
the performance of real estate in a broader investment world. The course format
provides for an interactive and peer-based discussion synthesizing previous knowledge
and skills acquired in urban development and their practical application.
Location Address:
Social Science Centre
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A 5C2
Tel: 519-661-3423
Fax: 519-661-3750
Social Science Centre
The University of Western Ontario
1151 Richmond Street
London, Ontario N6A 5C2
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University of Western Ontario, School of Nursing
(London, Ontario) – 1 course
N9601: Housing and Mental Health (Graduate)
No course details provided.
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/nursing/files/downloads/pdf/grad_nursing_courses.pdf
Location Address:
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
University of Western Ontario
Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences
Building
London, Ontario N6A 5B9
Tel: 519-661-2111
Same
University of Manitoba – 2 courses
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City
Planning (Winnipeg, Manitoba) – 3 courses
Course outlines are to be found at:
http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/architecture/programs/cityplanning/courses.html
CITY 7070: Housing and Urban Revitalization (Graduate)
Housing and urban revitalization in the Canadian context. Housing demand and supply,
structure of the housing market, Canadian housing policy, affordability and other
selected housing issues; processes and strategies related to urban decline and
revitalization.
CITY 7340: Urban Development (Graduate)
The mechanics of urban development and its socio-economic implications and
underlying political forces. Practical field experience is involved in the form of an
internship.
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Department of City Planning
Faculty of Architecture
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Tel: (204) 474-6578
Fax: (204) 474-7532
Faculty of Architecture
201 John A. Russell Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
University of Winnipeg – 6 courses
University of Winnipeg, Urban and Inner-City Studies Program
(Winnipeg, Manitoba) – 4 courses
All University of Winnipeg course descriptions for Urban and Inner-City Studies can be
found at:
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=pdfs/calendar/uic.pdf
UIC 1001: Introduction to Urban and Inner-City Studies (Undergraduate)
The course provides an overview of the dynamics that drive a city’s growth and that
produce change over time. It considers the social impact of urban change, with
particular emphasis on the interconnectedness of the different parts of the city and on
the impact of urban change on the inner city. It examines how these changes shape city
politics, looking at the political interests and problems associated with the commercial
core, older residential neighborhoods near the centre, and burgeoning suburban and
exurban areas. It also examines how the three levels of government are involved in
shaping and responding to these changes.
UIC 2001: Community Development (Undergraduate)
This course is an introduction to the idea of community development and community
economic development. The course considers the principles and philosophy of
community development/community economic development, and examines the key
elements of CD/CED including neighborhood revitalization; housing development and
rehabilitation; employment development and training; and social enterprise.
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UIC 3011: Inner City Economic Development (Undergraduate)
Popularly understood as low-income neighbourhoods near the city centre, and
academically defined as “the commercial core plus adjacent residential areas,” the inner
city raises profound political questions. Should downtown businesses help deal with the
problems of poverty around them? Do efforts by community development organizations
to access resources from the commercial core work to the advantage or disadvantage
of the neighborhoods? We explore such questions, drawing on both academic and
community resources, and addressing such topics as gentrification; corporate
responsibility; real estate, rental and land markets in transitional neighborhoods;
community land trusts; community banking, red-lining, block-busting, and strategies of
community organization.
UIC 3430: Housing and the Neighbourhood (Undergraduate)
This course examines the complexity of shelter environments within the urban
landscape. The focus is on the North American housing market, the history of housing,
and the way in which traditional and non-traditional markets are defined and
understood. The unique characteristics of the modern city are examined as they are
manifested in homelessness, marginal housing forms, shelter-induced poverty,
suburban decline and inner-city issues. Emphasis is also placed on current/historical
policy and program responses to housing-related issues at the neighbourhood,
municipal, provincial and federal level.
Mailing Address:
Location Address:
Urban and Inner-City Studies Program
The University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9
Tel: 204-786-7811
Urban and Inner-City Studies Program
527 Selkirk Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R2W 2M6
Tel: 204.988.7196
University of Winnipeg, Indigenous Studies Program (joint program with
Red River College) – 1 course
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action/pdfs/calendar/is.pdf
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IS 2301: Community Development (Undergraduate)
This course is an introduction to the idea of community development and community
economic development. The course considers the principles and philosophy of
community development/community economic development, and examines the key
elements of CD/CED including neighborhood revitalization; housing development and
rehabilitation; employment development and training; and social enterprise. [This is the
same as the course UIC 2001]
Mailing Address:
Location Address:
Indigenous Studies Program
515 Portage Avenue
Tel: 204-786-7811
Indigenous Studies Program
Richardson College for the Environment
and Science Complex
599 Portage Ave
Winnipeg, Manitoba
University of Winnipeg, Geography – 1 course
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=pdfs/calendar/geog.pdf
GEOG 3430: Housing and the Neighbourhood (Undergraduate)
This course examines the complexity of shelter environments within the urban
landscape. The focus is on the North American housing market, the history of housing,
and the way in which traditional and non-traditional markets are defined and
understood. The unique characteristics of the modern city are examined as they are
manifested in homelessness, marginal housing forms, shelter-induced poverty,
suburban decline and inner-city issues. Emphasis is also placed on current/historical
policy and program responses to housing-related issues at the neighbourhood,
municipal, provincial and federal level. [This is the same as the course UIC 3430]
Mailing Address:
Location Address:
Geography
515 Portage Avenue
Tel: 204-786-7811
Same
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University of Calgary – 8 courses
University of Calgary, Continuing Education – Real Estate Development
Certificate (Calgary, Alberta) – 6 courses
Real estate development requires expertise in management, finance, engineering,
urban planning, design, project management and architecture. Continuing Education's
Certificate in Real Estate Development incorporates all of these disciplines.
The courses focus on principles, as well as the specialized knowledge and skills
required on a daily basis in the world of development. Classes provide hands-on
experience through real-world simulations, case studies, and projects that give a true
sense of the workplace. Many courses require participants to work on team projects.
This approach to class work simulates projects and activities in the workplace, and
provides each member of the team with the opportunity to take responsibility for a
critical component of a major project.
http://conted.ucalgary.ca/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=l
oad&certificateId=1706246&selectedProgramAreaId=10520
CPE 110: Affordable Housing Development
This course will examine the economics of the rental housing market and the methods
of developing affordable housing in our current economy.
http://conted.ucalgary.ca/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId
=66861
CPE 111: Real Estate Law
This course examines the legal issues involved in the acquisition, development,
management and disposition of real estate. Topics include: offers, purchase and sale
agreements, organization of the ownership entity, financing, mortgages, construction,
taxation, and leasing.
=66938
CPE 112: Real Estate Marketing
Marketing is essential to the success of any real estate development project. Review
the role that marketing plays at each step in the development process. Gain an
understanding of changing real estate markets and learn how to: utilize market research
information, develop and manage a marketing program, create unique project identities,
and undertake an effective advertising and communications program.
=66819
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CPE 119: Real Estate Development and Finance
Finance is possibly the most critical aspect of a development project. This course
provides the fundamental building blocks for economic feasibility analysis. Learn to
conduct a net present value analysis for a development concept of your choosing. You
will gain an understanding of the economic principles that drive real estate development
decisions, financing options, and many aspects of the development process itself.
=66478
CPE 141: Advanced Finance and Corporate/Legal Structures
Takes a more detailed look at finance and corporate/legal structures available to today s
real estate developer. In particular, three distinct areas are studied; (1) corporate
structures, including limited partnerships, joint ventures, private and public corporations,
private trusts, etc., (2) land purchase and construction finance, such as vendor
arrangements, conventional finance (best practices), syndications, mezzanine finance,
participation arrangements, etc., and (3) take-out arrangements including long-term
finance, and corporate sales to institutional investors, REITs, limited partnerships, public
companies, private high net-worth investors, syndications, etc. Students applying for
this course must have successfully completed the Real Estate Development and
Finance course within the Real Estate Development Certificate program.
=67553
CPE 185: Mixed-Use Real Estate Development
The downtowns of Canada's largest cities include many dynamic mixed-use real estate
development projects. Technological advances, traffic congestion, and environmental
concerns are some of the many factors that are driving an explosion in mixed-use real
estate development planning and development. Gain an overview of the development
process that incorporates complimentary residential, commercial, civic and business
uses into a single parcel or development concept area. Learn about mixed-use planning
polices and development regulations, and; gain a deeper understanding of the
development process from start to finish using Calgary as a case example.
=4990561
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Location Address:
Continuing Education
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Tel: 403-220-2866
Toll-free: 1-866-220-4992 (outside of Calgary)
Fax: 403-284-5702
Downtown Campus
906 – 8th Avenue SW
Room 229
Calgary, AB T2P 1H9
University of Calgary, Faculty of Environmental Design
(Calgary, Alberta) – 1 course
EVDA 582: Studio II in Architecture (Graduate)
An introduction to the application of ordering principles of architecture and to the
numerous layers that contribute to the quality of inhabitation of place and space through
design. Issues explored include the formal, the experiential and the theoretical concerns
of architectural design in today’s cultural context.
http://evds.ucalgary.ca/courses/w12/EVDA582
Mailing Address:
Location Address:
Faculty of Environmental Design
Professional Faculties Building
Room 2182
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Tel: 403-220-6601
Fax: 403-284-4399
Same
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University of British Columbia – 9 courses
University of British Columbia, Centre for Urban Economics and Real
Estate, Sauder School of Business (Vancouver, British Columbia) – 6
courses
In addition to courses offered as part of its full-time Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.)
program with a specialization in real estate, the Faculty of Commerce and Business
Administration, through its Real Estate Division (RED), also offers a post-diploma
degree completion program that leads to the Bachelor of Business in Real Estate
(B.B.R.E.). The program requires the completion of the Diploma in Urban Land
Economics or equivalent plus additional real estate, general education, and business
courses. The real estate courses are delivered by the RED, which is located in the
Michael A. Goldberg Centre for Real Estate and Distance Education, while an
agreement with Thompson Rivers University will enable students to obtain the required
general education and business courses.
Course Listing:
http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/Bachelor_of_Commerce/Current_Students/Course
_Outlines
COMM 306 - Urban Land Economics (Undergraduate)
This course examines various urban issues from the economic perspective. These
issues concern urban land and housing markets, urban transportation, urban crime,
urban sprawl, land use policies, etc, and we study them as social equilibria arising from
individual agent’s profit or utility maximizing behavior. The goal of this course is to:
provide students clearer understanding of traditional urban issues; provide a logical
framework for analyzing new issues students may come across in the future; make
students more familiar with related data source and computer programs to analyze
them.
https://ubc.campusconcourse.com/view_syllabus?course_id=326#Description
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COMM 307: Real Estate Investment (Undergraduate)
This course is a one semester study intended to give students the tools for critical
analysis of public and private equity positions in existing real estate assets. Project
analysis and evaluation are presented within the context of understanding real estate
markets as distinct economic phenomenon. The course covers the basics of the
economics of real estate markets, market analysis, investment analysis tools such as
pro-formas (real estate specific discounted cash flow), debt financing of real estate,
leasing and property management, appraisal and the pricing of heterogeneous goods,
real estate securitization, real estate in a diversified portfolio, and information and
process technologies and real estate. Academic lectures are supplemented by a series
of guest lectures by local real estate professionals. The course is built around an
investment analysis project.
http://webcontent.sauder.ubc.ca/sitecore/shell/Controls/Rich%20Text%20Editor/~/
media/Files/BCom/Course%20Outlines/COMM307.ashx
COMM 407: Urban Public Economics (previously called Real Estate Economics)
(Undergraduate)
This course seeks to provide students with an introduction to economics that are the
foundation for analysis of real estate markets. Students will study issues that are
relevant to the different sectors of private real estate markets, as well as the relationship
between the local economy and real estate, and the role played by government in real
estate markets. A regular feature of the course is daily discussion of topics of current
interest in real estate, urban economics, and urban policy. This allows for an application
of the more general concepts covered in lecture to topics of immediate relevance. The
major assignment for the class is a research paper.
http://webcontent.sauder.ubc.ca/sitecore/shell/Controls/Rich%20Text%20Editor/~/media
/Files/BCom/Course%20Outlines/COMM407.ashx
COMM 408: Real Estate Development (Undergraduate)
This course is designed to give students grounding in the principles of real estate
development, by combining theoretical treatment of urban economics, development and
real estate markets with tools and techniques used by professionals to analyze the
attractiveness of the sites for real estate development and specific projects proposed for
such sites. The course roughly follows the various stages in the development process
with its principal focus on the practical issues of selecting a site, designing a project,
negotiating the maze of government regulation, and financing the acquisition of the land
and construction of the project. A heavily-weighted aspect of the course is a teamprepared student project consisting of a real estate development proposal for a mixeduse development.
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COMM 434: Land Law (Undergraduate)
This course is designed to give Commerce students an overview of land law principles
as they apply in business situations. The course will be of relevance beyond the field of
actual real estate development, as land, in some form or other, is the subject of or
security for, most commercial ventures. While the course has been structured as part of
the urban land program, it will be of interest and importance to many students not in
urban land who are seeking a broader base of business-related knowledge.
COMM 486L: Sustainable and Strategic Real Estate Investment and Community
Development (Undergraduate)
The results of unsustainable human development seem evident worldwide. Society
needs more effective ways of using our skills and resources to create positive change.
This course considers whole-systems views and trans-disciplinary approaches to the
challenges and complexities of real estate in sustainable development.
•
•
•
•
Survey of the Concepts of Sustainability Related to Real Estate Investment, Real
Estate Operations and Real Estate Development of Sustainable Communities
Strategies for Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Primary
Activities of RE
The Key Interrelationships in Creating Asset Value and Sustainable Development
Examining the Outlook and Trends in Sustainable Real Estate Best Practices
/Files/BCom/Course%20Outlines/COMM%20486L%20Course%20Outline%20Monroe%
20Rev%2007%2012%202010.ashx
Location Address:
Centre for Urban Economics and Real
Estate
Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia
2053 Main Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2
Tel: (604) 822-8399
Same
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University of British Columbia, School of Community and Regional
Planning (Vancouver, British Columbia) – 3 courses
PLAN 548D: Affordable Housing Policy and Planning (Graduate)
Hardly a day goes by that we are not faced with an image of a homeless person, either
in the media or in our daily lives. Homelessness is the manifestation of a complex set of
factors, one of which is a lack of affordable housing. This course will provide an
introduction to affordable housing policy and planning and explore key issues related to
the current practice of affordable housing planning and policymaking primarily at the
local level. Federal, provincial and municipal level housing policies and programs are
examined in historical perspective. Present day issues and challenges are explored
such as homelessness and affordability including links with sustainability. Planning for
affordable housing involves many stakeholders and jurisdictions with diverse interests
ranging from the local and regional (density, land supply) to the provincial (housing,
health, mental health, addictions), and the federal (taxation, homelessness, Aboriginal
affairs). The private sector is increasingly playing a role. Although typically associated
with senior levels of government, addressing issues related to affordable housing and
homelessness are increasingly falling to municipal governments where the issue is most
visible.
http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/plan548d
PLAN 561: Urban Development Market and Financial Analysis (Graduate)
This course provides a thorough introduction to financial analysis and market analysis
for urban development projects and for applications in urban/regional planning. The
course emphasizes quantitative analysis of the market forces that shape the growth and
development of urban areas and that determine the potential for, and viability of, new
urban development projects. The course examines the application of financial analysis
to understanding the impacts of development levies, density bonusing, and community
amenity contributions. The course also teaches tools for forecasting and analyzing
urban development patterns as well as basic and advanced techniques in financial and
market analysis.
http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/courses/urban-development-market-and-financial-analysis
Planning 583 – Housing Policy (Graduate)
This is a dynamic and interactive course that introduces students to the broad spectrum
of policy and design issues related to housing in Vancouver. Students benefit from the
instructor's experience as a Senior Planner in the City of Vancouver responsible for the
planning of the downtown peninsula and the False Creek area. Course Objectives are:
to explore the meaning that you ascribe to the following: home, house, housing and
neighbourhood; to become familiar with housing policy and the preparation of housing
policy documents; to explore the meaning of affordable housing as well as redefining it
within the current thinking associated with sustainability and the challenges posed by
climate change; to provide students with an understanding of the history of local,
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provincial and federal policies and initiatives addressing housing issues since 1900,
including the introduction of zoning and general or master plans and community
planning initiatives at the local level and senior government policies addressing
affordable housing issues; to understand the importance of community and
neighbourhood planning, urban design and community amenities and their role in
achieving liveable and sustainable neighbourhoods and housing; to explore current
housing issues and identify policy options for: Sustainable housing and
neighbourhoods; Alternative forms of housing (including medium and higher density
housing, “live/work” housing); Strategies for the provision of modest market and
affordable market rental and owner-occupied housing as well as housing for special
needs populations such as those with substance abuse, mental health and other health
issues; The role the public realm in the design and provision of housing; and to consider
design issues related to housing families at high densities, mixed-use developments
and supportive housing; and to increase understanding of housing and neighbourhood
issues, policy options and design solutions through walking tours and thereby
understand the three dimensional and experiential implications of neighbourhood and
housing policies.
http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/plan583
Location Address:
School of Community & Regional Planning
#433-6333 Memorial Road
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2
Tel: 604-822-3276
Fax:604-822-3787
Same
Simon Fraser University – 1 courses
Simon Fraser University, Urban Studies Program
(Vancouver, British Columbia) – 1 courses
For course outlines, please go to:
http://www.urban.sfu.ca/current_students/course_outlines
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URB 620-4: Urban Communities And Cultures (Graduate)
This course will explore the social construction of lives, cultures and communities in
urban and suburban settings. Its point of departure is provided by recent ethnographic
investigations that seek to take account of not only the structural features of cities, but
also the varying everyday practices that people devise in attempts to shape more or
less satisfying lives within complex locales. A continuing search for identity, sociality
and community lies at the heart of urban and suburban experiences, juxtaposed to the
mundane tasks of obtaining livelihoods and making homes. The broad but critical
definitions of "community" and of "culture" to be developed in this course oblige us to
take account of the processes by which individual lives may be reconciled with
participation in formal and informal groups, including occupational, residential, lifestyle,
life-cycle, gendered, ethnic and recreational communities.
Location Address:
Simon Fraser University
2100 - 515 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5K3
Tel: 778-782.7914;
Fax: 778-782.5297
Same
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