Planning school training courses in Atlanta, GA (public, in-house or online)

This program educates the student whose career goal is to be a professional planner. The program requires fifty-five total credit units for graduation. Approximately half of the program consists of required courses, called the core. The core is composed of three substantive streams:
1. planning theory and process, including planning law, institutional analysis, plan implementation, and history and theory of planning;
2. planning methods, including data analysis, computer applications, des...

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This course acknowledges linkages between rural and urban preservation and addresses issues and planning strategies common to both settings. Through readings and extended project work, students are introduced to the philosophy, problems and practical solutions of preservation planning.

This course incorporates concepts of law, economics and planning to provide a holistic analysis of the process by which downtown areas can be revitalized. The course explores the Main Street 4 Point Approach that combines organization, design, promotion, and economic restructuring to accomplish sustainable revitalization of downtowns. The course also considers the effects of current trends in development, such as SmartGrowth and New Urbanism, on the process of downtown revitalization. The course...

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Understanding the composition and quality of spaces in which humans work, interact, play, live and utilize their furniture is the basis of this course. Lectures, exercises and case studies provide students an appreciation of the complexities and nuances of the built environment towards a more meaningful and responsible furniture design process.

Through an understanding of the concepts and calculations necessary for successful merchandising, this course introduces students to the terminology of operating statements, retail method of inventory, planning seasonal purchases, methods of calculating markups, turnover, stock-sales ratios, open-to-buy, markdowns, and terms of sale.