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PBPL 177 - Housing Policy

Course Description This course offers students an introduction to affordable housing policies in the United States. After briefly tracing the history of public housing in the United States, the course will familiarize students with the key policy tools available to build, maintain, and preserve affordable housing.

PBPL 236 - U.S. Census Data and Policy Studies

Course Description This graduate-level course addresses in depth the census data as the primary resource for analyzing local and regional changes. The course emphasizes the application of census data to various areas of public policy, including health, immigration, economy, education, and housing.

GEOG 4560 - Introduction to Python Programming

Computational skills of practitioners are in increasing demand in contemporary research in analytical geography. Advances in spatial data analysis have also largely outpaced the capabilities of standard statistical software. At the same time, the …

GEOG 5550 - Advanced Geographic Information System

This course aims to improve students’ spatial thinking skills through advanced GIS topics in spatial analysis, three-dimensional (3D) analysis, and network analysis.

GEOG 5560 - Application Development with Python Programming

Computational skills of practitioners are in increasing demand in contemporary research in analytical geography. Advances in spatial data analysis have also largely outpaced the capabilities of standard statistical software. At the same time, the …

Workshop on Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL

A unique feature of this tutorial is the use of Python based software tools for spatial data analysis. Python is an object oriented scripting language that is gaining rapid adoption in the computational sciences. Since its initial release in July …