EXLUP 8215 - Community Planning Process

Community Planning serves as your gateway to the dynamic world of shaping thriving communities. Over the course, students will explore the foundational principles, strategies, and tools essential for effective community planning. From understanding local needs and fostering engagement to navigating a hierarchy of policies and frameworks, planning with and in Indigenous communities, sustainable development practices, and planning in Indigenous communities, this course aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills to create inclusive, vibrant, and resilient communities

Aimed at professionals in the areas of municipal government planning, development, and bylaw enforcement. Students range from development officers, planning technicians, land use, environmental, and community planners, to resources managers, government officials, consultants, developers, lawyers, zoning administrators, administrators in smaller municipalities, and others involved in planning processes.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• 🗸 Explain what planning is trying to achieve.
• 🗸 Describe the basic elements of land use as understood by planners.
• 🗸 Describe the steps in formulating a plan and the role of values and facts in plan creation.
• 🗸 Identify the basic statutory tools in plan implementation and the legislation as it affects land use planning in Alberta.
• 🗸 Describe the land development process and the role of developers in community development.
• 🗸 Identify key players in the planning process and understand the alternative roles planners can employ in carrying out their work.
• 🗸 Explain and apply fundamental planning skills to development and plan proposals.
• 🗸 Recognize that planning is an evolving profession constantly developing new understandings, tools, and approaches.

• 🗸There is a textbook required for this course. Please see "Section Materials" under the course section.
• 🗸 This course delivery format is bichronous. 100% of course content is delivered online. Students engage in both asynchronous learning, coupled with scheduled synchronous sessions throughout the course. The asynchronous dates course cover course work/assessments in between synchronous sessions and post-course assessments. To view the schedule of the synchronous sessions, click the "view details" link under Schedule and Location on the course section.
• 🗸Bursary opportunities may be available for members of the Alberta Development Officers Association (ADOA).
• 🗸This course is recognized for Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) credits by the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) for holders of the Registered Professional Planner designation.