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Courses Instructed at Undergraduate Level

  • Plan 161: Surveying and Cartography

Theory course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Instructed half (cartography part) of the course.

Topics covered: Introduction to cartography, types of maps, component of maps, map composition, qualitative and quantitative data visualization in maps, geodesy and map projection, map analysis, map interpretation, photogrammetry, and global positioning system.

  • Plan 215: Urban Planning Techniques

Theory course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered: Functions, forms, and contents of urban development plan, strategy plan, structure plan, master plan, local area plan, action plan; data and information need for planning, planning techniques applied in different stages of the urban planning process, techniques for urban renewal and upgrading, techniques for land development (land readjustment, site and service scheme, slum upgrading, etc).

  • Plan 293: Statistics for Planners II

Theory course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered: Introduction to hypothesis testing, statistical inferences about means, standard deviations, and proportions, analysis of variance, chi-Square test, nonparametric tests for two and more than two samples.

  • Plan 333: Regional Development Planning

Theory course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered: Definition and types of regions, regionalization and the delineation of planning regions, levels of planning (national, regional, sub-regional and local), need and scope of regional planning, short-run regional analysis (economic base theory, inter-regional trade multiplier, input-output model), long-run regional analysis (sector theory, stages theory, macro-economic models, shift-share analysis), and migration models (Lewis Model, Harris-Todaro model, geographical push-pull model).

  • Plan 343: Traffic and Transportation Study

Theory course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered: Land use and transport interaction, fundamentals of land use and transport planning, traffic and transportation survey (defining the study area and the network, volume study, O-D survey, parking survey, public transport survey, goods traffic survey, employment survey, inventory of physical infrastructure), and cross-sectional elements of roadway. 

  • Plan 345: Transportation Policy and Planning

Theory course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered: Travel demand modeling (trip generation, trip distribution, trip assignment, and modal split), fundamentals of transportation economics, transportation and environment, planning for urban public transportation, non-motorized transport planning and management, and travel demand management.

  • Plan 403: Legal Basis of Planning

Theory course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered:  All contemporary acts, ordinance, laws, and rules in Bangladesh related to planning. 

  • Plan 162: Surveying and Cartography workshop

Sessional course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Topics covered: Studio works related to cartography (map making and composition, spatial data visualization, and map interpretation) and surveying (reconnaissance survey, chain survey, plane table survey, traverse survey, levelling and contouring, total station survey, and drone survey). 

  • Plan 204: Social and Physical Surveys

Sessional course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Topics covered: Social survey: meaning of survey, types of surveys, purpose of surveys and their applications in planning, element of social survey (units, subjects, and spatial coverage), social survey methods, household survey and questionnaire preparation, and social survey data analysis methods.

Physical survey: secondary survey on topography, land level, natural drainage, and slope; primary survey of land uses, transportation network, access ways, utilities and services network, types of structures, age of structures, land values, population density distribution, etc.

Students worked on a project which involved elements of social and physical survey, i.e., questionnaire design and preparation, coding, data collection and analysis as part of their studio work. 

  • Plan 296: Data Analysis with R Programming (Also known as Computer Applications in Planning)

Sessional course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Topics covered: Introduction to R, data preparation (data input, screening, storage, etc.), descriptive statistics, data visualization, parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing, regression modeling (linear and logistic regression), and time series data analysis. 

  • Plan 396: Programming Techniques

Sessional course (2 credit hours, 30 students)

Topics covered: Python: introduction to Python, basic I/O, basic operators, variables and data types, type casting, conditional statements, loops (while loop, for loop), default Python data structures (list, dictionary, set, tuple, string), immutability in Python, functions (parameter passing, returning values, pass by value, pass by reference), exception handling, classes and objects, advanced data structures (linked list, tree, graph), scientific libraries in Python, solving planning problems. Class project on Python.

C: history of C programming, features of C programming, installation, operators, data types, variables, preprocessor directives, control statements, loops, pointers, escape sequence, functions, data structures, union, dynamic memory allocation, sorting algorithms. Class project on C programming.

  • Plan 434: Regional Planning Studio

Sessional course (3 credit hours, 30 students)

Topics covered: Individual or group projects involving application of planning techniques for analyzing problems related to regional development planning.

Courses Instructed at Postgraduate Level

  • Plan 6141: Traffic and Transportation Study

Theory course (3 credit hours, 13 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered: Fundamentals of transport demand and supply; urban form, land use, and transportation interaction; hierarchy of roads, capacity and level of service, transport modes and their characteristics, fundamentals of travel demand modeling (trip generation, trip distribution, trip assignment, and modal split).

  • Plan 6191: Statistics for Planning Analysis

Theory course (3 credit hours, 10 students)

Instructed half of the course.

Topics covered: Probability distributions (discrete and continuous probability distributions: binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions); sampling, sampling design, and sampling distributions; statistical inference (point and interval estimation); simple correlation and linear regression; and population projection (trend line, comparative, ratio method, regression method, cohort survival method).

  • Plan 6291: Multivariate Data Analysis in Planning Research

Two (Theory) + One (Sessional) credits course (15 students)

Topics covered: Introduction to R, nature of multivariate analysis, analysis of dependence (multiple regression analysis, discriminant analysis, canonical correlation, MANOVA), analysis of interdependence (factor analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling), and introduction to machine learning.

Training Offered for Government Officials

  • Training Coordinator and Resource Person, Training on Geographic Information System (GIS) and AutoCAD organized by Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET in collaboration with Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). (2021)

  • Training Coordinator, Training on Interactions between Land Use and Transportation organized by Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET in collaboration with Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA). (2020)

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