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PLAN 803Advanced Research Design in Planning

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Planning

PLAN 803 as listed in the Winter 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

A critical examination of research design in planning. This course explores different research paradigms and systems of inquiry and their application to planning. Emphasis will be placed on the connections between ontology, epistemology and methodology that inform research design and selection of methods. The principles for assessing research quality and methodological rigour are discussed.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • PLAN700 - Planning Paradigms and Theory (0.50)
      • PLAN801 - Foundations of Planning Scholarship (0.50)
      • PLAN802 - Advanced Planning Theory (0.50)
    • Enrolled in PhD in Planning

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Check it elsewhere for Winter 2026

Calendar versions

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Older Graduate Calendars

In 12 terms, Spring 2020 to Winter 2024