6. The studies shall cover the following subject areas, with no single subject area necessarily being covered in a separate course:(1) explanatory theories and methods for analyzing urban and rural space;
(2) planning methods and the problematics of development choices;
(3) the drawing up of land use planning and development plans, urban zoning plans and plans of action;
(4) the preparation of capital equipment projects and the evaluation of their effects on the surroundings;
(5) methods for applying urban planning decisions and for setting up programs for development projets;
(6) tools and techniques for spatial observation, interpretation and representation;
(7) spatial analysis models and economic activity location models;
(8) economic and financial analysis techniques;
(9) statistical and forecasting techniques;
(10) methods for optimizing community choices;
(11) the history of urban planning and of urban production;
(12) urban planning law and the laws of local and regional communities;
(13) real estate practices and public land management;
(14) the organization of public utilities and of capital equipment firms;
(15) urban policies of governments and of communities;
(16) environmental protection;
(17) urban planning administration;
(18) housing policies; and
(19) transportation and traffic.