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.