An overview of the Theories and Concepts of Housing, Review of Housing Policies, the Process of Policy formulation, Mechanism of Implementation, Process of devising housing strategy, Formulation of Standards. Background of Housing Development Institutions, Form and control of Public and Community participation in shaping the Housing Environment, Inter-relationship of housing and other issues, major housing issues, land, labour, materials, techniques, services, finance, Housing Infrastructure, Threshold Analysis.

Role of Finance in Housing; Income, Expenditure and Affordability; Housing Need, Effective Demand and Housing Supply; Housing Cost and Economics of Housing; Investment criteria and Market Forces; Housing Policy and Finance; Housing Finance and Financial Institutions; Grameen Bank; Sources of Housing Finance; Financial Parameters; Savings; Measures to Improve Finance and Affordability.

Development of house through the ages; the pre-urban house; the oriental urban house; the occidental urban house; Rural house in Bangladesh; Influence of socio-technical changes in domestic design; Meaning and purpose of different domestic spaces: Relationship between domestic organization and the house design; Family and house-changing need, adaptation, space appropriation in different stages of family life.

Planning and Design of multi-ownership housing; Economics of housing; the concept of multi ownership; Apartment housing, housing cost and affordability; Investment criteria, Repayment period and rate of interest; Sources of housing finance; Financing cost; Savings; alternative means of housing finance; Land policy and its impact on housing; Land Value; the Role of public and private institutions in providing developed land for housing. Housing co-operatives and its role in supplying built flats/ apartment. Developer-built housing and its cost. Ownership pattern and the legal issues. The salaried group and their affordable limits. Study of developer and cooperative built housing and the assessment of user satisfaction level.

Urbanization characteristic, migration; Urban housing question in relation to the informal sector, (slum, squatters, etc.) Defining the levels and dimensions of poverty. The socioeconomic impact/ implication of poverty in the context of Bangladesh. Poverty alleviation policy; performance of the programme. Income distribution pattern. Relationship between the household expenditure and affordability of lower income population. Urban growth and limitations in relation to the lower income housing problems. Policies for urban land and housing development. Role played by urban development institutions.

Overview of nature, process and considerations of Development Planning, Meaning and theories of development, Approaches to Third World Development, Development Policy and its influence on Human Settlement, Global Issues. Definition and classification of Developing Countries, Diverse structure of Third World, Common Characteristics of Developing Countries. Colonization, Historical perspective of Developing Nations, Impact and consequences of Colonization on the urbanization, settlement pattern, development issues and policies, Neo- colonialism. Growth, Poverty and Income Distribution, Extent and measurement of poverty, Affordability, Impact of poverty and affordability on housing provisions, Policy options. Growth, characteristics and facts in population change and control, Demographic transition, Economics of population and development; Pattern and process of Urbanization and Migration, Housing and social structure, Urban transition in Third World, Expansion, agglomeration and disparities, Effects of urbanization and migration on human settlement pattern and housing. Issues, dimensions and analyses of Unemployment, Informal Sector and Entrepreneurship, Education and human resources, Income generation and poverty alleviation, Savings and credit, Vulnerable groups. Housing for the urban poor, Spontaneous housing, Struggle for land and finance, Housing and Settlement Policy, Housing Rights, Housing and Poverty alleviation. Rural Development, Agriculture transformation, Peasant farming and Rural societies, Role of women, Modernization and adaptation. International Trade and Finance, Third World debt crisis, International flow of financial resources, Resource transfer and aid, Political and economic associations, Role of International funding agencies in housing and urban development.

Introduction to urban studies and housing. Approaches to Urbanism; Urbanism as a way of life, capitalism as a cause of urbanism; urbanism as civic design. The role of Cities, Society and Space; Mode of production and the urban built environment; urban design as uneven development; urbanism and colonialism; Post-colonial urbanism; issues in the urbanism-housing Nexus: urban poverty, co modification of housing; formal-informal sector linkage; housing rights; homelessness; gender; social justice; Colonial and postcolonial profile of South Asian Cities; from dual economics to dual society; Emerging Conditions of Contemporary marginality.

Rural housing as a field of study; rural housing typology and patterns; user par ticipation and other development philosophies; building materials and construction technologies; rural housing in Bangladesh; rural housing and culture; rural housing and environment; settlement patterns and project implementation methods; labour patterns in rural house construction; indigenous construction technologies; innovation in construction; self-help housing; issues related to water-andsanitation and community facilities; financing and funding strategies; preparedness and impact of natural hazards; communicating, disseminating and replicating new concepts.