Master's Programs

The USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) educates and trains leaders who can create multi-disciplinary approaches to the challenging and complex issues of governing, managing and building contemporary urban communities. SPPD's professional master's degree programs join theory with practice and emphasize experiential and professional learning. Graduate-level students have considerable latitude to design their own programs in order to pursue their specialized areas of interest and further their professional development.