University of Southern California

Core Courses

Graduate students in Planning are required to take the following eight lecture-seminar courses:

  • Intersectoral Leadership (PPD 500)
  • Economics for Policy, Planning and Development (PPD 501a)
  • Planning Theory (PPD 524)
  • Statistics and Arguing from Data (PPD 525)
  • Comparative International Development (PPD 526)
  • The Social Context of Planning (PPD 527)
  • The Legal Environment of Planning (PPD 529)
  • Planning History and Urban Form (PPD 533)

Concentrations
Students select a 16-unit concentration from the five available concentrations appropriate to their interests in the field. The concentration includes a four-unit gateway course, a four-unit methodology course, and eight other units.

Electives
Students are required to take 16 units of electives, including two additional courses related to a student's concentration.