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.

