Students who specialize in this area examine strategies for regional and national development planning as practiced in other countries. Recommended electives cover a myriad of topics including urbanization, qualitative research methods, rural development, ethnography, foreign languages, and strategies of economic development. International development planners work to promote sustainable growth and development in currently developing nations and to improve the rapport between cooperating and/or competing nations.
Students in the International Development specialization are required to complete 5 courses. These courses include the 3 required courses listed below and 2 electives chosen from the recommended elective list or similar courses in the university.
Required Courses
For international development methods, choose one of the following:
- PLAN713 Economic Development Planning Methods
Recommended Methods Courses
- PLAN702 Social Science Research
- PLAN704 Economic Analysis for Planners
- PLAN712 Planning Methods and Techniques
Recommended Electives (Choose Two)
- PLAN713 Economic Development Planning Methods
African-American Studies (15-093-)
- 508 Seminar on African History
Anthropology (15-091-)
- 504: Ethnographic Models
Economics (15-080-)
- 575: Economic Development
- 838: Economic Development in the Third World
Sociology (15-090)
- 704, 5, 6 Intermediate Social Statistics
- 840: Qualitative Research Methods
Women's' Studies (15-083-)
- 564: Women and Development