International Studies in Planning Concentration

Graduates find positions as policy analysts and project managers in national and international development agencies, government foreign assistance programs, and NGOs.

Students probe urban, regional, and international development processes and their implications for the lives and livelihoods of people in diverse international contexts. Students critically assess international development policies and analyze the design and implementation of programs that reflect a commitment to environmental sustainability, economic vitality, and social justice.

With this course of study, students use the tools of economic and social analysis to:

• Plan, implement, and evaluate international urban and regional development projects
• Incorporate race, class, and gender equity concerns in international development practice
• Design programs and policies that contribute to environmental sustainability
• Foster broad and meaningful participation in development programs
• Build organizational capacity to design and execute successful projects and programs.

 

International Studies in Planning (ISP) is organized around three interrelated themes–cities and urbanization, the organization of space at urban, regional, and global levels, and international development projects, programs, and policies. Three sets of students typically enroll in ISP or ISP-related courses: international students, U.S. students interested in international careers, and others with general interest. Most students concentrating in ISP affiliate with an area-studies program on campus and work overseas in winter or summer breaks on research or projects. ISP offers spring semester international internships in its Rome program.

Students completing this concentration may wish to select courses from the following lists:

introductory courses, CRP electives, and other electives. Most courses are focused on development in lower-income countries but others take a global perspective on topics across a range of countries.

• CRP 6700 Regional Planning and Development in Developing Nations

• CRP 6720 International Institutions

• CRP 6750 Project Planning in Developing Countries

• CRP 6760 Latin American Cities

• CRP 6790 Infrastructure in the Third World

• CRP 7770 Theories of Development and Under Development

• CRP 6102 Economics of Financial Crises

• CRP 6120 Devolution, Privatization, and the New Public Management

• CRP 6150 Current Issues and Debates on NGO's

• CRP 6390 Regional Economic Impact Analysis

• CRP 6210 Quantitative Techniques for Policy Analysis and Management

• CRP 6490 International Real Estate

• CRP 6507 Transportation and Society with Special Reference to Africa

• CRP 6710 Seminar on International Planning

• CRP 6740 Urban Transformations in the Global South

• CRP 6770 Issues in African Development

CRP Courses with Some International Content

 

• CRP 6111 Immigrant Entrepreneurship

• CRP 6504 Comparative Urban Development: The European Case

• CRP 6503 Comparative Land Use Policy

• CRP 6590 Suburbia

Other Electives

Students should consult with CRP faculty and the appropriate area-studies program. Courses are likely to be in the following fields: Development Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations, Government, Anthropology, and Applied Economics and Management. Be sure to consult the website of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Faculty

I. Azis, Katia Balassiano, K. Beneria, J. Chusid, K. Donaghy, W.Goldsmith, M. Gonzalez., A. Karriem, N. Kudva, D. Lewis, P. Olpadwala, A. Sanchez, S. Schmidt, M. Warner, M. Tomlan, C. Lai