Master of Urban Planning
Specialization : International Urban Planning
The International Planning Specialization prepares planners to work with governments, community based NGOs, and international development agencies that work on subnational development in developing countries. The major goals of this specialization are to:
- Give the background needed to work in the particular contexts of developing countries and to deal with the special challenges they face
- Teach students about cities in the developing world, the planning systems and processes that they use, and the skills that are particularly required for planning in less developed contexts
Students specializing in this area have gone on to work for a variety of organizations, such as:
- International Agencies:
- UN Development Programme (Inter-Agency Specialist)
- UN World Health Organization (National Polio Consultant)
- USAID (Turkmenistan Country Director)
- World Bank Institute (Program Officer)
- NGOs and development, relief and advocacy agencies:
- American Cancer Society (Manager Latin American Outreach)
- Church World Service (Associate Director for Latin America)
- International Partnership for Service Learning (Director of Alumni Relations and Development)
- Japan External Trade Organization (Public Affairs Assistant Researcher)
- World Health Solutions (Director Quality Improvement and Middle Eastern Business Development)
Principal Faculty Advisors:
Course List
- Complete four Schoolwide Core Courses (P11.1011, P11.1018, P11.1020, P11.1021)
- Complete five Urban Planning Core Courses:
- P11.1603, Intro to Urban Planning: Practice and Methods (Fall) [Pre- or co-requisite: P11.1011]
- P11.2214 Institutions, Governance, and International Development (Fall/Spring)
- P11.2608, Urban Economics (Fall/Spring) [Prerequisite: P11.1018; pre- or co-requisites: P11.1011]
- P11.2665 Decentralized Development Planning and Policy Reform in Developing Countries (Fall)
- P11.2660, History & Theory of Urban Planning (Fall)
Electives
Students, in consultation with their academic advisors, will fill out the rest of their program with other international electives.
Students will in consultation with their academic advisor fill out the rest of their program with other international electives or urban planning electives.
Capstone
All Capstones begin in the Fall and are completed at the end of the Spring semester. Full-time students who begin in the Spring semester typically need 2 years to complete their degree.
P11.3126/27, Capstone: Advanced Project in International Finance & Planning (International Finance and Urban Planning focus)
Language Courses
While students are encouraged to hone their language skills, language courses cannot be credited toward a Wagner degree. Please view the Wagner Language Courses page for details.
