Graduate Certificate in Global Development

The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, School of City and Regional Planning, and School of Economics are offering a Certificate in Global Development. The multidisciplinary certificate is a 12-credit hour program for degree-seeking graduate students and post-baccalaureate students studying on a non-degree basis. The program will provide graduate level introductory exposure to principles and methods of international economic and urban development through courses offered in International Affairs, City Planning, and Economics. Following the certificate, students will be positioned to influence technological, social, and policy decisions in their professions in the global context.

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Certificate Requirements - 12 credit hours

Requirements	Credit Hours
INTA/CP/ECON 6704: Introduction to Global Development	3
CP 6052: Planning Studio or CP 6053: Urban Design Studio or INTA/ECON 6744: Graduate Capstone in Global Development	4 or 3 or 3
Free Electives	5-6

Potential Free Electives

Course	Department
CP 6032: Urban Regional Development	City Planning
CP 6112: Introduction to Land Use	City Planning
CP 6190: Introduction to Climate Change Planning	City Planning
CP 6217: Climate Change and the City	City Planning
CP 6233: Sustainable Development	City Planning
CP 6241: Water Resource Planning	City Planning
CP 6311/CEE6602: Introduction to Transportation Planning/Urban Transport Planning	City Planning
CP 6321: Transportation Planning & Investment	City Planning
CP 6331: Land Use & Transportation	City Planning
CP 6412/ PUBP6600: Economic Development Planning	City Planning
CP 6422: Economic Development Analysis	City Planning
CP 6422: Economic Development Analysis	City Planning
CP 6442: Equity, Justice & Economic Development	City Planning
CP 6514: Introduction to GIS	City Planning
CP 6541: Environmental GIS	City Planning
CP 6570: Socioeconomic GIS	City Planning
CP 6611: Real Estate Finance & Development	City Planning
CP 6612: Community Development	City Planning
CP 6630: Government and Housing Markets	City Planning
CP 6640: Real Estate Development Methods	City Planning
CP 6680: Citizen Participation	City Planning
CP 6831: Urban Infrastructure	City Planning
CP 6834: Urban Design Policy and Implementation	City Planning
CP 6836: Urban Ecological Design	City Planning
CP 8300: Urban and Regional Theory	City Planning
ECON 4415/INTA 8803: Conflict and Security in Developing Countries	Economics
ECON 6330: Urban and Regional Economics	Economics
ECON 6340: Transportation Economics	Economics
ECON 6360: Development Economics	Economics
ECON 6380: Economics of Environment	Economics
ECON 6650: International Economics	Economics
ECON 8803: The World Trading System: Law, Economics and Corporate Strategy	Economics
INTA 6003: Empirical Research Methods	International Affairs
INTA 6202: Comparative Politics	International Affairs
INTA 6302: International Political Economy	International Affairs
INTA 6740: Innovation and the State	International Affairs
INTA/CS 6745: ICT and Global Development.	International Affairs
INTA 6753: Comparative Science & Technology Policy	International Affairs
INTA 8803: Political Economy of Development	International Affairs