Faculty Advisors: Nezar AlSayyad, Teresa Caldeira, Robert Cervero, Michael Dear, David Dowall, Ananya Roy, AnnaLee Saxenian (on leave as dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Information)

The International and Comparative Planning field provides grounded knowledge of international development planning and key international actors. It establishes a rigorous theoretical framework for studying the political economy of global change at multiple scales ranging from the urban neighborhood to supra-national institutions. To this end, it teaches transnational and comparative methodologies of analysis that are relevant to all sectors of planning.

Course Requirements (three from the following list)

CY PLAN 219: Comparative International Topics in Transportation (Spring, 3 units)
CY PLAN 231: Housing Policy in the Developing World (if offered, 3 units)
CY PLAN 270: Regional and Urban Development Strategies in the Developing World (Spring, 3 units)
CY PLAN 271: Development Theories and Practices (Spring, 3 units)
CY PLAN 275: Comparative Analysis of Urban Policies (Fall, 3 units)