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Concentration in Urban and Regional Economic Development Policy
 Economic Development Courses

The economic development concentration may be pursued at the MS and PhD levels. Two core courses in the graduate economic development concentration are offered. These courses are taught collaboratively with Georgia Tech's City Planning Program.

  • PUBP 6600 - Foundations of Economic Development Planning and Policy (co-taught as CP 6412). This introductory gateway course is offered in the Fall Semester.

  • PUBP 6602 - Economic Development Analysis and Practice (co-taught as CP 6422). Offered in the Spring semester.

Students may then take additional courses in particular interest areas in economic development in the School of Public Policy, the City Planning Program, other Georgia Tech units, or at Georgia State University. Available courses include:

  • PUBP 6604 Methods of Urban Policy Analysis and Practice

  • PUBP 6415 Technology, Regions, and Policy

  • PUBP 6606 Urban Development Policy (co-taught as CP 6452)

  • PUBP 8550 Advanced Urban and Regional Economic Development Policy (doctoral capstone)  

  • CP 6432 Industrial Restructuring and Its Planning Implications

  • CP 6442 Equity, Social Justice, and Economic Development

  • CP 6611 Principles of Real Estate Finance and Development

  • CP 6351 Transportation and Economic Development

  • ECON 6330 Urban and Regional Economics

  • ECON 6360 Development Economics

  • GSU PAUS 8321 Economic Development Planning (Georgia State University)

  • GSU ECON 8600 Economics of Development (Georgia State University - recommended pre-req: microeconomics with some optimization)

  • GSU ECON 9330 Regional Economics (Georgia State University). Note pre-requisites. Taught every two years.

  • PUBP 8801 Special Problems (individual directed reading or special courses aligned to student interests)  

  • Professional Paper or Thesis on an Economic Development Topic

Other related courses of interest to those studying economic development include Public Finance, Labor Economics, Science and Technology Policy, and Housing Economics and Policy. Special topic courses and seminars are also offered in Public Policy and other schools. Recent examples have included seminars on industrial modernization (offered via the internet), industrial restructuring, and regional economic development in Japan.

Students can customize the electives they take in the economic development field, and also combine their interests in economic development with other concentrations.  

Masters students. Sample concentration schedule for masters (MSPP) students:

Year 1: Fall

Spring

Summer

Year 2: Fall

Spring

MSPP Core Course Requirements (25 hours)

PUBP 6600

PUBP 6602

Summer Internship

PUBP 6415

 

Professional Paper or Thesis

Electives

Electives

 

Electives

Electives

Doctoral students would typically take PUBP 6600, PUBP 6602, PUBP 8550, an advanced elective, directed reading, and a special economic development field examination (offered in Spring and Fall semesters). See also: