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Global Urbanization and Regional Development

The global system is everywhere, but increasingly its people and economic output are concentrated in cities. The development of the world’s city-regions, in both developed and emerging economies, is cause and consequence of myriad economic, social and political processes. Students who pursue a certificate in Global Urbanization and Regional Development will understand how solving the problems of city-regions is therefore central to the health of the global system.

A list of previous course offerings can be found here.

Certificate Courses

Spring 2022

UP 232 Disaster Planning and Response

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Winter 2022 | SOCIO M236B – International Migration

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UP 239: Special Topics in Regional and International Development: Urban Politics in Global South

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Management 278A: Urban Real Estate Financing and Investing

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Urban Planning M236B: Globalization and Regional Development

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Winter 2022

Winter 2022 | SOCIO M236B – International Migration

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Winter 2022| URBN PL 239: Special Topics in Regional and International Development: Urban Politics in Global South

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Winter 2022 | URBN PL M236A – Theories of Regional Economic Development

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URBN PL 219: Special Topics in Built Environment: Designing Urban Climate Change Adaptation

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Management 278A: Urban Real Estate Financing and Investing

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African Studies 201A: Africa and the Disciplines

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Fall 2021

Fall 2020 | ANTHRO 249: Critical Study of Migration

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Urban Planning 262: Urban Environmental Problems: Water Resources

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Spring 2021

Sociology M236B | Geography M224: International Migration

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Winter 2021

Winter 2022 | SOCIO M236B – International Migration

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Winter 2021 | URBN PLN 243 – Urban Futures: Space, Ecology, Society

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Winter 2022 | URBN PL M236A – Theories of Regional Economic Development

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MGMT 406 – Global Macroeconomy

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Winter 2022 | SOCIO M236B – International Migration

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Fall 2020

Winter 2022| URBN PL 239: Special Topics in Regional and International Development: Urban Politics in Global South

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Winter 2022 | URBN PL 239: Special Topics in Regional and International Development: Urban Politics in Global South

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Fall 2020 | URBN PL 229 Special Topics in Planning Methods: Professional Development

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Fall 2020 | GEOG 250 – Advanced Topics in Urban Geography

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Fall 2020 | SOCIO 236A: International Migration

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Fall 2020 | ANTHRO 249: Critical Study of Migration

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Spring 2020

UP 239: Special Topics in Regional and International Development: Urban Planning in Mexico

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UP 238: Global Labor Markets

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UP 239: Special Topics in Regional and International Development: Urban Politics in Global South

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MGMT 298D: Special Topics in Management: Global Trends

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MGMT 298D : Special Topics in Management: Evolution and Innovation in Global Mobile Industry

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GEO 248: Advanced Topics in Economic Geography

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Winter 2020

URBN PL 219: Special Topics in Built Environment: Designing Urban Climate Change Adaptation

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MGMT 406: Global Macroeconomy

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SOCIO M236: International Migration

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UP M236A: Theories of Regional Economic Development

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GEO 248: Advanced Topics in Economic Geography

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PP M288, SW M215, UP M231: Governing an Interconnected World

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UP 265C: Food Systems

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Pub Pol C291A: Variable Topics in Public Policy Seminar: Development Economics

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