| Course | Title | Description | Credits |
| URP5342 | Advance Planning Problems | Involves team study of specialized planning problems. Requires teams of students to select problems to which the planning process can be applied and which require the use of methods and techniques learned in the core program and in a student's specialization. The course, along with the thesis (URP 5971r) or research paper (URP 5910) options, serves as the terminal requirement of the program. | 3 |
| URP5424 | Sustainable Development | Examines various dimensions of the sustainable development paradigm and its local-global policy implications, issues, and controversies with a focus upon North America and Latin America. Organized in three modules: 1) environmental philosophies that have influenced the movement; 2) North American approaches to planning for sustainable development; and 3) critical issues of sustainable development in Latin America. | 3 |
| URP5930 | Urbanization Issues in Panama | Majors only. This course is offered at zero (0) credit hours as an administrative mechanism for insuring that students in the master's program complete a series of professionally oriented field trips, visiting lectures, and workshops. These events are offered throughout the semester. Master's students are required to attend these events over two of the semesters in which they are enrolled in the program. | 3 |
