Training future planners and development professionals to advance balanced and sustainable development. Grounded in rigorous research, strategic planning, and innovative development approaches.
Credit Hours
Concentrations
MSc. Program
The field of Regional Science, with its interdisciplinary approach encompassing economics, regional planning, urban planning, geography, public policy, and environmental studies, offers a unique and vital lens for examining these complex development challenges. By integrating spatial analysis, economic modelling, and policy evaluation, regional science provides the tools and frameworks necessary to design and implement sustainable development strategies.
Seen as a means of planning at the regional level, equitable distribution of development efforts and benefits, national integration of the economy, and a collective approach to the extreme imbalances and disparities between regions and Social groups, regional planning assumed prominence in the strategies of many third-world countries, including Liberia.
In 1983, the University of Liberia, in its wisdom, established a master’s degree program in Regional Planning, one of the interdisciplinary elements in Regional Science.
Strategic questions as to where to locate development projects, how to evaluate or appraise them, how to distribute them in geographic space, who participates in development efforts and decisions, and what are the distributive impacts or consequences of the existing and/or proposed production activities and their spatial arrangement occupied the thoughts of regional planners.
These development issues called for research designed to contribute to the development of new concepts and alternative approaches to regional planning as well as the training of professionals in the field of regional planning and other related disciplines that can critically assess the responsiveness of regional planning methods, strategies, and techniques to their own and other regions. In light of these concerns, the program of Regional Planning is a discipline of study.
Course requirements for this discipline are defined by specified and complementarily structured courses for the first and second years of the program.
These courses are grouped under the following headings:
i. Core Courses
ii. Prerequisite and
iii. Specialty Option
iv. Master’s Thesis
Graduate tuition at the University of Liberia is per credit hour. Liberian students pay $75.00USD per graduate credit hour; foreign students pay 100.00 per graduate credit hours.
Tuition is payable in full at the time of registration, unless otherwise specified. There will be no refunds, credits, or reduction of charges for courses not attended, or withdrawals after (3) three weeks of classes.
The Graduate School is recognized as one of the outstanding sub-regional centers for graduate education, research, and services. We work with faculty, staff, students, administrators, the community, and partners to promote and support the development and success of our graduates as they prepare to address the complex issues facing them in society and discover meaning in their own lives.
The mission of the University of Liberia Graduate School is to serve as a center of Teaching, Research, Learning and Service. It is to provide graduate education opportunities that enable students to develop knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional goals and provide leadership and service to their communities and the world.
Graduate tuition at the University of Liberia is per credit hour. Liberian students pay $ 75.00 USD per graduate credit hour; foreign students pay 100.00 per graduate credit hour.
Tuition is payable in full at the time of registration, unless otherwise specified. There will be no refunds, credits, or reduction of charges for courses not attended, or withdrawals after (3) three weeks of classes.
Tuition Fees
Credit hour: USD $75.00
Registration fee per semester: USD $150.00
Community Engagement & Partnerships
Fostering meaningful, equitable, and sustainable collaborations with local, national, and international institutions.
We recognize the transformative power of partnerships and community engagement. At IBBSIS, we actively collaborate with government agencies, diplomatic missions, civil society organizations, and international entities to co-create solutions to contemporary global issues. Through academic exchange, joint research, and collaborative programming, our students gain invaluable exposure to real-world international affairs.
The school organizes public lectures, policy discussions, and media engagement activities to foster dialogue on pressing issues in governance, diplomacy, and global development. At the national level, we actively collaborate with think tanks, corporations, and public agencies to incorporate applied knowledge into our curriculum and research.
Curriculum/ Course offerings
Program Structure
A minimum of 58 credit hours is required for graduation. All other requirements concerning successful completion of the prescribed course of study in the Graduate Studies Program of the University of Liberia, as specified by the Graduate Studies Committee, remain valid for this program.
SPECIALTY OPTIONS
Each student is expected to select any two of the courses in the specialty options, depending upon his/her interest, capability, and experience, to fulfill his/her specialization requirement.
Prerequisite Courses
Credits for these courses do not count towards the credit requirement for a master’s degree in Regional Planning. They are, however, essential prerequisites for successful performance in the program. A waiver may be obtained by examination.
| Course | Code |
|---|---|
| Quantitative Techniques for Planning | REPL. 501 |
| Economic Analyses for Planning | REPL. 503 |
| Spatial Organizations and Planning | REPL. 505 |
| YEAR 1 SEMESTER I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Description | Cr/Hrs |
| REPL 507 | Regional Devt. Planning Process and Methodology | 3 |
| REPL 509 | Resource Analyses for Regional Planning | 3 |
| REPL 511 | Regional Devt. Theory and Practice | 3 |
| REPL 513 | Community Organization and Social Planning | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| YEAR 1 SEMESTER 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Description | Cr/Hrs |
| REPL 514 | Transportation Planning | 3 |
| REPL 516 | Regional Resources Allocation and Project Evaluation | 3 |
| REPL 518 | Urban and Regional Economics | 3 |
| REPL 520 | Techniques of Regional Development Analysis | 3 |
| REPL 522 | Research Methods in Planning | 3 |
| Total | 15 | |
| YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Description | Cr/Hrs |
| RPEL 601 | Regional Devt. Policy | 3 |
| REPL 603 | Urbanization & Regional Development | 3 |
| REPL 607 | Rural Devt. Planning | 3 |
| REPL 615 | Environmental Planning & Management | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Description | Cr/Hrs |
| REPL 620 | Planning Law & Administration | 3 |
| REPL | SPECIATY/ELECTIVE | 3 |
| REPL | SPECIATY/ ELECTIVE | 3 |
| REPL 628 | MASTER’S THESIS | 6 |
| Total | 15 | |
The program runs for two years for full-time students, and applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
A candidate must be a graduate of an approved university
Must have obtained a GPA of 2.8 or its equivalent
Students are required to submit the following:
Our faculty comprises esteemed academics, public servants, diplomats, and policy experts with decades of experience in teaching, Regional Development Planning, Regional Development Policy, and Urbanization and Regional Development. Their research and professional insights shape national and regional policy and enrich student learning.
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| Adjunct Lecturers of Regional Science |
|---|
| Assoc. Prof. Laleva B. Kortimai. Bsc., MSc., MPSM., LLB |
| Moses A. Massah. BSc., MSc. |
| Dephue Y. Zuo. BSc., MA., MSc. |
| Dr. Yusuff M. Sarnor, BSc., MSc., PhD |
| Dr. John Kerkula Foeday, BA., MA., PhD. |
| James K. Mulbah. BSc., MSc. |
| E. Baysama Seville. BSc., MA., MSc. |
| George Ishiekwene, BSc., MSc., PhD. |
| Tinatus Calvin Kollie, BSc., MSc. |
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