Curriculum

The 40-credit M.A. program in International Trade and Investment Policy includes:

A Core Field (15 credits) that provides a fundamental understanding of international economics from a multidisciplinary perspective. The core includes a quantitative methods requirement to ensure the ability to analyze economic data (see below).

A Major Field (12 credits) that allows students to specialize and develop marketable skills in one of the following three areas:

• International Economic Policy Analysis
• International Business
• Development Economics

Elective course work (12 credits) provides students a further opportunity to develop skills and expand knowledge necessary to succeed in a competitive world. For example, students can use these credits for additional study in accounting and finance, economic analysis, history and political science courses focused on a region, foreign language study (up to 6 credits) or special one-credit skills courses (up to 3 credits)

A capstone course (1 credit) in the final spring semester of the program tests students' abilities to address a policy problem using the skills and knowledge acquired in their program of study.

A language proficiency requirement in a modern foreign language. The ability to communicate across cultures in more than one language is a distinguishing and expected skill of the international affairs professional. Therefore, completion of the M.A. in International Trade and Investment Policy requires a demonstrated oral and reading proficiency in a modern foreign language.

Students must have completed intermediate micro- and macroeconomics theory courses prior to receiving the International Trade and Investment Policy degree.

Last updated: 03.26.08