INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Program Committee: D.D. Gow (Director), J. Brinkerhoff, E. Chacko, G. Lambright, B. Miller, T. Nagpal, I. Sud
Master of Arts in the field of international development studies—The Elliott School of International Affairs offers a multidisciplinary program leading to the Master of Arts in the field of international development studies. The program provides students with a background in international development with a focus upon a discipline or issue.
Prerequisite: the admission requirements stated under the Elliott School of International Affairs and a bachelor's degree including introductory microeconomics, a course in statistics, and at least two years of study of a modern foreign language.
Required: the general requirements stated under the Elliott School of International Affairs. The program requires 40 credit hours, with a thesis option. Students qualify to write a thesis if they meet requirements stated under Thesis Option in the Elliott School section of this Bulletin.
The program requires core, analytical, and concentration courses and a capstone course abroad in the last semester. Students take a sequence of four core courses together as a cohort. In addition, the program requires one course in each of the following four areas: policy analysis, research methods, management, and economics.
In consultation with the program director, students propose a set of six courses in a selected issue or discipline. Major issues and disciplines that constitute international development studies include culture, society, and development; economic development policy; humanitarian assistance; international business; international development management; international education; international health; natural resources and the environment; political science; and women and development. (Subjects may be proposed in addition to those shown here.) Lists of many applicable courses are available from the Elliott School; with approval, additional pertinent courses may be chosen. Students are expected to demonstrate that their proposed program has some intellectual integrity as well as internal logic.
All students must demonstrate oral and reading proficiency in a modern foreign language. Language course credit does not apply toward the degree. | 
