CONCENTRATION Students concentrating in International Development (IDEV) must complete Microeconomics (B- or greater) prior to entering SAIS through either SAIS Summer or Part-time/Non-Degree Programs, SAIS Pre-Term or the SAIS waiver exam. Students must take a total of 7 IDEV approved courses and must choose an IDEV Track. At least one of those courses, aside from the Gateway course, must have a course number starting with the prefix SA.400.XXX: Optional Specializations In addition to satisfying the above IDEV academic requirements, IDEV students can opt for a specialization in Emerging Markets, which is administered through the IDEV Program, and/or one of the specializations offered through the SAIS International Economics Program: Development Microeconomics, Economic Policy, or International Finance, as appropriate for their IDEV track. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS All candidates for the MA degree must complete a concentration in the field of International Economics by taking 4-6 economics courses at SAIS. For the two SAIS elective economics courses, IDEV students must take one course in either the Development Microconomics or Finance categories AND must take either a statistics course or, if having passed the SAIS statistics waiver exam, one of the econometrics courses. The following courses will NOT fulfill the constrained IDEV economics requirements: Multinational Corporate Finance, Financial Derivatives and Risk Management, Global Investment Management and Global Business Strategy. CORE COURSES All SAIS students must pass 2 core exams and/or courses. IDEV concentrators must pass Comparative National Systems as one of their core requirements prior to the start of their third semester. If the other core is not completed by the start of their final semester, the student must enroll in a core course. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY MA candidates must pass exams to demonstrate proficiency in a language taught at SAIS. International students whose native language is not English may use English as their proficiency language. All non-native English speakers are required to pass an English placement exam upon entering SAIS. CAPSTONE IDEV concentrators must complete ONE of the following capstones: 1. IDEV Oral Exam with an IDEV examiner and an economist 2. MA Oral Exam (to compete for honors—if eligible) A total of 16 courses taken for credit are required for the SAIS MA degree (unless a student has advanced standing or is in a dual-degree program). PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS BY ACADEMIC YEAR (AY) AY 2010-2011 Entering Class
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