7 courses total to complete the concentration, plus Comparative National Systems as one of the core requirements, plus constrained choices on economics courses required for graduation
| All students must complete SAIS microeconomics
requirement before beginning the program. | | Core Requirement
Comparative National Systems | | 1 Course | Gateway Course
Introduction to development (first semester, first year) | | 3 Courses | Tracks | Finance & Development | Politics & Governance | Human Development | | IDEV maintains on its Web site a frequently updated list of SAIS courses that count for each track, some of them offered by IDEV itself, and others offered by other SAIS programs. Click here to view this list. |
| | 2 Regional Courses | Regional Requirement
Two IDEV-approved courses on development in any of the following regions:
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Russia/Eurasia | | | Constrained Choices for Filling the SAIS Economics Graduation Requirements | | - Statistics, or econometrics if you have waived out of statistics (econometrics is required for Dev Econ specialization).
- 1 from the Development Economics or International Finance categories.
| | Specializations in Emerging Markets and Development Economics - A specialization requires a total of six courses related to emerging markets, with a minimum of two courses from the regional programs and two courses from the economics program.
- The Development Economics Specialization is administered by the International Economics Program.
- Students in the Finance and Development and Politics and Governance tracks are strongly advised to add a specialization appropriate to their field of study, in consultation with their advisor.
| | 1 Course | Distribution Requirement
1 course in one of the other tracks, or an IDEV tools course. |
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