Students must complete 7 courses to fulfill the concentration, in addition to Comparative National Systems as one of the core requirements, plus constrained choices on economics courses required for graduation | All students must complete the SAIS intermediate microeconomics
requirement before beginning the program. | | Core Requirement
Comparative National Systems | | 1 Course | Gateway Course
Introduction to Development (first fall semester, first year) | | 3 Courses from one track | Tracks | Finance & Development | Politics & Governance | Human Development (includes Global Health and Development) | | IDEV maintains on its web site a frequently updated list of SAIS courses that satisfy track and regional requirements, some of them are offered are by IDEV itself, and others are offered by other SAIS programs. Click here to view this list. |
| | 2 Courses | Regional Requirement
Two IDEV-approved courses on development in any of the following regions:
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Russia/Eurasia | | 1 Course | Distribution Requirement
1 course from one of the other tracks, or an IDEV tools course. | | | | 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 course from the Development Economics or International Finance categories. Multinational Corporate Finance, Finance Derivatives and Risk Management, Global Investment Management and Global Business Strategy do not count towards fulfilling the IDEV economics requirements.
| | Specializations in Emerging Markets and Development Economics |
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