Requirements

Requirements for an Emerging Markets Specialization

Professor Dorothy Sobol

Office Hours: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: Room 519, Nitze Building
E-mail: dsobol@jhu.edu; dmsobol1@aol.com

1. Students electing to complement their regional concentration with an Emerging Markets specialization
must fulfill the requirements of their geographic specialization in one of the following regional studies programs:

  • Africa
  • Middle East
  • Western Hemisphere / Latin America
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Asia: China / South Asia / Southeast Asia

Please Note:

  • In addition to satisfying the requirements for these programs (typically six courses), students must take two courses in regional studies programs outside their area of concentration.
  • Some programs may allow students to take one of their six required courses outside their regional concentration. Students should consult with their regional program directors.

2. To complete the Emerging Markets specialization, students must select as their two international economics electives courses - those required beyond Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Trade Theory and International Monetary Theory - relating to the Emerging Markets.  Examples of such courses include:

  • Asian Economic Development
    (320.728.20*)
  • Case Studies in International Financial Transactions
    (380.763)
  • Development and Economic Growth in East Asia and Latin America
    (320.750)
  • Economic Growth and Development
    (320.734)
  • Financial Globalization, Currency Crises and the Emerging Markets
    (400.820)
  • Financial Sector Developments and Reform in Emerging Markets
    (400.819)
  • Financial Sector Reform and Development
    (380.776)
  • Financing Development
    (320.726)
  • Foreign Trade and Capital in Economic Development
    (320.742)
  • Global Financial Markets and Institutions
    (380.840)
  • Global Investment Management
    (380.772)
  • International Financial Markets
    (380.722)
  • International Monetary System
    (300.718 & 300.718.20*)
  • Introduction to Economic Development
    (320.724 & 320.724.20*)
  • Microeconomics of Development
    (320.731)
  • Multinational Corporate Finance
    (380.761)
  • Private Equity in Developing Countries
    (380.778)
  • Project Finance
    (380.834)
  • Theories and Models of Economic Development
    (320.715.20*)
  • Topics on Growth and Development
    (320.735)
  • Trade Policy in Transition and Development
    (320.738)

*Note: courses with a “.20” extension are offered in Bologna