Bidding

SAIS Bidding Information

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS/RULES

• All bidding communications from SAIS will be sent to your JHU e-mail account (JHEDLID@johnshopkins.edu).  Please make sure to monitor that e-mail account regularly for any messages regarding the bidding process.

•  Students must be registered for the limited, oversubscribed course in order to submit a bid.

•  If you register for a limited course, always have an alternate course selected in case the limited course goes to bid, and your bid is not successful. If you are trying to decide between two classes that meet at the same time during the week of online add/drop, excuse yourself from one to visit the alternate.

• Second year MA students do not need to bid on courses in their concentration unless the course is oversubscribed just with second year MA students and MIPP affiliates within that concentration.  REVIEW the Bid page to determine if you need to bid.

• Dual concentrators are given priority only in their "primary" concentration. All courses are identified with programs by the first three numbers of the course. If the course is cross listed, only those students in the program identified by the first three numbers will be considered having priority.

• No priority is given for International Economics courses.

• Affiliated MIPP students get priority seating in 1 course within their affiliated program beyond a required foundation course.  They must bid on all other enrollments.  See MIPP FAQs for information on bidding benefits and applicable programs.

• At least one MIPP student who bids will be accepted into a limited enrollment course where entry to the class is determined by bidding.

• Please review "Understanding SAISbids" section below for general information on the bidding process.

Spring 2013 Bidding Special Rules

SA.400.820 Financial Globalization, Currency Crises & Emerging Markets with Professor Sobol will go to bid in Round 2.  No bidding priority applies.

 SA.660.779 American Intelligence: Role Practice and Impact with Professor McLaughlin, priority seating for 2^nd year Strat Studies and MIPP affiliates

SA.680.782 China's International Energy Policy with Professor Kong, priority seating for 2^nd year ERE and China Studies students

SA.680.783 Agriculture - Global Issues with Professor Thompson, priority seating for 2^nd year ERE and IDev students

SA.750.734 The Rise of India and China with Professors Andersen and Bottelier, priority seating for 2^nd year China Studies and South Asia students

SA.755.712 Covert Action & Foreign Policy in Asia with Professor Wise, priority seating for 2^nd year Asia Studies students

SA.765.702 Contemporary Korea in Historical Perspective with Professor Merrill, priority seating for 1^st and 2^nd year Korea Studies students

SA.765.703 Challenges of North Korea with Professor Suh, priority seating for 1^st and 2^nd year Korea Studies students

SA.860.777 Resistance: Islamic Revival and Jihadist Terrorism with Professor Pecastaing will go to bid in Round 1, priority seating for 2^nd year Middle East Studies students and MIPP Affiliates

SA.860.784 Behavioral Sociology of Conflict with Professor Pecastaing will go to bid in Round 1, priority seating for 2^nd year Middle East Studies students and MIPP Affiliates

Spring 2013 Course Enrollment Report

A report on registration numbers for limited enrollment courses will be updated regularly throughout the week leading up to bidding. 

Click HERE to view the latest report.

Submit a bid by clicking HERE!

****IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING 2013 BIDDING****

 UNDERSTANDING SAISbids

SAISbids is used at both the Washington and Bologna campuses of SAIS. MA students receive 1000 points entering their first semester and 100 additional points after each successfully completed full-time semester (4 courses). MIPP students receive a total of 1100 points and Ph.D. students receive a total of 1300 points. Points may be used to attempt enrollment in oversubscribed courses each semester a student is at SAIS. Students who are registered for oversubscribed limited-enrollment courses may use some or all of their bid points to attempt to gain entry to the class. The class is filled by those bidding the highest number of points. If a student bids and gains entry into a class, those points are deducted from their total bid points. No points are deducted if a student is unsuccessful. Students who registered for courses that went to bid but did not submit a bid are treated as having bid zero points. If two or more students have the same bid at the cut-off of enrollment, then a lottery is used to determine which of these students will be enrolled in the class. Students who bid more than their available points will not gain entry to the class.

To bid on more than one course, you must access the bid form separately for each bid. If the total number of points you bid for all bids exceeds your total bid point balance, all of your bids will be disregarded. Furthermore, only bids from JHU email addresses will be considered, so please make sure that your JHU address is activated.

§  Example 1: A first-year MA2 student used 400 points during the fall semester to gain entrance to a class. That student currently has 1000+100-400=700 points available to bid.

§  Example 2: An MIPP student who has completed one semester at SAIS was assigned 1100 points upon entry to the MIPP program. That student bid 200 points during that first semester to gain entry to a class, but was not successful. Therefore, this student did not use those 200 points and still has the 1100 points available for future bids.

§  Example 3: A second-year student attended her first year at the SAIS Bologna Center.  That student did not bid on any courses in Bologna during her tenure.  As an MA3 student, she has 1000+100+100=1200 points available to bid this semester.

§  Example 4: A student enters SAIS as an MA1 and during his second semester he is accepted to a dual-degree program. Upon entering his third semester, he is now an MA4.

BALANCED ENROLLMENT ECONOMICS CLASSES

The foundation economics classes of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Trade Theory and International Monetary Theory are generally offered in multiple sections each semester. The goal is to have relatively balanced enrollment between the sections of the same course. Bidding may be necessary to preserve balance in enrollments.  If balancing is necessary, then bidding will occur in Round 1.  

Any foundation economics class that goes to bid for the purpose of balancing enrollment will have an enrollment limit set across all sections, and any section that meets that limit will be closed to further enrollments.

PAST BIDDING REPORTS

NOTE- Clearing prices for past terms are provided so that students can see the relationship between clearing price and excess demand for a course section.  Past results do not represent a specific bid amount that will ensure entry into a class.  Clearing prices vary from term to term and year to year depending on demand. These reports are provided as a tool for students to weigh their bidding options.

Click on the appropriate term below to view the bidding report:

• Fall 2012
• Spring 2012
• Fall 2011
• Spring 2011
• Fall 2010
• Spring 2010
• Fall 2009
• Spring 2009
• Fall 2008
• Spring 2008
• Fall 2007
• Spring 2007
• Fall 2006
• Spring 2006
• Fall 2005