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MA: International Development
Advisement Worksheet – 39 or 42 Hours
Name:
Course No.
AU ID:
Course Name
1st Term:
credits
semester/grade
Core Classes (12 to 15 Credit Hours)
International Development (3)
SIS.637
ECON.603
Intro. To Economic Theory (3) Note: May be waived. Will reduce program to 39 hours
Micropolitics of Development (3)
SIS.636
Survey of Economic Development
ECON.661
↓Choose ONE of the Following.
Population, Migration and Development (3) F
SIS.533
Children in International Development (3) F
SIS.624
Health in Developing Countries (3) S
SIS.635
Rural Development (3) S
SIS.635
Urban Development (3) S
SIS.635
Community Development (3) S
SIS.635
Global Economy and Sustainable Development (3)
SIS.650
Hours Transferred from Non-Consortium Universities (max. 6 credit hrs.)
Courses:
Concentration (15 Credit Hours) (Note: Can include a maximum of 6 credits of SIS.638 Skills Institutes at 1 credit each, including Elective)
Name/Description:
Elective (3 Credit Hours) (May be used for skills institutes, internship for credit, as part of the Master’s Thesis requirement, or any other
elective course.)
Research and Professional Methods (6 Credit Hours)
SIS-600
Int’l Affairs Stats/Methods (3)
A 2nd Approved Methods Course* (3) Title:
*See List of Approved Courses on reverse side
Capstone (3 Credit Hours)
SIS-795
OR SIS-793
OR SIS-797
Substantial Research Paper – SRP (3) (Students must meet with an ID faculty
member’s SRP group which are only available in fall & spring, NOT summer)
Faculty:
Practicum (3)
Faculty :
Thesis (3-6) (Recommended: 3 additional Thesis credits as Elective above)
Faculty:
Foreign Language Certification: Semester Fulfilled:
Language:
Internship Requirement:
Semester Fulfilled:
Faculty Advisor:
Advisor Signature: ____________________________(Date) ____
*Students are responsible for ensuring that all requirements are met.*
SUGGESTED CONCENTRATIONS (WITH SUGGESTED COURSES) FOR MAID:
All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise indicated. Note: F=Fall; S=Spring; X=Summer Semester
Community Development
SIS.533 Population, Migration & Dev (F)
SIS.635 Community Development (S)*
SIS.635 Rural Development (F)
SIS.635 Urban Development (S)
SIS.638 Skills Institutes – 1 credit hr. each**
SIS.648 Women & Development
SIS.649 Environment & Development (S)
SIS.624 Children in Development
ACCT.607 Accounting
EDU.642 Training Program Design (F)
EDU.649 Non-formal Education & Dev
PUAD.614 Development Management (S)
Conflict, Peacebuilding and Dev
SIS.516 Peacebuilding in Divided Societies
SIS.517 Gender & Conflict (S)
SIS.536 Complex Emergencies (F)
SIS.540 Conflict & Development (F)
SIS.596 Transition from War to Peace
SIS.603 Peacebuilding & Dev Institutes
1-3 credit hrs. (X)
SIS.606 Culture, PCR: Alternatives to Violence
SIS.609 Conflict Analysis & Resolution
SIS.610 Conflict, Violence & War (S)
SIS.619 NGOs and Conflict Resolution
SIS.639 Skills Institutes IPCR-1 credit each**
SIS.624 Children in Development
Development Economics
This is an applied economics concentration
taught and supervised in partnership with the
Department of Economics. Please see alternate
advisement sheet. This concentration has
different core and concentration requirements.
Development Management
SIS.635 Community Development (S)
SIS.635 NGO Mgmt: Best Practices (S)
SIS.638 Skills Institutes – 1 credit hr. each
SIS.651 Managing Economic Policy Reform (F)
ACCT.607 Accounting
MGMT.633 Leading People & Organizations
PUAD.604 Public Program Evaluation
PUAD.612 Public Admin in Policy Process (F)
PUAD.613 Admin of International Programs (F)
PUAD.614 Development Management (S)*
PUAD.617 Project Management (S)
PUAD.633 Financial Aspects in Public Mgmt
Development Policy
SIS.539 Comp Dev Strategies (S)
SIS.616 International Economics
SIS.626 Social Policy & Development
SIS.651 Managing Economic Policy Reform*
SIS.650 Global Econ & Sustainable Dev’l
ECON.552 Economics of Transition (S)
ECON.555 Econ Dev of Latin America (F)
ECON.665 Program Evaluation
ECON.552 Econometrics
EDU.648 Educ and Dev: Sector Analysis (S)
PUAD.602 Methods of Problem Solving II
PUAD.604 Public Program Evaluation
PUAD.606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD.607 Econ & Politics of Public Policy
PubH 271 Int’l Health Policy Analysis (S)
Economic Development
SIS.650 Global Econ & Sustainable Dev
SIS.651 Managing Economic Policy Reform
ECON.500 Microeconomics
ECON.501 Macroeconomics
ECON.522 Econometrics
ECON.552 Economics of Transition (S)
ECON.555 Econ Dev of Latin America (F)
ECON.662 Development Microeconomics (F)
ECON.663 Development Macroeconomics (S)
ECON.665 Project Eval in Dev Countries
ECON.696 Successful Developing Countries
ECON.788 Seminar in Economic Development
→Development Finance courses such as:
ECON.631 Development Finance and Banking
ECON.635 International Capital Markets (F)
→International Trade courses such as:
ECON.671 International Economics: Trade (F)
ECON.672 Int’l Economics: Finance (S)
Health & Development
SIS.536 Complex Emergencies
SIS.626 Social Policy & Development
SIS.648 Women & Development (F)
SIS.624 Children in Development
SIS.696 International Health and Development
EDU.649 Non-formal Educ & Development (F)
George Washington University Courses
Education & Development
SIS.626 Social Policy & Development
SIS.696 Children in Development
EDU.631 Fundamentals of Mging in Educ Orgs
EDU.642 Training Program Design (F)
EDU.647 Global/Cult. Educ & Training (S)
EDU.648 Education & Dev: Sector Analysis (S)
EDU.649 Non-formal Educ & Development (F)
EDU.693 Personnel & Program Eval
EDU.713 Adv. Training Program Design
International Communication
SIS.633 IC Skills Institutes – 1 credit each**
SIS.640 International Communication
SIS.642 Cross-Cultural Communication (F)
SIS.643 Pol Econ of Int’l Communication
SIS.644 Comm & Social & Econ & Dev (S)
SIS.645 Int’l & Comp Comm Policies (F)
SIS.646 Info Systems & Int’l Comm (S)
COMM.512 Social Documentary
COMM.548 Global Journalism
Environment & Development
SIS.513 Computer Apps in IR Research
SIS.541 Systems Analysis (S)
SIS.649 Environment & Development (S)*
SIS.650 Global Econ & Sustainable Dev’l
SIS Courses on global environmental issues
ECON.579 Energy, Econ & Environ (S)
PUAD.614 Development Management (S)
PUAF.743. Ecological Economics (UMD)
International Political Economy
SIS.584 Transnational Crime and Globalization
SIS.589 Global Political Economy
SIS.616 Int’l Economics in Open Economies
SIS.650 Global Econ and Sustainable Dev
SIS.651 Managing Economic Policy Reform
SIS.673 Comparative Political Economy
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
SIS.632 Microfinance
SIS.638 Skills Institutes – 1 credit hr. each
ACCT.607 Accounting
MGMT.661 New Venture Management (F)
MGMT.662 Small/Grow Co. – 1.5 credit hrs.
MGMT.663 Family Business – 1.5 credit hrs.
MGMT.664 Entrepreneurial Leadership
MKTG.612 Marketing Management
Gender Studies & Development
SIS.517 Gender and Conflict (S)
SIS.533 Pop, Migration & Development (F)
SIS.635 Social Policy & Development
SIS.596 Globalization & Human Rights
SIS.648 Women & Development (F)*
SIS.624 Children in Development
ANTH.543 Anthropology of Development (F)
SOCY.635 Race, Gender, and Social Justice (S)
SOCY.670 Gender, Family and Work
Globalization and Development
A full list of courses can be found at
www.american.edu/sis/idp/maid.html
SIS.617 Globalization and Human Rights*
SIS.650 Global Econ & Sustainable Devel*
SIS.533 Population, Migration & Development
SIS.559 Globalization Research Seminar
SIS.584 Transnational Crime and Globalization
SIS.587 Globalization, Power, and Production
SIS.589 Global Political Economy
SIS.651 Managing Economic Policy Reform
ECON.552 Economics of Transition
ECON.635 International Capital Markets
SOCY.550 Stratification: Socio-econ Inequality
Governance & Democracy
SIS.519 Political Risk Analysis
SIS.539 Comparative Dev Strategies (S)
SIS.540 Conflict and Development (F)
SIS.546 Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Identity
SIS.619 Corruption, Democracy, and Dev
SIS.626 Social Policy & Development
SIS.647 Governance, Demo and Dev*
SIS.672 Theories of Comp & Int’l Studies
SIS.676 Sel Topics in Cross-National Studies
ECON.619 Comparative Econ Systems
PUAD.608 Comp Administrative Systems (S)
Students may add regional-specific courses as
appropriate
NGOs & Development
SIS.603 Mgmt of Non-Profit NGO - 1 credit (X)
SIS.619 NGOs and Conflict Resolution
EDU.642 Training Program Design (F)
EDU.713 Advanced Training Program Design
PUAD.680 The Nonprofit Sector (F)
PUAD.681 Managing Nonprofit Orgs (S)
George Mason University Courses
Social Entrepreneurship
PUAD.681 Managing Nonprofit Orgs (S)
SIS.628 Social Entrepreneurship
SIS.635 Corp. Social Responsibility (F)
SIS.635 NGO Mgmt: Best Practices (S)
SIS.644 Comm, Social & Econ Dev (F)
SIS.638 Social Entrep: Private Sctr Skills
Children/Youth in Development
SIS.696 Children in Development
SIS.619 Youth in Development
SIS.696 Youth and Conflict
SIS.648 Women and Development
SIS.635 Health and Development
EDU.649 Non-Formal Education and Dev’l
SIS-628 Social Entrepreneurship
*Strongly Suggested
**Most Skills Institutes are appropriate for ID Concentrations,
the concentration can include a total 6 credits of skills institutes.
Other Areas of Concentration: may be designed following
consultation with a member of the IDP faculty as these
concentrations are suggestions only. Consult your faculty and
academic advisors. Additional concentrations can be found on
the MSDM advisement worksheet. Once an area is selected, a
summary description with the approved list of courses should be
attached to this form.
Approved for 2nd Level Research Methods
SIS.513 Comp Applications in IR Research
SIS.541 Systems Analysis (S)
SIS.596 Case Study Methods
SIS.634 Field Survey Research Methods (S)
SIS.635 Program Evaluation (S)
SIS.646 Information Systems & IC (S)
ACCT.607 Accounting
ANTH.550 Ethnographic Research Methods (F)
ANTH.552 Anthro Research Methods (S)
ECON.523 Applied Econometrics I
ECON.524 Applied Econometrics II
ECON.665 Project Eval in Dev’l Countries
PUAD.602 Methods of Problem Solving II
PUAD.604 Public Program Evaluation