THUNDERBIRD
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FOCUS AREA
Dr. Glenn R. Fong
Area Coordinator for International Studies
fongg@t-bird.edu
Mike Low
Associate Director, Career Management Center
lowm@t-bird.edu
International Development
International Development
Core Curriculum
International Studies courses
IPE
(1st trimester)
RBE
(2nd trimester)
CCC/GN (3rd trimester)
Accounting
Finance
Management
Marketing
ID Focus Area
GF5806
GF5701
GF5741
GF4790
GF5720
GF5804
GF5882
GF4390
Winterim/Internship
International Development
Course offerings
1 Strategies in DevelopmentFSpSu
2 Global Competitiveness in HighPerformance EconomiesFSpSu
3 Technology Policy & International
CompetitivenessFSp
4 Country Risk ManagementFSpSu
5 Regional Economic AgreementsF
6 Conflict Management and Social
ChangeFSu
7 International Business EthicsFSpSu
8 Managing ProjectsFSpSu
Sample Topics
• Rural development
in Kenya
• Industrialization in
Brazil
• IT development in
Taiwan
• Economic transition
in Eastern Europe
• Sustainable
development in
China
International Development
Plus Winterim offerings
On Campus
Asia-Pacific Rim Management
Project Management & Microfinance
Off Campus
Managing in the ‘New’ Europe
South African Emerging Market
US Foreign Economic Policy (DC)
International Development
Course offerings
√ 1 Strategies in Development
√ 2 Global Competitiveness in
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High-Performance Economies
3 Technology Policy &
International Competitiveness
4 Country Risk Management
5 Regional Economic
Agreements
6 Conflict Management and
Social Change
7 International Business Ethics
8 Managing Projects
Other ID programs
American University
Columbia
Harvard
Georgetown
George Washington
Johns Hopkins . . .
International Development
T-Bird Core Curriculum
International Studies courses
IPE
(1st trimester)
RBE
(2nd trimester)
CCC/GN (3rd trimester)
Accounting
Finance
Management
Marketing
Other ID programs
American University
Columbia
Harvard
Georgetown
plus ID Courses
George Washington
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Johns Hopkins . . .
International Development
Career Opportunities
1 Multilateral organizations
World Bank, UN Development Programme
2 National Governments
US Agency for International Development, Thailand Ministry of
Finance, Japan International Cooperation Agency
3 Regional Banks
Inter-American Development Bank, African Development Bank
4 Non-Governmental Organizations
Overseas Development Council (US), Institute for
Development Studies (UK)
5 Private Consulting and Financial Services Firms
McKinsey, Citibank, JP Morgan, Moody’s Investor Services
International Development
Job Listings
http://www.developmentex.com/job_opport
unities/opp_summary.asp
http://www.eldis.org/news/jobs.htm
http://sdgateway.net/jobs/ *
International Development
International Development web resources:
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htm
http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/INOR/deibert-guide/section_2.html
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.html
http://www.devdir.org
http://www.idn.org
http://www.developmentgateway.org
http://sdgateway.net
http://www.developmentex.com
http://www.enterweb.org
http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html
http:// www.sidw.org
International Development
T-bird and ID
• 50 year history of T-birds doing great things in ID
• The School now organized for concerted ID effort
» focus area curriculum
» CMC
» alumni outreach
» T-bird student organizations
» current students as continuing pioneers
for further information:
Mike Low
Dr. Glenn Fong
Career Management Center
MTB faculty profile
lowm@t-bird.edu
fongg@t-bird.edu