The Integral Economic Development Management (IEDM) 1-year master's program is the first to develop and implement an integrated and dynamic framework of economic analysis that motivates more effective development interventions, fosters a more appropriate engagement of emerging new technologies and achieves more effective and sustainable outcomes. It designs interventions and develops innovative measures to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of interventions while teaching applied management and economics skills.

As a requirement of the program, all students must choose a geographical area of study and topic of research, and subsequently design a thorough evaluation of a particular program or policy’s impact. Through the applied research project, you take your classroom knowledge into the real world, evaluating the impact of an organization in a given city/country as well as development entities in and outside the United States with the approval and guidance of international development faculty.

credit-hours-300.svg  Credit Hours: 36

tuition.svg  Tuition: $1,250 per credit hour

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The curriculum includes six core courses, four courses in integral development, and two management courses in their own concentration.

  • Core Courses

    • IEDM 501 Accounting and Finance Concepts and Applications (3 credits)
    • IEDM 510 Foundations of an Ethical Integral Social and Economic Development (3 credits)
    • IEDM 540 Integral Economic Development (3 credits)
    • IEDM 543 Applied Econometrics (3 credits)
    • IEDM 546 Experimental Economics (3 credits)
    • IEDM 562 Survey Design (3 credits)

  • Aspects of Integral Development

    • IEDM 520 The Politics of Development Policy (3 credits)
    • IEDM 521 Global Agriculture and Food Security (3 credits)
    • IEDM 524 Global Health (3 credits)
    • IEDM 522 Development aspects of Energy and Environment (3 credits)
    • IEDM 523 Global Education and Community Development Policies (3 credits)

  • Management Concentrations

    • Public Sector: The public sector concentration provides you with the managerial skills and background necessary to effectively implement government-run development programs.
      • IEDM 551 Public Financial Management (3 credits)
      • IEDM 552 International Organizations and Development (3 credits)
    • Private Sector: The concentration in the private sector provides you with the managerial skills and background necessary to effectively implement not-for-profit and business-run development programs.
      • IEDM 550 Program Management (3 credits)
        • IEDM 561 Managing Not-for-Profits (3 credits)
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