Political Science

MIDA Program Requirements (Fall 2008 and later)

The Master of International Development Administration degree requires 42 semester hours of post-graduate courses with at least a "B" grade point average. These are usually completed with 14 three credit hour courses.

Keiko Takei ('05) in her office at the World Bank.

Requirements

Five Core Courses
Two Development Analysis courses
Two Tools and Skills courses
One course in International and Comparative Studies
Three courses in one of six Areas of Concentration (9 credit hours)
One approved elective course

Required Core Courses (15 hrs.)

PSCI 5320 - Administration in Developing Countries
PSCI 6330 - Comparative National Development Strategies
PSCI 6360 - Seminar: Development Methods and Skills
PSCI 6380 - Planning Development Programs
PADM 6270 - Human Resources Administration

Development Analysis (6 hrs.)

Select two:

PSCI 5490 - Gender and Development
PSCI 6300/11 - Monitoring & Evaluation of International Development Projects
PSCI 6440 - Economic and Social Development Theory
ECON 5880 - Economic Development (may substitute ECON 6880 Economic Development I if ECON 5880 is not offered)

Tools and Skills (6 hrs.)

Select two:

PSCI 6910 - Political Analysis I
PSCI 6920 - Political Analysis II
ECON 6010 - Basic Economic Analysis
EMR 6400 - Fundamentals of Evaluation, Measurement and Research
GEOG 5010 - Introduction to GIS (4 credit hours; prerequisite: computer proficiency)
PADM 6040 - Political Economy
PADM 6060 - Applied Research Methods
PADM 6070 - Data Analysis for Administrators
PADM 6080 - Organization Theory and Behavior
PADM 6120 - Principles of Public Budgeting
PADM 6290 - Supervisory Skills for Administrators
PADM 6840 - Management of Public Financial Resources

International and Comparative Studies (3 hrs.)

Select one:

PSCI 6400 - Seminar in Comparative Politics
PSCI 6410 - Foundations of Comparative Politics
PSCI 6500 - Developing Countries Seminar

Concentration Courses (9 hrs.)

Select three within one area

Leadership

PSCI 6490 - Rural Development
COM 6730 - Conflict Resolution
COM 6830 - Power and Leadership in Organizational Communication
EDLD 6020 - Educational Leadership
PADM 6290 - Supervisory Skills for Administrators
PADM 6630 - Leading the Public Organization
PADM 6880 - Program Planning & Proposal Writing
SWRK 6300 - Social Change and Community Analysis (prerequisite: consent of the School of Social Work Director of Admissions)
SWRK 6430 - Leadership and Management in Human Services (prerequisite: consent of the School of Social Work Director of Admissions)

Health Services Management

PADM 6510 - Health Services Delivery
PADM 6520 - Financial Management of Health Organizations
PADM 6530 - Health Policy Analysis
PADM 6540 - Strategic Planning and Management in Health Care Organizations
PADM 6550 - The Administration of Health Services
PADM 6560 - Applied Health Economics
PADM 6580 - Seminar: Current Issues in Health Services Management and Delivery

Public Policy Analysis

PSCI 6460 - Comparative Public Policy
PSCI 6490 - Rural Development
PSCI 6640 - Nature of Political Inquiry and Analysis
PSCI 6910 - Political Analysis I
ECON 6010 - Basic Economic Analysis
GEOG 5570 - Environmental Impacts
PADM 6040 - Political Economy
PADM 6530 - Health Policy Analysis
PADM 6780 - Program Evaluation

Urban and Rural Studies

PSCI 6490 - Rural Development
GEOG 5010 - Introduction to GIS (4 credit hours; prerequisite: computer proficiency)
GEOG 5440 - Studies in Economic Geography (2-3 credit hours)
GEOG 5530 - Water Resources Management
GEOG 5560 - Urban and Regional Planning
GEOG 5570 - Environmental Impacts
GEOG 5700 - Cities and Urban Systems (3-4 credit hours)

Monitoring and Evaluation

PSCI 6300/11 - Monitoring & Evaluation of International Development Projects
EMR 6400 - Fundamentals of Evaluation, Measurement and Research
EMR 6420 or PADM 6780 - Program Evaluation ( for EMR course, prerequisite: EMR 6400)
EMR 6430 - Personnel Evaluation (prerequisite: EMR 6400)
EMR 6450 - Elementary Statistics (prerequisite: EMR 6400)
EMR 6500 - Survey Research (prerequisite: EMR 6400)
EMR 6520 - Evaluation Practicum
EVAL 6000 - Foundations of Evaluation
GEOG 5570 - Environmental Impacts

Planning and Nonprofit Management

EMR 6400 - Fundamentals of Evaluation, Measurement and Research
GEOG 5560 - Urban and Regional Planning
PADM 5830 - Grant Writing for Nonprofit Organizations (2 credit hours)
PADM 6290 - Supervisory Skills for Administrators
PADM 6430 - Budget Development and Accounting for Nonprofit Organizations
PADM 6441 - Human Resources for Nonprofit Organizations
SWRK 6270 - Planning in Nonprofit Organizations (2 credit hours)
SWRK 6670 - Program Planning (prerequisite: consent of the School of Social Work Director of Admissions)

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