Master of Science in Economics & Master of International Affairs Combined Degree (MS ECON-MIA)
Master of Science in Economics & Master of International Affairs (Combined)
Curriculum | Concentrations | Courses | Admissions
Students begin the combined program in the Department of Economics where they will enroll in ECON graduate courses for their first year (fall 1, spring 1, and summer 1), completing 24 credit hours and an optional internship.
In the second year, if admitted to the MIA, students enroll in the Bush School to complete 24 credit hours of MIA courses consisting of two core courses, three electives toward an International Development & Economic Policy (IDEP) track concentration, three electives toward a second concentration in any area, an internship or language immersion (0 credit), and a foreign language proficiency exam in a second language.
Students complete the remaining requirements for the MS ECON degree in the fall semester of their third year (ECON capstone and 3 ECON electives) and the remaining requirements for the MIA degree in the spring semester of their third year (four MIA electives and MIA capstone if ECON capstone is not int’l affairs related).
What follows is a suggested sequence of courses to fulfill the requirements for the degree. Students will construct their own schedules as they see fit to meet these requirements.
| YEAR 1 – FALL (WITH ECON) |
– ECON 607
One MIA core (3 hrs)
– BUSH 631
Two ECON/ECMT electives (6 hrs)
| YEAR 1 – SPRING (WITH ECON) |
– ECON 611
– ECMT 674
Two ECON/ECMT electives (6 hrs)
– ECON 614 (double counts as MIA elective INTA 630)
– ECON 617 (double counts as MIA core INTA 608)
| YEAR 1 – SUMMER (WITH ECON) |
| YEAR 2 – FALL (WITH BUSH SCHOOL) |
− INTA 606
One ECON core (3 hrs)
− ECMT 673 (double counts as BUSH 635 in MIA)
Two MIA concentration/electives (6 hrs)
| YEAR 2 – SPRING (WITH BUSH SCHOOL) |
| YEAR 2 – SUMMER (WITH BUSH SCHOOL) |
| YEAR 3 – FALL (WITH ECON) |
– ECMT 675 (may double count towards INTA 670 capstone if topic is international affairs related)
Three ECON electives (9 hrs)
| YEAR 3 – SPRING (WITH ECON) |
One MIA core capstone, if needed (3 hrs)
– INTA 670 (if ECON 675 was not int’l affairs related)
| DOUBLE COUNTED COURSES |
ECON 614 = INTA 630 ECON 675 = INTA 670 (if ECON 675 capstone is int’l affairs related)
Bush School MIA Concentrations
MS ECON-MIA students must pursue the International Development and Economic Policy track within the MIA portion of the program and a minimum of two concentrations that will enable them to focus their studies on areas of interest. One concentration must come from within their track. The other concentration may be chosen from any area, or students may choose to create their own concentration.
Basic Concentration Requirements: Every MS ECON-MIA student must pursue two MIA concentrations consisting of three courses each. One concentration must within the IDEP track, but the second concentration can be in any approved area.
Double-Counting the Same Course: Many courses are listed in more than one concentration. Only one cross-listed course can be double-counted. Furthermore, if a student elects to use a required course (e.g., quant methods) as one of the three courses in a concentration, then no cross-listed course may double-count.
Student-created Concentrations: A student may petition with their faculty advisor to create a unique concentration. Only one course in that concentration may be INTA; the other two must be from other departments. A student petition must include the syllabi of outside courses, together with confirmation that the course will be offered within the next academic year and that it’s open to Bush School students. A petition must also state how the proposed set of courses will contribute to the student’s intended career plans.
Credit for Undergraduate Courses: Some departmental courses listed in the concentrations are at the undergraduate level (300-500 numbers). A Bush School student may include one undergraduate level course in a concentration, provided that the instructor of the proposed UG course agrees to assign additional graded work beyond that required of undergraduates, so that the course can qualify as graduate credit. The arrangement needs to be established before the first meeting of the course.
International Development & Economic Policy Track Concentrations
Conflict & Development – faculty coordinator Prof. Reyko Huang
*CORE COURSE: Students must take one of either INTA 635, INTA 647, OR INTA 648
INTA 632 Advanced Economic Development
INTA 635 Great Famines * (core)
INTA 636 Int’l Development in Theory and Practice
INTA 640 Politics & Practice of Democracy Promotion
INTA 644 Post-Conflict Recovery and Development
INTA 645 Women and Nations
INTA 647 State-Building & State Failure in the Developing World* (core)
INTA 648 Contemporary Civil Wars* (core)
INTA 659 Transnational Security
INTA 671 Political Economy of the Middle East
INTA 689 SPTP African Politics
INTA 689 SPTP Women & Armed Conflict
INTA 701 Women, Int’l Dev, & Environmental Conflict
INTA 703 Clientelism in the Developing World
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations
INTA 720 Human Trafficking
PSAA 610 Comparative Public Admin & Mgmt
Foreign Economic Policy – faculty coordinator Prof. Raymond Robertson
INTA 625 International Trade Policy
INTA 630 International Economic Development
INTA 641 Globalization, Workers, & Development
INTA 694 Economic Restructuring in Latin America
ACCT 647 Financial Statement Analysis
ECON 617 Economics of International Firms
International Economic Development– faculty coordinator Prof. Ren Mu
INTA 616 Economic Development in China
INTA 630 International Economic Development
INTA 632 Advanced Economic Development
INTA 635 Great Famines
INTA 636 Int’l Development in Theory & Practice
INTA 640 Politics & Practice of Democracy
Promotion
INTA 641 Globalization, Workers, & Development
INTA 644 Post Conflict Recovery and Development
INTA 645 Women and Nations
INTA 671 The Political Economy of the Middle East
INTA 689 The Politics of Immigration
INTA 694 Economic Restructuring in Latin America
PSAA 636 Grant and Contract Management
HLTH 607 International Health Issues
PLAN 623 Development & Planning in Dev
Countries
Pandemic Preparedness & Disaster Response– faculty coordinator Prof. Andrew Natsios
INTA 635 Great Famines, War, & Humanitarian Aid
INTA 689 Agricultural Bioterrorism
INTA 702 Infectious Diseases in Developing World
(core)
INTA 705 Bioterrorism
TBD Outbreak: A One Health Field Investigation
ENTO 635 Vector-Borne Disease Mgmt & Response
in Human & Animal Systems
PHEB 615 Disaster Epidemiology
Women, Peace, & Security Studies– faculty coordinator Prof. Valerie Hudson
INTA 625 International Trade Policy
INTA 641 Globalization, Workers, & Development
INTA 644 Post-Conflict Recovery and Development
INTA 645 Women & Nations (core)
INTA 659 Transnational Security
INTA 670 Capstone for WPS conc (INTA 645 prereq)
INTA 689 Special Topics in Women, Peace & Security
INTA 689 Classic Readings in Feminist IR/ POLS
INTA 689 Women & Armed Conflict
INTA 701 Women, Int’l Dev, & Enviro Conflict
INTA 720 Human Trafficking
TAMU courses that may also count w/ permission:
COMM 634 Communication & Gender
EHRD/WGST 634 Gender & Education
EHRD/WGST 349 Feminist Pedagogy
ENGL/WGST 680 Theories of Gender
HLTH 634 Women’s Health
LAW 652 Gender & the Law
POLS 660 Diversity in Politics
POLS 673 Seminar in Gender & Politics in
Comparative Perspectives
SOCI/WGST 610 Reproduction, Birth, & Power
SOCI/WGST 661 Sociology of Gender
WGST 650 Gender & International Education
Other courses may be approved w/ permission
Other MIA Concentrations
American Diplomacy & Foreign Policy – faculty coordinator Prof. Hennessey-Niland
*CORE: Students must take either INTA 603 or INTA 613, but both are recommended
INTA 603 American Diplomacy* (core)
INTA 609 International Law
INTA 613 Diplomatic Negotiations* (core)
INTA 640 Politics & Practice of Democracy Promotion
INTA 646 Foreign Policy Analysis
INTA 674 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
INTA 689 Foreign Affairs and the Constitution
INTA 689 Indo Pacific
INTA 704 American Grand Strategy
INTA 711 Briefing Tradecraft
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations
INTA 721 History, Strategy, & American Statecraft
MGMT 639 Negotiations
Cyber Policy– faculty coordinator Prof. Gary Brown
INTA 689 Internet Infrastructure: Platforms and Politics
INTA 706 Cyberspace Implications for Nat’l Security
INTA 708 Data Science for Policy Analysis
INTA 712 Non-technical Intro to Cyber (core)
ISTM 645 IT Security Controls
INTA 713 Advanced Cyber Policy
PSAA 608 Cybersecurity Issues & Operations
CSCE 702 Law and Policy in Cybersecurity
ISTM 635 Business Information Security
ISTM 655 Security Management & Compliance
Grand Strategy & Defense Policy – faculty coordinator Profs. John Schuessler and Jasen Castillo
*CORE: Students must take INTA 623, INTA 631, OR INTA 704 as a core course
INTA 617 Deterrence and Coercion
INTA 620 International Security
INTA 623 Grand Strategy* (core)
INTA 631 US Military Policy (core)
INTA 645 Women and Nations
INTA 646 Foreign Policy Analysis
INTA 648 Contemporary Civil Wars
INTA 650 National Security Law
INTA 654 Military Strategy
INTA 659 Transnational Security
INTA 661 NATO: Military Alliance to Collective Security
INTA 665 National Security and Defense Planning
INTA 672 East Asian Security
INTA 674 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
INTA 676 International Politics of the Middle East
INTA 689 DoD: An Instrument of National Power
INTA 689: War or Peace in the Space Domain
INTA 704 American Grand Strategy* (core)
INTA 706 Cyberspace Implications for Nat’l Security
INTA 711 Briefing Tradecraft
INTA 714 Defense Intelligence
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations
INTA 721 History, Strategy, & American Statecraft
HIST 634 Maritime History and Sea Power
HIST 645 Modern Military History
NUEN 650 Nuclear Non-proliferation
Intelligence as an Instrument of Statecraft– faculty coordinator Prof. Gregory Vogle
INTA 650 National Security Law
INTA 652 Role of Intelligence (core)
INTA 657 Terrorism in Today’s World
INTA 659 Transnational Security Issues
INTA 689 Covert Actions
INTA 696 Analytical Tradecraft
INTA 700 Counterintelligence
INTA 705 Bioterrorism
INTA 706 Cyberspace Implications for Nat’l Security
INTA 710 Intelligence Collection Systems
INTA 711 Briefing Tradecraft
INTA 712 Non-Technical Introduction to Cyber
INTA 714 Defense Intelligence
INTA 718 Counter Terrorism Financing
International Law & Organizations– faculty coordinator Prof. Ron Sievert
INTA 612 US Law and Homeland Security
INTA 650 National Security Law
INTA 657 Terrorism in Today’s World
INTA 689 Foreign Affairs and the Constitution
INTA 705 Bioterrorism
INTA 706 Cyberspace Implications for Nat’l Security
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations
PSAA 604 Emergency Mgmt & Homeland Security
PSAA 605 Homeland Security
PSAA 608 Cybersecurity for Managers
PSAA 640 Energy and Security Policy
PSAA 655 Domestic Intel Operations
PSAA 656 Fundamentals of Homeland Security
PSAA 660 Domestic Terrorism
PLAN 616 Analyzing Risk/Hazard & Public Policy
PLAN 649 Org & Community Resp to Crisis & Disasters
China & Indo Pacific – faculty coordinator Prof. William Norris
INTA 616 Economic Development in China
INTA 621 Chinese Foreign Policy
INTA 672 East Asian Security
INTA 673 Chinese Domestic Politics (core)
INTA 689 Indo Pacific
INTA 689 China Study Abroad (odd years only)
INTA 709 China’s Military
TAMU courses that may also count w/ permission
COMM 460 Gender, Media, & Modernity in East Asia
COMM 663 Media Studies/China
HIST 481 Twentieth Century China
HIST 639 Readings in Asian History
HIST 647 Research Seminar in Asian History
HIST 689 Politics and Culture in Modern China
SOCI 463 Gender in Asia
SOCI 689 Population and Society of Modern China
Europe– faculty coordinator Prof. Gabriela Marin Thornton
INTA 655 Nationalism, Immigration, & Terrorism in the European Union (core)
INTA 661 NATO: Military Alliance to Collective Security
INTA 686 Russia and International Politics
INTA 689 The Politics of Immigration
INTA 689 Eurasian Security
HIST 402 History of Modern Germany from 1815
HIST 403 History of Nazi Germany
HIST 405 History of the Holocaust
HIST 410 Russian History to 1801
Latin America– faculty coordinator Prof. Aileen Teague
INTA 689 Latin America and the War on Drugs
INTA 694 Economic Restructuring in Latin America
INTA 716 Latin American Democracy & Development
INTA 719 US-Mexico Relations
INTA 689 The Politics of Immigration (on a case basis)
TAMU courses that may also count w/ permission:
HIST 441 Mexican History since 1821
HIST 615 Colonial Latin America
HIST 617 Latin America: The National Period
POLS 423 US-Latin American Relations
POLS 624 Regional Seminar: Latin American Politics
POLS 650 Grad Seminar in Latin Am Political Philosophy
SOCI 402 Sociology of Latin America
Middle East – faculty coordinator Prof. Mohammad Tabaar
*CORE COURSE: Students must take either INTA 604, INTA 671, OR INTA 676
INTA 604 Politics of Contemporary Mid East* (core)
INTA 668 Politics and History of the Arab Spring
INTA 689 Understanding Terrorism
INTA 671 Political Economy of Middle East* (core)
INTA 674 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
INTA 675 Religion and Politics in Iran
INTA 676 Int’l Politics of the Middle East* (core)
INTA 707 The Politics of Egypt
