The IPS Master of Arts program requires two years of full-time study and 90 units are required to graduate. During the first year students will undertake a broad range of courses designed to build a foundation from which to grow. This includes the core courses, policy courses, one writing and rhetoric seminar, and a course in international economics. Students are also expected to take the gateway course for their area of concentration during year one. During the second year students will focus on their area of concentration, of which there are seven options:

• Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law
• Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources
• Global Health
• Global Justice
• International Negotiation and Conflict Management
• International Political Economy
• International Security and Cooperation

Each of the concentration areas is designed and guided by a major international policy research center on campus. Students will benefit greatly from the opportunity to work with these centers and Stanford’s world renowned faculty. In addition to the concentration courses in the second year, the spring semester will include a practicum. For this, students will apply their skills in a small-group setting to provide solutions to current global issues.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

• Core Courses – 4 units
• Policy Skills – 36 units
• Writing and Rhetoric Seminar – 5 units
• International Economics – 5 units
• Concentration Gateway – 5 units
• Concentration Electives – 25 units
• Practicum – 10 units

TOTAL – 90 units

Additional Program Details (see also attached 'Degree Requirements' below)

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

IPS students must show proficiency in a foreign language in order to graduate. Such proficiency can be demonstrated by:

1. Three years of university-level course work in a foreign language; or
2. Passing an oral and written proficiency examination before graduation

PREREQUISITE COURSES

Prior to matriculating into the program all prerequisite coursework must be completed. The following is a list of prerequisite courses:

• Macroeconomics - (Stanford equivalent – Econ 51.Economic Analysis II)
• Microeconomics - (Stanford equivalent – Econ 52.Economic Analysis III)
• International Economics - (Stanford equivalent – Econ 165.International Economics)
• Calculus-based Statistics - (Stanford equivalent – Econ 102A.Introduction to Statistical Methods (Postcalculus) for Social Scientists –OR- PoliSci150A. Political Methodology I)

For information on the Stanford equivalent courses please visit http://bulletin.stanford.edu. Select “School of Humanities and Sciences” and then the appropriate department.

It is recommended that you include information on prerequisite coursework with your application if the titles of the courses you took are not a close match.