丁香园AV

School for International Studies | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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This full-time 12 month program, leading to a Master of Arts (MA) in International Studies, consists of seven courses that are completed over three consecutive terms. The duration of the program may be extended with the approval of the senior supervisor and graduate chair/director. Courses will be dependent upon which course stream a student is completing. These are

• stream 1 - International Development
• stream 2 - Governance and Conflict
• stream 3 - Latin American Studies

丁香园AV Requirements

Normally, to be considered for admission, applicants must have a bachelor's degree with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 from a recognized university, preferably in an arts or social sciences discipline. In addition, the School also requires a statement of research interest. Applicants seeking entry into the Latin American Studies stream must provide proof of reading and speaking competence in Spanish or Portuguese. At the discretion of the graduate program committee, proof of competence in another language spoken in Latin America and the Caribbean may be accepted. Those admitted with other credentials or those with arts degrees who in the judgment of the Graduate Chair are without adequate foundation in the social sciences may be required to make up any deficiency without receiving graduate credit for those courses. Students are admitted for commencement of studies in the fall semester only.

Application Requirements

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Program Requirements

1. Extended Essays Track

Students complete a minimum of 30 units, including at least 24 units of coursework and two extended essays (6 units). Each extended essay should be approximately 8,000 words. The options are writing a policy briefing (or policy briefings), a review essay (or review essays), or some other type of writing focused on synthesis and analysis, rather than original research.

Stream 1 International Development

• IS 800 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice (4)
• IS 801 Institutions, Policies and Development (4)
• IS 802 Political Economy of Development (4)
• IS 830 Analytic Approaches for International Studies (4)
• IIS 880 MA Extended Essays (6)

and two elective courses subject to approval of the graduate chair or director.

Stream 2 Governance and Conflict

• IS 800 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice (4)
• IS 806 State Failure and Reconstruction: Comparative Perspectives (4)
• IS 830 Analytic Approaches for International Studies (4)
• IS 840 Perspectives in International Studies (4)
• IS 880 MA Extended Essays (6)

and two elective courses subject to approval from the graduate chair or program director.

Stream 3 Latin American Studies

• IS 800 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice (4)
• IS 815 Theories of Latin American Development (4)
• IS 830 Analytic Approaches for International Studies (4)
• IS 835 Social and Political Change in Latin America (4)
• IS 880 MA Extended Essays (6)

and two elective courses subject to approval from the graduate chair or program director.

2. Thesis Track

Students complete a minimum of 30 units, including at least 20 units of coursework, the thesis prospectus course (2 units) and the thesis course (8 units). The thesis prospectus (IS 886) should be comprised of 3,000 words and should lay out a research question, the relevant scholarly literatureand propose a method for conducting the research. Students will then research and write a thesis (IS 898) of between 14,000 to 16,000 words. The thesis will be the result of original research and will be designed with the goal of producing a publishable article.

Stream 1 International Development

• IS 800 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice (4)
• IS 801 Institutions, Policies and Development (4)
• IS 802 Political Economy of Development (4)
• IS 830 Analytic Approaches for International Studies (4)
• IS 886 MA Thesis Prospectus (2)
• IS 898 MA Thesis (8)

and one elective course subject to approval of the graduate chair or director.

Stream 2 Governance and Conflict

• IS 800 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice (4)
• IS 806 State Failure and Reconstruction: Comparative Perspectives (4)
• IS 830 Analytic Approaches for International Studies (4)
• IS 840 Perspectives in International Studies (4)
• IS 886 MA Thesis Prospectus (2)
• IS 898 MA Thesis (8)

and one elective course subject to approval of the graduate chair or director.

Stream 3 Latin American Studies

• IS 800 Problems in International Development Policy and Practice (4)
• IS 815 Theories of Latin American Development (4)
• IS 830 Analytic Approaches for International Studies (4)
• IS 835 Social and Political Change in Latin America (4)
• IS 886 MA Thesis Prospectus (2)
• IS 898 MA Thesis (8)

and one elective course subject to approval from the graduate chair or program director.

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.

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