International and Development Economics (IDE) Concentration
International and Development Economics (IDE) faculty and graduate students are very active in Cornell’s international and development economics community, and work in a wide variety of areas, including:
- Distributional and welfare impact of growth, especially on poor and marginalized people
- Agricultural development and food policy
- Emerging markets
- Environmental consequences of growth on nations, households, and communities
General Program Structure – 30 credits
Core/pre-requirements
- Statistics or BTRY 6010 – Statistical Methods I (4 credits)
- Intermediate microeconomics or AEM 5600 – Managerial Economics (4 credits)
- Undergraduate calculus or “Math camp for MBA’s” (or Khan Academy)
Required Coursework
- Quantitative and computational methods (6 credits)
-Econometrics/marketing research and computational methods
- Global Citizenship AEM 5305 and Management Communications AEM 6940(2.5 credits)
- Core coursework specific to each concentration (9 credits)
- Problem-solving project (6 credits)
Elective Coursework (3-6 credits)
- Courses must be relevant and approved by your concentration leader
Concentration Requirements
Select 3 courses:
- AEM 6050 – Agriculture Finance and Development
- AEM 6300 – Policy Analysis: Welfare Theory, Agriculture, and Trade
- AEM 4450 – Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries
- AEM 6125 – Impact Evaluation in Developing Countries
- AEM 4880 – Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus – Engage the US, China and India for Sustainability
- AEM 6600 – Natural Resources and Economic Development
Expanded List
- AEM 6410 – Commodity Futures and Options
- CRP 6720 – International Institutions
- ECON 3550 – Economics of Developing Countries
- ECON 7660 – Microeconomics of International Development
- IARD 6960 – Perspectives in International Development
- NBA 5255 – Global Macroeconomics, News and Events
- NBA 6030 – Strategies for Sustainability
- NBA 6370 – Current Global Issues for Business: the US, Europe, China and Emerging Markets
- NBA 6380 – Finance and Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium
In addition to the general MPS requirements, students can choose from a range of electives taken from appropriate courses numbered 4000 or higher, as approved by the student’s advisor.