This program combines the teaching of analytical thinking skills and applications to better understand human behavior as it relates to international economic development along with skills in diplomacy, research, and development of a global perspective.
The combined program between the Department of Economics and The Bush School of Government and Public Service allows undergraduate Economics students to enter the Master of International Affairs Program, with a focus in International Economics and Development, at the beginning of their fourth year at Texas A&M University.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
ENGL 104
| Composition and Rhetoric
or Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition | 3 |
| MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ECON 203 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| MATH 142 | Business Calculus 2 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ACCT 209 | Survey of Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECMT 461 | Economic Data Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 323 | Microeconomic Theory 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ACCT 210 | Survey of Managerial and Cost Accounting Principles | 3 |
| ECMT 463 | Introduction to Econometrics 4 | 3 |
| ECON 410 | Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Spring |
|---|
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 18 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| BUSH 631 | Quantitative Methods in Public Management I 7 | 3 |
| INTA 608 | Fundamentals of the Global Economy 7 | 3 |
| 7,8 | 3 |
| 7,8 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
|---|
| BUSH 635 | Quantitative Methods in Public Management II: Policy Analysis Emphasis 7 | 3 |
| INTA 606 | International Politics in Theory and Practice 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Fifth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
|---|
| INTA 670 | International Affairs Capstone Seminar | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 150 |
Graduation requirements include 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. The required 6 hours may be met by courses satisfying other areas of a degree program. See your academic advisor for further information.
No more than 39 credits in economics and econometrics can be applied to this degree. A grade of C or higher is required for all Economics and Econometrics coursework.
The program includes a total of 168 hours which up to 18 hours may be applied toward both the Bachelor of Science in Economics and the Master of International Affairs.
See the MIA program in the Graduate and Professional Catalog for the MIA requirements. Proficiency in a foreign language is a requirement to graduate with the MIA degree.
