MAS-IA Career Tracks
MAS-IA students choose one of four career tracks prior to beginning study. Career Tracks are designed for students to focus their studies in a functional area of their choice.
Course schedules are published on a quarterly basis and are subject to change without notice; some elective courses that may be applied to career track requirements may not be offered in a given academic quarter or academic year.
Visit a Career Track link below for information about that track's focus, supporting faculty, courses, and more.
Environmental Policy and Sustainability
Advances professionals' knowledge in the fields of environmental policy, regulatory economics, and sustainable development. Elective courses address topics such as economics of energy policy, green technology, environmental law, and marine science, economics, and policy.
International Political Economy
Enhances understanding of the politics of international economic relations through a variety of analytical tools, theoretical perspectives, and practical implementation. Investigates the effects of international and domestic factors on global economic and political policies and outcomes.
International Public Policy
Develops professionals' ability to analyze and evaluate public policies in comparative perspective. Courses emphasize real-world application of theoretical and analytical tools to evaluate the complexities of international affairs.
International Relations
Examines the political and economic determinants of the global environment, explores current issues in the bilateral and multilateral relationships of countries in the Pacific region, and explains the domestic and foreign policies of particular countries. Features an optional concentration in international security and conflict resolution.
Security of the Asia-Pacific
Explores the multidisciplinary field of international security studies, providing critical thinking tools to help professionals navigate current debates about the security of states and understand the causes and contexts of conflict, environments and conditions that foster cooperation, and the factors that generate both instability and peace.
Course Prerequisites
Students who have been admitted as candidates for the MAS-IA degree are advised to review the following list of courses to determine whether their academic and professional backgrounds have sufficiently prepared them to enroll in a particular course.
