Effective Fall 2024: Applications for the IERQM program will no longer be accepted, as the curriculum is integrated into a reimagined degree beginning in Fall 2025. These changes will not affect current students who will complete the program as expected.
Master of Arts
The MA in International Economic Relations: Quantitative Methods (MAIER:QM) degree devotes more than half of your graduate coursework to quantitative methods and econometrics, while also combining International Economics and Political Economy, to position you for a professional career in international business and finance with international organizations, government, or the nonprofit sector. In this degree, you will develop extensive skills in data analysis, geographic information systems, and/or statistical programming, which will enhance your competitiveness for research-oriented professional positions. Courses in this degree embrace evolving and critical subjects, such as climate change, digital technology, and concerns of emerging-market countries and developing regions.
Advanced Quantitative Methods Concentration
MAIER:QMÂ students will choose 3 courses (9 credits) from among the following list.
- STAT 520 Applied Multivariate Analysis
- STAT 522 Time Series Analysis
- STAT 627 Statistical Machine Learning
- DATA 613 Data Science
- SIS 750 Data Analysis
- ITEC 670 Database and Big Data
- DATA 612 Statistical Programming in R
- ITEC 600 Programming Tools for Analytics: Python
- ITEC 610 Applied Managerial Statistics
- ECON 665 Economic Experiments and Impact Evaluation
- SIS 750 GIS for International Affairs
- STAT 628 Spatial Data Analysis
- ENVS 654 Geographic Information Systems
- ECON 696 GIS Applications in Empirical Economics
Capstone
All International Economic Relations: Quantitative Methods students complete a student research requirement for their capstone. Students can choose from three different options to fulfill their capstone.
Practicum Program
The Practicum is a one-semester, pre-professional experience which serves as a capstone for the MA program. Student teams complete projects for external client organizations, producing deliverables that address challenges identified by clients in a statement of work. Students work under a site supervisor and a faculty advisor. Each practicum offers real-world experience with project management, client relations, oral presentations, and writing skills. Practicum options change every year, and students can apply to one that best suits their academic and career interests.
Master's Thesis
The Master's Thesis is an original research project appropriate for students looking to complete a longer and more academically rigorous research paper. It is similar to the Substantial Research Paper but will completed over the course of one year.
Substantial Research Paper
The Substantial Research Paper (SRP) is an independent research project intended to integrate and apply knowledge from the field to a final scholarly project. The SRP culminates in a 50- to 60-page report that defines a question, applies one or more specific research methods to the question, develops findings, and discusses their implications and significance. Completed during your final semester in the program, the SRP is conducted under the supervision of a IER:QM faculty member.
Application At a Glance
View a detailed admission and degree requirements listing for your degree of interest.
- Entrance Semester
- Fall and Spring
- Application Deadline
- January 15 for the fall semester
- October 1 for the spring semester
- Additional Requirements
- Undergraduate degree
- Two letters of recommendation
- Resume
- Statement of Purpose
- TOEFL/IELTS score if international applicant
- Application
- Completion of online application