International Development and Policy Administration
This M.A. program enables students interested in international development issues to acquire a deeper understanding of the processes and structures that determine the character and outcome of policy-making aimed at improving conditions in developing countries. For the incoming student with practical professional experience, it provides an opportunity for reflecting on that experience and upgrading one's credentials. For those without practical experience, the program combines academic learning with an opportunity for a professional internship. The program includes basic courses in policy analysis and evaluation, statistical methods, public administration and policy process. It also provides opportunities for taking elective courses in an area of special interest to the student. It is a unique program that is comparative in focus and engages policy in the context of politics. The program draws on the skills of a wide range of professors in the Department. The University of Florida's strengths in various aspects of environmental conservation, in particular, adds to the program's vitality and depth.
The International Development Policy and Administration Certificate is available as a terminal M.A. degree as well as for ongoing Ph.D. students. M.A. students may pursue a joint degree program with the Levin College of Law, which would allow students to earn both the Master of Arts and the Juris Doctor degree in approximately four years.
Certificate Requirements
The curriculum consists of seminars in public administration, policy process, methodology, and electives. Students are expected to complete 42 hours and are expected to pursue the non-thesis option. In addition to the M.A. degree in political science, students receive the Certificate in International Development Policy and Administration.
Courses Marked (***) are Required
Section A - Administration/Public Policy (12 hours)
- PUP 6015 Comparative Policy Analysis
- PAD 6865 Developmental Administration
- PAD 6108 Public Administration Theory
- PUP 6007 Policy Process
- PAD 6227 Public Budgeting and Finance
- POT 6506 Values and Administration
- PAD 6053 Urban Administration
- PUP 6921 Topics in Public Policy
Section B - Methodology (9 hours)
- STA 6126 Statistical Methods in Social Research***
- POS 6736 Conduct of Inquiry***
- PUP 6006 Policy Evaluation***
- PUP 6008 Public Policy Analysis
- POS 6933 Computer Applications in Political Science
Section C - Internship (3 hours)
The student is required to satisfactorily complete an internship in an organization specifically concentrating in international development. The student will work with an instructor to make arrangements for this internship. The instructor, in collaboration with a representative of the host organization, will also be responsible for evaluating the work that the student has completed. Students coming in from relevant field work will have this requirement waived and will be granted appropriate credit.
Section D - Political Economy (9 hours)
- CPO 6091 Introduction to Comparative Political Analysis***
- ECO 6716 International Economic Relations
- INR 6039 International Political Economy***
- CPO 6036 Politics in Developing Societies
- POS 6933 Politics of Natural Resources
- CPO 6206 Seminar in African Politics
- CPO 6307 Seminar in Latin American Politics
- CPO 6308 Political Economy of Latin American Development
- INR 6352 International Environmental Relations
Section E - Areas of Concentration (9 hours)
These hours can be arranged as electives in an area of special interest to each student. Examples of streams that can be taken include:
AREA 1: Economics and Development
- ECO 6705 International Economies
- ECP 6725 International Macroeconomics
- FIN 6626 International Finance
- ECS 6015 Economic Development
- AEB 6674 International Agricultural Trade and Policy
- AEB 6676 International Agricultural Finance and Policy
- AEB 6645 Economic Development and Agriculture
- AEB 6453 Natural Resource Economics
AREA 2: Agriculture Administration and Development
- AEB 6612 Foreign Agriculture Development Planning
- AEB 6635 Agricultural Development Administration
- AEB 6651 Agriculture's Role in Latin America and Africa
- AFS 6935 Food in Africa
AREA 3: Grassroots Community and Rural Development
- AEE 6523 Planning Community and Rural Development Programs
- ANT 5303 Women and Development
- ANT 5267 Anthropology and Human Development
- ANT 5477 Human Organization and Change
- ANT 6428 Culture and Community
- AEE 6426 Development of a Volunteer Leadership Program
- AEE 6524 Citizen Participation in Decision Making
AREA 4: Environmental Policy
- PUP 6057 Comparative Environmental Regulation
- ENV 5075 Environmental Policy
- FNR 5335 Agroforestry
- GEA 6468 Resource Utilization and Conservation in Latin America
AREA 5: Public Health Management
- HSC 6635 Trends in International Health
- PHC 6105 Organization and Administration of Public Health
- NGR 6190 Nursing and Health Policy
AREA 6: Urban and Rural Development
- GEO 5839 Land Tenure and Rural Development
- GEO 5556 Geography of Innovation and Technological Change
- GEO 6509 Economic Development of Africa
- GEO 5809 Geography of World Agriculture
- GEO 6179 Developing Nations
- GEO 6475 Political Geography of Public Finance
- SYD 6636 Latin American Development
- URP 6141 Comprehensive Planning and Evaluation
- URP 6042 Urban Systems Theory
