The 4+1 Accelerated Master’s in International Development provides an opportunity to earn a pathway to a master’s degree — with one year of additional study and 100% tuition scholarships for the fifth year. Position yourself for career advancement as you engage with graduate students and network with working professionals.
Why pursue the 4+1 Accelerated Master’s in International Development?
This is a defining moment for the field of international development. Poverty, gender inequality, forced migration, education and health disparities, and climate change are among the world’s most pressing challenges. For some, these challenges can be overwhelming. For you, they are a call to action to help build a socially just and sustainable world.
Your time as a master’s degree student in international development at Clark helps you harness your passion for these challenges. Our department faculty and staff provide you with the opportunity and the resources to develop the tools and skills of critical thinking and reflection that you need to thoughtfully and intentionally make a difference in the world.
Collaborate across disciplines and with multiple communities
Our researchers, educators, and practitioners – experts in a broad range of fields – teach and work collaboratively to improve our world. With their guidance, you’ll better understand the forces shaping today’s development challenges. Experiential learning is integrated throughout our curriculum, providing you with the opportunity to engage with communities and develop hands-on skills.
Master skills for success
Learn to address complex societal issues on every level, from a single community to the global policy arena. Gain knowledge about how to work effectively with communities in ways that are inclusive and attentive to sustainability. Acquire skills related to data collection and management, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder analysis, and project management and implementation.
The accelerated Master of Arts in International Development emphasizes the connection between critical thinking and effective action. It is designed for scholars of international development, as well as for present and future practitioners of grassroots and community-based development.
Our international development graduates craft policy, design and manage interventions to increase social and economic well-being, and monitor and measure intervention outcomes to promote continuous learning. They serve in a range of professional capacities:
Climate Science Program Manager at The Nature Conservancy
Refugee Policy and Data Analyst at Office of Global Michigan
Senior Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Advisor at Palladium
Business Development Manager at World Vision USA
Senior Project Manager at Chemonics International
Communications Director at Green New Deal Network
Executive Director at the Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations
Eligibility
This program is open to students in any undergraduate major who have successfully met departmental and University requirements. The university requirement for admission is a 3.4 GPA. Students will need to complete ID 125, ID 121 or PECO 101; ECON 010, one research course, preferably ID 132 or GEOG 141, and one 200 level ID course to meet department requirements.
Students are required to meet with the accelerated master’s advisor before April 1 as a formal part of the admissions process. This meeting is intended to assist prospective students in assessing the appropriateness of the degree to their professional aspirations. The student applies to the M.A. program no later than April 15 of the junior year.
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