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Curriculum

The curriculum of the MIA degree program is designed to provide students with qualitative and quantitative analytical skills and with the hands-on management skills required by leaders in the major fields of international affairs, combined with substantive knowledge of a policy concentration and demonstrated foreign language ability. The program of study requires 54 graduate points and four semesters of full-time enrollment. Dual degree students and students with advanced standing from prior graduate degrees may be able to reduce their period of study. See below under advanced standing for details.

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