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PEPM Curriculum
The PEPM curriculum aims to build students' technical competence in the tools of economic management and policymaking, train students in the application of these skills, and educate students about current thinking on the world economic environment as well as its history and institutions.
The program begins with an intensive summer session in which students are taught basic skills that are an essential building block for the remainder of the course of study. At the heart of the academic year curriculum is a set of three two-semester courses on the principles of macroeconomic policy, microeconomic policy, and management. In addition, students take a course on econometrics for policy managers. Complementing this skills-oriented core sequence of the curriculum are courses designed to broaden and deepen students' understanding of development economics, the political context of development, and the world economic environment.
In addition, PEPM students may choose to pursue a Focus in International Energy Management and Policy (IEMP). Through IEMP students obtain a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of the energy and related marine transportation fields, including the structure and operation of international energy systems as well as the business organizations, markets, and governance structures involved in producing, transporting, and marketing energy products.
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