Recommended Courses

Navigating the Academics Behind Economic Development

Economic development is a multidisciplinary subject without a predetermined academic ‘track’ for students. Unlike other industry areas in Stern, there’s no recommended course list for students interested in this field.

We’ve done our best to curate a recommended course list that could potentially serve as an unofficial ‘Economic Development Track.’ Interested students will benefit from seeing this recommended course list because it provides a potential roadmap for how to develop their skills both intellectually and professionally.

Recommended Stern Courses

  • These courses offer a fantastic introduction to economic development:

    Stern International Volunteers Seminar (BSPA-UB.2000)

    Economic Inequality: Perspectives & Practices (BSPA-UB.43)

    Social Entrepreneurship (BSPA-UB.41)

  • These courses provide an excellent overview of the field:

    The Political Economy of Development (ECON-UB.239)

    Global Macroeconomics (ECON-UB.230)

    Global Economic Trends (ECON-UB.240)

    Business and Public Policy (ECON-UB.216)

    *World Politics (BPEP-UB.9010)

    *The Political Economy of East Asia (BPEP-SHU.9042)

    *Only offered to students in the Business & Political Economy (BPE) Program

  • These courses cover more in-depth, subject-specific components of economic development - recommended for anyone committed to entering this space:

    Business and the Environment (ECON-UB.225)

    Emerging Markets Finance (FINC-UB.23)

    Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting (BSPA-UB.103)

    Sustainability Impact Consulting in Costa Rica (BSPA-UB.45)

    Sustainable Business & the New Economy (BSPA-UB.44)

Recommended Non-Stern Course List

  • Comparative Politics (POL-UA 500)

    International Politics (POL-UA 700)

    Doing Political Economy: Approaches to Public Policy (POL-UA 842)

    Latin American Politics (POL-UA 530)

    Contemporary African Politics (POL-UA 584)

  • Policy Issues in History of Economic Thought (ECON-UA 208)

    Urban Economics (ECON-UA 227)

    Economic Development (ECON-UA 323)

    Labor Economics (ECON-UA 351)

    Public Economics (ECON-UA 353)

  • Environmental Governance (ENVST-UA 435)

    Global Environmental Politics (ENVST-UA 445)

  • Africa Before Colonialism (HIST-UA 55)

    History of World Trade (HIST-UA 112)

    Nationalism and Global History (HIST-UA 538)

    Health, Inequality and Globalization (HIST-UA 569)

  • Problems in Philosophy (PHIL-UA 1)

    Ethics and Society (PHIL-UA 3)

  • Intro to Sociology (SOC-UA 1)

    Economy and Society (SOC-UA 384)

  • Political Psychology (PSYCH-UA 75)

  • Introduction to Social Impact (UPADM-GP 102)

    Introduction to Managing Public Service Organizations (UPADM-GP 103)

    Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy (UPADM-GP 111)

    The Economics of Public Policy (UPADM-GP 140)

    Philanthropy and Social Change (UPADM-GP 224)

    The Business of Nonprofit Management (UPADM-GP 242)