MS Development Management

Addressing poverty and inequality in the world requires people trained and committed to facilitating and leading change. The Masters of Science in Development Management (MSDM) at the School of International Service is an accelerated program for professionals to prepare them for leadership and management roles within communities, governments, companies, and organizations committed to making the world a better place. The MSDM offers a unique combination of applied skills found in a traditional MS degree—such as project management, economics, and quantitative research methods—with an ethics-driven, multidisciplinary, and theoretically rigorous approach to the field of development. It provides skills in management, leadership and research, with particular attention to the integrated issues of poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, social equity, and global health.