Illustrative Courses: International Commerce and Business

These are illustrative but not comprehensive lists of courses that may be applied to MSFS concentrations, as of December, 2011. Courses beginning with "MSFS" are courses sponsored directly by the Master of Science in Foreign Service. The others are a few examples of the many courses in other Georgetown Departments and Programs that could be applied to the concentration.

Please note that the following courses are a snapshot of offerings at the time they are posted. This list will change over time as new courses are rotated in and other courses are removed. You may wish to check back each semester for the most current representative list of courses.

Required Courses and Workshops

MSFS 515 Foundations of Corporate Finance
MSFS 735 Global Finance

MSFS 740 Strategy and Management Problem Solving

Finance and Economics

MSFS-515 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance- (IC&B Gateway Course)

MSFS 518 Investments in Emerging Markets

MSFS 555 International Corporate Risk 
MSFS 560 Managerial Economics
MSFS-574 Economics in Public Policy

MSFS 594 International Financial Institutions 
MSFS 621 International Project Finance and Investment 
MSFS 658 Introduction to Microfinance 
MSFS 662 Econometrics for Policy Makers

MSFS 671 Asian Economic Development 
MSFS 672 Economic Growth and Development 
MSFS 679 Financial Reg/Reform Devt Countries 
MSFS 735 Global Finance
INAF 429 Corporate Finance
INAF 436 International Financial Markets 
INAF 596 Economic Development
ECON 522- Intro to Econometrics

ECON 562- Industrial Organization

ACCT 390 Business, Accounting and Finance

Strategy and Consulting

MSFS 522 FDI Risk in Emerging Markets
MSFS 538 Small/Medium Enterprise Development
MSFS 549 Petroleum in the Global Economy
MSFS 561 Business Operations in Emerging Markets 
MSFS 581 Corporate Responsibility

MSFS-583 Global Marketing Strategies

MSFS 597 Strategy: Security, Development, Business 
MSFS 618 Consulting Methods
MSFS 679  Global Political Economy

MSFS 740 Strategy and Management Problem Solving
INAF 502 International Business Operations
INAF 507 International Business Operations & Risk in Emerging Markets 
INAF 523 Globalization: Challenges for Developed Countries 
INAF 528 Global Risk and Investment Emerging Markets

INAF 531 International Political Risk Management 
INAF 542 Economics of Energy and Oil 

INAF 594 Bus and Investment Negotiation 
GHDP 521 Small/Medium Enterprise Development

GHDP 511 Social Enterprise and Development

REES 600 Business Dynamics in Russia
MAAS 541 Beyond Oil

Business, Government and Society

MSFS 502/INAF 519 National Interests and Global Business 
MSFS 525 Business Government Relations in Global Economy 
MSFS 530 Managing Public Affairs 21st Century 
MSFS 535 Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy 
MSFS 540 Social Entrepreneurship 
MSFS 556  Social Media in Bus/Dev/Govt

MSFS 558- Political Econ/Global Climate Change

MSFS 585 International Trade and Investment
MSFS 586 The Art of Advocacy: In/Out of Govt 
MSFS 623 International Negotiation 
MSFS 634 The BRICS and the World Economy 
MSFS 640 Energy Policy/Carbon World 
MSFS 650 Global Business and Public Policy Practicum 
MSFS 679 Finl Reg/Reform Devt Countries
INAF 493 International Business Ethics 
INAF 499 Assessing U.S-Japan Econ Relations
INAF 502 International Business and Governments
INAF 503 WTO Dispute Settlement 
INAF 504 Topics in IBD 
INAF 508 Business and Government in a Global Economy 
INAF 509 Technology Innovation and Foreign Policy 
INAF 510 Topics in IBD: Business-Government Negotiations
INAF 511 Business and Political Economy of East Asia
INAF 519 National Interests/Global Business 
INAF 523 Globalization
INAF 654 International Regulation and Politics
GHDP 511- Social Enterprise and Global Development  (SPRING 2013)

GHDP 521 Small/Medium Enterprise Development (SPRING 2013)

ECON 509 Applied Country Analysis
ECON 548 Trade and Development