SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

Graduation Requirements

In order to graduate, MIA and MPA students must complete both credit and curricular requirements for the degree.

A) Credit Requirements

Students must complete 54 points towards the MIA or MPA degree.

Students who hold advanced degrees in related disciplines such as business, law, economics, and political science may apply for advanced standing and thereby reduce their course of study at SIPA to three semesters. Only courses from completed graduate degrees with a grade of B or better will be considered for advanced standing. A limited exception to this policy will be made for students who have accumulated graduate credits in another school and wish to apply to the SIPA degree. In no case will advanced standing exceed one semester of credit.

Full-Time Enrollment Requirement and Advanced Standing Policy

B) Curricular Requirements

All MIA and MPA Students must complete both the core and concentration requirements.

• Core requirements for the MIA and MPA program are listed in the "DAR" section below.
• Concentration requirements can be obtained from concentration directors and from the "Concentration Audit Form" section below.

Students who have met the credit and curricular requirements must review their DAR and submit the application for degree and concentration audit forms by the specified deadlines.

Degree Audit Report (DAR)

The Degree Audit Report (DAR) in Student Services Online is an overview of the MIA and MPA Core requirements only.

The DAR is an unofficial guide to the MIA and MPA core. The Degree Audit Report cannot be utilized by dual degree students. Dual degree students should see the administrative coordinator in the Student Affairs Office.

MIA Core Requirements (PDF) | MPA Core Requirements (PDF)

To request revisions to the Degree Audit Report, please fill out the Degree Audit Report Correction Form and submit the form to the Student Affairs Office.

Degree Audit Report Correction Form (PDF)

Application for Degree

Required for all graduating students.

Graduating students are required to submit Columbia's Application for Degree form by the specified deadline. Make sure that you return the completed form to the Student Affairs Office.

Dual degree students need to submit a separate form to each school.

Application deadlines and conferral dates are August 1 for October graduation; November 1 for February graduation; and December 1 for May graduation.

Concentration Audit Forms

Concentration audit forms are designed to assist students and concentration directors in determining if the functional and regional concentration requirements have been fulfilled.

Students must complete at least one concentration by the time that they graduate. The concentration can be either a functional or a regional concentration. Students can fulfill the requirements of more than one concentration.

Students are required to meet with their concentration director prior to their final semester at SIPA to determine if they have met either the functional or regional concentration requirement. Students should download the concentration audit form, meet with their concentration director, and return the signed concentration audit form to the Student Affairs Office.

Concentration audit form deadlines are August 1 for October graduation; November 1 for February graduation; and February 1 for May graduation.

Functional Concentrations

Advanced Policy and Economic Analysis Audit Form (PDF)
Sharyn O'Halloran
so33@columbia.edu
707 IAB
212-854-3242

Economic and Political Development (EPD) Audit Form (PDF)

Environmental Policy Studies (EPS) Audit Form (PDF)
Steve Cohen
sc32@columbia.edu
1408 IAB
212-854-4445

Human Rights Program (HR) Audit Form_(PDF)
Elazar Barkan
eb2302@columbia.edu
1130 IAB
212-854-9463

International Economic Policy (IEP) Audit Form (PDF)
Merit Janow
mj60@columbia.edu
909 IAB
212-854-1724

International Energy Management & Policy (IEMP) Audit Form (PDF)
David Nissen
dn2022@columbia.edu
1114 IAB
212-854-9940

International Finance and Policy (IFP) Audit Form (PDF)
Katharine Morgan
kam3@columbia.edu
IAB 1317
212-854-3357

Richard Robb
rr2043@columbia.edu
IAB 1311
212-854-4966

International Media and Communication (IMC) Audit Form (PDF)
Anya Schiffrin
acs76@columbia.edu
1403A IAB
212-854-3239

International Security Policy (ISP) Audit Form (PDF)
Richard Betts
rkb4@columbia.edu
1328 IAB
212-854-7325

Management Audit Form (PDF)
Lou Riccio
ljr14@columbia.edu
1426 IAB
212-854-0688

Social Policy Audit Form (PDF)
Robert Lieberman
rcl15@columbia.edu
1427 IAB
212-854-4725

Urban Policy Audit Form (PDF)
Ester Fuchs
ef25@columbia.edu
1430A IAB
212-854-3866

MIA Regional Concentrations

African Studies Audit Form (PDF)
Mamadou Diouf
md2573@columbia.edu
623 Kent Hall
212-854-4083

Sarah Walsworth Diouf
sw131@columbia.edu
1114 IAB
212-854-3528

East Asian Studies Audit Form (PDF)
Myron Cohen
mlc5@columbia.edu
914 IAB
212-854-1739

Celia Bhattacharya
cb2462@columbia.edu
935 IAB
212-854-9206

East Central Europe Studies Audit Form (PDF)
John S. Micgiel
jsm6@columbia.edu
1228 IAB
212-854-4008

Latin American Studies Audit Form (PDF)
Pablo Piccato
pp143@columbia.edu
834 IAB
212-854-3725

Thomas Trebat
tt2166@columbia.edu
834 IAB
212-854-1555

Eliza Kwon
ek2159@columbia.edu
830 IAB
212-854-5468

Middle East Studies Audit Form (PDF)
Peter Awn
pja3@columbia.edu
408D Lewisohn
212-854-6321

Astrid Benedek
amb49@columbia.edu
1112 IAB
212-854-2201

Russian and Post-Soviet East-Central Europe Studies Audit Form (PDF)
Catharine Nepomnyashchy
cn29@columbia.edu
1214 IAB
212-854-6213

Alla Rachkov
ar2052@columbia.edu
1217 IAB
212-854-9713

Southern Asian Studies Audit Form (PDF)
Vidya Dehejia
vd2@columbia.edu
1128 IAB
212-854-5691

Western European Studies Audit Form (PDF)
Victoria deGrazia
vd19@columbia.edu
1203 IAB
212-854-8604

John S. Micgiel
jsm6@columbia.edu
1228 IAB
212-854-4008