What is Second-year Specialization, and how does one apply for it?
The Second-year Specialization program is designed for a select few students who wish to pursue a particular research topic in greater depth than is possible in our 1-year MA program. Specialization is best designed for students who plan to continue with graduate studies in a Ph.D. program at Chicago or elsewhere. There are two kinds of M.A. programs with Specialization: • The Sub-Disciplinary Specialization is for students who want to conduct advanced research in one of the Committee’s non-regional sub-fields (i.e., security, international history and IR Theory; international political economy and development; international law, human rights and the environment). • The Regional Specialization is for students who want to conduct advanced research about a particular region: African studies, Latin American studies, East Asian studies, Middle and Central Europe and Eurasian studies, South Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies, or Western European studies. Applications for specialization a
