MIPER - Master of International Political Economy of Resources. A Division of Liberal Arts and International Stucies at the Colorado School of Mines.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Master of International Political Economy of Resources (MIPER) offered by Division of Liberal Arts & International Studies (LAIS) at Colorado School of Mines (Mines) is a non-thesis, three-semester program, requiring 36 credit hours. The MIPER program is ideal for global resources industry leaders and public sector policy makers dealing with developing non-renewable resources on a global scale. The program's philosophical foundations are built on the twin pillars of applying key methods and theories of international political economy (IPE) and comparative political economy (CPE) to understanding the role of the world's resources in the context of the human and natural environment.

The curriculum is organized in six thematic areas.

International Political Economy: Theories and Methods
International Political Economy of Regions (Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa)
Global Resources Development
Global Resources Security
International Political Risk Assessment and Mitigation
Statistical Methods for IPE

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International Political Economy (IPE) examines the intersections of politics and economy in interstate, regional, and global settings.

Comparative Political Economy (CPE) compares the effects of globalization, economic and resource development on three types of economies—developed, newly industrialized, and less developed economies.