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February 2001, update of June 1988
Mark Alpert, Social Sciences Librarian
The Graduate School of International Economics and Finance is designed to help students recognize and respond to the challenges of the emerging global marketplace. Each of the programs in the School addresses the complex responsibilities decision-makers in business and government face in their professional environments. The degree programs cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries to provide the technical, analytical, and personal skills needed to operate across borders and cultures.
The Lemberg M.A. Program in International Economics (M.A.ief) offers a two year professional M.A. degree for students planning careers with corporations, financial institutions, government, and international organizations. One semester is spent abroad at an affiliated university in Europe, Latin America, or the Far East.
Students in the M.B.A. International (M.B.A.i) receive in-depth training in technical analysis and strategic issues, and gain an understanding of managerial issues. One semester is spent abroad.
The internationally focused curriculum, language requirement, study abroad component, and multicultural aspects of the Brandeis M.B.A. distinguish it sharply from "generic" M.B.A. degrees. Students receive training in all the major subjects included in a traditional M.B.A., such as economics, accounting, control, finance, marketing, operations, organizational behavior, and business policy, but learn these subjects in an international context.
The M.S. in Finance (M.S.F.) is a part-time program that provides rigorous training in the quantitative and analytical tools of modern finance with an emphasis on international applications.
The Doctoral Program in IEF provides advanced training in economic theory, research techniques, and creative problem-solving in an integrated global economic framework. Concentrations are limited to four fields of concentration: international trade, international finance, international business, and development transition economics.
Combined B.A./M.A. Program. Brandeis undergraduate students may apply for admission to the Lemberg M.A. Program and begin taking courses in their senior year.
The collection supports the research needs of the graduate concentration in Economics and International Finance. Three of the major fields of interest among faculty and students are: Asian Financial Crisis, Birth of the Euro and Business Alliances. The library collects materials in support of these areas of study as well as in international trade theory and policy, industrial organization, international macroeconomics, international business, transition economics, developmental economics, financial modeling, technology, economic growth, industrial organization, East Asia and foreign exchange markets, business practices, to name a few. Due to the volatile changing economy throughout the world, this International program continually refines the course content and the library needs to be cognizant of how these changes affect the materials needed for research. Electronic databases are extremely important resources for this School.
Brandeis is a member of the Boston Library Consortium Asian Business Group. Within the group, various member institutions are responsible for purchasing comprehensively for assigned countries. Brandeis is responsible for collecting monographs for Taiwan and Cambodia.
Areas of principal concern are the United States, Asia, Latin America and Europe. Materials from other areas of the world are collected, as needed.
The emphasis is on contemporary affairs.
Currently published material is emphasized.
In general, English language materials are collected. Other languages are purchased on demand.
Monographs are primary to the collection.
Serials are primary to the collection.
The library buys or subscribes to electronic indexes and full-text databases that offer research value. Links to free websites are not actively collected together on the library's website although links to websites are included in guides produced by the library.
There is an emphasis to acquire electronic databases, especially in the area of statistics, in support of the program.
Research collections in microforms are purchased when deemed relevant.
Dissertations are acquired on a highly selective basis.
Video and audio materials are acquired when relevant to the curriculum.
Materials are located at the Main Library.
None Specified
Subject Area |
Collecting Levels |
| International Finance | Graduate Study |
| International Business | Graduate Study |
| International Trade | Graduate Study |
| Business | Basic/Undergraduate Study |
| Development/Transition Economics | Graduate Study |
| Econometrics | Graduate Study |
| Macro/Microeconomics | Undergraduate Study |
| International Political Economy | Graduate Study |
| Finance | Undergraduate Study |
For other topics, refer to the Economics Statement
Because of the interdisciplinary nature of subject matter the Graduate School of Economics and International Finance, a number of related policy statements should be referred to: