The MA Global Policy degree is a two-year Master's program consisting of 33 credits that is open to students with a bachelor's degree or its equivalent. An undergraduate international policy degree is not essential for admission. SPIA is much more concerned with an applicant's capacity for graduate study, demonstrated by the quality of previous academic work and professional experience, and their commitment to an international career. However, applicants must exhibit research ability, have a strong foundation in economics, and demonstrate competence in a second language. Students may choose a concentration in either Environmental Policy, Security and Foreign Policy, Trade and Commerce, or Climate Policy. This concentration equips students with fundamental theoretical and analytical knowledge necessary for professional research, management, and policy positions in both governmental and non-governmental organizations. The concentration takes a multidisciplinary approach to international security and foreign policy, stressing analytical skills, research methods, threat assessment and mitigation, decision-making processes and organizational management, as well as many of the defining substantive security issues of the 21st century.