Tools of Analysis, Methods and Statistics
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| COMM 5003 | Quantitative Research Methods | 3 |
| COMM 5053 | Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
| ECON 5023 | Statistics for Decision Making | 3 |
| ECON 5073 | Contemporary Economic Methods and Analysis | 3 |
| GEOG 5113 | Quantitative Methods in Geographic and Environmental Research | 3 |
| H R 5023 | Research in Human Relations | 3 |
| P SC 5913 | Introduction to Analysis of Political and Administrative Data | 3 |
POLITICS, GOVERNMENT & SECURITY
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| CAS 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Biosecurity and Emerging Pathogens) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6220 | Seminar in Human Geography | 1-3 |
| HIST 6400 | Seminar in American History (American Foreign Policy Between the Wars) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6400 | Seminar in American History (American Experience in Vietnam) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5013 | International Law | 3 |
| IAS 5023 | The Practice of Diplomacy | 3 |
| IAS 5043 | Global Security | 3 |
| IAS 5073 | International Terrorism | 3 |
| IAS 5093 | U.S. Intelligence Community | 3 |
| IAS 5123 | African Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement | 3 |
| IAS 5213 | Politics of the European Union | 3 |
| IAS 5383 | Political Economy of the Underworld: Organized Crime and Conflict | 3 |
| IAS 5453 | Politics and Policy of the Middle East | 3 |
| IAS 5513 | US Diplomatic History | 3 |
| IAS 5533 | Modern Statecraft | 3 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Women & Terrorism) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (International Activism) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Global Climate Change Policy) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (International Systems and the United Nations) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Eastern European Politics) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Terrorism in Africa) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Gender and War) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Civil and Military Relations) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (U.S.-Russia Relations) | 1-4 |
| P SC 5123 | The Making of American Foreign Policy | 3 |
| P SC 5513 | International Relations Theory | 3 |
| P SC 5523 | Morality and Foreign Policy | 3 |
| P SC 5550 | Problems in International Relations (Inter-American Politics) | 2-3 |
| P SC 5653 | Democracies and Democratization | 3 |
| P SC 5683 | Politics in Latin America | 3 |
| SOC 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Overview of Environ. Issues from a Global and Strategic Perspective) | 1-3 |
IDENTITY, CULTURE & COMMUNICATION
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| CAS 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Chinese Culture and Communication) | 1-3 |
| COMM 5253 | Cross-Cultural Communication: Theory and Research | 3 |
| COMM 6323 | International Communication | 3 |
| COMM 6970 | Seminar in Communication (War, Peace & Media) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6300 | Seminar in Latin American History (Culture and Identity in Latin America) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6600 | Seminar in Middle Eastern History (Religion and Society) | 1-4 |
| H R 5100 | Advanced Theories in Human Relations (International/Intercultural Awareness) | 1-3 |
| H R 5110 | Advanced Seminar in Current Problems (International Conflict Resolution) | 1-3 |
| H R 5703 | International Human Relations | 3 |
| H R 5113 | Seminar in Local Issues in Human Relations | 3 |
| IAS 5023 | The Practice of Diplomacy | 3 |
| IAS 5093 | U.S. Intelligence Community | 3 |
| IAS 5483 | Minorities in the Middle East | 3 |
| IAS 5643 | Global Perspectives on Gender | 3 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (International Activism) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Global Immigration and Media) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (African Postcolonial Cinema) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Gender and War) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (US Diplomatic History) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Women and Terrorism) | 1-4 |
| RELS 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Comparative Religions) | 1-3 |
| RELS 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Islamic Culture) | 1-3 |
| SOC 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Religion and Society) | 1-3 |
ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENT & GEOGRAPHY
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| ECON 5613 | International Economics-Trade | 3 |
| ECON 5633 | International Economics--Finance | 3 |
| ECON 5853 | World Economic Development | 3 |
| ECON 5990 | Special Studies (Chinese Economic Development) | 1-3 |
| ECON 5990 | Special Studies (Comparative Economic Systems) | 1-3 |
| ECON 5990 | Special Studies (International Energy Markets) | 1-3 |
| ECON 5990 | Special Studies (Middle Eastern Economics) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6220 | Seminar in Human Geography (Critical Geopolitics) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6220 | Seminar in Human Geography (Indigenous Development in Latin America) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6230 | Seminar in Economic Geography (Energy Systems and Sustainability) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6230 | Seminar in Economic Geography (Geography and the World Economy) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6230 | Seminar in Economic Geography (Globalization of Plant Foods and Fiber) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6240 | Seminar in Geography and Environmental Sustainability (Climate Change and Society) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6240 | Seminar in Geography and Environmental Sustainability (Large Scale Ecosystem Restoration) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6240 | Seminar in Geography and Environmental Sustainability (Natural Resource Management in a Globalizing World) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6240 | Seminar in Geography and Environmental Sustainability (Resource and Environmental Geography) | 1-3 |
| GEOG 6240 | Seminar in Geography and Environmental Sustainability (Resource Conflict in the Developing World) | 1-3 |
| IAS 5383 | Political Economy of the Underworld: Organized Crime and Conflict | 3 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Global Climate Change Policy) | 1-4 |
| SOC 5943 | Inequality in a Global Perspective | 3 |
| SOC 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Overview of Environ. Issues from a Global and Strategic Perspective) | 1-3 |
REGIONS, NATIONS & HISTORY
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| CAS 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Chinese Culture and Communication) | 1-3 |
| CAS 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Contemporary China) | 1-3 |
| ECON 5990 | Special Studies (Chinese Economic Development) | 1-3 |
| ECON 5990 | Special Studies (Middle Eastern Economics) | 1-3 |
| HIST 5970 | Special Topics (Building Modern Nations: Bismarck and Ben Gurion) | 1-3 |
| HIST 6200 | Seminar in European History (Roots of the Balkan Crisis) | 2-4 |
| HIST 6200 | Seminar in European History (Aspects of the British Empire) | 2-4 |
| HIST 6200 | Seminar in European History (The Great War) | 2-4 |
| HIST 6200 | Seminar in European History (Seminar in History: Russia's World War II) | 2-4 |
| GEOG 6220 | Seminar in Human Geography (Indigenous Development in Latin America) | 1-3 |
| HIST 6300 | Seminar in Latin American History (Culture and Identity in Latin America) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6400 | Seminar in American History (American Experience in Vietnam) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6400 | Seminar in American History (American Foreign Policy Between the World Wars) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6600 | Seminar in Middle Eastern History (Seminar in Middle Eastern History: Stateless People) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6600 | Seminar in Middle Eastern History (Religion and Society) | 1-4 |
| HIST 6600 | Seminar in Middle Eastern History (Modern Middle East) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5023 | The Practice of Diplomacy | 3 |
| IAS 5123 | African Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement | 3 |
| IAS 5213 | Politics of the European Union | 3 |
| IAS 5453 | Politics and Policy of the Middle East | 3 |
| IAS 5483 | Minorities in the Middle East | 3 |
| IAS 5513 | US Diplomatic History | 3 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Afghanistan in Conflict) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Eastern European Politics) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (African Postcolonial Cinema) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Women and Gender in South Asia) | 1-4 |
| IAS 5940 | Topics in International Studies (Terrorism in Africa) | 1-4 |
| P SC 5550 | Problems in International Relations (Inter-American Politics) | 2-3 |
| P SC 5683 | Politics in Latin America | 3 |
| RELS 5970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Islamic Culture) | 1-3 |
ELECTIVES
The courses listed above that have not been used as core courses may be used as electives. Elective courses may also be selected from an approved list or approved by the program director.
