 | | Course ID: | INTL 1100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Global Issues | Course
Description: | A problem-solving approach which shows how international and
comparative analyses contribute to a better understanding of
global security, prosperity, and community issues. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Global Issues | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 1100H or INTL 1100E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 1100H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Global Issues (Honors) | Course
Description: | A problem-solving approach which shows how international and
comparative analysis contribute to a better understanding of
global security, prosperity, and community issues. | | Athena Title: | Introduction Global Issues Hon | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 1100E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Global Issues | Course
Description: | A problem-solving approach which shows how international and
comparative analyses contribute to a better understanding of
global security, prosperity, and community issues. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Global Issues | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 1100, INTL 1100H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 2002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Networks in International Affairs | Course
Description: | An introduction to network analysis and methods in international affairs. | | Athena Title: | Networks in Intl Affairs | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 2005. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pop Culture and World Politics | Course
Description: | Examination of global political events and behaviors through the lens of popular culture, utilizing analytical tools and methods from the social sciences and cultural studies. | | Athena Title: | Pop Culture and World Politics | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 2200. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Hot Topics in Public and International Affairs | Course
Description: | Emergent and high-interest topics in international affairs,
specific skills in international affairs, and novel approaches to
the study of international affairs phenomena. | | Athena Title: | Hot Topics in Pub and Intl Aff | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 2200E, POLS 2200E | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(POLS) 2200E. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Hot Topics in Public and International Affairs | Course
Description: | Emergent and high-interest topics in international affairs, specific skills in international affairs, and novel approaches to the study of international affairs phenomena. | | Athena Title: | Hot Topics in Pub and Intl Aff | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 2200 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 3200H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to International Relations (Honors) | Course
Description: | Practices and problems of international politics in a global context, e.g., power, ideology, diplomacy, war, international organization and law, international economics, and the nature of independence in an interdependent world. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Intl Relations Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3200, INTL 3200E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 3200E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to International Relations | Course
Description: | Practices and problems of international politics in a global
context, e.g., power, ideology, diplomacy, war, international
organization and law, international economics, and the nature of
independence in an interdependent world. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Intl Relations | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3200, INTL 3200H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S or INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E or INTL 1100H | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 3200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to International Relations | Course
Description: | Practices and problems of international politics in a global context, e.g., power, ideology, diplomacy, war, international organization and law, international economics, and the nature of independence in an interdependent world. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Intl Relations | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3200E, INTL 3200H | | Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S or INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E or INTL 1100H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 3300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Comparative Politics | Course
Description: | Comparative political themes in political science. The transition
from feudalism to capitalism, state building, democracy, and
interaction between political institutions and cultures in
various politics. Examples will be drawn from developed,
communist/post-communist and developing political systems. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Comparative Politics | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3300E, INTL 3300H | | Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S or INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E or INTL 1100H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 3300H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Comparative Politics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Comparative political themes in political science. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, state building, democracy, and interaction between political institutions and cultures in various polities. Examples will be drawn from Global North/Global South political systems. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Comp Politics Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3300, INTL 3300E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 3300E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Comparative Politics | Course
Description: | Comparative political themes in political science. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, state-building, democracy, and interaction between political institutions and cultures in various politics. Examples will be drawn from developed, communist/post-communist, and developing political systems. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Comparative Politics | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 3300, INTL 3300H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S or INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E or INTL 1100H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Design and Quantitative Analysis in International Affairs | Course
Description: | Introduces students to research design and basic quantitative
analysis, with substantive examples geared towards comparative
and international politics. Topics include how to construct
theories in social science, causality, inference, descriptive
statistics, measures of bivariate association, and multivariate
linear regression. | | Athena Title: | Research Design and Analysis | | Pre or Corequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4004E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Data Analytics for International Policy | Course
Description: | An introduction to data analytics for careers in international affairs. | | Athena Title: | Data Analytics for Intl Policy | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4004 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Data Analytics for International Policy | Course
Description: | An introduction to data analytics for careers in international affairs. | | Athena Title: | Data Analytics for Intl Policy | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4004E | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4005. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Social Experimentation Around the World | Course
Description: | Design and analysis of social experiments; review of diverse
examples of experiments from around the world; reasoning about
cause and effect. | | Athena Title: | Social Experimentation | | Pre or Corequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4006. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Qualitative Methods for International Affairs and Policy | Course
Description: | An introduction to methods of empirical inquiry that utilize qualitative methods, mainly archival research, interviews, focus groups, participant observation, process tracing, and fieldwork. Focuses on practical applications of these methods for the policy world. | | Athena Title: | Qualitative Methods IA Policy | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or 3300E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4207H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Political Simulations (Honors) | Course
Description: | American domestic politics and the role of the United States in
the world, focusing on specific policy areas. The course also
contains an advanced simulation in which students are assigned to
play various individuals in the government. The purpose of the
simulation is to provide a “real world” feel for policymaking in
Washington, D.C. | | Athena Title: | ADV POL SIMULATIONS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4207H | | Prerequisite: | (POLS 1101 or POLS 1105H) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Law | Course
Description: | Legal structures in the international system. | | Athena Title: | INTL LAW | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4210 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Conflict | Course
Description: | The major approaches to the study of international conflict, with special emphasis on the logical and empirical foundations for key hypotheses regarding war and peace. These subjects are addressed by considering the incentives and constraints on decision making that arise from systemic, coalitional, national, and individual factors. | | Athena Title: | INTL CONFLICT | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4220 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4230. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Political Economy | Course
Description: | The political foundations in international economic relations, including foreign investment, international monetary relations, trade issues, and economic sanctions. | | Athena Title: | INTL POL ECONOMY | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4230 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4240. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Organization | Course
Description: | The role of international institutions in overcoming obstacles to international cooperation, with emphasis on international regimes, formal as well as informal, and their capacity to induce international cooperation. | | Athena Title: | INTL ORGANIZATION | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4240 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Foreign Policy | Course
Description: | The history and content of American foreign policy as well as the foreign policy-making process. The role of individuals and nongovernmental organizations in making foreign policy in a mature democracy. | | Athena Title: | AMER FOREIGN POLICY | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4250 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4260. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Foreign Policy Decision Making | Course
Description: | The processes by which decision makers select choices and foreign
policy strategies. Rational, cognitive, and cultural
explanations will be explored. | | Athena Title: | Foreign Policy Dec Making | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(LACS) 4270. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Inter-American Relations | Course
Description: | Introduction to and analysis of changes in Latin American and
United States foreign policy. | | Athena Title: | INT-AMER RELATIONS | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(AFST) 4280. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | Course
Description: | The emergence of nationalist politics, its consequences for
sovereignty, and its effect on maintaining peace. | | Athena Title: | Nationalism Ethnic Conflict | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4280, AFST 4280 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4290. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Warfare: Terrorism, Ideology, and Identity | Course
Description: | Terrorism from the evolution of warfare perspective. Through
readings and movies, we will explore the questions investigating
whether the causes and methods of warfare have experienced
fundamental changes in recent times. | | Athena Title: | Modern Warfare Terr Ideol Iden | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4290H | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4290H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Warfare: Terrorism, Ideology, and Identity (Honors) | Course
Description: | Terrorism from the evolution of warfare perspective. Through
readings, movies, and discussion, exploration of extent to
which the causes and methods of warfare have experienced
fundamental changes in recent times. | | Athena Title: | MOD WAR TER IDE IDN | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4480 or INTL 4290 | | Prerequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Comparative Political Institutions | Course
Description: | The historical, political, and cultural origins and consequences
of political institutions, with emphasis on societal outcomes. | | Athena Title: | Comparative Pol Institutions | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4305. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Comparative Public Opinion and Participation | Course
Description: | Comparison of the formation of attitudes and beliefs in
democratic societies, as well as the varieties of political
participation and representation. | | Athena Title: | Comparative Public Opinion | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4670 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Comparative Political Economy | Course
Description: | The relationship between economics and politics from a
comparative perspective, emphasizing variations in political
culture, competing definitions of democracy, and institutional
variety. | | Athena Title: | Comparative Political Economy | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4320. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politics of Development | Course
Description: | How democracy, free markets, and other competing political and
economic models can be applied to the specific development needs
of nations around the world. | | Athena Title: | Politics of Development | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4320S, SOCI 4320S | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(SOCI) 4320S. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politics of Development | Course
Description: | How democracy, free markets, and other competing political and
economic models can be applied to the specific development
needs of nations around the world. | | Athena Title: | Politics of Development | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4320 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and
implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of
the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning
component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional
time. | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or SOCI 3750 or SOCI 3850 or SOCI 3950 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4330. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Post-Industrial Democracies | Course
Description: | The political economy, institutions, and cultures of the major capitalist countries in Europe, East Asia, and North America. State-society relations and formal and informal political institutions, such as political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, and democratic representation. | | Athena Title: | POST-INDUS DEMOC | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4370/6370 or POLS 4370H or INTL 4330H | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4330H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Post-Industrial Democracies (Honors) | Course
Description: | The political economy, institutions, and cultures of the major
capitalist countries in Europe, East Asia, and North America.
State-society relations and formal and informal political
institutions, such as political parties, interest groups,
electoral systems, and democratic representation. | | Athena Title: | POST-INDUS DEMOC | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4370/6370 or POLS 4370H or INTL 4330 | | Pre or Corequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4340. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Post-Communist Politics | Course
Description: | Domestic and international politics in Russia and other selected post-communist states. | | Athena Title: | Post-Communist Politics | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4340H | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4340H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Post-Communist Political Systems (Honors) | Course
Description: | Domestic and international politics in Russia and other selected
post-communist states. | | Athena Title: | Post Commun Pol Systems Hon | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4340 | | Prerequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or permission of department) and permission of Honors | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4360. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | East Asian Politics | Course
Description: | The social, cultural, economic, and political processes in East
Asian political systems, including Japan, China, and Korea. | | Athena Title: | East Asian Politics | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4370. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Middle Eastern Politics | Course
Description: | Traditional and modern Middle Eastern political systems,
cultures, and values. The impact of religion, natural resources,
and external influences. | | Athena Title: | Middle Eastern Politics | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(LACS) 4380. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Latin American Politics | Course
Description: | The factors leading to democratic transitions in the region and
the problems associated with the consolidation of democratic rule. | | Athena Title: | Latin American Politics | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4390. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | European Politics | Course
Description: | Introduces students to the essentials of contemporary European
politics by taking both a country- and issue-centered approach.
Examines the contemporary politics of countries in Europe and
comparatively investigates key issues such as European
integration, illiberal democracy, immigration, and radical
parties. | | Athena Title: | European Politics | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Terrorism | Course
Description: | The political, social, and economic roots of terrorism, and
efforts to counter the threat. | | Athena Title: | Terrorism | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4410E | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4410E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Terrorism | Course
Description: | The political, social, and economic roots of terrorism, and
efforts to counter the threat. | | Athena Title: | Terrorism | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4410 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4430. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | United States National Security Policy | Course
Description: | The domestic sources of security policy, including the President;
the National Security Council; the Departments of State, Defense,
and Treasury; and the Congress. The nature of cooperation with
allies to advance mutual security interests. | | Athena Title: | US National Security Policy | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4440. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Strategic Intelligence | Course
Description: | How the Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies gather and
assess information, how this information is used by policymakers,
the role of such agencies in clandestine operations, and the
safeguards against the abuse of this secret power. | | Athena Title: | Strategic Intelligence | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4440H | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4440H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Strategic Intelligence (Honors) | Course
Description: | How the Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies gather and
assess information, how this information is used by policymakers,
the role of such agencies in clandestine operations, and the
safeguards against the abuse of this secret power. | | Athena Title: | STRATEGIC INTELL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4440 | | Pre or Corequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4450. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Global Security Policy | Course
Description: | The effectiveness of the United Nations and regional institutions
created to promote global security. | | Athena Title: | Global Security Policy | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4460. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Arms Control and Disarmament | Course
Description: | Efforts to reduce the dangers that weapons pose, including
conventional, nuclear, chemical, and biological. | | Athena Title: | Arms Control and Disarmament | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4470. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politics of Weapons Development and Proliferation | Course
Description: | The politics of weapons production and the spread of weapons and
related technology, emphasizing the influence of the military-
industrial complex, interest groups, and other actors. | | Athena Title: | Weapons Develop and Prolifer | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politics of International Trade and Finance | Course
Description: | The conduct of trade and finance in the global economy,
emphasizing the interaction between domestic and international
politics. | | Athena Title: | International Trade and Finan | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Regulation of the Global Economy | Course
Description: | The role of global and regional institutions in managing the
international economy. | | Athena Title: | Regulation of Global Economy | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4530. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Globalization and Distributive Justice | Course
Description: | Definition and origin of globalization and its distributional
consequences. The domestic and international factors that
affect the process. | | Athena Title: | Global and Distribut Justice | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Government and Business | Course
Description: | Economic, social, and political justifications for intervention
in market economies. Emphasis on regulatory policies, the
theoretical debate surrounding government regulations, and
alternatives to regulation. | | Athena Title: | Government and Business | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SOCI(INTL) 4560. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Globalization and Work | Course
Description: | The impact of globalization (the spread of economic policies and
practices across national boundaries) on work, jobs, and careers
in different countries. | | Athena Title: | Globalization and Work | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in SOCI 4560S, INTL 4560S | | Prerequisite: | SOCI 3750 or SOCI 3850 or SOCI 3950 or INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SOCI(INTL) 4560S. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Globalization and Work | Course
Description: | The impact of globalization (the spread of economic policies and
practices across national boundaries) on businesses, jobs, and
workers in different countries. | | Athena Title: | Globalization and Work | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in SOCI 4560, INTL 4560 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom.
Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for
approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time. | | Prerequisite: | SOCI 3750 or SOCI 3850 or SOCI 3950 or INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SOCI(INTL) 4570S. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | South African Society | Course
Description: | Social problems and issues in post-apartheid South Africa and
how these have been addressed by government and civil society. | | Athena Title: | SOUTH AFRICAN SOC | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom.
Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for
approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time. | | Prerequisite: | SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or SOCI 2600 or INTL 1100 or INTL 1100H or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4610. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Politics | Course
Description: | Topics include the causes of environmental problems (e.g., increase in global temperatures and sporadic weather events), the cause and effect of these environmental trends on ecosystems and human activity, and the local, regional, and global political responses to such trends. | | Athena Title: | Environmental Politics | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4620. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Rights | Course
Description: | Definitions of human rights, comparing universal and culturally
contingent perspectives. Sources of violation of human rights,
the role of international law and non-governmental organizations. | | Athena Title: | Human Rights | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4620E, INTL 4620H | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4620H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Rights (Honors) | Course
Description: | Definitions of human rights, comparing universal and culturally
contingent perspectives. Sources of violation of human rights,
the role of international law, and non-governmental
organizations. | | Athena Title: | Human Rights Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4620, INTL 4620E | | Prerequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E or permission of department) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4620E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Rights | Course
Description: | Definitions of human rights, comparing universal and culturally contingent perspectives. Sources of violation of human rights, the role of international law, and non-governmental organizations. | | Athena Title: | Human Rights | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4620, INTL 4620H | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Pre or Corequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4630. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Population, Immigration, and Politics | Course
Description: | The migration of people, especially workers, across national
borders, with an emphasis on political responses and the impact
of globalization. | | Athena Title: | Population Immigration Politic | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4640. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | European Union | Course
Description: | The historical origins, development, and current challenges of
the European Union. The impact on national sovereignty,
external relations, and internal democracy. | | Athena Title: | European Union | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4650H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women and World Politics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Examines women’s agency in shaping international politics, especially through political institutions, and the effects of international politics on women’s daily lives. | | Athena Title: | Women World Pol Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4650 | | Prerequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E on INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Women and World Politics | Course
Description: | Examines women’s agency in shaping international politics,
especially through political institutions, and the effects of
international politics on women’s daily lives. | | Athena Title: | Women and World Politics | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4650H | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(CMLT) 4660. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politics, Film, and Literature | Course
Description: | Analysis of comparative politics through the prism of film, literature, and essays/articles. Among the themes covered are: Reason, Modernity, and Political Development; Revolution; Totalitarianism; The Glory of War; Women/Children and Poverty in the Developing World; Labor Relations; and Political Corruption. | | Athena Title: | Politics, Film, and Literature | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4350 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(AFST) 4680. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Peace Studies | Course
Description: | Examines the premise that peace is more than the absence of
conflict. The threats to peace, conflict resolution, and
peacemaking. | | Athena Title: | Peace Studies | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4680H, AFST 4680H | | Pre or Corequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E) and permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(AFST) 4680H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Peace Studies (Honors) | Course
Description: | Examines the premise that peace is more than the absence of conflict. The threats to peace, conflict resolution, and peacemaking. | | Athena Title: | Peace Studies Honors | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4680, AFST 4680 | | Prerequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | SOCI(INTL) 4700. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Global Terrorism | Course
Description: | Terrorism and its control from a sociological perspective.
Topics include the definition of terrorism, history and
contemporary patterns of terrorism, reasons for joining
terrorist groups, social conditions under which terrorist
violence occurs, whether terrorism works, and the effectiveness
of counterterrorist strategies. | | Athena Title: | Global Terrorism | | Prerequisite: | SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4710. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | United Nations Practicum | Course
Description: | Issues coming before the United Nations organization in the upcoming session from the standpoint of assigned countries, culminating in participation in the national Model United Nations in New York in early spring. Research papers and practicum at United Nations headquarters in New York. | | Athena Title: | UNITED NATIONS PRAC | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4300 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4720. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | International Affairs Internship | Course
Description: | Internships for public or private sector organizations engaged
in international affairs. | | Athena Title: | International Affairs Intern | | Nontraditional Format: | Students are responsible for identifying internships and will
be expected to work full time over the course of the period
(with exceptions for holidays and dates to complete academic
work). | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 | | Corequisite: | INTL 4721 or INTL 4722 | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4770. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in International Relations | Course
Description: | Theoretical, analytical, and empirical approaches to international relations. | | Athena Title: | SP TOPICS INTL REL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4480 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4780. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Comparative Politics | Course
Description: | Theoretical, analytical, and empirical approaches to comparative politics. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in Compar Pol | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4780H | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3200H or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E or INTL 3300H or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4780H. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Comparative Politics (Honors) | Course
Description: | Theoretical, analytical, and empirical approaches to comparative politics. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in Compar Pol H | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4780 | | Prerequisite: | (INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3200H or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E or INTL 3300H or permission of department) and permission of Honors | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(PADP)(POLS) 4810. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Topics in Public and International Affairs | Course
Description: | A special topics course designed for students in study abroad programs covering topics across several fields of political science, public affairs, and international affairs. | | Athena Title: | Topics Pub Intl Aff | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4960. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Readings and/or Projects | Course
Description: | Individual study, reading, or projects under the supervision of
a project director. | | Athena Title: | Dir Readings and/or Projects | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4960R | | Nontraditional Format: | Student works independently and meets with project director
several times during the semester to monitor progress and
discuss requirements for written paper. | | Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 4960 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 6000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Foundations of International Policy | Course
Description: | Examination of the foundations of policy formation,
policy-making, and implementation. How political, economic, and
social forces affect key areas of national and international
policy, e.g., foreign and security policy, trade and development
policy, etc. Also examined are how individuals, groups, and
governmental bodies participate in these processes. | | Athena Title: | FOUNDNS INTL POLICY | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 6010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Methods in International Policy | Course
Description: | An introduction to the application of research methods and
techniques in order to understand and analyze international
policy. The focus of the course is to familiarize the students
with the proper way to ask and answer policy-oriented questions
from a social science perspective. Qualitative and quantitative
methods will be addressed. | | Athena Title: | INTL POL METHODS | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 6200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pre-Seminar in International Relations | Course
Description: | Realist, idealist, and institutionalist approaches to the study of International Relations. Special emphasis on applications to both historical and contemporary cases. | | Athena Title: | PRESEM INTERL REL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 6205. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Seminar in International Relations for International Policy Practitioners | Course
Description: | Review of international relations academic scholarship as relevant and important to policy professionals. Special emphasis on applications to both historical and contemporary cases. | | Athena Title: | Sem Intl Rel for Intl Pol Prac | | Nontraditional Format: | The course is similar to Pre-Seminar in International Relations but with a special emphasis on MIP students. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 6300. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Comparative Analysis and Method | Course
Description: | Comparative approaches to political science. The transition from feudalism to capitalism, state building, and the interaction between political institutions and cultures in various polities. Methods and approaches investigated include structuralism, functionalism, culturalist perspectives, rational choice, institutionalist frameworks, and the perennial issue of what constitutes the "state." | | Athena Title: | Comparative Analysis Method | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6350 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(POLS) 7001. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Being a Political Scientist | Course
Description: | Course will socialize new Ph.D. students into the discipline of political science and give them tips for success. | | Athena Title: | Being a Political Scientist | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL(POLS) 7002. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Dissertation Prospectus Workshop | Course
Description: | Course will help students who have recently passed comprehensive exams to successfully create and defend a dissertation prospectus. | | Athena Title: | Prospectus Workshop | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 7007E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Data Analytics and Presentation for International Policy - Online Professionals | Course
Description: | Introduction to critical examination, measurement, analysis, and presentation of international policy data to a broad community, with a focus on basic data analytics. No prior background in statistics is required. | | Athena Title: | Data Analytics Online | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 7007 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 7007. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Data Analytics and Presentation for International Policy Professionals | Course
Description: | Introduction to critical examination, measurement, analysis, and
presentation of international policy data to a broad community
with a focus on basic data analytics. No prior background in
statistics is required. | | Athena Title: | Data Analytic and Presentation | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 7007E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 7008. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Data Analysis for Human Security Practitioners | Course
Description: | An overview of commonly used statistical models in political science, with a special focus on applications to human security. We will begin with basic statistics and linear regression before moving to more advanced topics, including regression models for discrete data, event history/duration models, models for panel data, and prediction and forecasting. Substantive research topics include democratization, human rights, civil war, state-sponsored mass killing, coups, terrorism, and international conflict. | | Athena Title: | Adv Data Human Sec | | Pre or Corequisite: | INTL 7007 or INTL 7007E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 7010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Technical Background for WMD Non-Proliferation Policy Practitioners | Course
Description: | An introduction to the technology behind various types of WMD
and the associated technical requirements for an effective WMD
non-proliferation policy. Explanation of why certain items are
controlled and the challenges associated with maintaining such
controls. The course offers a STEM-based understanding of the
issue area. | | Athena Title: | Tech Bkgd for WMD NP | | Prerequisite: | INTL 6200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8200. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in International Relations | Course
Description: | The substance and method of selected topics in international
relations with an emphasis on theory, analysis, and praxis.
Topics selected by the instructor vary from semester to semester. | | Athena Title: | SPECIAL TOPICS IR | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8205. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Foreign Policy Decision Making | Course
Description: | Examines the role of decision making in the formation of foreign
policy and international relations. | | Athena Title: | Foreign Policy Dec Making | | Prerequisite: | INTL 6200 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Organization | Course
Description: | The role of international institutions to overcome obstacles of international cooperation. International regimes, formal as well as informal, and their capacity to induce cooperation. International regimes are understood as political institutions designed to solve collective action problems and reduce transaction costs among states to such degrees that international cooperation becomes possible. | | Athena Title: | INTERNTL ORGANIZATN | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Law | Course
Description: | Functioning of the legal structures in the international system with special emphasis on the relation between law and politics. | | Athena Title: | INTERNATIONAL LAW | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8230. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Conflict | Course
Description: | Major theories of international conflict. The objective is to explore the logical and empirical foundations for the key hypotheses linking systemic, structural, coalitional, and individual factors to decisions regarding war and peace. Also, introduces the different types of methodologies currently used in the quantitative study of international relations. | | Athena Title: | INTERNATL CONFLICT | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6230 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8240. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Political Economy | Course
Description: | Various aspects of the international economy, both theoretical and practical, essential to an understanding of modern diplomacy and the conduct of foreign affairs. | | Athena Title: | INTL POLITICAL ECON | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6240 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Foreign Policy | Course
Description: | History and content of American foreign policy as well as the foreign policy making process. Special emphasis on the role of individuals and nongovernment organizations in making foreign policy in a mature democracy. | | Athena Title: | AMER FOREIGN POLICY | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6250 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8270. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politics of Trade and Security Policy | Course
Description: | Domestic and international politics of trade and security of selected countries, including the United States. | | Athena Title: | POL TRADE & SEC POL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8270 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8280. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | Course
Description: | Examination of theoretical aspects of ethnicity, inter-ethnic
conflict, conflict management policies, and examples of ethnic
crises. Analyzes causes of and proposed solutions to inter-ethnic
strife. | | Athena Title: | NATLISM ETHN CONFL | | Prerequisite: | INTL 6200 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8290. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Strategic Intelligence | Course
Description: | Examines the use of intelligence agencies to gather, assess, and
disseminate information to US foreign policymakers and explores
the use of intelligence for covert action and for
counterintelligence. Compares and contrasts US intelligence with
practices in regimes throughout the world. | | Athena Title: | STRATEGIC INTEL | | Prerequisite: | INTL 6200 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8300. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Selected Topics in Comparative Politics | Course
Description: | Research oriented seminar of both the substance and method of selected topics in comparative politics, with an emphasis on theory, analysis, and praxis. Topics selected by the instructor vary from semester to semester. | | Athena Title: | TOPICS COMP POL | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8300 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8310. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Politics of Industrialized Democracies | Course
Description: | Political economy and institutions of the major capitalist countries in Europe, East Asia, and North America. Comparative analysis of both country-specific and function-specific criteria, such as state-society relations and formal and informal political institutions. | | Athena Title: | POL INDUST DEMOC | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8310 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8320. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Politics of the European Union | Course
Description: | The history, organization, and policies of the European Union
(EU). Emphasis on theoretical analysis, with attention to the
main competing theories regarding the internal politics of the EU
as well as the interaction between the EU and other states,
including prospective members. | | Athena Title: | POLITICS OF EU | | Prerequisite: | INTL 6300 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8340. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Developing Political Systems | Course
Description: | Theory of creating integrated, viable, modernizing political systems in a world of economic inequalities. The focus is on the kinds of political institutions that can help manage the social stress of racial, ethnic, cultural, social, economic, technological, and ideological diversity. | | Athena Title: | DEVELOPING POL SYS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8340 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8360. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Government and Business | Course
Description: | Economic, social, and political bases for government intervention in market economies, comparative and/or American. Evolution of and justification for regulatory policies, the theoretical debate surrounding government regulations, case studies of specific regulatory programs, and alternatives to regulation. | | Athena Title: | GOVERNMENT AND BUS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 7660 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8390. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | East Asian Political Systems | Course
Description: | Social, cultural, and political processes in contrasting East
Asian nations, including China, Japan, and Korea. Both domestic
and international issues will be examined. | | Athena Title: | E ASIAN POL SYS | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8405. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Comparative Politics and Digital Media | Course
Description: | Compares media systems in democratic and non-democratic
political systems and examines the role of media as an
institution in various socio-political settings across the
world. | | Athena Title: | COMP POL DIGI MEDIA | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Game Theory in International Affairs | Course
Description: | Introduction to the basic concepts of game theory, with
emphasis on applications to international relations and
comparative politics research. Core concepts like preferences
and expected utility will be covered. Two-player, non-
cooperative games and the basic solution concept for these
games, the Nash equilibrium, will also be discussed. A series
of more complex models and the refinements to the Nash
equilibrium needed to solve them will be covered. | | Athena Title: | INTL/GAME THY | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Qualitative Research Methods in International Affairs | Course
Description: | Study of a wide variety of research methods and styles used by
students of political phenomena, concentrating on those
approaches that are essentially non-quantitative in
orientation. A variety of approaches, some positivist in
orientation, some non-positivist, but all involving an
empirical emphasis will be covered. | | Athena Title: | QUAL METHODS INTL | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | INTL 8505. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Qualitative Methods in International Policy | Course
Description: | Introduction to the use of qualitative methods in the area of
international policy research. The focus is on case-section,
data-gathering, and various analytical techniques (process
tracing, content analysis, etc.) useful for students interested
in developing effective policy prescriptions in their specialty
area. | | Athena Title: | Qual Methods Internat Policy | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 8500 | | Prerequisite: | INTL 6010 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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