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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. | Oasis Title: | Introduction to Global Issues | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 1100H or INTL 1100E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | Course is designed to familiarize students with a spectrum of
issues associated with globalization, including environment,
population and food, distributive justice, human rights,
terrorism, security, social systems, and cultural change. The
course will help students enhance their global literacy in a
way that they will better understand and analyze the complexity
of the process of globalization, and help them function more
effectively in the contemporary world. | Topical Outline: | Problem Solving and Education
Based on the premise of sociology of knowledge, problem solving
will be advanced as the purpose of learning.
Development and Globalization
Globalization will be introduced as an extension of development.
This necessitates a comprehensive analysis of the process of
development leading to globalization.
The Dynamics of Globalization
Causes
Symptoms
Effects
Areas of Global Problems
Sustainable Development (Environment)
Population
Food
Distributive Justice
Security and Peace
War and Terrorism
Production and Proliferation of Weapons
Human Rights
Problem Solving Initiatives
Governments and Non-governmental Organizations
Individual Groups and Mass Public | |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Introduction Global Issues Hon |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | Course is designed to familiarize students with a spectrum of
issues associated with globalization, including environment,
population and food, distributive justice, human rights,
terrorism, security, social systems, and cultural change. The
course will help students enhance their global literacy in a
way that they will better understand and analyze the complexity
of the process of globalization, and help them function more
effectively in the contemporary world. |
Topical Outline: | Problem Solving and Education
Based on the premise of sociology of knowledge, problem solving
will be advanced as the purpose of learning.
Development and Globalization
Globalization will be introduced as an extension of development.
This necessitates a comprehensive analysis of the process of
development leading to globalization.
The Dynamics of Globalization
Causes
Symptoms
Effects
Areas of Global Problems
Sustainable Development (Environment)
Population
Food
Distributive Justice
Security and Peace
War and Terrorism
Production and Proliferation of Weapons
Human Rights
Problem Solving Initiatives
Governments and Non-governmental Organizations
Individual Groups and Mass Public |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Introduction to Global Issues |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | Course is designed to familiarize students with a spectrum of
issues associated with globalization, including environment,
population and food, distributive justice, human rights,
terrorism, security, social systems, and cultural change. The
course will help students enhance their global literacy in a
way that they will better understand and analyze the complexity
of the process of globalization, and help them function more
effectively in the contemporary world. |
Topical Outline: | Problem Solving and Education
Based on the premise of sociology of knowledge, problem
solving will be advanced as the purpose of learning.
Development and Globalization
Globalization will be introduced as an extension of
development. This necessitates a comprehensive analysis of the
process of development leading to globalization.
The Dynamics of Globalization
Causes
Symptoms
Effects
Areas of Global Problems
Sustainable Development (Environment)
Population
Food
Distributive Justice
Security and Peace
War and Terrorism
Production and Proliferation of Weapons
Human Rights
Problem Solving Initiatives
Governments and Non-governmental Organizations
Individual Groups and Mass Public |
Honor Code Reference: | You are expected to be a good citizen in this course. This
includes good behavior toward other class participants and the
instructor. As attendance is a necessary but not sufficient
condition, class contributions should include meaningful
contributions to the overall quality of the discussion.
Examples include active engagement with concepts from the
required reading and choosing comments that contribute to
others’ understanding of the material rather than detract from
them. General respect includes maintaining academic integrity.
Cases of academic dishonesty will be dealt with according to
the University’s guidelines. Being unfamiliar with the Academic
Honesty Policy is not a reasonable explanation for a violation.
UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of
my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of
others." The University's policy and procedures for handling
cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. |
Course ID: | INTL 2002. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Networks in International Affairs |
Course Description: | An introduction to network analysis and methods in international affairs. |
Oasis Title: | Networks in Intl Affairs |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Our globalized world rarely involves unconnected actors.
Instead, the world is full of interconnected actors working in
multiple “networks” of influence. This course will provide an
overview of network theory and methods in international
affairs. At the end of the course, students will be able to
use social network analysis to aid in decision-making.
Although the focus is on data analytics, no background in
statistics is expect or required. The course will provide an
overview of multiple data software tools to help work with
existing datasets and/or create new data for the policy
community. Whenever possible, students will also hear from
policy professionals about their experiences with data in
their careers. At the end of the course, students will be
able to claim a working knowledge of R, Stata, and UCINET for
social network analysis. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction to network analysis
What’s a node and a tie?
How networks help us understand international relations – conflict
How networks help us understand international relations – economy
How networks help us understand international relations – advocacy
How networks help us understand international relations – terrorism
Working with data in UCINET
Pictures!
Working with data in Stata (Harry Potter Day)
Videos!
Working with data in R
Creating your own Network
Networks from Archives
Research Presentations |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the
Student Government Association and approved by the University Council May 1, 1997, and provides: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Pop Culture and World Politics |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course will examine global political events and behaviors through the lens of popular culture. Throughout the semester, we will study top-down and bottom-up political messaging in popular culture, utilizing analytical tools and methods from the social sciences and cultural studies. Students will gain a clear understanding of the ways in which popular culture both reflects and impacts political phenomena worldwide, and our four case studies will offer a practical overview of global political history from the start of the Cold War until today. |
Topical Outline: | 1. What is pop culture?
2. How can we study/research pop culture and politics?
3. Pathways of influence – top-down approaches
4. Pathways of influence – bottom-up approaches
5. Current case analysis |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Hot Topics in Pub and Intl Aff |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following: form, express, and judge arguments about international politics and institutions; clearly explain the nuances of topics in international affairs “beyond the headlines”; and, as relevant, demonstrate conversancy with a discrete skill or approach to the study of international affairs phenomena. |
Topical Outline: | Defining features of the topic, problem, or controversy
Historical dimensions of topic
Introduction to relevant skill, methods, or mode of inquiry
Application of skill, methods, or mode of inquiry
Reflection on limitations of knowledge about the topic, skill, method, or mode of inquiry |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Hot Topics in Pub and Intl Aff |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do
the following: form, express, and judge arguments about
international politics and institutions; clearly explain the
nuances of topics in international affairs “beyond the
headlines”; as relevant, demonstrate conversancy with a discrete
skill or approach to the study of international affairs
phenomena. |
Topical Outline: | Defining features of the topic, problem, or controversy
Historical dimensions of topic
Introduction to relevant skill, methods, or mode of inquiry
Application of skill, methods, or mode of inquiry
Reflection on limitations of knowledge about the topic, skill,
method, or mode of inquiry |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Intl Relations |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do
the following: Describe and critique the major approaches to the
study of international relations. Explain how these approaches
help us understand important aspects of international relations,
including conflict, cooperation, interdependence, and the role
of international institutions, domestic politics, and
international law. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of International Relations
States and Nations
Anarchy
Conflict
Cooperation
Trade
Interdependence
International Law
International Institutions
Domestic Politics
Human Rights and Environmental Politics |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Intl Relations |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of international relations.
Explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects of international
relations including conflict, cooperation, interdependence, and the role of
international institutions, domestic politics and international law. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of international relations
States and Nations
Anarchy
Conflict
Cooperation
Trade
Interdependence
International Law
International Institutions
Domestic Politics
Human Rights and Environmental Politics |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Intl Relations Honors |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
- Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of international relations.
- Explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects of international relations including conflict, cooperation, interdependence, and the role of international institutions, domestic politics, and international law. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of International Relations
States and Nations
Anarchy
Conflict
Cooperation
Trade
Interdependence
International Law
International Institutions
Domestic Politics
Human Rights and Environmental Politics |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Comp Politics Honors |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following:
Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of comparative politics; explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects of comparative politics, including democracy and democratization, political institutions and parties, the relationship of states to markets; and political culture, ethnicity, and migration.
Finally, students will work with comparative methodologies and approaches and examine two or more countries in the light of various political theories; and compare two or more themes and/or functions across countries. In doing so they will learn more than by studying these countries or themes separately. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of Comparative Politics
Formation of States and Nations
Industrialization and Democratization
Revolutions and Political Transformation
Comparative Legal Systems
Domestic Institutions and Political Parties
Comparative Elections and Electoral Politics
Environmental Politics |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Comparative Politics |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do the following: Describe and critique the major approaches to the study of comparative politics; explain how these approaches help us understand important aspects in comparative politics, including democracy and democratization, political institutions and parties, the relationship of states to markets; political culture, ethnicity, and migration. Finally, students will work with comparative methodologies and approaches and examine two or more countries in the light of various political theories and compare two or more themes and/or functions across countries. In doing so they will learn more than by studying these countries or themes separately. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of Comparative Politics
Formation of States and Nations
Industrialization and Democratization
Revolutions and Political Transformation
Comparative Legal Systems
Domestic Institutions and Political Parties
Comparative Elections and Electoral Politics
Environmental Politics |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the Student Government Association and approved by the University Council May 1, 1997, and provides: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Intro to Comparative Politics |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to do
the following: Describe and critique the major approaches to
the study of comparative politics; explain how these approaches
help us understand important aspects in comparative politics
including democracy and democratization, political institutions
and parties, the relationship of states to markets; political
culture, ethnicity and migration. Finally, students will work
with comparative methodologies and approaches and examine two
or more countries in the light of various political theories;
and compare two or more themes and/or functions across
countries. In doing so they will learn more than by studying
these countries or themes separately. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations of Comparative Politics
Formation of States and Nations
Industrialization and Democratization
Revolutions and Political Transformation
Comparative Legal Systems
Domestic Institutions and Political Parties
Comparative Elections and Electoral Politics
Environmental Politics |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Research Design and Analysis |
Pre or Corequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course exposes students to basic concepts related to
research design and quantitative analysis. The course first
familiarizes students with the process of constructing and
testing social scientific explanations for political phenomena.
Students will then develop an understanding of the basic
components of research design: how to measure abstract
concepts, how to examine correlations, the possibility of
spurious relationships and how to address them. In the latter
part of the course, students will learn to perform simple data
analysis, beginning with practical issues of data management.
By the end of the course, students will be comfortable
performing analysis to examine relationships between variables,
including cross-tabulation and linear regression. A large
portion of students’ grades will be determined by lab exercises
that involve performing data analysis themselves. |
Topical Outline: | Research Design
• theories in social science
• causal relationships and threats to inference
• experimental and observational designs
• measurement
Quantitative Analysis
• data management
• descriptive statistics
• cross-tabulation
• t-tests
• covariance and correlation
• scatterplots/data visualization
• bivariate linear regression
• multivariate linear regression |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Data Analytics for Intl Policy |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | This course will provide students with the tools to find,
critically examine, analyze, understand, and present
international affairs data to a broad community. Although the
focus is on data analytics, no background in statistics is
expect or required. The course will provide an overview of
multiple data software tools to help work with existing
datasets and/or create new data for the policy community. All
instruction will be delivered online. Whenever possible,
students will also hear from policy professionals about their
experiences with data in their careers. At the end of the
course, students will be able to claim a working knowledge of
R, Stata, Qualtrics, social network analysis, quantitative
data analysis, and survey methods. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction to the Course and Why Data in the Policy Community
Beginner's Guide to Stata
Beginner's Guide to R
Understanding Statistical Tables, Visualization
Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data
Automated Events Data
Twitter Data with R and Stata
Maps with R and Stata
Surveys and Experiments
Network Analysis
Small N Data - Focus Groups and Interviews
Small N Data - Fieldwork and Archives |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the
Student Government Association and approved by the University Council May 1, 1997, and provides: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Data Analytics for Intl Policy |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | This course will provide students with the tools to find, critically examine, analyze, understand, and present international affairs data to a broad community. Although the focus is on data analytics, no background in statistics is expected or required. The course will provide an overview of multiple data software tools to help work with existing datasets and/or create new data for the policy community. All instruction will be delivered online. Whenever possible, students will also hear from policy professionals about their experiences with data in their careers. At the end of the course, students will be able to claim a working knowledge of R, Stata, Qualtrics, social network analysis, quantitative data analysis, and survey methods. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction to the Course and Why Data in the Policy Community
Beginner's Guide to Stata
Beginner's Guide to R
Understanding Statistical Tables, Visualization
Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data
Automated Events Data
Twitter Data with R and Stata
Maps with R and Stata
Surveys and Experiments
Network Analysis
Small N Data - Focus Groups and Interviews
Small N Data - Fieldwork and Archives |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the Student Government Association and approved by the University Council on May 1,1997. All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Social Experimentation |
Pre or Corequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | When this course is finished, students should:
- Understand the distinction between observational,
experimental, and quasi-experimental studies
- Understand the fundamental barriers to inference from
observational data
- Understand how experimental studies overcome this barrier
- Gain familiarity with the potential outcomes framework and
the Rubin Causal model
- Gain experience in the design of experiments, including
practical knowledge of randomization, factorial designs,
delivery of treatment, etc.
- Gain basic fluency with the statistical methods used to
analyze experiments
- Gain basic fluency with statistical software used to analyze
experiments |
Topical Outline: | Foundations
- What is causal inference and why is it important?
- What sorts of questions can we ask about the social world?
- Which questions have causal answers?
Framework
- Why is it difficult to answer causal questions with
observational data?
- How do experimental studies solve the fundamental obstacles
to inference encountered by observational studies?
- Introduction to the potential outcomes framework
- Introduction to randomization and experimental design
Keystone examples of experimental design
- Tennessee STAR experiment
- RAND Health experiment
Review of experimental designs in key areas
- Experimental designs to understand health
- Experimental designs to understand discrimination
- Issues in the implementation of experimental design,
including non-compliance and interference |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Qualitative Methods IA Policy |
Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or 3300E |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Qualitative methods include a variety of approaches to understanding information that can be useful for international policy professionals. Students in this course will gain a basic understanding of many common qualitative approaches, with a focus on the importance of care for human subjects. Students will conduct their own research using qualitative methods, likely making use of area archival resources. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Why Do We Need Research? A Review
2. Empirical Methods
3. Human Subjects Training - CITI
4. Overview of Qualitative Methods
a. Interviews
b. Focus Groups
c. Participant Observation
d. Archival Research
e. Process Tracing
f. Fieldwork
5. Project Development and Presentation |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the Student Government Association and approved by the University Council May 1, 1997, and provides: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Comparative Pol Institutions |
Prerequisite: | INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the
both the origins and consequences of political institutions.
Students will explore why there is such a variety of institutions
observable, and what the differential effects are of such
institutions. At the end of the semester students should be able
to understand how institutions shape outcomes and the historical,
structural, and cultural factors that contribute to the creation
of these institutions. |
Topical Outline: | 1) What are political institutions?
a) Formal and informal political institutions
2) Differences and similarities between American and European
political institutions
3) The historical preconditions of institution-building.
a) Nation building in Europe
b) Nation building in the United States of America
c) Transplanting political institutions: nation building in
the "Third World"
4) Major forms of political institutions:
a) Presidentialism vs. parliamentarism
b) Turning votes into seats: the variety of electoral systems
c) Parliaments: how many chambers?
d) Federalism vs. Unitarism
e) Citizen empowerment: referenda and plebiscites
5) Do institutions matter?
a) The effect of institutions on political representation
b) The effect of institutions on macro-economic outcomes
c) The effect of institutions on equality and well-being
d) Other effects of institutions |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Global Terrorism |
Prerequisite: | SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course analyzes the social conditions underlying terrorist
violence and the response to it. Students will be expected to
understand why definitions of terrorism are so controversial,
how terrorism has evolved as one type of political violence,
where across the globe terrorism is most prevalent, which
organizations are most heavily involved in terrorist attacks,
the links between terrorist and criminal organizations, why
people become terrorists, what effects terrorism has, including
its effects on terrorists’ strategic goals, which broad
strategies are most effective in countering terrorism, and how
terrorism might evolve in the future. Students will be expected
to master the books and journal articles assigned for the
course and to engage in focused discussion and writing on the
topics.
Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the
course content in written work that is appropriate for an
academic context.
Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the
course content in speech that is appropriate for an academic
context. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Defining “terrorism”
2. History of terrorism
3. Contemporary patterns of terrorism
4. Terrorist organizations
5. Terrorism and crime
6. Becoming a terrorist
7. Causes of terrorist violence
8. Does terrorism work?
9. Countering terrorism
10. The future of terrorism |
Honor Code Reference: | As a University of Georgia student, you have agreed to abide
by the University’s academic honest policy, “A Culture of
Honesty,” and the Student Honor Code. All academic work must
meet the standards described in “A Culture of Honesty” found
at: https://ovpi.uga.eduacademic-honesty/academic-honesty-
policy. Lack of knowledge of the academic honesty policy is not
a reasonable explanation for a violation. Questions related to
course assignments and the academic honesty policy should be
directed to the instructor. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | FOUNDNS INTL POLICY |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will understand the concepts and practices of policy
formation and implementation in international affairs. Students
will be able to identify the role key actors and institutions
play at each stage of the policy making process. |
Topical Outline: | 1) Definitions of Public Policy in International Affairs
2) Global Policy
3) Regional Policy
4) Comparative Domestic Policy
5) Agenda Setting
6) Policy Formation
7) Policy Implementation
8) National and International Institutions
9) Domestic Parties and Interest Groups
10) NGOs |
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. |
Oasis Title: | PRESEM INTERL REL |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6200 |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The central purpose is to develop an understanding of the basic
theories and approaches to the study of interstate politics. It
also lays the foundation for further, more advanced study of
international relations and serves as the cornerstone for the
doctoral examination in the subfield. Students will gain a
deeper understanding of realistm, liberalism and rationality in
international relations. They will have learned the logic of
game theoretic approaches, of how cognitive processes affect
decision making and the utility of political economy approaches
in understanding international politics. |
Topical Outline: | Foundations: realism(s)
Foundations: liberalism
Foundations: rationality, anarchy, and preferences
Approaches: game/formal theory
Approaches: Cognitive
Approaches: Constructivism/norms
Conflict
Democratic Peace
Cooperation
Political Economy
Hegemony |
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." |
Oasis Title: | Comparative Analysis Method |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 6350 |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will understand the basic approaches in comparative
politics, such as functionalism, structuralism, rational
choice, institutionalism, cultural approaches, and others. They
will gain a deeper understanding on how to use the comparative
method to make persuasive theoretical arguments. Finally, they
will be taught how to craft research papers combining the
reigning appraoches in comparative politics with the
methdological principles contained in the comparative method. |
Topical Outline: | 1) The founding fathers of comparative politics
2) Structuralism
3) Functionalism
4) Culturalism
5) Rational Choice
6) Institutionalism
7) The resurgence of the "state"
8) The comparative method
9) Comparative political institutions
10) Comparative political economy |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Being a Political Scientist |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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Course Objectives: | Participation: You will not pass this class if you do not participate, and participation involves more than attending class. When you speak up in class, you enhance the experience of other students in the course. Asking questions can lead to valuable conversations that would not have come about otherwise.
CV: Students are required to create a curriculum vitae. This must be posted as a PDF on a publicly viewable website before the last day of class. You may choose to create your own academic website, which is something you will need to do during graduate school anyway, or you may post your CV on your SPIA profile page or at another academic repository.
Attendance at Research Talks: Students are required to attend at least three research presentations given in SPIA during the course of the semester. These can take place in any SPIA department or at the School level. They may be part of a speaker or brown bag series, a talk given by a SPIA faculty member or graduate student, a job talk, or a practice job talk by a SPIA graduate student. Within a week from your attendance of each presentation, you should upload to eLC a 1-3 page PDF memo that describes: (1) the speaker, the date of the presentation, and the venue; (2) the theory being tested and the research methods used; (3) the empirical findings; and (4) the strengths and weaknesses of the content and the speaker’s presentation (visuals, oral communication, and responses to questions). |
Topical Outline: | WEEK 1
Welcome and Introductions
WEEK 2
What is Political Science?
WEEK 3
Being a Professional
WEEK 4
Why Do We Have to Learn All This Math and Statistics?
WEEK 5
Can We Study Politics Without Math and Statistics?
WEEK 6
Tips and Tools for Writing
WEEK 7
Teaching
WEEK 8
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Political Science
WEEK 9
Comprehensive Exams and the Dissertation
WEEK 10
Conferences and Workshops
WEEK 11
Academic Journals, Books, and Grants
WEEK 12
The Academic Job Market
WEEK 13
Non-Academic Jobs for People with Ph.D.'s in Political Science
WEEK 14
Should Political Science Be Public-Facing?
WEEK 15
Thanksgiving Break
WEEK 16
CV Review and Time for Remaining Discussion
• We will review all students’ CVs online and provide suggestions for improvement. |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the Student Government Association and approved by the University Council on May 1,1997. All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Prospectus Workshop |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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Course Objectives: | Participation: You will not pass this class if you do not participate, and participation involves more than attending class. When you speak up in class, you enhance the experience of other students in the course. Asking questions can lead to valuable conversations that would not have come about otherwise. Your participation will be particularly important in the second half of the semester during the practice prospectus defenses.
Creation of Draft Prospectus: You are required to upload a draft prospectus to eLC during or before Spring Break in PDF format. We will talk in detail about the content a prospectus should include in Week 3. Your prospectus draft should be between 10 and 20 pages, inclusive of the bibliography.
Practice Prospectus Defense: In the weeks after Spring Break, each student will defend their prospectus in front of the class. The class will play the role of the student’s dissertation committee. |
Topical Outline: | WEEK 1
Welcome and Introductions
WEEK 2
Coming Up With a Dissertation Idea
WEEK 3
What Should a Prospectus Entail?
WEEK 4
Applying for External Support
WEEK 5
Collecting and Analyzing Data
WEEK 6
What Does a Prospectus Defense Entail?
WEEK 7
Guest Lecture from Advanced Graduate Student Who Has Defended Their Prospectus
WEEK 8
Guest Lecture from Advanced Graduate Student Who Is About to Defend Their Dissertation
WEEK 9
Spring Break
WEEK 10
Practice Prospectus Defense(s)
WEEK 11
Practice Prospectus Defense(s)
WEEK 12
Practice Prospectus Defense(s)
WEEK 13
Practice Prospectus Defense(s)
WEEK 14
Practice Prospectus Defense(s)
WEEK 15
Practice Prospectus Defense(s)
WEEK 16
Guest Lecture from Junior Faculty Member Who Recently Defended Their Dissertation |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Data Analytics Online |
Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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Course Objectives: | As international policy professionals, students will have to
be up-to-date on data projects that could influence
international policy and know how to present data within the
policy community. This course provides you with tools that
will help you find, critically examine, analyze, and present
international policy data to a broad community. Although the
focus will be on data analytics, no background in statistics
is expected or required. We will be using multiple data
software tools to help you work with existing datasets and/or
create your own data for the policy community. Each week will
focus on different datasets and data structures that you could
be using as a policy professional. All materials will be
available online. |
Topical Outline: | Introduction to Course and Why Data in the Policy Community
Beginner's Guide to Stata
Beginner's Guide to R
Understanding Statistical Tables
Visualization
Time-Series
Cross-Sectional Data
Automated Events Data
Twitter Data with R and Stata
Maps with R and Stata
Surveys and Experiments
Network Analysis
Small N Data - Focus Groups and Interviews
Small N Data - Fieldwork and Archives |
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. |
Oasis Title: | Data Analytic and Presentation |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in INTL 7007E |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | As an international policy professional, students will have to
be up-to-date on data projects that could influence
international policy and how to present data within the policy
community.
This course will provide them with tools that will help them
find, critically examine, analyze, and present international
policy data to a broad community. Although the focus will be
on data analytics, no background in statistics is expected or
required.
We will be using multiple data software tools to help students
work with existing datasets and/or create their own data for
the policy community. Each week will focus on different
datasets and data structures that they could be using as a
policy professional. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction to Course and Why Data in the Policy Community
2. Measurement and Science
3. What Can We Do With Data? Starting R and Stata
4. Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data (Economic/Regimes) and
Visualization
5. Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data (Violence) and Visualization
6. Automated Event Data
7. Survey Data
8. Experimental Data
9. Network Analysis Data
10. Small N Data - Focus Groups and Interviews
11. Small N Data - Fieldwork and Achieves
12. Can We Determine Cause and Effect? |
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. |
Oasis 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) |
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Course Objectives: | By the end of the course, students will be very familiar with the most commonly used data sets in cross-national research on political conflict, and will be comfortable executing statistical analysis using software programs and translating the results into informative and easy-to-read reports. |
Topical Outline: | Conceptualization and measurement
Bivariate relationships and statistical hypothesis testing
Linear regression
Logistic regression
Statistical models of civil war
Regression models for ordered responses
Statistical models of human rights practices
Regression models for count data
Statistical models using events data (international conflict and terrorism)
Advanced models for count data
Event history/duration models
Statistical models of civil war duration
Models for panel data
Conflict prediction and forecasting |
Honor Code Reference: | The academic honesty policy of the university is supplemented (not replaced) by an Honor Code which was adopted by the Student Government Association and approved by the University Council May 1, 1997, and provides: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." All students agree to abide by this code by signing the UGA Admissions Application. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | SPECIAL TOPICS IR |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8200 |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course will train students in critically analyzing the
central arguments posed in international relations. It will
provide an opportunity to prepare advanced research papers that
are both theoretically as well as methodologically sophisticated
and might serve as a basis for later submission of such papers to
peer reviewed journals in the field. |
Topical Outline: | Topics will vary depending on instructor but may include themes
such as international relations theory, war and peace, origins
and consequences of ethnic conflict, democratic peace, global
environmental politics, and other such topics. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | TOPICS COMP POL |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 8300 |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | This course will train students in critically analyzing the
central arguments posed in comparative politics. It will provide
an opportunity to prepare advanced research papers that are both
theoretically as well as methodologically sophisticated and might
serve as a basis for later submission of such papers to peer
reviewed journals in the field. |
Topical Outline: | Topics will vary depending on instructor but may include themes
such as the European Union, globalization, social capital,
comparative political institutions, comparative political
economy, and other such topics. |
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. |
Oasis Title: | QUAL METHODS INTL |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will become acquainted with the opportunities,
problems, and advantages offered by alternative research
designs. Students will learn which methods are appropriate to
their research programs. Students will obtain practical
experience with data collection and analysis appropriate to
qualitative analysis. |
Topical Outline: | 1) Causation and Qualitative Analysis
2) Gathering Qualitative Data
3) Analyzing Qualitative Data
4) Comparative Method and Case Studies
5) Comparative Case Study Approach
6) Cross-National Comparison
7) Historical Analysis
8) Interviewing Techniques
9) Content Analysis
10) Survey Data Analysis
11) Archival Research
12) Temporality, Critical Junctures and Path Dependence
13) Participant Observation
14) Ethnography |
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