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SIS-621 International Law and the Legal Order (3)
The nature and functions of international law in interstate relations, with emphasis on recent trends in scholarship and on cases, documents, and other original materials. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-622 Human Rights (3)
This course explains the main principles of international human rights law and provides a solid grounding in the main United Nations and regional systems for human rights protection and promotion. In addition, students are introduced to the methodology of human rights fact-finding, including interview techniques and planning investigations. The course also considers the political, sociological, and ethical dimensions of human rights advocacy. Students consider the ways in which human rights address human society and how we treat one another, how authority is used, and issues of basic justice and fairness. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-623 International Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice (3)
This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of public policy analysis in international affairs, focusing on the methods used to analyze and evaluate policy, the various issues associated with policy formation, and the application of these methods to different policy areas.
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SIS-624 Children in International Development (3)
This course focuses on the predicament of children in various situations around the world in which they are exploited, abused, or disadvantaged. Includes street children, child soldiers, child labor, AIDS orphans, handicapped children, and trafficking in children. Constructive alternatives to deal with these problems are also discussed. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-625 International Organizations (3)
The origins, principles, organization, activities, and performance of major international organizations in issue areas including economic development, international security, trade, and humanitarian assistance. Theoretical aspects are emphasized. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-626 Social Policy and Development (3)
The design, implementation, and financing of health, education, social insurance, water, etc., in developing countries. The course covers debates about rights vs. cost effectiveness, universal coverage vs. targeting, centralized vs. local control, public vs. private provisions, etc. Students are introduced to tools to facilitate social policy analysis in conditions of limited resources. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-627 International Finance and the Emerging Markets (3)
This course deals with the implications of financial globalization for emerging market countries and specifically with the pros and cons of attracting direct investment and portfolio flows, the peculiarities of global capital movements such as contagion and sudden stop phenomena, the roles of credit rating agencies and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in facilitating access to international lenders and investors, the importance of currency and maturity mismatches, the effectiveness (or not) of controls on capital flows, and the relationship between capital flows, over indebtedness, and sovereign debt defaults. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: SIS-666 or ECON-672 or IBUS-700 .
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SIS-628 Advanced Topics in International Communication (1-3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include cross-cultural collaboration in global virtual teams; health and culture across borders; public diplomacy; social entrepreneurship; global innovation without frontiers; social media and cultural-political transformation; race, class, and power in international education; field research in health communication; foreign media and public opinion; managing international and intercultural programs and exchanges; health communication, disability policy and organization; cyber-conflict in global perspective; and mass media and terrorism. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-629 Europe Core Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics cover key themes in comparative and regional studies including politics, economy, identity, regional security, civil society, governance, foreign policy, democratization, and globalization in European countries. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-630 Economic Policies in the European Union (3)
The course deals primarily with the development and governance of the European Union, and especially with the economic, monetary, and financial challenges the project has had to manage and try to overcome. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-631 Islamic Studies Core Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics cover key themes in comparative and regional studies including politics, economy, identity, regional security, civil society, governance, foreign policy, democratization, and globalization, as well as the role of class, gender and ethnicity, which are integral in Islamic studies. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-632 Microfinance (3)
This course examines the conceptual and practical dimensions of financial strategies that low-income families use to protect their assets, manage risk, and grow their incomes. It explores how the combination of age-old social constructs and the latest technologies, including microfinance, is revolutionizing the way poor people are accessing and leveraging financial services. In addition to introducing the basic principles of financial inclusion, the course presents an opportunity to develop practical tools, and examines the vigorous debates taking place in the industry around the evidence of impact, gender dimensions, the role of the state, and appropriateness of profit making. Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years). Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-633 Selected Topics in International Communication (1-3)
Topics vary by section. Introduction to a specific technique or approach currently used in the international communication/cross-cultural communication field, focusing on intercultural training, multicultural negotiation, intercultural leadership, or another similar area. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: Pass/Fail only.
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SIS-634 Field Survey Research Methods (3)
This course provides basic training in designing a field-based research project in international development. It is structured to combine the theoretical aspects of international development with the practical aspects of testing their validity and applicability. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: SIS-600 .
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SIS-635 Advanced Topics in Development Management (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include rural development and managing economic and political reform. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-636 Micropolitics of Development (3)
This course introduces key social categories that affect politics and development at the local/micro/project level. These include class; status (including the operation of elites; bureaucrats, and development professionals); ethnicity; caste; gender, and differences based on culture and religion; and abilities/disabilities. It also emphasizes that these categories are fluid; time- and location-specific; and open to contestation. From an applied perspective; the material in this course provides a conceptual background for; and useful pointers towards; competent and informed social assessment. Reference is made to a number of practical tools including gender analysis; stakeholder analysis; social (impact) assessment; and participatory rural appraisal. The course also provides an opportunity to observe a number of case studies. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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SIS-637 International Development (3)
Alternative theories and definitions of development as expressed in the major international institutions (aid agencies, cartels, multinational corporations) concerned with the transfer of resources. Considers the problems of the "change-agent" in working for development and examines the major development issues. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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SIS-638 Selected Topics in International Development Skills (1)
Topics vary by section. Introduction to a specific technique or approach currently used in the international development field, focusing on project planning, community development, action research, or another similar area. Usually Offered: Fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: Pass/Fail only.
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SIS-639 Selected Topics in International Conflict Resolution Skills (1-3)
Topics vary by section. Introduction to a specific technique or approach currently used in the international conflict resolution field, focusing on conflict resolution and reconciliation, mediation, interviewing, negotiation, or another similar area. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: Pass/Fail only.
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SIS-640 International Communication (3)
International communication as a field of inquiry and research: perspectives, theories, and assumptions underlying communication between nations and peoples; international flow of information and its implications in relations among nations and cultures.
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SIS-641 Psychological and Cultural Bases of International Politics (3)
Phenomena and problems of international relations in terms of underlying cultural and psychological forces. Theory of international relations from the point of view of the behavioral sciences. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-642 Intercultural Relations (3)
This course examines the contribution of relevant social and behavioral sciences and the humanities to the study of intercultural and cross-cultural communication. Analysis of culture as communication and value-systems as essential communication.
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SIS-643 Political Economy of International Communication (3)
Examines the political and economic foundations, structures, and processes of contemporary international and global communication. Usually Offered: every other term.
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SIS-644 Communication and Social and Economic Development (3)
Examination of economic, communication, and development theories, the role of information and communication technology in social and economic development; transfer of technology and uses of communication in economic growth, social change, and national integration. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-645 International Communication and Cultural Policy (3)
Designed for students and professionals in communication and culture, media, creative arts, public policy and international affairs, this course explores some of the most important areas of national, comparative and international policy shaping communication and culture in the twenty-first century. Students develop policy expertise for use in areas such as press freedoms, media and film policy; Internet policy, new digital media policy, and Internet censorship; intellectual property rights and foreign policy related to trade in cultural products and service; and constitutional rights of freedom of expression in comparative context. Particular emphasis is given to national arts policy and cultural policies that protect cultural rights of minorities; promote production and dissemination of new creative arts; preserve the national heritage in cultural traditions, national endowments and museums; construct and define national and cultural identity; support and subsidize national cultural industries; apply cultural content quotas; design and implement language policy; and defend cultural sovereignty. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-646 Information Systems and International Communication (3)
Illustrates the major concepts and techniques that comprise systems perspectives. Particular attention to the application of systems concepts and related techniques to the flow of information in and across organizations set in a complex, interdependent and changing world. Case studies and action research complement class reading and discussion. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-647 Governance and Development (3)
Reviews classical and contemporary perspectives on democratic transition, consolidation, and the development of good governance, with special attention to the role of foreign aid. Analyzes the role of civil society and social capital, considers the design of institutions such as constitutions, electoral systems, parties, and agencies of restraint, and also examines accountability, rule of law, and corruption. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-648 Gender and Development (3)
Gender forms a critical concept in the analysis of the well being/ill being of people across the globe. This course focuses on gaining an understanding of the scholarly and practical frameworks of gender analysis and probes the differential developmental impact of socio-economic and political forces on women and men, primarily in the Global South. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-649 Environment and Development (3)
An overview of the multidisciplinary field of environment and development. This course focuses on debates concerning various human-made or development- related root causes of natural-resource degradation in the Third World. Special attention is paid to the relationship between the rural poor and the environment. The course also looks critically at recent innovative policy responses attempting to link environment and development. Students learn "root-cause analysis" to assess both the debates and the policy responses. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-650 Global Economy and Sustainable Development (3)
An inquiry into the political economy of development; centered on two levels of analysis: the evolution of global economic activity in the post-World War II period; with primary focus on trade and foreign investment; and the relationship between such global economic interactions and sustainable development (in social; environmental; and economic terms) in Third World countries. Special attention is given to NGO(including labor unions); private sector and government initiatives to make trade and investment more supportive of socially and environmentally sustainable development. The course provides an introduction to corporate responsibility/accountability. Prerequisite/Concurrent: SIS-637 .
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SIS-651 Managing Economic Policy Reform (3)
Addresses design and management of macroeconomic stabilization; privatization; social safety net; trade policy; financial sector; and public sector reform in developing countries. The course focuses on the impact of economic policy on the poor and also considers the politics of reform. Prerequisite: ECON-603 .
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SIS-652 Introduction to Environmental Economics (3)
This course provides an overview of the uses of economics in the context of environmental issues and of the key topics in environmental policy today. The course introduces the market forces that affect the environment and discusses the relative merits of different methods pollution control such as taxes or cap-and-trade. Students learn how to value the benefits and costs of an improvement in air quality or of the protection of a natural park. This knowledge is then applied to policy topics such as the links between economic growth and the environment, or the question of economic justice. Usually Offered: fall. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: ECON-603 .
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SIS-653 Topics in U.S. Foreign Policy (3)
Topics vary by section. Topics include substantive national security issues such as terrorism, non-proliferation, intelligence, and defense policies, as well as U.S. foreign policy toward specific regions or countries. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-654 Africa Core Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics cover key themes in comparative and regional studies including politics, economy, identity, regional security, civil society, governance, foreign policy, democratization, and globalization in African countries. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-655 Asia Core Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics cover key themes in comparative and regional studies including politics, economy, identity, regional security, civil society, governance, foreign policy, democratization, and globalization in Asian and Southeast Asian countries. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-656 Contemporary International Relations of Western Europe (3)
Theoretical approaches to the study of European integration. Evolution of West European unity since World War II with emphasis on the European Union, United States-West European relations since the 1960s, and contemporary issues of European security. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-658 Financial Issues in Latin America (3)
Systemic financial problems--fiscal banking currency and debt crises often in highly damaging combination--have loomed large in the economic history of Latin America. This course analyzes both the fundamental and precipitating causes of these financial crises, focusing on economic policy and institutional shortcomings as well as on other domestic and external forces that generate financial instability. Case studies are used to illustrate particular situations encountered in recent years. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: SIS-616 or SIS-731 .
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SIS-659 International Relations of Russia and Central Eurasia (3)
The study of Soviet and Commonwealth foreign policies within the analytical perspectives of international relations theory. Historical and contemporary analysis of interstate and inter-regional relations in areas of Russian and Soviet influence. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-660 Environment and Politics (3)
This gateway course for students entering the SIS programs in Global Environmental Policy (GEP) and Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD) provides an introduction to environmental politics and policy, with emphasis on the international, transnational and global dimensions. The course lays a foundation for more advanced study by introducing conceptual frameworks, issue areas, and analytic approaches to the field. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-661 Russia and Central Eurasia Core Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics cover key themes in comparative and regional studies including politics, economy, identity, regional security, civil society, governance, foreign policy, democratization, and globalization in Russia and Central Eurasian countries. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-662 AU-Peruvian Diplomatic Academy (1-12)
Students take courses at the Peruvian Diplomatic Academy (PDA), Lima, Peru. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-663 Washington Workshop: Advanced Studies and Research in Environmental Politics (3)
This applied professional seminar meets with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies at their offices in Washington, D.C. Students produce a major research paper while honing their professional goals and developing expertise in the practice of environmental politics and policy. Promotes a broad understanding of environmental institutions and their strategies and offers a structure for sustained research. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-664 Islam and Nationalism: Middle East (3)
Lectures and discussions on secular nationalism and Islamic militancy in the Middle East and North Africa during the past one hundred years; the origins and characteristics of the movements; the conflict between them and its impact on the politics and international relations of the area; the emergence of neofundamentalist Islamic movements. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-665 International Trade Relations (3)
An analysis of the multilateral trading system and its rules and practices; regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements; the political economy of protectionism; and issues involving services trade, migration, and foreign direct investments. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: SIS-616 .
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SIS-666 International Financial Relations (3)
An analysis of the historical evolution of the international monetary system, the political economy of monetary regimes, and the pros and cons of alternative exchange rate policies. It also examines global conflicts over balance-of-payments adjustments as well as the transmission and management of international financial crises. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: SIS-616 .
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SIS-669 Human Rights in Latin America (3)
This course examines some of the issues confronting human rights in Latin America today: how to remember, redress and repair human rights abuses under past authoritarian regimes; how to document and address rights abuses linked to the globalized movements of labor and people, as well as of indigenous peoples; what the role of the United States has been and should be; what the role of international and national non-governmental organizations is and ought to be; how to address non-political violence through human rights frameworks; and how to secure human rights in the region's armed conflicts. Although numerous cases are included, the course draws heavily on Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Haiti. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-670 Americas Core Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics cover key themes in comparative and regional studies including politics, economy, identity, regional security, civil society, governance, foreign policy, democratization, and globalization in Latin American countries. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-671 Middle East Core Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics cover key themes in comparative and regional studies including politics, economy, identity, regional security, civil society, governance, foreign policy, democratization, and globalization in Middle Eastern countries. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-672 Frameworks of Comparative and Regional Studies (3)
This course introduces students to the dominant theories, concepts and debates in comparative politics and related fields. It includes research on state formation, political and economic development, nationalism, democratization, and revolution. The course explores some of the broad theoretical approaches scholars take to understand and explain political outcomes, including cultural, economic, historical, and institutional theories. Students read and critically discuss a range of comparative scholarship, including work that analyzes outcomes across regions and countries, and within states. They are introduced to various methodologies of comparative analysis and how those methodologies are used to describe and analyze important historical and contemporary international affairs issues. The course guides students in the analysis and comparison of complex political processes and the writing of clear, well-argued expository essays. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-673 Comparative Political Economy (3)
Political economy is examined by comparing countries and regions. Considers the possibilities and limits of transposing models of state and society from one region to another. Focus is on the division of labor, class and identity, the state, industrialization strategies, technological policy, cultural formation, and identity. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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SIS-674 AU-China Studies Institute Program (1-12)
Students take courses at the China Studies Institute, Beijing, China. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-675 Race in International Relations (3)
The concept of race in international relations theory has acquired meaning through issues such as security/immigration policies and trans-national social/ political movements. Focuses on the theoretical and practical implications of race as a significant factor in these and other international issues. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-676 Selected Topics in Cross-National Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics, usually with a comparative or regional focus, include political economy of Africa; theories of nationalism; etc. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-677 AU-Carlos III University, Madrid Exchange (1-9)
Students take courses at the American University Universidad de Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Permission: Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-679 AU-American University in Cairo (1-12)
Students take courses at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-680 Topics in Research Methods in International Affairs (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics on qualitative research approaches in international affairs with a particular focus on case studies. Usually Offered: spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-681 Intelligence and Foreign Policy (3)
The role of the CIA and other intelligence organizations in formulating and implementing U. S. foreign policy. Includes human and technical intelligence gathering; processing and analysis; dissemination of information to policy makers; covert action and counterintelligence; the relationship between intelligence organizations, the President, and Congress; and ethics and the conduct of intelligence activities.
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SIS-682 Foreign Policy: Institutions and Processes (3)
Analysis of American foreign and defense policy processes, including the role of the president, Congress, Departments of State and Defense, the intelligence community, and other actors and factors affecting policy formulation and implementation. Students participate in a simulation of the policy process addressing a real world issue. The exercise incorporates memo writing, public speaking, and other practical skills.
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SIS-683 The President, Congress, and United States Foreign Policy (3)
Who really makes U.S. foreign policy? This course assesses the foreign policy roles of the president and Congress, focusing on the power that each branch wields and how relations between them shape U.S. policy. The class examines cooperation and disputes between Congress and the president on issues such as treaties, the use of military force, trade agreements, and the funding of foreign policy programs. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-684 National Security Policy (3)
This survey course covers core concepts and contemporary issues related to U.S. national security policy.
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SIS-685 United States-Russian/Eurasian Security Relations (3)
An intensive reading, research, and discussion seminar focusing on U.S. relations with Russia, its predecessor, and other Eurasian states as an interaction, stressing the security aspects of that interaction. The primary emphasis is on security relations in the postwar period, 1945 to the present. Two subthemes of the seminar are the role of strategic culture and the dynamics of threats. Usually Offered: alternate falls.
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SIS-686 Proseminar in International Affairs (3)
Providing an overview of new developments in international affairs, this course designed especially for International Service (MIS) students connects theory to practice at the executive level in international affairs. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: International Service (MIS).
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SIS-687 Proseminar in International Affairs II (3)
This course is the second in a two course sequence, designed especially for Master of International Service (MIS) degree candidates. Focusing on professional strategies for coping with change and professional skills enhancement, the seminar also includes a capstone action research project. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: International Service (MIS).
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SIS-688 Domestic Sources of United States Foreign Policy (3)
This course examines how domestic politics affects foreign policy decision-making. Topics include the influence of the media, public opinion and interest groups on the formulation and implementation of foreign policy, importance of foreign policy to a president's popularity and electability, presidential attempts to sell national security issues, the "rally-'round-the flag" phenomenon, obstacles posed by congressional partisan politics, press-government relations in war time, and the politics of military interventions.
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SIS-689 Foreign Policy: Theories of Decision Making (3)
This seminar examines theories about how states formulate foreign policy. The focus is on the decision-making process, including theories about individual rationality and cognition, information processing, risk taking, group dynamics, and bureaucratic politics, as well as the influence of domestic societal factors. The various theoretical approaches are applied to historical cases of international crises and intelligence failures, drawn primarily but not exclusively from American foreign policy.
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SIS-690 Independent Study Project in International Studies (1-6)
Permission: instructor and SIS graduate studies office.
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SIS-691 Internship in International Affairs (1-6)
Direct involvement in policy making through participation in a governmental agency or nongovernmental organization. Permission: internship coordinator and SIS graduate studies office.
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SIS-692 International Internship (1-6)
Internships that take place abroad. Permission: SIS Study Abroad office.
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SIS-693 Practicum: Action Research in Development Management (1-6)
Action research supervised by a faculty member. This is the capstone activity for MS in Development Management students. The practicum takes place in and with the support of a development organization or a community. Its purpose is to work on a mutually agreed upon and definable task to improve some aspect of the management of the organization or the functioning of the community. The full practicum process involves participation in practicum group meetings; preparation of a series of planning exercises for the practicum; undertaking the practicum; and preparation and presentation of the practicum process report. Restriction: Development Management (MS) . Permission: instructor.
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SIS-694 AU-Ritsumeikan Exchange (1-12)
Students take courses at Ritsumeikan University (RU), Kyoto, Japan. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-695 Research Seminar and Practicum in International Communication (3)
This seminar prepares students to conceptualize, design, and present a substantial research paper (SRP), practicum project, or an academic thesis proposal by providing a comprehensive introduction to social science research methods and approaches applicable to a diverse range of interdisciplinary research interests. The seminar focuses on theory and practice, including hands-on training in research design, and project evaluation to support a SRP, practicum project, or master's thesis. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-697 AU-Korea University Exchange (1-12)
Students take courses at Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-698 AU-Sciences Po Exchange, Paris (1-9)
Students take courses at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), France. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-706 Global International Relations Theory (3)
This foundation course approaches international relations theory with an interdisciplinary perspective and presents the major paradigms existing in the field. It sets normative and analytical definitions of priorities and goals and establishes the boundaries of the field. Usually Offered: fall. Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-707 History of Global Politics (3)
This course provides historical context on change and continuity in the global political system. It examines the rise, fall and evolution of the political units that have comprised the system, including city-states, empires, and socio-cultural political units such as world religions as well as the modern nation-state and addressed how each of these different forms of political units have affected the practice of global politics across the centuries. Usually Offered: fall. Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-708 Foundations of Global Security (3)
This course explores how and why violence plays a role in international politics, across a broad range of conflict types, actors, and circumstances. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-709 Foundations of Global Governance (3)
This course explores the organizations, norms, practices, institutions, and actors that collectively serve to create governance structures that manage cooperation in international affairs. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-710 Colloquium in International Relations (3)
Topics vary by section. Reading and discussion of literature and ideas in an aspect of the international relations field. Intensive dialogue between faculty members and doctoral students, MA students may be admitted with permission. Preparation for comprehensive examination. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-711 Topics in Intercultural and International Communication (3)
Topics vary by section. This gateway course introduces Intercultural and International Communication (MA) students to program concentration areas. Rotating topics include global perspectives in public diplomacy; globalization, migration, and education; and international media, policy, and technology. Usually Offered: spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-712 Advanced Topics in Global Governance, Politics, and Security (3)
Topics vary by section. Advanced, focused topics in global governance, politics, and security. Rotating topics include insurgency and counterinsurgency, NGOs in international affairs, and international organizations. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-725 Seminar on Law in International Affairs (3)
The history and theory of international law, major areas of change in contemporary law, and the role of the practitioner. Research in students’ special fields. Usually Offered: spring. Permission: instructor.
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SIS-726 Professional Development Management (3)
An overview for professionally administering programs in developing countries to develop positive change under conditions of extensive needs, low capacities, and severe obstacles. The course emphasizes practical challenges with an emphasis on tools of design, planning, assessment, measurement, evaluation and their applications. Usually Offered: spring Restriction: Development Management (MS) or International Development (MA) .
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SIS-730 Skills Institutes in International Affairs (1)
Topics vary by section. Introduction to a specific technique, approach, or skill used in the field of international affairs, including grant proposal writing, policy brief writing, public speaking, and strategic planning. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: Pass/Fail only.
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SIS-731 Economic Development (3)
Why are some countries rich and some countries poor? This course introduces students to the leading issues in development economics at both the macro and micro levels. It weaves a historical overview of the last century with economic theory and empirical investigations, beginning with a discussion of developing country macro growth policies, the role of the state, debt, and the recent liberalization of foreign trade and financial policies. The focus then shifts to more micro-development topics such as poverty, inequality, education, health, gender, corruption, and crime. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-603 .
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SIS-733 International Peace and Conflict Resolution Seminar I (3)
This course presents the main theoretical approaches to peace and mass violence. Students learn the history and underlying assumptions of explanations of peace and war including the interstate system, international organizations, fragile states, gendered societies, economic incentives, ideas, and psychological factors. Usually Offered: fall. Restriction: International Peace and Conflict Resolution (MA) or Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights (MA) .
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SIS-734 International Peace and Conflict Resolution Seminar II (3)
The ability to conceptualize and analyze conflict helps determine what strategies are most suitable. This course considers how war and violent conflicts are best addressed in the twenty-first century and how a positive peace that is more than the mere absence of violence is advanced and solidified. Students learn the origin and foundations of conflict resolution theories and areas of practice in order to participate in their application to real world conflicts. Usually Offered: spring. Restriction: International Peace and Conflict Resolution (MA) or Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights (MA) .
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SIS-735 Peacebuilding Theory and Organization (3)
This course addresses the theory and organization of building peace in war-torn societies and covers many of the core readings on peacebuilding. Students learn different conceptual approaches to peacebuilding and related concepts. The course takes a broad view of peacebuilding across the conflict spectrum, from efforts during armed conflicts and after military interventions, to post-civil war negotiated peace processes, and at the local level for conflicts without warfare. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only.
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SIS-740 Colloquium in International Communication (3)
Intensive dialogue between faculty members and master’s students in international communication.
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SIS-750 Research and Professional Methods in International Affairs (3)
Topics vary by section. Topics cover methods used in the field of international affairs, including policy analysis, program evaluation, qualitative methods, and advanced quantitative methods. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-751 International Political Economy (3)
This course covers the main scholarly approaches in the field of international political economy including neorealism, neoliberalism, and constructivism. It also provides an overview of global economic governance issues, the role of international organizations, and the political economy analysis of cross-border trade and financial issues. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: .
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SIS-752 Global Economic Governance (3)
This course provides an analysis of the main international economic institutions that have been developed in an attempt to manage conflicts among states and also the powerful economic and financial forces that have driven the globalization process. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: .
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SIS-753 Global Financial Governance (3)
This course focuses on providing a comprehensive study of the international forums, institutions, networks, and conventions that attempt to regulate financial markets and capital flows and deal with crises affecting financial institutions and sovereign governments. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: .
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SIS-754 Topics in International Economic Relations (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including the economics of transnational crime, the political economy of oil and energy, and the political economy of various countries and regions. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-770 AU-Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia (1-12)
Students take courses at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-771 AU-Koc University, Turkey (1-12)
Students take courses at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-772 AU-Montpellier University, France (1-12)
Students take courses at Universite de Montpellier, France. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-773 AU-Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (1-12)
Students take courses at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-774 AU-St. Petersburg University, Russia (1-12)
Students take courses at St. Petersburg University, Russia. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-775 AU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences (1-12)
Students take courses at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norway. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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