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SISU-462 Topics in Global Economy (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including global political economy, international monetary and financial relations, and international trade and investment relations. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-220 .
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SISU-463 Topics in Foreign Policy and National Security (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including U.S. defense politics, transnational security challenges, national security and proliferation, and critical global challenges. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-230 .
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SISU-464 Topics in Global Inequality and Development (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including comparative development strategies, community development, and youth and development. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-240 .
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SISU-465 Topics in Environmental Sustainability and Global Health (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including human geography, politics of population, international environmental politics, health in the developing world, and health communication. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-250 .
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SISU-466 Topics in Identity, Race, Gender, and Culture (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including race and international relations, and cultural diplomacy and international education. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-260 .
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SISU-467 Topics in Justice, Ethics, and Human Rights (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including ethics in international affairs, human rights and the media, and political violence. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-270 .
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SISU-468 Topics in Global and Comparative Governance (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including international law, comparative governing institutions, and leading global organizations. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-280 .
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SISU-471 Topics in Africa (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics focusing on Africa. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-211 .
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SISU-472 Topics in East Asia (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics focusing on East Asia. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-212 .
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SISU-473 Topics in Europe (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics focusing on Europe. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-213 .
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SISU-474 Topics in Latin America (3)
Topics vary by section. Topics focusing on Latin America. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-214 .
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SISU-475 Topics in Middle East (3)
Topics vary by section. Topics focusing on the Middle East. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-215 .
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SISU-476 Topics in Russia (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics focusing on Russia. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-216 .
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SISU-477 Topics in South Asia (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics focusing on South Asia. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only.
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SISU-481 Women, Gender, and Change in the Middle East and North Africa (3)
This course focuses on how the concepts of women and gender have entered historically into the formation of the modern state in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and how debates over the status of women in religious and national communities have figured centrally in the current political events and struggles. The course examines how specific popular issues (such as the wearing of the veil) fit into the broader relationship among gender, power, and politics, and explores the relationship between elements of globalization (such as the new information technology) and the struggle for human rights and equality. The analysis is based on a variety of sources, including political and literary writings, religious texts and commentaries, fiction writing and films, and blogs and Twitter. Grading: A-F only.
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SISU-482 U.S.-China Relations (3)
This course begins with an overview of U.S.-China relations from historical and theoretical perspectives, providing the background necessary to comprehend the domestic foundations of foreign policy. It then examines politics and foreign policies of China and the United States, and interactions between the two powers. Includes security, economic, and diplomatic relations as well as their impact on international relations in Asia-Pacific including Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. The course also introduces a variety of perspectives as analytical tools for research, and analyzes significant controversies as a way of participating in the field’s theoretical and policy debates. Grading: A-F only.
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SISU-483 Nuclear North Korea (3)
This seminar examines the two nuclear crises in the Korean Peninsula, one that was averted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the United States signing the Geneva Accord in 1994, and the other ongoing since November 2002. The course compares different strategic visions to deal with the nuclear proliferation and investigates the missed opportunities and new challenges underlying the current multilateral engagement with North Korea through the Six-Party Talks. Particular emphasis is placed on the roots of the crises inherited from the unsettled colonial legacy in the Korean peninsula as the pivotal geopolitical area in modern history where great powers collided. The nuclear crises are also used as rich test grounds for theories of comparative politics, strategic studies, and international politics. Grading: A-F only.
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SISU-485 Race and Ethnicity in Europe (3)
From the birth of the multitude of nations in Europe to the present, race and ethnicity have been critical arenas of social struggle and debate. Not a single nation in Europe has escaped the contradictions and divisions that racial and ethnic inequality have generated although there have been a very wide number of strategies employed by both states and marginalized racial and ethnic groups to address these concerns. This course examines the theoretical, historic and contemporary context of these movements, government policies, and state actions around these concerns. Grading: A-F only.
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SISU-490 Independent Study Project in International Studies (1-6)
Permission: instructor and SIS undergraduate studies office.
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SISU-494 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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SISU-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SISU-397 SIS Honors Colloquium (3)
Topics vary by section. This seminar for SIS Honors students stands at the intersection of three or more SIS undergraduate thematic areas. It challenges students intellectually and encourages them to think deeply about their Honors projects. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-206 .
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SIS-051 Summer Institute (0)
Noncredit topics dealing with cutting edge issues in international affairs. Usually Offered: summer.
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SIS-096 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (0)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-515 Islamic Peace Paradigms (3)
The ideal of peace is deeply embedded in the religious vision of Islam, but ideas for achieving peace have differed. This course explores the interpretive foundations, history, and practice of four major Islamic paradigms: tradition, reformism (islah), renewalism (tajdid), and Sufism (tasawwuf). The origins, value structure, and methodology of each paradigm are examined in light of the challenges facing contemporary Islamic societies. Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years).
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SIS-516 Peacebuilding in Divided Societies (3)
This course explores various peacebuilding approaches that can be utilized in multi-ethnic and divided societies. It focuses on the three possible levels of intervention (grassroots, middle out and top down) often implemented by peacemakers in their attempts to bring change to the dynamics of deeply rooted conflict societies. As a primary case study for this course, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is critically reviewed and examined. Multiple dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as the relationship between Palestinians and Jews within Israel, are investigated. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-517 Gender and Conflict (3)
This seminar examines the gender dimensions of human wrongs associated with violent conflict. Students are encouraged to ask questions about the complexity of human rights problems and consider aspects of human rights problems made invisible to the outside world by silencing or obscuring the victims. Students also explore how each aspect of conflict is gendered. Of primary concern is gendered forms of resistance to and cooperation with agents of war and peace, the role gender plays in the militaries and militarization, the impact of militarization on the lives of men and women in both war and peace time, and recent legal and political attempts to address gender- based violence in human rights. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: SISU-270 .
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SIS-519 Special Studies in International Politics (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including international economic policy coordination, emerging capital markets, international environmental policy, political risk analysis, international relations of Japan, preventive diplomacy, United States and Cuba, and nonviolence. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-533 Population, Migration, and Development (3)
This course provides the necessary analytical skills to understand contemporary population dynamics, especially in the developing world. It examines fundamental components of current trends in population dynamics; theoretical bases of the population debate; fertility issues; the relationship among population, development, and human migration flows; and population policy and sustainable development in developing and developed countries. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-536 Special Topics in International Development (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include governance, democracy, and development; population, migration, and development; etc. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-537 Special Topics in Development Management (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include managing decentralization, urban development, and small scale enterprise. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Prerequisite: SISU-240 or SIS-637 .
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SIS-539 Comparative Development Strategies (3)
This course explores the many factors that affect the way states and societies construct national development strategies. It focuses on underlying causes for the wide range of development strategies: colonial legacies; natural resource curse; institutions; governance; neighborhood; foreign aid; and global linkages. The impact particular strategies have on development outcomes such as environmental sustainability, democracy, growth, poverty, income distribution, and social justice are also considered. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-540 Conflict and Development (3)
An examination of the way in which development processes, strategies, and policies increase or decrease local, national, and international conflicts, as well as the ways in which conflicts at all levels condition development choices. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-542 Human and Global Security in the New World Order (3)
This course examines developments in and ways of thinking about security since the end of the bi-polar world order. The course considers ways of thinking about security other than through the national security framework; works towards an understanding of non-military threats to human life, communities, societies, and cultures; examines the intersection of globalism and new forms of security provision; examines the impact of organized crime; assesses the scope and consequences of light weapons proliferation, especially for developing countries; and analyzes forms of involvement in wars.
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SIS-551 Economy, Politics and Society in Europe (3)
The political systems, values, and sociological changes in European society since 1945; an analysis of European nations and regions and of different levels of development and economic organization. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-559 Selected Topics in Cross-National Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics, usually with a geographical or regional focus, include fundamentalist movements in Islam; political economy of African crisis; theories of nationalism; etc. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-561 Modern China (3)
Emergence of China as a world power, with emphasis on economic, political, and social trends in the People’s Republic of China today. Usually Offered: alternate springs.
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SIS-565 U.S. Economic Relations with Japan and China (3)
The benefits of foreign trade are analyzed in the context of the economic and political factors causing trade imbalances and frictions between the United States and Japan and China. Examination of divergent trade policies and dissimilar trade performances, and analysis of efforts to restore bilateral harmony and equilibrium between the United States and Asia’s two largest economies. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of basic economics.
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SIS-567 International Relations of East Asia (3)
Recent historical and contemporary interstate relations in East Asia, and the place of East Asia in world affairs.
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SIS-571 International Relations of the Middle East (3)
Recent historical and contemporary interstate relations in the Middle East and North Africa and the place of the Middle East in world affairs.
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SIS-573 International Relations of Africa (3)
Recent historical and contemporary interstate relations in Africa and the place of Africa in world affairs. Prerequisite: SISU-211 or SISU-386 .
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SIS-577 International Relations in the Americas (3)
Recent and contemporary interstate relations in Latin America and the place of Latin America in world affairs.
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SIS-579 Selected Regional and Country Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Comparative perspective on contemporary international relations with regional or area focus. Brings theory to bear on the study of the area. How do major theoretical constructs contribute to understanding the region? Conversely, how does knowledge of the topic area extend the range of generalizations in the social sciences? Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-582 United States Policy towards Latin America (3)
This course examines U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America by focusing on the factors that shape U.S. foreign policy. The course considers the extent to which U.S. policy is shaped by the nature of the U.S. impact on Latin America. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-583 United States in World Affairs (3)
This course addresses the role of the United States in world affairs and contemporary issues. Focuses on U.S. interests in selected regions (e.g., the Middle East or East Asia), as well as its role in addressing critical global challenges (e.g., nuclear proliferation or climate change).
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SIS-587 Globalization and Global Governance (3)
This course examines the power and governance of globalization. It explores issues including what is globalization, its origins, and underlying causes; how states respond to globalizing processes; have states and international organizations established rules for controlling these forces or are they out of control, and are alternatives possible; and the major challenges and forms of resistance to globalization. Also, how social movements such as labor unions, women’s groups, environmentalists, and human rights activists are responding to shifts in global markets and cultures, and to what extent anyone is in charge of this set of processes. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-589 Global Political Economy (3)
This course is concerned with the scope of political economy. The focus is on the origins of the modern global political economy and its institutional structure. It examines contemporary issues in political economy, using the division of labor as an organizing concept, and explores the prospects for global restructuring at the turn of the century. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-596 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-030 International Affairs Proficiency (0)
Provides training for international affairs tool of research requirements. This course satisfies the tool of research requirement for the SIS master’s degree program if completed with a grade of B or better. Restriction: SIS graduate degree program.
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SIS-033 Topics in International Communication (0)
Noncredit topics provide 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. Grading: Pass/Fail only.
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SIS-042 Academic Research and Writing for International Relations (0)
This non-credit graduate course is designed to improve the academic research and writing skills of non-native English speakers by completing assignments involving lectures and readings in the fields offered by the School of International Service. Students build a solid foundation in international relations theory and vocabulary, and develop critical thinking, presentation, and intercultural communication skills. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-080 Proseminar: Theory, Research, and Policy (0)
In this seminar guest lecturers expose students to methods and approaches to the study of international relations from across the social sciences, as well as to the practice of international relations research in both academic and policy settings. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Grading: Pass/fail only. Restriction: International Relations (PhD) .
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SIS-091 Internship in International Affairs (0)
Noncredit internship or professional experience for graduate students in international affairs. Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: SIS Graduate Advising Office.
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SIS-600 Statistics, Research Design, and Research Methods for International Affairs (3)
Introduction to research design and research methods with particular focus on quantitative measurement, statistical analysis, and computer use for international relations research. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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SIS-601 Global International Relations Theory (3)
Interdisciplinary perspectives; major paradigms of thought; definition of boundaries of the field; normative and analytic goals and definition of priorities. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-602 AU-University for Peace Exchange (1-12)
Topics vary by section. Course constitutes key element in American University-University for Peace, Costa Rica exchange program. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Note: Consult SIS graduate office.
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SIS-603 Special Institute in International Affairs (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Selected topics dealing with cutting edge issues in international affairs. Usually Offered: summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-605 Theory of Cooperative Global Politics (3)
Examines the historical movement toward stability and order in the international political system with emphasis on comparing such concepts as nation-state/one world; national interest/human interest; rights of states/human rights; sovereignty/interdependence; war/collaborative conflict resolution. The concepts that underlie the competitive model of world politics-individualism, rationality, and self-interest-are analyzed within the global political context.
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SIS-606 Culture and Peace and Conflict Resolution: Alternatives to Violence (3)
In this course, students engage two primary questions: What roles do cultural values, norms, and practices play in conflict and in its resolution? How is conflict resolution practiced in cultural contexts around the world? Students explore these questions to become more informed practitioners of conflict resolution practices, capable of adapting our knowledge, attitudes, and skills in diverse contexts around the globe. Usually Offered: fall and spring.
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SIS-607 Peace Paradigms (3)
This course reviews a range of approaches to peace, the underlying assumptions and methods, and current applied examples within each approach. The course provides an overview of the history and development of five approaches to peace, which students analyze and compare: peace through force; peace through world order; peace through communication and conflict resolution; peace through nonviolence; and peace through transformation (personal and relational).
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SIS-608 AU-University for Peace Program (1-12)
Topics vary by section. Students take courses at University for Peace (UPEACE), San Jose, Costa Rica. Repeatable for credit with different topic. Permission: SIS Program Development Office.
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SIS-609 Conflict Analysis and Resolution: Theory and Practice (3)
Explores conflict resolution as a field of inquiry and research; perspectives, theories, and assumptions underlying conflict analysis and conflict resolution; contending approaches to conflict resolution training and practice. A case analysis approach is used to examine the role of contemporary issues in conflict situations. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-610 Theories of Violence and War (3)
This course sets forth the main theoretical frameworks, with empirical examples, for understanding the causes and conditions of violent conflict. It examines organized violence at various levels (global system, state, group, and individual) and across disciplines (political science, sociology, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and more).
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SIS-611 International Negotiation (3)
An advanced interactive seminar that focuses on how international actors negotiate in diverse contexts. The course covers negotiations to achieve ceasefires, resolve hostage and terrorist incidents, comprehensively end wars, advance economic relations, and resolve diplomatic crises, among others. Special concepts and theories that distinguish international negotiations from those that are domestic or interpersonal are also addressed. Students gain an understanding of the historical origins of international negotiation and selected aspects of conflict resolution theory, as well as a deep understanding of theories about the process and outcome of international negotiation. They also improve their own negotiation skills by practicing on simulations and cases while developing the ability to analyze negotiations in order to develop policy recommendations; strategies and tactical responses.
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SIS-612 Qualitative Research Methods in Peace and Conflict Resolution (3)
This course introduces a range of qualitative methods for social science research, especially for students in IPCR and EPGA who are planning research for substantial research paper (SRP) or thesis projects. Topics include developing a research question, performing a literature review, and selecting an appropriate methodology. Methods covered include interviewing, focus groups, case studies, participant observation, content analysis, and action research. Issues discussed include human subjects protocols, negotiating access, and the ethics of working with war-affected populations. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-613 Reconciliation and Justice (3)
This course exposes students to the complex and multi-dimensional aspects of the relationship between reconciliation and justice in a post-conflict context. It also develops a deeper understanding of the challenges involved in applying and designing a reconciliation project in a development context. The course addresses the tension between the request for reconciliation, coexistence, and peace and the demand for justice. Usually Offered: fall.
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SIS-614 Ethics in International Affairs (3)
A critical exploration of the ethical dimensions of international relations. This course identifies the values and ethical concerns which underpin international relations theory. It explores the possibility of constructing viable and humane alternatives to the existing world order to recognize cultural diversity and heterogeneity. Usually Offered: spring.
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SIS-615 Fundamentals of United States Foreign Economic Policy (3)
Analysis of the principal American policies of international trade, finance, development, and investment. Attention is given to the institutions and processes that shape foreign economic policy, and to the utility of such tools as trade, foreign aid, and sanctions. Prerequisite: ECON-603 .
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SIS-616 International Economics (3)
Examines comparative advantage and neo-classical trade theory, contemporary trade theories, balance of payments, accounting, exchange rates, and open economy macroeconomic and economic development. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Prerequisite: ECON-603 .
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SIS-617 Applied Conflict Resolution (3)
Examines a variety of theories for analyzing conflict and a range of methods for addressing it at various levels of social interaction. Through interactive learning methods, students see the strengths and limitations of concepts and methods, as well as their potential applications. Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years).
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SIS-618 Topics in North American Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Course addresses key issues in North American studies. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-619 Special Studies in International Politics (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including international economic policy coordination, emerging capital markets, international environmental policy, political risk analysis, international relations of Japan, preventive diplomacy, United States and Cuba, and nonviolence. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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SIS-620 Studies in Global Environmental Politics (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include water; food and agriculture; climate and energy; policy analysis; sustainable design; comparative environmental politics; and environmental security. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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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 Financial Inclusion: Concepts and Practical Tools (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 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: fall.
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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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