TWO NEW THEMATIC CONCENTRATION SIX COURSES (At least 18 credits) Select a concentration in one of the following areas: Political Economy and Development Studies, Cooperation and Conflict, or Ethics and Social Justice. At least two departments must be represented in the six courses. Some courses (mainly upper level economics classes) will require additional prerequisites. (Note: List of courses is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to be exhaustive. Clusters within concentrations may be specified. See appendix for example of cluster designations in Ethics and Social Justice.) Political Economy and Development Studies This concentration considers the interplay between politics and economics in determining interactions among states, markets, and societies, both in the developed and developing world. Students will gain an understanding of the economic, political, and moral stakes in international public policy issues and develop the ability to analyze policy choices. A central focus of the concentration is improvement in human well being, especially, though not exclusively, in the context of developing countries including those in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Latin America. Foundational courses choose one course from each of the following two areas: Foundation I ECON/INTL 2207 ECON 2273/INTL 2273 INTL 22xx INTL 22xx SOCY 1040 SOCY 5562 SOCY xxxx The Global Economy Development Economics International Political Economy (future course) Explorations in Development Studies (future course) Global Sociology Environmental Sociology Global and Transnational Sociology Foundation II ECON 2228 ECON 3308 POLI 2415 INTL 3540 SOCY 2200 SOCY 2210 Econometrics Game Theory in Economics Models of Politics Research Methods in International Studies Statistics Research Methods
Four electives chosen from the following (students may choose courses from both clusters): Political Economy Cluster ECON 3304 Macroeconomic Policymaking ECON/INTL 3371 International Trade ECON/INTL 3372 International Finance ECON /INTL 3376 International Economic Relations ECON 3377 The World Economy from Gold Standard to Globalization ECON 3381 History of Financial Crises HIST 2251 Credit Nexus: Secret Hist of Econ/Britain 1600 1900 HIST 2254 Social History of Money HIST 4295 The End of History HIST 4296 After the End of History HIST 4703 Environmental Histories of Water INTL 2533 Global Climate Politics INTL/POLI 3510 Globalization MGMT 2265 Globalization, Culture, and Ethics MFIN 6604 Money and Capital Markets MKTG 3168 International Marketing Development Studies Cluster POLI 2401 POLI 2418 POLI 2431 POLI 2460 POLI 2516 POLI 2518 POLI 2519 POLI 2522 POLI 2525 POLI 2531 SOCY 1073 SOCY 5570 Politics of India: Challenges of Dem & Dev US European Foreign Policy Cooperation Radical Political Economy Comparative Politics of Development American Foreign Policy Liberalism, Nation Building, US For. Pol. The European Union in World Affairs International Institutions Politics & Int l Economic Relations Politics of Energy, Comp & Global Persp States, Markets and Bodies Political Sociology AADS 1101/HIST 2180 Africa Since 1850 AADS 1150 Intro to Sub Saharan African Politics AADS 2217 Politics & Society of Sub Saharan Africa AADS 3315 Africa and the World ECON/INTL 2273 Development Economics ECON 2275 Economic Development: Experience of El Salvador ECON 2277 Environmental Economics and Policy ECON 2278 Environmental Economics ECON 3302 Topics in the Economics of Gender ECON 3373 Impact Evaluation in Developing Countries ECON/INTL 3374 Development Economics and Policy ECON 3375 Economic Growth and Development HIST 2044 Chinese Environmental History HIST 2045 History of Food in China HIST 2051 Modern China HIST 2302 Modern Latin America HIST 4075 From Sun Yat Sen to Shanghai 2010 HIST 4140 The Middle East in the 20th Century HIST 4296 After the End of History HIST 4703 Environmental Histories of Water ICSP/ POLI 2615 Islam and Liberal Democracy POLI 2401 Politics of India: Challenges of Dem & Dev POLI 2402 Comparative Revolutions POLI 2403 Rise and Rule of Islamic States POLI 2414 Politics & Society in Central Eurasia POLI 2422 Comparative Social Movements POLI 2431 Radical Political Economy POLI 2432 Post Communist Transitions POLI 2434 Post Soviet Politics POLI 2460 Comparative Politics of Development POLI 2522 International Institutions Public & Private POLI 4424 Reform, Revolution, and Comm. Collapse POLI 4447 The Modern State SOCY 3324 Social Change in East Asia SOCY 5562 Environmental Sociology
Cooperation and Conflict This concentration considers fundamental theoretical and empirical questions about the study of cooperation and conflict in international affairs, including the causes of world wars, revolutions, and terrorism; the consequences of international and domestic actors attempts at reconciliation; the role of arms control, intelligence, international institutions, global governance, and grand strategy; and sources of state and individual security and insecurity. Every war is unique, every peace different, and students will have ample opportunity to study historic and contemporary cases from around the world. At the same time, students will approach war, peace, and security as general social phenomena and examine shared features and dynamics across cases and theoretical perspectives. Foundational courses choose one course from each of the following two areas: Foundation I HIST 2255 HIST 4250 INTL 22xx INTL/POLI 3510 INTL/POLI 3521 PHIL 2259/THEO 2327 POLI 2506 POLI 2512 POLI 2532 POLI 2541 POLI 3527 SOCY 1092 THEO 2164 History of Terrorism Human Rights as History Explorations in Peace and Security Studies (future course) Globalization International Law Perspectives on War, Aggression, & Conflict Resolution UN and International Security Causes of War International Organizations Global Governance Terrorism and Political Violence Peace or War: United States/Third World Challenge of Peace Foundation II ECON 1151 INTL 3540 POLI 2415 SOCY 2200 SOCY 2210 Statistics Research Methods in International Studies Models of Politics Statistics Research Methods
Four electives chosen from the following: AADS 1101/HIST 2180 Africa Since 1850 AADS 1150 Intro to Sub Saharan African Politics AADS 2217 Politics & Society of Sub Saharan Africa AADS 3315 Africa and the World AADS 3325/HIST 4341 Revolutionary Cuba: History and Politics ECON/INTL 3371 International Trade ECON/INTL 3372 International Finance ECON 3376 International Economic Relations HIST 2255 History of Terrorism HIST 2270 Germany Divided and Reunited HIST 2302 Modern Latin America HIST 2470 The American Pacific HIST 2475 America s War in Viet Nam HIST 2476 The Cold War in the Third World HIST 4005 Asia Pacific War HIST 4039 War & Revolution in Modern East Asia HIST 4090 Introduction to Modern South Asia HIST 4140 The Middle East in the 20th Century HIST 4150/POLI 2420 Modern Iran HIST 4131 Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire HIST 4135 History & Historiography of Arab Israeli Conflict HIST 4190 Decolonization and the Cold War in Africa HIST 4250 Human Rights as History HIST 4261 French Visions of Empire HIST 4282 History of Northern Ireland, 1912 Present HIST 4291 War Crimes Trials HIST 4292 War and Genocide HIST 4293/THEO 2482 Hitler, Churches, and the Holocaust HIST 4295 The End of History HIST 4296 After the End of History HIST 4362 Populism and Military Rule in Latin Am. HIST 4496 U.S. Foreign Policy/1945 Present II HIST 4854 20th and 21st Century Russia HIST 4857 Stalin ICSP/POLI 2615 Islam and Liberal Democracy INTL 2533 Global Climate Politics INTL/POLI 3521 International Law MGMT 2265 Globalization, Culture, and Ethics PHIL 2259/THEO 2327 Perspec. on War, Aggression, & Con. Res. PHIL 4411 Hitler: In Search of His Evil PHIL 4456 The Holocaust: A Moral History PHIL 5536 Philosophies of Dissent PHIL 6611 Global Justice and Human Rights POLI 2400 Comparative Politics POLI 2402 Comparative Revolutions POLI 2403 Rise and Rule of Islamic States POLI 2414 Politics and Society in Central Eurasia POLI 2418 US European Foreign Policy Cooperation POLI 2422 Comparative Social Movements POLI 2432 Post Communist Transitions POLI 2434 Post Soviet Politics POLI 2469 Politics of Japan/Republic of Korea POLI 2502 US Iran Relations since WWII POLI 2506 UN and International Security POLI 2512 Causes of War POLI 2518 Liberalism, Nation Bldg. and US For. Pol. POLI 2519 The European Union in World Affairs POLI 2522 International Institutions POLI 2523 Intelligence and International Security POLI 2525 Politics & Int l Economics Relations POLI 2528 International Relations of the Middle East POLI 2531 Politics of Energy in US, Comp & Global Persp POLI 2532 International Organizations POLI 2536 Non State Actors in World Politics POLI 2541 Global Governance POLI 2548 The World Wars POLI 2549 U.S. Foreign Policy from 1945 to 2014 POLI 3436 Children's Rights in Comp. Perspective POLI 3444 Intellectuals & Politics in the Middle East POLI 3527 Terrorism and Political Violence POLI 3570 The Arab Israeli Conflict POLI 4424 Reform, Revolution, & Comm. Collapse POLI 2439 Cops, Colonels, and Spies POLI 4447 The Modern State POLI 4448 The Political Dev. of Western Europe
POLI 4449 POLI 4490 POLI 3514 SLAV 2067 SOCY 1039 SOCY 1092 Domestic Politics of Post 1945 Europe Democratization of Western Europe East Asian Security Gender and War in Eastern Europe African World Perspectives Peace or War: United States/Third World SOCY 3348 SOCY 3367 SOCY 3377 SOCY 5562 THEO 2164 THEO 4406 Environmental Sociology Social Justice in Israel/Palestine Sociology of Revolutions Environmental Sociology Challenge of Peace War & Peacemaking in Eastern Christianity Ethics and Social Justice This concentration considers religious and secular frameworks for relating ethics to contemporary international affairs, as well as specific areas of international politics where ethical questions are likely to arise, including sovereignty, terrorism, peacemaking, human rights, economic justice, and the use of force in war or humanitarian interventions. Students will have the opportunity to explore the role of religion and motivations of social justice in the interaction between state and non state actors. Foundational courses choose one course from each of the following two areas. Foundation I in Moral Philosophy, Religious Ethics, or Political Theory PHIL/THEO 1160 PHIL 3377 PHIL 4440 PHIL 4477 PHIL 5500 PHIL 5524 POLI 2606 POLI 2631 POLI 2649 THEO 3557 THEO 4405 THEO 4496 The Challenge of Justice Ethical Theory Historical Introduction to Western Moral Theory Ethical Principles in Comparative Perspective Philosophy of Law Ethics: An Introduction Intro to Modern Political Philosophy Ethics and Politics Liberty and Order Catholicism and Social Responsibility Christianity and Politics The Moral Dimensions of Christian Life Foundation II in Social Sciences INTL 3540 POLI 2415 POLI 2422 ECON 2234 HIST 4250 SOCY 1087 SOCY 1093 SOCY 2210 SOCY 2215 SOCY 5597 NURS 1210 Research Methods in International Studies Models of Politics Comparative Social Movements Economics and Catholic Social Teaching Human Rights as History Social Movements Comparative Social Change Research Methods Social Theory Contemporary Race Theory Public Health (w/relevant thematic concentration)
Four electives from one of the following options: Select four electives of at least 12 credits in the area of normative philosophical, theological, or normative political approaches to international affairs. Pre approved thematic clusters are available (e.g., "Global Ethics" or "Human Rights", see appendix); courses not listed and independent clusters must be pre approved. The twelve credits of electives should be from one cluster. The International Normative Ethics cluster draws mostly from philosophy, theology, and related courses in other departments. The other thematic clusters draw mostly from the social sciences, including history. See appendix for cluster designations. SENIOR YEAR REQUIREMENTS ONE OR TWO COURSES (3 or 6 CREDITS) Seniors have the option of doing either a one semester Senior Seminar or a two semester Senior Thesis: INTL 4941 INTL 4951 4952 International Studies Senior Seminar Senior Thesis (six credits over two semesters)