Courses

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Required Courses

IAF U101 - Globalization and International Affairs

Offers an interdisciplinary approach to analyzing global/international affairs. Examines the politics, economics, culture, and history of current international issues through lectures, guest lectures, film, case studies, and readings across the disciplines. (4 Credit Hours)

SOA U101 - Peoples and Cultures

Surveys concepts in anthropology (the study of culture). Analyzes a range of societies in terms of such sociocultural institutions as kinship, gender relations, economics, politics, and religion. Examines important political and economic processes, such as colonialism and development, affecting cultures around the world. (4 Credit Hours)

POL U155 - Comparative Politics

Presents a comparative study of political organization and behavior in a range of countries beyond the United States. Topics includes political culture, political economy, governing institutions, leadership, and political participation. (4 Credit Hours)

HST U211 - World History Since 1945

Examines the political, economic, social, and cultural relationship between the developed and developing world since the end of World War II. Topics include the Cold War, independence and national movements in developing countries, the globalization of the world economy, scientific and technological innovations, wealth and poverty, the eradication of some diseases and the spread of others, the fall of the Soviet Union, Middle East turmoil, and the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestine. (4 Credit Hours)

IAF U400 - International Conflict and Negotiation

Offers an interdisciplinary approach to analyzing international conflict and negotiations: how conflicts evolve, are managed, and/or resolved. In dealing with different types of regional and international conflicts, students focus on historical, ethnic, religious, geographic, and political aspects of a variety of conflicts and the consequences these conflicts hold for regional and international actors. (4 Credit Hours)

ECN U115 - Principles of Macroeconomics

Introduces macroeconomic analysis. Topics include the flow of national income, economics growth and fluctuation, the role of money and banking, and monetary and fiscal policies. Emphasizes the development of conceptual tools to analyze the economic problems facing modern society.

ECN U290 - Global Economy

Covers ideological biases in economics; the extent of global disparities around 1800; evolution of global disparities since 1800; evolution of international integration and international trading and monetary regimes, 1800-2000; theories explaining global disparities including classical, neoclassical, Marxian, neo-Marxian, and structuralist; import-substituting industrialization in Latin America, Asia, and Africa; international debt crises of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the new global regime -- structural adjustment in GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and WTO (World Trade Organization); and socialist interlude -- a socialist experience and transition to capitalism.

IAF U700 - Senior Capstone Seminar in International Affairs

Offers a capstone course for IAF majors after returning from international experience (study abroad, co-op experience, or internship). Develops one or two main topics to be investigated as a senior research seminar. Topics vary each year and may include emerging economies, international relations, global drug trade, global fight against terrorism, world trade, and other issues of globalization. Prereq. Senior standing and international experience.