Schedule of Classes

Great international forces influencing the contemporary world: secular and religious nationalism, global terrorism, international conflict and cooperation, poverty, and climatic changes. Understanding and evaluating the impact of these forces on national society and world affairs.

Overview of principal macro-level phenomena in discipline of international studies; addresses matters with worldwide coverage such as power relationships, war, and globalization.

Civilization and traditional cultures of East Asia; origins of fundamental values in indigenous East Asian ways of life.

Survey of political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of development. Theories of development, relations between industrial and developing states, impact of domestic institutions and conditions, globalization, and international institutions on the developing world.

Critical studies of US relations with China, Japan, Korea, and other selected countries of East Asia since World War II.

Understanding the region and its challenges in the context of Latin America's place in the global environment. Special emphasis placed on US-Latin American relations.

Present trends in globalization; challenges presented to nation-states in an increasingly complex international environment. Issues include economic and cultural globalization, global and regional governance.

In-depth study of selected problems in world affairs. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hrs. credit provided a different topic is taken each term.

Relationship of empirical theory to the practice of international studies; completion of a baccalaureate thesis.

Special projects in IS for qualified students.