- MA students must select (IS 724 and IS 740) as their required field course and one more seminar within the field.
- PhD. students must select (IS 840) as their required field course and FOUR more courses for primary or TWO courses for secondary concentration.
- Students may take courses other than those listed below only in consultation with the field coordinator.
- Students could enrich their classroom experience through Independent Study/Directed Research projects with the agreement and under the supervision of the field coordinator.
Related Courses
- IS 707/807 Interdependence, Power, and Transnationalism
This course covers the fundamental concepts, ideas, and approaches to the study of interdependence and transnationalism. It seeks to expose students to the nature, role, and impact of economic, technological, strategic, and cultural interdependence. Cases of interdependence and transnationalism are explored in the post-Cold War era. Some focus is placed on how interdependence and transnationalism are impacting the power of the state.
- IS 711/811 International Migration and Refugee Movement
A review of current literature and empirical issues concerning transnational migration and refugees.
- IS 713/813 Global Political Economy
Analysis of the forces shaping national and transnational economic institutions and their policies on a range of contemporary issues, including North-South relations.
- IS 716/816 Theories of Comparative Sociopolitical Studies
The fundamental goal of the course is to provide the theoretical basis for subsequent coursework and research in the comparative and regional studies track. To achieve this goal, this seminar examines major theories and debates in comparative social and political studies based on extensive and intensive literature review.
- IS 717/817 World Population and Development
This seminar discusses population processes and their connections to socioeconomic development. A nontechnical course, the goal is to introduce students to the major concerns and issues in population and current debates over the role of population in sustainable development. It will provide students with a systematic but critical review of research findings and issues in various areas of population and development.
- IS 722/822 Democracy and International Relations
An examination of the relationship between democratic politics, democratic ideals, and international relations. Subjects covered will include trends and processes of democratization and their implications for international relations, the distinctiveness of democratic states in their international behavior, the impact of the international environment on the internal politics of democratic states, and the problems of democracy in global governance.
- IS 724/824 International & Comparative Political Economy
PhD Required Common Core Course
MA Required Field Course*
This class focuses on core theories of international political economy, including international trade, international finance, foreign direct investment, the role of multinational corporations, and the subfield of comparative political economy. Students are introduced to the two main paradigms of contemporary economics, Keynesianism and Hayekian monetarism. Students study labor markets and industrial relations, welfare states, the domestic regulation of finance, the politics of debt, inequality, and the role of the state.
- IS 740/840 Political Economy of Development*
This seminar examines alternate theoretical perspectives on development. These perspectives are then employed to understand contemporary political and economic changes in the developing world, including the consolidation of democratic governance and the liberalization of domestic economics.
- IS 741/841 Globalization and Social Change in the World System
This course is intended to first identify the distinguishing characteristics of globalization. It then attempts to examine its implications on a number of critical issues, including the future of democracy, income distribution and ethnic, class, and gender relations.
*Core Seminar