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Elective Course Work

In addition to 6 credits of core courses and the 3 credit core seminar, M.I.P.P. candidates take 18 additional credits of graduate level courses related to international affairs. Courses are selected in consultation with an advisor and the Program Director and are tailored to individual needs.

These 18 credits may include up to three credits of one-credit skills-based workshops. Examples of courses open to M.I.P.P. students are listed below. Courses are grouped to assist students in finding related courses in particular areas. MIPP students are not required to concentrate their studies in any one field of study.

CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Anth	250	Ethnicity and Nationalism
Geog	224	Political Geography
Hist	233	Nationalism in the Middle East
IAff	207	Theory and Practice of International Negotiation
IAff	266	The Military and Post-conflict Intervention
IAff	284	Conflict Mitigation and Resolution in Africa
IAff	218	Special Topics: Ethics & International Politics
IAff	218	Special Topics: Nation Building: Theory and Practice
IAff	218	Special Topics: Religion and International Affairs
IAff	218	Special Topics: Reinventing the United Nations
IAff	288	Special Topics: War to Peace Transition
IAff	288	Special Topics: Responses to Terrorism
IAff	288	Special Topics: Food, Globalization, and Conflict
Mgt	215	Conflict Management and Negotiations
PPsy	204	The Theory and Practice of International Negotiation
PPsy	205	Political Violence and Terrorism
PSc	242	Politics of International Institutions
PSc	244	Politics of International Law
PSc	249	International Security Politics
PSc	251	Civil–Military Relations
PSc	276	The Arab–Israeli Conflict
PSc	288	Nationalism in Former Soviet Republics
Law School: Students may, with permission of their advisor, include courses in the GW Law School in their major field. Enrolling in a law school course also requires permission of the Law School dean of students. Students should consult the Elliott School Academic Advising & Student Services office before enrolling in Law School courses. Relevant courses in the GW Law School (maximum two courses; requires permission from the Law School dean of students).
Oxford:		Courses in GW’s Oxford Program on Human Rights (maximum two courses).

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT

Anth	223	Research Methods in Development
Econ/Geog/Stat	291	Methods in Demographic Analysis
Soc	230	Sociological Research Methods
Soc	232	Qualitative Methods: Doing Field Research
PAd	202	Research Methods and Applied Statistics
PAd	206	Policy Analysis and Evaluation
PAd	264	Public Program Evaluation

Cultural Anthropology
Anth	220	Anthropology of Development
Anth	221	Key Variables in the Development Process
Anth	222	Issues in Development (Topic varies)
Anth	250	Nationalism and Ethnicity
Anth	251	Anthropology of Contemporary Human Problems
Anth	254	Medical Anthropology
Anth	259	Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology

Environment
Geog	222	Resources and the Environment
Geog	223	Population and Health
Geog	230	Environmental Issues in Development
Geog	250	Regional Development
EMSE	220	Policy Factors in Environmental and Energy Management
IAff	252	International Environmental Policy
PAd	266	Environmental Policy
Phil	281	Environmental Philosophy and Policy

Humanitarian Assistance
EMSE	232	Crisis and Emergency Management
EMSE	238	Current Issues in Emergency and Crisis Management
Geog	224	Political Geography: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

International Development Management
PAd	217	International Development Administration
PAd	218	International Development NGO Management
PAd	219	International Development Management Processes and Tools
PAd	225	Ethics and Public Values
PAd	264	Public and Nonprofit Program Evaluation
Mgt	265	International Development for Project Managers
IBus	269	Managing in Developing Countries
PPol	208	Public Policy, Governance and the Global Market System

International Education
Educ	201	International Education I (Fall)
Educ	202	International Education II (Spring)
Educ	203	Comparative Education
Educ	204	Policy Issues in International Education: Developing Countries
Educ	220	Technology and Development in International Education
Educ	228	Topics in International Education
Educ	285	Education and National Development

International Health
Anth	254	Medical Anthropology
PubH	270	Introduction to International Health and Development
PubH	271	Approaches to International Health Policy and Programs
PubH	272	International Health Program Development Seminar
PubH	273	international Family Health
PubH	274	International Public Health Development and Evaluation
PubH	279	Regional Issues in International Health and Development: Latin America
PubH	279	Regional Issues in International Health and Development: Sub-Sarahan Africa
PubH	279	Regional Issues in International Health and Development: Asia
PubH	282	Practicum (Internship) in International Health

Political Economy
Econ	233	Urban and Rural Development Policies
Econ	250	Survey of Development Economics
Econ	251	Development Economics I
Econ	252	Development Economics II
Econ	269	Economy of the People's Republic of China
Econ	285	Economic Development of Latin America
Econ	295	Industrial and Technology Policy in Developing Countries
Psc	242	Problems in International Organizations
Psc	288	Politics of Development
Psc	350	International Political Economy: North-South
IBus	260	The New Global Competitive Framework
IBus	261	Multinational Corporations in the World Economy
IBus	278	International Business Negotiations

Women and Development
WStu	230	Global Feminisms
WStu	270	Global/Domestic Labor Studies
WStu	270	Global Islamic Feminisms
WStu	270	Women and Entrepreneurial Leadership
WStu	270	Women: The Global Welfare State
WStu	270	Women, Development, and Rights
Anth	257	Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
Geog	233	Population and Health
Law	572**	International Rights of Women
Soc	273	The Sex Industry
** Students may, with permission of their advisor, include courses in the GW Law School in their major field. Enrolling in a law school course also requires permission of the Law School dean of students. Students should consult the Elliott School Academic Advising & Student Services office before enrolling in Law School courses.

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

Econ	250	Survey of Economic Development
Econ	255	Economics of Technological Change
Econ	269	Economy of the People's Republic of China
Econ	271	Economy of Japan
Econ	285	Economic Development of Latin America
IAff	328	Special Topics in Asian Studies: Political Economy of South Asia (does not count as one of the two required Economics courses)
IAff	338	Special Topics in Latin American & Hemispheric Studies: Political Economy of Latin America (does not count as one of the two required Economics courses)
IAff	232	U.S Aid and Trade in the Developing World
IBus	260	The New Global Competitive Framework
IBus	263	Legal Aspects of International and Multinational Business
IBus	271	International Business Finance
IBus	273	Seminar: International Banking
IBus	275	External Development Financing
IBus	276	Seminar: International Financial Markets (pre-req: IBUS 271 or 273)
PSc	236	Political Economy of Developing Areas
PSc	239	International Political Economy
Econ	295	Special Topics. The following courses may be taken for this field without prior approval:
Econ 295 Economic Analysis of Internation Trade Law Econ 295 International Economic Integration Econ 295 Industrial and Technology Policy in Developing Countries Econ 295 Economics of the European Union Econ 295 Economics of U.S. Trade Policy Econ 295 Economics of U.S. Trade Law Econ 295 Emerging Market Financial Crises

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATIONS

Econ	295	Economics of the European Union
IAff	207	Theory and Practice of International Negotiations
IAff	218	Special Topics: Reinventing the United Nations
IAff	770	Turbulence in World Politics
Law	386**	Foreign Relations and National Security Law
Law	520**	International Law
Law	534**	Law of the European Union
PSc	226	Politics and Organizations
PSc	239	International Political Economy
PSc	242	Problems in International Organizations
PSc	244	Politics of International Law
** Students may, with permission of their advisor, include courses in the GW Law School in their major field. Enrolling in a law school course also requires permission of the Law School dean of students. Students should consult the Elliott School Academic Advising & Student Services office before enrolling in Law School courses.

GLOBAL HEALTH

PubH	322	Introduction to Global Health and Development
PubH	332	Regional Issues in Global Health and Development. Choose one: Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, or Islamic World.

Anth	222	Population Health and Development
Anth	254	Medical Anthropology
Anth	259	Refugees and Displaced Persons
Econ	248	Health Economics
Geog	223	Population and Health
PubH	322	Comparative Global Health Systems
PubH	325	Global Health Policy Analysis
PubH	326	Global Health Program Analysis
PubH	327	International Family Health
PubH	328	Global Health Program Development and Evaluation

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES

PSc	249	International Security Politics
Anth	250	Nationalism and Contemporary Problems
Anth	251	Anthropology and Contemporary Problems
Econ	239	Economics of Defense
Geog	224	Political Geography
Hist	230	Strategy and Military History
Hist	233	The Age of the Battleship: An Introduction to Modern Naval History
Hist	282	History of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1775-1975
Hist	297	International History of the Cold War
IAff	206	Secretaries of State
IAff	241	International Science & Technology Policy Cornerstone
IAff	246	U.S. Space Policy
IAff	247	Issues in U.S. Space Policy
IAff	252	Environmental Policy
IAff	253	Science, Technology, and National Security
IAff	262	National Security Resources
IAff	263	Defense Policy and Program Analysis I
IAff	264	Defense Policy and Program Analysis II
IAff	265	Defense Transformation
IAff	266	Military and Post–Conflict Intervention
IAff	267	Weapons Proliferation and Nonproliferation
IAff	271	Fundamentals of Intelligence
IAff	272	Intelligence and National Security Policymaking
IAff	273	Issues in International Criminal Law
IAff	274	Globalization and national Security
IAff	275	Transnational Security Issues
IAff	282	Intro to Conflict Resolution
IAff	283	Conflict Mitigation and Resolution in Africa
IAff	285	Homeland Security Policy
IAff	288	Special Topics in Security Policy Studies (topics vary)
IAff	312	NATO & European Security
IAff	323	Asian Regional Security
IAff	328	Special Topics in Asian Studies: Force in Asian Politics
IAff	342	Regional Security in the Middle East
IAff	318	Special Topics: Transatlantic Security Issues
IAff	288	Special Topics: Covert Action and National Security
IAff	288	Special Topics: Forward Engagement
IAff	288	Special Topics: Health and National Security
IAff	288	Special Topics: Military Geography
IAff	288	Special Topics: Organized Crime
IAff	288	Special Topics: Post–Conflict Development
IAff	288	Special Topics: Responses to Terrorism
IAff	248	Special Topics: Space and National Security
IAff	288	Special Topics: Strategic Planning for the 21st Century
IAff	288	Special Topics: Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Law	386**	Foreign Relations and National Security Law
Law	552**	Law of War
Mgt	215	Conflict Management and Negotiation
PPsy	201	Fundamentals of Political Psychology
PPsy	202	Political Psychology Reasearch Methods
PPsy	203	Public Opinion and Political Socialization
PPsy	204	The Theory and Practice of International Negotiation
PPsy	205	Political Violence and Terrorism
PSc	242	Politics of International Institutions
PSc	244	Politics of International Law
PSc	246	U.S. Foreign Policy
PSc	247	U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War
PSc	248	Politics of U.S. National Security Policy
PSc	257	U.S. National Security Policy Making
PSc	257	Arms Control and Disarmament
PSc	276	The Arab-Israeli Conflict
** Students may, with permission of their advisor, include courses in the GW Law School in their major field. Enrolling in a law school course also requires permission of the Law School dean of students. Students should consult the Elliott School Academic Advising & Student Services office before enrolling in Law School courses.

TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

IAff	241	Science, Technology and Public Policy
Econ	255	Economics of Technological Change (prerequisite Econ 217)
IAff	242	Technology Creation/ Diffusion
IAff	212	Applied Quantitative Analysis
IAff	246	U. S. Space Policy
IAff	247	Issues in Space Policy
IAff	252	Environmental Policy
IAff	253	Space, Technology and National Security
IAff	258	Special Topics in Intl Science and Technology Policy
For additional supplementary coursework, students are advised to consider IAff 288 Forward Engagement IAff 772 The Dynamics of Globalization
Suggested 1-credit course: IAff 202 Challenges Facing the Federal Government’s Innovation System (summer)

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

Hist	282	20^th Century U.S. Foreign Policy
Hist	282	U.S. Foreign Policy 1775-1975
IAff	371	U.S. Foreign Policy Institute
PSc	246	US Foreign Policy Making
PSc	247	US Foreign Policy: Perspective and Issues
PSc	248	US National Security Policy-Making
Econ	295	Economics of U.S Trade Policy
Hist	230	Readings Seminar: Strategy and Policy
Hist	259	Sem: Problems-US⁄Soviet⁄China Relations
Hist	274	Readings Seminar - U.S. 19^th Century History
Hist	283/284	Readings Seminar - Recent U.S. History
Hist	297	History of International Economic System
IAff	297	Rethinking Cold War History
IAff	206	Secretaries of State
IAff	247	Issues: U.S. Space Policy
IAff	253	Science, Technology and National Security
IAff	262	National Security Resources
IAff	266	Military and Post Conflict Intervention
IAff	272	Intelligence and National Security Policymaking
IAff	274	Globalization and National Security
IAff	275	Transnational Security Issues
IAff	322	Taiwan: International Development and Foreign Affairs
IAff	323	U.S Aid and Trade in Developing Countries
IAff	325	U.S.-South Asian Relations
IAff	770	Turbulence in World Politics
IAff	772	Dynamics of Globalization
IAff	288	Special Topics: Covert Action and National Security
IAff	328	Special Topics: Mediterranean Region and U.S. Security
IAff	318	Special Topics: Transatlantic Relations
IAff	288	Special Topics: Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy
IAff	358	Special Topics: U.S Foreign Policy in the Middle East
IAff	358	Special Topics: U.S Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
IAff	218	Special Topics: U.S Public Diplomacy
IAff	288	Special Topics Global Security and U.S. Hegemony
IAff	288	Special Topics: Forward Engagement
Law	386**	Foreign Relations and National Security Law (Taken only with permission of Law School Dean of Students. Consult the Elliott School Academic Advising office before enrolling in law school courses.)
PSc	229	Politics and Public Policy
PSc	239	International Political Economy
PSc	272	Foreign Policy of the People's Republic of China
PSc	288	Theories of Democracy
PSc	289	Identity and Major Wars/International Politics
** Students may, with permission of their advisor, include courses in the GW Law School in their major field. Enrolling in a law school course also requires permission of the Law School dean of students. Students should consult the Elliott School Academic Advising & Student Services office before enrolling in Law School courses.

ASIA

Modern Asian History

Hist	289	Seminar: Modern Japanese History
Hist	296	Readings Seminar: 20th Century China
Hist	253–254	Seminar: History of Sino-Soviet Relations
Hist	288	Modern SE Asia
Hist	289	Readings Seminar: Modern Japanese History
Hist	293	Research Seminar: Modern East Asian History [prerequisite: Hist 289,295,or 296]
Hist	295	Readings Seminar: Late Imperial China
Hist	297	Showa Japan
Hist	297	US-East Asian Relations
Hist	298	Readings/Research Seminar: Special Topics in Korean History

Contemporary Asian Politics and Society

PSc	270	Politics of China
PSc	288	Politics of Japan
PSc	235	Comparative Politics of Industrialization
PSc	271	Politics of China [Prerequisite: PSc 270]
PSc	288	Political Economy of South Asian Development
PSc	273	Asian Industrialism
IAff	322	Taiwan: Internal Development and Foreign Policy
Educ	220	Education and Modernization in Asia

International Relations of Asia

PSc	275	International Politics of East Asia
Hist	253–255	Seminar: History of Sino-Soviet Relations
Hist	260	US–Russian-Chinese Relations
Hist	297	US–East Asian Relations
PSc	272	Foreign Policy of China
PSc	289	China’s Military and Security
PSc	289	Japanese Foreign Policy
PSc	289	US–China Relations
PSc	289	Asian Security
PSc	289	Asian Regionalism
IAff	322	Taiwan: Internal Development and Foreign Policy
IAff	325	US–South Asian Relations

Asian Economies

Econ	269	Economy of China
Econ	271	Economy of Japan
Econ	295	APEC and Economies of the Asia Pacific
Psc	236	Political Econ–Dev Countries

WESTERN, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Econ	295	Special Topics: East European Economies in Historical Perspective
Hist	205	Eastern European History, 1772-1918
Hist	206	Eastern European History, 1919-1945
Hist	224	European Intellectual History
Hist	229	World War II
Hist	239	Early Modern European History
Hist	240	English People and Institutions
Hist	241	Modern European History
Hist	242	Europe and the World, 1500–Present
Hist	243	Modernization, Imperialism, Globalization
Hist	249	European Diplomatic History
Hist	257	Re-thinking Cold War History
Hist	297	German History 1848 to the present
IAff	312	NATO and European Security
IAff	318	Special Topics in EES: Mediterranean Region and US Relations
IAff	318	Special Topics in EES: Political Economy of the European Union
IAff	318	Special Topics in EES: Scandinavia and the Baltic States
IAff	318	Special Topics in EES: Transatlantic Security Issues
Psc	260	Western European Politics
Psc	261	Politics of European Integration
Psc	262	Political Economy of Advanced Industrial States
Psc	264	Comparative Governments and Politics of Eastern Europe
Psc	265	International Politics of Eastern Europe
Psc	288	Selected Topics: Study Abroad

RUSSIA AND EURASIA

Geog	265	Geography of the Former Soviet Union
Hist	217	Russian and Soviet Thought
Hist	218	Soviet Nationalities
Hist	237	Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-1964
Hist	246	History of Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
Hist	253/54	History of Sino–Soviet Relations
Hist	255/56	US-Soviet Strategic Relations: World War II to 1991
Hist	259/60	Problems in US-Soviet-Chinese Relations
Hist	297	Special Topics: Central Asian History
IAff	312	NATO and European Security
IAff	312	Special Topics in EES: Caucasus in the 20th Century
IAff	312	Special Topics in EES: Geopolitics of Ukraine
PSc	233	Comparative Post–Communist Systems
PSc	263	Russia and Europe
PSc	266	Government and Politics of the USSR
PSc	268	Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
PSc	288	Government and Politics of Ukraine

LATIN AMERICA

Political Science and History

Anth 272 Anthropology of Latin America (spring)

Econ 285 Latin American Economic Development (fall)

Note: Prerequisites for this course are Basic Macroeconomics and Microeconomics (Econ 101 and 102). Students without these courses may take an undergraduate course entitled “Economic History and Problems of Latin America” (Econ 185).

Geog	261	Geographical Perspectives on Latin America (fall)
Hist	261	Seminar on Latin American History (fall)
Hist	262	Seminar on Latin American History (spring)
PSc	283	Politics of Latin America (fall)
PSc	284	International Relations of Latin America (spring)
Hist	261	Seminar on Latin American History
Hist	262	Seminar on Latin American History
PSc	283	Comparative Politics of Latin America
PSc	284	International Relation of Latin America
IAff	333	Drug Trafficking in the Americas (Spring)
IAff	334	Indigenous Social Movements (Fall)
IAff	338	Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies:
		Brazil Since Independence (Spring of odd-numbered years) Economic Integration of the Americas (Fall) Political Economy of Latin America (Spring) Mexico Since Independence (Fall of even-numbered years) Politics and Economics of the Southern Cone (Spring of odd-numbered years) Remittances in Latin America (Fall of even-numbered years)

MIDDLE EAST

Hist	297	Modern Middle East
PSc	276	The Arab-Israeli Conflict
PSc	277	Government and Politics of the Middle East
PSc	278	International Relations of the Middle East
IAff	218	Political Islam
IAff	342	Regional Security in the Middle East
IAff	346	Political Economy of the Middle East
IAff	347	Religion in the modern Middle East
IAff	358	Perspectives in conflict in the Middle East

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