News

New Professor of Middle East Affairs

The Departments of International Studies and Political Science are pleased to welcome Professor Ed Webb to campus beginning Fall 2007. Professor Webb's teaching and research interests include Middle East politics, religion and world politics, and nationalism. He has also served as Second Secretary and Head of Press and Information Section at the British Embassy in Cairo and as Head of the Central Asia and South Caucasus Section of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Fall 2008 courses

Core IS Courses  

Poli Sci 170: International Relations
MWF 8:30 Bova
TR 10:30 Webb
MW 1:30 Mitchell
MWF 12:30 Staff

IB&M 200: Global Economy
MWF 9:30 Fratantuono
MWF 10:30 Fratantuono

Poli Sci 280: American Foreign Policy
MWF 9:30 Staff

Econ 111: Microeconomics
MR 1:30 Bellinger
MR 3:00 Bellinger
MWF 10:30 Tynan
MWF 11:30 Tynan

Econ 112: Macroecenomics
TF 1:30 McPhail
TF 3:00 McPhail

Hist 283: L.Am- US Relations
TR 3:00 (Note: this meets the diplo history requirment only for majors with a Latin Am. concentration)

Note: Hist 353 European Diplo to be offered Spring 2009. No US Diplo in 2008-09.

II) Human Security & Globalization Courses

The courses below count as IS electives for those with a "Human Security & Globalization" cluster.

Anth 212: Development Anthropology
TR 1:30 Enge

Econ 222: Environmental Economics
MWF 8:30 Tynan

Hist 315: Islamic Fundamentalism and Radicalism
TR 3:00 Weismann

Geo 104: Global Climate Change w/Lab
MWF 10:30 Key plus lab 1:30 on M or T

Poli Sci 290: International Politics of Mid-East

TR 1:30 Webb

Poli Sci 290: The War on Terrorism
MR 3:00 Williams

III) Senior Capstone Courses

These Courses open only to IS seniors.

INST 401: Interdisciplinary Seminar
T 1:30-4:30 Mitchell (Topic: Globalization & Its Critics)
W 1:30-4:30 Webb (Topic: Empire)
Th 1:30-4:30 Mitchell (Topic: Globalization & Its Critics)
(Note: all IS seniors must enroll in one of these sections in Fall 2008. No IS 401 will be offered in Spring 2009)

INST 403: Integrated Study
F 1:30-4:30 Bova
(Note: all IS seniors must enroll)