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SEST Elective Fulfillment Guide

Fall 2025

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • ENST 372/INST 290: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Ukraine War and International Relations
Capstone Seminars
  • INST 401: Great Power War
  • INST 401: Poverty Reduction Policies
  • POSC 390: Political Violence

Spring 2025

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • HIST 211: Atomic Peril: The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb
  • HIST 254/RUSS 254: Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
  • INST 290/MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
  • MEST 200/WGSS 201: The Good Invisible Soldier: Gender Equality and Disability in the U.S. Military
  • RUSS 100: Russia and the West

Fall 2024

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • EASN 206/POSC 290: China's Foreign Relations
  • EASN 305/FLST 310: War and Memory in East Asian Literature and Film 
  • HIST 375: Europe's Dictators
  • INST 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290: Topics in Macro Development
  • INST 290: Global Security
  • MEST 272/SOCI 272: Islam and the West
Capstone Seminars
  • INST 401: Empire
  • INST 401: Geopolitical Hotspots
  • POSC 390: National Security Law

Spring 2024

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • ENST 372/INST 290: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • HIST 371/MEST 231: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 290/SOCI 310/WGSS 310: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
  • INST 290/MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World

Fall 2023

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Civil Wars and Political Violence
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Ukraine War and International Relations
Capstone Seminars
  • INST 401: Geopolitical Hotspots
  • INST 401: International Migration in Historical Context
  • POSC 390: Controversies in U.S.-China Relations
  • POSC 390: Great Power War

Spring 2023

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • ECON 240/INST 240/INBM 300: International Development
  • HIST 219/INST 290: U.S. - Middle East Relations
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Ukraine War and International Relations
  • INST 290/POSC 258: Human Rights
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Politics of Southeast Asia
  • MEST 272/SOCI 272: Islam and the West

Fall 2022

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • EASN 206/POSC 290: China's Foreign Relations
  • ECON 240/INST 240/INBM 300: International Development
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 271/POSC 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
Capstone Seminars
  • INST 401: Empire
  • INST 401: Great Power War

Spring 2022

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290: Human Rights
  • INST 290: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
Capstone Seminars
  • INST 401: Understanding Poverty and Globalization
  • POSC 390: The Politics of International Migration
  • POSC 390: Political Violence

Fall 2021

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 271/POSC 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290: Mediterranean Politics
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Civil Wars and Political Violence
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 302: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
Capstone Seminars
  • EASN 306/POSC 390: Controversies in Chinese-American Relations
  • INST 401: Global Futures
  • INST 401: International Migration in Historical Context

Spring 2021

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • FMST 220/INST 290/POSC 290: Introduction to Political Communication
  • FMST 220/INST 290/POSC 290: The Media in War and Peace
  • HIST 215: Refugees
  • INST 277/MEST 266/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • MEST 272/SOCI 272: Islam and the West
  • PHIL 261/POSC 290: War and Justice
  • PHIL 285/POSC 208: Justice in World Politics
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 302: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration
Capstone Seminar
  • POSC 390: National Security Law

Fall 2020

Required Course
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
Elective Courses
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 240/ECON 240: International Development
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 290/HIST 215/MEST 200: U.S. - Middle East Relations
  • INST 290/POSC 290/RUSS 260: A New Cold War?
  • POSC: Human Rights
Capstone Seminars
  • INST 401: Political Violence
  • INST 401: International Migration in Historical Context

Spring 2020

Required Courses
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
Elective Courses
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • INST 240/ECON 240: International Development
  • INST 271/POSC 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • POSC 258: Human Rights
  • POSC 290/EASN 206: China's Foreign Relations
Capstone Seminar
  • POSC 390: American Foreign Policy

Fall 2019

Required Courses
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
Elective Courses
  • COMP 203/INST 290: Cyber and Information Security
  • INST 277/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
  • INST 283/POSC 283: Intelligence and National Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Politics of Southeast Asia
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Russian Foreign Policy
  • POSC 208/PHIL 285: Justice in World Politics
Capstone Seminars
  • INST 401: Structure and Change in the Global System
  • INST 401: Global Futures
  • POSC 390/EASN 390: Controversies in Chinese-American Relations

Spring 2019

Required Courses
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
Elective Courses
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • ENST 372: Environment, Conflict, and Peace
  • HIST 215: After Genocide and Apartheid: Peace, Justice and Reconciliation
  • INST 271/POSC 271: Ethics and International Security
  • INST 283/POSC 283: Intelligence and National Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
  • POSC 258: Human Rights
  • SOCI 272/MEST 272: Islam and the West
  • SOCI 313/WGSS 313: Contemporary Human Trafficking
Capstone Seminar
  • POSC 390: National Security Law

Fall 2018

Required Courses
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
Elective Courses
  • AFST 200/HIST 215/MEST 200: Modern N. Africa from French Invasion to Arab Spring
  • EASN 205/FMST 210: War and Memory in East Asian Literature and Film
  • HITS 215/INST 290/MEST 200: U.S. - Middle East Relations
  • HIST 333: The First World War
  • INST 272/POSC 272: International Terrorism
  • POSC 290: Veterans in Politics, Society, and Culture
  • RELG 228/SOCI 230: Religion: Conflict, Violence, and Peacemaking
  • RUSS 260/INST 290/POSC 290: A New Cold War?
  • WGSS 301: Immigration Politics: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Migration

Spring 2018

Required Courses
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
  • INST 281/POSC 281: American National Security Policy
Elective Courses
  • COMP 203/INST 290: Cyber and Information Security
  • FLST 310: Homeland Security
  • HIST 254/RUSS 254: Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
  • HIST 370/AFST 320/INST 290: Cold War in Africa 1945-2000
  • INST 283/POSC 283: Intelligence and National Security
  • INST 290/MEST 200/POSC 290/RUSS 260: Politics of Oils, Arms, Peace and War: U.S./Russia/Middle East Relations in the 20th and 21st Century
  • INST 290/POSC 290: Global Security
  • INST 290/POSC 290: The Media in War and Peace
  • MEST 233: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
  • MEST 266/INST 277/POSC 277: International Politics of the Middle East
Capstone Seminar
  • POSC 390: Human Rights and Human Security

Fall 2017

Required Courses
  • INST 170/POSC 170: International Relations
  • INST 280/POSC 280: American Foreign Policy
Elective Courses
  • EASN 206/POSC 290: China's Foreign Relations
  • ENGL 101/WGSS 101: Women Write War
  • ENST 311: Global Environmental Change and Human Security
  • FLST 210/HIST 211: The Cold War and Film
  • HIST 277: European Empires
  • INST 272/POSC 272: International Terrorism
  • LALC 390/SPAN 410: Human Rights in Contemporary Latin American Literature
  • SOCI 230: Conflict Analysis and Resolution