| INST 170-01 |
International Relations
Instructor: Russell Bova
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 170-01. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization.
This course is cross-listed as POSC 170.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 104 |
| INST 170-02 |
International Relations
Instructor: Ed Webb
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 170-02. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization.
This course is cross-listed as POSC 170.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 304 |
| INST 200-01 |
Global Economy
Instructor: Fatou Thioune
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ECON 226-01.
The course introduces economic theory that builds on ideas from introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics. It uses that theory as a framework for examining developments in the changing global system. Developments include the revolution in information technology; the dynamics of human population growth; the implications of climate change; challenges to human security; and emerging patterns of organizational interdependence and collaboration. Those developments provide the context for business managers and for government officials responsible for shaping strategies and implementing policies.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 and 112; concurrent enrollment in ECON 112 by permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as ECON 226.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 08 |
| INST 271-01 |
Ethics and International Security
Instructor: Russell Bova
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 271-01. A course in applied ethics that examines the role ethical considerations both do and should play in the pursuit of national and international security objectives. Among the specific topics to be examined are the decision to go to war, rules governing how wars are fought, the ethics of weapons of mass destruction, the ethics of terrorism, the torture debate, economic sanctions, and humanitarian intervention.
Prerequisite: POSC 170, or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as POSC 271.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 104 |
| INST 280-01 |
American Foreign Policy
Instructor: Andy Wolff
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 280-01. A survey of U.S. foreign policy since World War II. American approaches to such issues as containment, detente, arms control, deterrence, international law, and foreign aid will be discussed. Students will also address issues of U.S. foreign policy formulation, including the roles of the public, Congress, and the president in the foreign policy process.Prerequisite: POSC 170 or INST 170. This course is cross-listed as POSC 280.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
STERN 103 |
| INST 290-01 |
Topics in Macro Development
Instructor: Fatou Thioune
Course Description:
This course examines the key theories, issues, and challenges related to international economic development. It introduces students to different perspectives on the concept of economic development and provides them with a comprehensive understanding of the economic, social, and political factors that shape the development of countries and regions across the globe. We will study countries in Africa and Asia at differing development levels and analyze the policies and reforms that led to their respective trajectories.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
ALTHSE 08 |
| INST 290-02 |
Global Security
Instructor: Craig Nation
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 290-04. The course offers an introduction to Security Studies as an academic field and a practical foundation for professional engagement with security affairs. The search for security is basic to all social and political interaction, but security itself is a contested concept that can be applied in different ways to individuals, states, and the global system. Traditionally, the formal study of International Security has focused on the nation-state, including territorial defense, the role of military assets in pursuit of national interests, and the struggle for power. These concerns remain vital, but in the 21st century the security challenge has broadened to include new kinds of issues and approaches. These include the alternative discourse of Human Security as well as transnational challenges such as criminal trafficking, terrorism, environmental disintegration, pandemic disease, etc. Our course will look closely at both traditional and new security challenges. We will confront the problem of global security conceptually, develop a comprehensive portrait of global security challenges, and explore ways and means available to address them.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
ALTHSE 204 |
| INST 351-01 |
Gender and Development
Instructor: Ebru Kongar
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ECON 351-01 and WGSS 302-01. This course examines the gender dimensions of economic development and globalization from the perspective of feminist economics. This perspective implies foregrounding labor, broadly defined to include paid and unpaid work, and examining gender differences in work, access to resources, and wellbeing outcomes, and how these are affected by macroeconomic policies and how gender inequalities are relevant for societal wellbeing. Since the early 1980s economic globalization has been achieved on the basis of a common set of macroeconomic policies pursued in industrial and developing countries alike. These policies frame both the gender-differentiated impacts of policy and the initiatives that are implemented to reduce inequalities between men and women. The main objective of the course is to examine the impact of these policies on men and women in the global South (a.k.a. developing countries/Third World) on gender inequalities and to evaluate the policies/strategies for reducing gender inequalities and promoting the well-being of all people. The pursuit of these objectives will entail first a brief examination of the central tenets of feminist economics and an historical overview of the policy-oriented field of gender and development. Gender-differentiated statistics will be reviewed as they pertain to the topics under discussion.Prerequisite: For ECON 351: ECON 288; For INST 351: ECON 288 or INST 200 or INBM 200; For WGSS 302: at least one WGSS course or ECON 288. This course is cross-listed as ECON 351 & WGSS 302.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
ALTHSE 207 |
| INST 358-01 |
19th-20th Century European Diplomacy
Instructor: Regina Sweeney
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 358-01. European diplomatic history from the Congress of Vienna through World War II.
This course is cross-listed as HIST 358. Offered occasionally.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 311 |
| INST 401-01 |
Geopolitical Hotspots
Instructor: Andy Wolff
Course Description:
This seminar investigates conflict and security problems in contemporary international relations. It uses comparative and multidisciplinary tools to examine the geopolitics of several security issues including: the war in Ukraine, cybersecurity and emerging technology, China's rising economic and military power, failing states, and conflict in Africa. With each security issue, the seminar asks what the historical roots are, what are the motivations and responses of major actors involved, and what is the overall impact of each geopolitical hotspot on the international system.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
ALTHSE 07 |
| INST 401-02 |
Empire
Instructor: Ed Webb
Course Description:
Empires may seem to belong to history, but they have shaped todays political order and globalizing economy. Few parts of the world have been untouched by empire. Some argue that the United States is or should be an empire, whether they see it as benign or malign. What does empire mean today? Participants will critically assess diverse materials to come to their own conclusions about the analytical utility of the concept of empire, and how they can best apply it to understand issues that matter in world politics and economics today. Students will produce research papers examining how empire affects their areas of specialization, in preparation for discussion at the oral examination in the spring.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
ALTHSE 110 |