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International Public Policy

Concentration Requirements:

  • Please select a minimum of four courses (12 credits total) from the list below, including two INTAF courses.
  • Please note that this list will be reviewed and updated periodically. However, students should always check LionPATH to determine the availability of these courses in any given semester and review any mandatory prerequisites prior to enrolling.
  • Please note that enrollment in any course listed below is not guaranteed, especially when the course is outside of INTAF.
  • Classes included on the list below are approved to use as electives for this concentration. Any course that is not listed below must go through a formal review process. To begin this review process, please complete this form.
    • Courses that are not approved electives from the below list will NOT count towards your concentration unless you obtain approval through the review process.

SIA Elective Courses (please select at least two courses from the following list):

  • INTAF 502 – Science, Technology, and International Policy (3 credits)
  • INTAF 504 – Political Economy of Development and Growth (3 credits)
  • INTAF 505 – Strategy, Conflict, Peace (3 credits)
  • INTAF 508 – Domestic Influences on Foreign Policy (3 credits)
  • INTAF 510 – Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution (3 credits)
  • INTAF 513 – Applied Time Series Analysis for Social Science Contexts (3 credits)
  • INTAF 810 – Energy, International Security, and the Global Economy (3 credits)
  • INTAF 811 – Estimative Analysis in International Strategy (3 credits)
  • INTAF 814 – U.S. Policy in the Middle East (3 credits)
  • INTAF 815 – Dynamics of International Economic Order: Law, Politics, and Power (3 credits)
  • INTAF 817 – Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Security (3 credits)
  • INTAF 819 – Grand Strategies of Established and Rising Powers (3 credits)
  • INTAF 822 – Global Media and Political Journalism (3 credits)
  • INTAF 897 – Special Topics: Corporations in Global Affairs (3 credits)
  • INTAF 897 – Special Topics: Global Migration: Threat, Opportunity or Necessity? (3 credits)
  • INTAF 897 – Special Topics: US-Latin American Relations: Cooperation and Conflict (3 credits)

Penn State Law Elective Courses (requires instructor and SIA faculty director approval prior to enrolling):

  • ENVR 952 – Energy Law and Policy (3 credits)

Penn State Graduate Elective Courses:

  • AFR 527 – Migration, Urbanization, and Policy in the Developing World (3 credits)
  • ECON 543 – Industrial Organization and Public Policy (3-6 credits)
  • NUCE 544 – Global Nuclear Security Policies (3 credits)
  • PLSC 504 – Methods of Political Analysis (3 credits)
  • PPOL 801 – The Public Policy Process (3 credits)
  • PPOL 807 – Managing Public Organizations (3 credits)
  • PPOL 809 – Policy Analysis (3 credits)

Penn State 400-Level Elective Courses (please select no more than three courses from the following list):

  • ECON 433 – Advanced International Trade Theory and Policy (3 credits)
  • EDTHP 420 – Education and Public Policy (3 credits)
  • GEOG 437W – Energy Geographies and Policy (3 credits)
  • NUCE 441 – Nuclear Security Threat Analysis and Assessments (3 credits)
  • PLSC 442 – American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
  • PLSC 438 – National Security Policies (3 credits)
  • PLSC 490 – Policy Making and Evaluation (3 credits)

All World Campus courses, including any that appear as elective class options on this list, require enrollment permission from the SIA faculty director prior to registering for the class. Please contact the SIA academic adviser for more information.