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International Public Policy

Purpose:

This concentration prepares students to understand, participate and thrive in the public policy process. Students will identify, study and practice the tools of effective policy-making across an array of disciplinary perspectives (such as security, development, economic, energy, technological, political and environmental) and approaches, (such as theoretical, analytical, and methodological). The approach is hands-on and students will immerse themselves in a variety of critical public policy cases and examples.

Description:

As a result of globalization, the distinction between domestic and international affairs has effectively evaporated. Students engaging in public policy issues need to understand their domestic and international components and crucially the dynamics that link them together. In addition, most critical public policy problems are complex and intertwined. As a result, a single-lens approach is unlikely to lead to effective policy-making. Rather, identifying crucial public policy problems and developing impactful answers requires an interdisciplinary perspective. Using an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to bridge international and domestic dynamics, the concentration in International Public Policy equips students to engage in a variety of vital policy-making processes and topics.

Requirements:

Students wishing to receive attestation certifying the depth of their specialization in this particular area will be required to successfully complete at least four of the courses listed below.

Please note that this list will be reviewed from time to time depending on the available course offerings at any given time. Students should check the availability of these courses with the SIA academic adviser and the individual course instructors. Students should also determine if there are prerequisites for enrolling in a particular course.

Courses:

  1. Science, Technology, and International Policy — INTAF 502 (3 credits)
  2. Political Economy of Development and Growth — INTAF 504 (3 credits)
  3. Strategy, Conflict, Peace — INTAF 505 (3 credits)
  4. Domestic Influences on Foreign Policy — INTAF 508 (3 credits)
  5. Cross Cultural Conflict Resolution — INTAF 510 (3 credits)
  6. Climate and Security Policy — INTAF 597* (3 credits)
  7. Global Health Policy — INTAF 597* (3 credits)
  8. Grand Strategies of Established and Rising Powers — INTAF 819 (3 credits)
  9. Weapons for Mass Destruction and International Security — INTAF 817 (3 credits)
  10. Dealing with Dictators — INTAF 597* (3 credits)
  11. Global Media and Political Journalism — INTAF 597* (3 credits)
  12. Diplomacy and Statecraft in a Changing World — INTAF 597* (3 credits)
  13. Energy, International Security, and the Global Economy — INTAF 810 (3 credits)
  14. U.S. Policy in the Middle East — INTAF 814 (3 credits)
  15. Dynamics of International Economic Order: Law, Politics, and Power — INTAF 815 (3 credits)
  16. Advanced International Trade Theory and Policy — ECON 433 (3 credits)
  17. Agricultural Law and Policy - AGBM 497* (3 credits)
  18. American Foreign Policy — PLSC 442 (3 credits)
  19. Changing Food Systems: Comparative Perspectives — CED 442 (3 credits)
  20. Comparative Homeland Security and Related Methods — HLS 540 (3 credits)
  21. Data Analysis for Policy and Administration — PADM 504 (World Campus course)** (3 credits)
  22. Education and Public Policy — EDTHP 420 (3 credits)
  23. Energy and Sustainability in society — EME 466 (World Campus course)** (3 credits)
  24. Energy Geographies and Policy — GEOG 437W (3 credits)
  25. Energy Law and Policy — ENVR (Law School course; required faculty approval) (3 credits)
  26. Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation — EME 801 (World Campus course)** (3 credits)
  27. Energy Policy — EME 432 (World Campus course)** (3 credits)
  28. Environmental Law and Policy — EMGT 820 (World Campus course)** (3 credits)
  29. Global Health Equity — BBH 407 (3 credits)
  30. Global Workers’ Rights — LGWR 520 (3 credits)
  31. Hard Choices and Unintended Consequences: National Security Decision-Making — INTAF 897* (3 credits)
  32. Health Economics — ECON 445 (3 credits)
  33. Human Dimensions of Global Warming — GEOG 438W (3 credits)
  34. Industrial Organization and Public Policy — ECON 543 (3 credits)
  35. International Business and National Policies — IB 403 (3 credits)
  36. Introduction to Public Policy Analysis — PADM 507 (World Campus course)** (3 credits)
  37. Methods of Political Analysis — PLSC 501 (3 credits)
  38. National Security Policies — PLSC 438 (3 credits)
  39. Nuclear Security Threat Analysis and Assessments — NUCE 441 (3 credits)
  40. Policy Making and Evaluation — PLSC 490 (3 credits)
  41. Race and Public Policy — AFAM 497* (3 credits)
  42. The Economics of Global Climate Change — ECON 415 (3 credits)
  43. U.S. Immigration — SOC 445 (3 credits)

* Frequency and availability of Special Topics courses will vary each semester.