Penn State Electives
You can take a wide range of courses from across the University as part of your master's degree requirements. The courses listed below have been approved by SIA. If you wish to enroll in a Penn State course that is not listed below, you will need approval from your SIA academic adviser prior to course enrollment.
Consult Penn State's Course Catalog in LionPATH to view course descriptions, verify course availability per semester, and check pre-requisite requirements or enrollment restrictions. Some courses may require prior instructor or departmental approval.
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Agricultural Biosecurity: Protecting a Key Infrastructure (3 Crs)
(AGBIO 520)Agroforestry: Science, Design, and Practice (3 Crs)
(FOR 418)Classical Ecology (2 Crs)
(ECLGY 510)Educational Programs in Agriculture for Developing Countries (3 Crs)
(AEE 400)Elements of Forest Ecosystem Management (3 Crs)
(FOR 410)Ethical Issues in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment (3 Crs)
(HDNRE 575)Fertility, Population Change and Development (3 Crs)
(R SOC 525)Fishery Management (3 Crs)
(W F S 463W)Forest Management and Planning (3 Crs)
(FOR 466W)Foundations of Leadership Development (3 Crs)
(AEE 460)GIS Based Socio-Ecological Landscape Analysis (3 Crs)
(FOR 565/ANTH 555)Global Seminar (3 Crs)
(CED 410)Human Dimensions in Natural Resources and the Environment Colloquium (1 Cr)
(HDNRE 590)Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3 Crs)
(FOR 450W)Integrated Perspectives in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment (3 Crs)
(HDNRE 574)International Community and Economic Development (3 Crs)
(CED 425)International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment (3 Crs)
(CED 450)International Economic Development and Agriculture (3 Crs)
(AEREC 550)International Forestry (3 Crs)
(FOR 488Y)International Rural Social Change (3 Crs)
(R SOC 517)Introduction to Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction (1 Cr)
(P N G 411)Living in an Increasingly Diverse Society (1 - 3 Crs)
(AYFCE 438)Power, Conflict and Community Decision Making (3 Crs)
(CED 417)Problems in Agriculture in Tropical Areas (3 Crs)
(INTAG 481)(3 Crs)
(FOR 421)Social Organization of Traditional Societies (3 Crs)
(ANTH 556)Sociology of Agriculture (3 Crs)
(R SOC 508)Water Economics and Policy (3 Crs)
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Applying Entrepreneurship Across Corporate Boundaries (2 Crs)
(ENTR 571)Business Analytics (2 Crs)
(BAN 530)Business Marketing (2 Crs) MUST TAKE MKTG 521 BEFORE 533
(MKTG 533)Complex Negotiations (2 Crs)
(MGMT 521)Contemporary Issues in International Business (3 Crs)
(I B 404)E-business Marketing (2 Crs)
(MKTG 542)Global Finance (1 - 3 Crs)
(I B 555)Global Strategy and Organization (1 - 3 Crs)
(MGMT 561)Globalization and its Implications (3 Crs)
(I B 440)International Business (3 Crs)
(I B 403)International Business and National Policies (3 Crs)
(I B 403)International Business in Emerging Nations (3 Crs)
(I B 460)International Development in African Context (3 Crs)
(I B 497)Insurance and Corporate Governance (2 Crs)
(INS 575)International Management (3 Crs)
(MGMT 461)Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 Crs)
(MGMT 425/IST 425/ENGR 425)Invention Commercialization (3 Crs)
(MGMT 426)Marketing Analytics (2 Crs)
(BAN 540)Multinational Financial Management (3 Crs)
(FIN 407)Negotiation and Conflict Management (3 Crs)
(MGMT 402)New Product Development (2 Crs)
(MKTG 542)New Venture Creation (3 Crs)
(MGMT 425)Property Rights in a Global Economy (3 Crs)
(R EST 515)Strategic Procurement (2 Crs)
(SCM 546)Sustainability and International Business (3 Crs)
(I B 497)Sustainability Behavior of Consumers, Firms and Societies (3 Crs)
(B A 442)The Business Environment of Europe (3 Crs)
(I B 450)The Global Financial Crisis (3 Crs)
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(3 Crs)
(COMM 510)International Communication Problems (3 Crs)
(COMM 505)International and Intercultural Strategic Communication (3 Crs)
(COMM 426)International Mass Communications (3 Crs)
(COMM 410)International Reporting (3 Crs)
(COMM 402)International Telecommunications and Trade Policy (3 Crs)
(COMM 584)Law of Mass Communications (3 Crs)
(COMM 403)Media and Government (3 Crs)
(COMM 407A)Perspectives on American Journalism (3 Crs)
(COMM 407B)World Media Systems (3 Crs)
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African Resources and Development (3 Crs)
(GEOG 444)Analysis and GIS (3 Crs)
(GEOG 464)Applied Cartographic Design (3 Crs)
(GEOG 467)Applied Energy Policy (3 Crs)
(EME 803)Cultural Intelligence, Applied Geography, and Homeland Security (3 Crs) (GEOG 571)
Electricity Markets (3 Crs)
(EBF 483)Economic Analysis of Energy Markets (3 Crs)
(ENNEC 540)Economics of Energy and the Environment (3 Crs)
(ENNEC 541)Energy and Modern Society (3 Crs)
(EM SC 420)Energy Economics (3 Crs)
(E B F 484)Energy Geography (3 Crs)
(GEOG 497E)Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation (3 Crs)
(EME 801)Energy Policy (3 Crs)
(GEOG 432/EME 432)Forest Geography (3 Crs)
(GEOG 411)Foundations in Sustainability Systems (3 Crs)
(EME 504)Gender Geography (3 Crs)
(GEOG 426)Geographic Information Systems (3 Crs)
(GEOG 596)Geography of Human Rights (3 Crs)
(GEOG 497)Geography of the Global Economy (3 Crs)
(GEOG 424)Geography of Water Resources (3 Crs)
(GEOG 431)Geospatial Information Management (3 Crs)
(GEOG 463)GIS Programming and Customization (3 Crs)
(GEOG 485)Global Change and Sustainability - Bulgaria (3 Crs)
(GEOG 435H)Globalization, Migration, and Displacement (3 Crs)
(GEOG 422W)Human Dimensions of Global Warming (3 Crs)
(GEOG 438W)Human Environment Seminar (3 Crs)
(GEOG 530)Human Use of Environment (3 Crs)
(GEOG 430)Intelligence Analysis, Cultural Geography, and Homeland Security (3 Crs)
(GEOG 571)Introduction to Electicity Markets (3 Cr)
(E B F 483)Introduction to Mining Operations (1 Cr)
(MNG 401)Natural Disasters (3 Crs)
(GEOSC 402Y) (IL)Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability (3 Crs)
(SOILS 422)Natural Resources: Origins, Economics and Environmental Impact (3 Crs)
(GEOSC 451)Property and the Global Environment (3 Crs)
(GEOG 439)Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems (3 Crs)
(EME 802)Renewable Energy and Nonmarket Enterprise (3 Crs)
(EME 805)Risk Analysis in the Earth Sciences (3 Crs)
(GEOSC 450)Risk Management in Energy Industries (3 Crs)
(EBF 473)Seminar in Geographic Information Science (3 Crs)
(GEOG 560)Seminar in Human Geography (3 Crs)
(GEOG 520)Solar Resource Assessment and Economics (3 Crs)
(EME 810)Strategic Corporate Finance for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries (3 Crs)
(E B F 401)Technologies for Sustainability Systems (3 Crs)
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Alternative Assessment of National Educational and Health Policies (3 Crs)
(EDTHP 525)Comparative and International Adult Education (3 Crs)
(CI ED 570)Comparative Education Proseminar I (3 Crs)
(CI ED 500)Comparative Higher Education (3 Crs)
(CI ED 571)Contemporary Philosophies of Education (3 Crs)
(CI ED 541)Curriculum, Culture and Child Development (3 Crs)
(E C E 587)Education and Demographic Change in the United States and Abroad (3 Crs)
(CI ED 516)Education Mobility in Comparative Perspective (3 Crs)
(CI ED 553/EDTHP 553/HI ED 553/SOC 553)Education Policy and Politics (3 Crs)
(EDTHP 587 / HI ED 587)Ethnicity, National Identity and Education (3 Crs)
(CI ED 503/HI ED 503/EDTHP 507)Globalization and Lifelong Learning (3 Crs)
(CI ED 508)Introduction to Comparative and International Education (3 Crs)
(CI ED 401)Introduction to Distance Education (3 Crs)
(ADTED 470/CI ED 470)Issues in Literacy Education (3 Crs)
(CI ED 542)Language, Literacy, Identity, and Culture in a Global Context (3 Crs)
(CI ED 509)Perspectives in African Education (3 Crs)
(CI ED 504)Policy Studies in Lifelong Learning (3 Crs)
(CI ED 572)Principles of Integrated Pest Management (3 Crs)
(CI ED 457)Social and Cultural Contexts of Learning and Work (3 Crs)
(CI ED 564)Validity of Assessment Outcomes (3 Crs)
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Energy and Modern Society (3 Crs)
(S T S 420)Engineering International Cooperative Education (1 - 3 Crs)
(ENGR 495I)Global Food Strategies: Problems and Prospects for Reducing World Hunger (3 Crs)
(S T S 430)International Construction Management and Planning (3 Crs)
(A E 571)International Engineering Internship (1 credit per semester/4 credits maximum)
(ENGR 595I)Science, Technology, and Public Policy (3 Crs)
(S T S 460)Social Entrepreneurship;(3 Crs)
(ENGR 451)The two Engineering Design courses (EDSGN 452 and EDSGN 453) listed below are only accepted as electives toward the M.I.A. degree if the student has participated in the The Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) program. EDSGN 454 is an optional travel component to the course for .5 credits during the Maymester after successful completion of the two courses. Please note: the international experience during the Maymester semester in combination with ENGR 455 HESE Reflection and Research Dissemination for 3 credits can serve as a Capstone project (internship or master's paper). Students interested in the Capstone option should speak with the Director of Career Services.
- EDSGN 452 (2 credits: Projects in Humanitarian Engineering)
- EDSGN 453 (1 credit: Design for Developing Communities)
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Global Health Equity
(BB H 407)Global Nutrition Problems: Health, Science, and Ethics
(NUTR 425)Health Disease and Society
(SOC 451)International Comparative Health Systems
(HPA 401)International Health Economics
(HPA 497)Introduction to Health Services Organizations and Delivery
(HPA 520)Introduction to Health Economics
(HPA 545)Managerial Epidemiology
(HPA 523)Principles of Epidemiology
(BB H 440)World Health Promotion (3 Crs)
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Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management (3 Crs; online course)
(IST 564)Crisis Informatics (3 Crs)
(SRA 480)Computer and Cyber Forensics (3 Crs)
(IST 454)Cybercrime, Cyber-terrorism and Cyberwar (3 Crs)
(SRA 450)Deception and Counter-Deception (3 Crs)
(SRA 433)Foundations of Information Security and Assurance (3 Crs; online course; technical skills required)
(IST 815)Foundations of Theory and Methods of Information Sciences (3 Crs)
(IST 504)Globalization Trends and World Issues (3 Crs)
(IST 445H)Information Security Management (3 Crs)
(IST 456)Information Technology in an International Context (3 Crs)
(IST 442)Information Technology Valuation, Markets and Innovation (3 Crs)
(IST 535)Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Information Sciences and Technology (3 Crs)
(IST 501)Network Management and Security (3 Crs)
(IST 554)Network Security (3 Crs)
(IST 554)Qualitative Research in Information Sciences & Technology (3 Crs)
(IST 541)Security Risk and Analysis Capstone (3 Crs) (SRA 440W)
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Advanced Criminology (3 Crs)
(SOC 413)Advanced International Trade Theory and Policy (3 Crs)
(ECON 433)African Feminism (3 Crs)
(AFR 597/ WMNST 597)African Politics (3 Crs)
(PL SC 597)African Resources and Development (3 Crs)
(AFR 444 / GEOG 444)American Diplomacy, 1776 - 1914 (3 Crs)
(HIST 487)American Diplomacy since 1914 (3 Crs)
(HIST 488)American Foreign Policy (3 Crs)
(PL SC 442)Archaeology of the Near East (3 Crs)
(J ST 420)Seminar in Asian Studies (3 Crs)
(ASIA 405Y)Behavioral Economics (3 Crs)
(ECON 411)Buddhist Studies (3 Crs)
(RL ST 409)Business and Government Relations (3 Crs)
(PL SC 446)China in Revolution (3 Crs)
(ASIA 486 / HIST 486)Civil Conflict (3 Crs)
(PL SC 556)Civil Wars (3 Crs)
(PL SC 436)Civil Liberties and Due Process (3 Crs)
(PL SC 474)Classical Islamic Civilization: 600 - 1258 (3 Crs)
(HIST 471 / RL ST 471)Comparative Method in Literary Studies (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 501)Comparative Politics: Theory and Methodology (3 Crs)
(PL SC 550)Comparative Seminar in Inter-American Literatures (1 - 12 Crs)
(CMLIT 521)Comparative Seminar in Asian Literatures (1 - 12 Crs)
(CMLIT 522)Comparative Seminar in African Literature (1 - 12 Crs)
(CMLIT 523)Conflict Management, Termination, and Bargaining (3 Crs)
(PL SC 566)Conflict Resolution and Negotiation (3 Crs)
(CAS 404)Contemporary Literary Theory (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 580)Corruption (3 Crs)
(PL SC 597)Counterterrorism (3 Crs)
(PL SC 569)Cultures of Globalization (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 435)Decision Making and Strategy in Economics (3 Crs)
(ECON 402)Democracy and its Impacts (3 Crs)
(PL SC 408)Democratization in Asia (3 Crs)
(PL SC 465Y / ASIA 465Y)Development Economics (3-6 Crs)
(ECON 570)Dictators and their Demise (3 Crs)
(PL SC 414)Disaster Communications (3 Crs)
(CAS 553)Economic Growth and Poverty (3 Crs)
(ECON 413)Economics of Energy and Energy Security (3 Crs)
(ECON 427)Education Mobility in Comparative Perspective (3 Crs)
(SOC 553)Early Modern Japan (3 Crs)
(HIST 474 / JAPSN 426 / ASIA 474)Environment and Livelihoods in Africa (3 Crs)
(AFR 532)Environmental Economics (3 Crs)
(ECON 428)Ethnic Conflict in Africa (3 Crs)
(AFR 443 / PL SC 443)
(IL)Ethnic Conflict, Nationalism, and Civil Wars (3 Crs)
(PL SC 597)Ethics, Justice, and Rights in World Literature (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 455)European Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Present (3 Crs)
(J ST 409Y / HIST 409Y / RL ST 407Y)Extractive Industries in Africa (3 Crs)
(AFR 464 / PL SC 464)Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 Crs)
(SOC 430)Forces in Contemporary Literature (3 - 6 Crs)
(CMLIT 570)Francophone Culture (3 Crs)
(FR 531)French and Francophone Theater (3 Crs)
(FR 436)Gender and Politics (3 Crs)
(WMNST 428 / PL SC 428)Gender, Sexuality and Islam in Africa (3 Crs)
(AFR 537 / WMNST 537)Genocide and Tyranny (3 Crs)
(PL SC 450H)Global Health and Mortality (3 Crs)
(SOC 532)Global Modernisms (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 430)Global Perspectives on Feminism (3 Crs)
(WMNST 502)Globalization and Its Implications (3 Crs)
(PL SC 440)Government and the Economy (3 Crs)
(PL SC 444 )Government and Politics of Africa (3 Crs)
(AFR 454 / PL SC 454)Government and Politics of the American States (3 Crs)
(PL SC 425)Government and Politics of Central Europe (3 Crs)
(PL SC 452)Government and Politics of East Asia (3 - 6 Crs)
(PL SC 458)Government and Politics of South Asia (3 Crs)
(ASIA 469 / PL SC 469)Governments and Politics of Western Europe (3 Crs)
(PL SC 455)Growth and Development (3 Crs)
(ECON 471)Health Disparities (3 Crs)
(SOC 526 / H P A 526)Health Economics (3 Crs)
(ECON 445)History of Central Europe, 1871 - Present (3 Crs)
(HIST 420)History of Chinese Thought (3 Crs)
(ASIA 484Y)Homelessness in America (3 Crs)
(SOC 428)Immigration, Assimilation, and Inequality (3 Crs)
(SOC 525)Industrial Organization and Public Policy (3-6 Crs)
(ECON 543)Inter-American Literature (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 405)Internal and International Migration (3 Crs)
(SOC 523)International Political Economy (3 Crs)
(PL SC 563)Intercultural Communication Theory and Research (3 Crs)
(CAS 471)International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics (3 Crs)
(ECON 434)International Political Economy (3 Crs)
(PL SC 412)International Political Economy (3 Crs)
(PL SC 563)International Relations Theory (3 Crs)
(PL SC 418)International Relations of the Middle East (3 Crs)
(PL SC 467)International Trade (3 Crs)
(ECON 507)Introduction to Econometrics (3 Crs)
(ECON 490)Jewish Communities: Identity, Survival, and Transformation in Unexpected Places (3 Crs)
(SOC 457 / ANTH 457 / J ST 457)Jewish Studies (3 Crs)
(J ST 411 / RL ST 411)Jews in the Medieval World (3 Crs)
(J ST 410 / HIST 410 / RL ST 410)Justice and the Environment (3 Crs)
(SOC 450)Key Issues in African Studies (3 Crs)
(AFR 501)Labor Economics and Labor Markets (3 Crs)
(ECON 412)Latin America and the United States (3 Crs)
(HIST 467 / LTNST 467)Latin American Social History, 1500 - 1900 (3 Crs)
(HIST 567)Lesbian and Gay History (HIST 466 / WMNST 466)
Literary Adaptation: International and Comparative Perspectives (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 491)Literary Cultures of Buddhism (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 448)Literary Cultures of Islam (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 449)Literary Modes of Asia (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 404)Masterpieces of Spanish American Literature (3 Crs)
(SPAN 476)Migration, Urbanization, and Policy in the Developing World (3 Crs)
(AFR 527 / SOC 527)Modern Japan Since 1800 (3 Crs)
(ASIA 481 / HIST 481)Modern Latin American History (3 Crs)
(HIST 570)Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Civil Wars (3 Crs)
(PL SC 597D)Parties and Interests Groups (3 Crs)
(PL SC 426)Perspectives and Methods in Bioethics (3 Crs)
(BIOET 501)Perspectives in Global Feminism (3 Crs)
(WMNST 502)Perspectives in Macro-Bioethics (3 Crs)
(BIOET 502)Policy Making and Evaluation (3 Crs)
(PL SC 490)Political Communication and Media (3 Crs)
(CAS 530)Post-Soviet Politics (3 Crs)
(PL SC 423)Political Economy of Energy and Extractive Industries in Africa (3 Crs)
(AFR 534)Political Processes in Underdeveloped Systems (3 Crs)
(PL SC 453)Political Psychology (3 Crs)
(PL SC 466)Political Psychology (3 Crs)
(PL SC 597C)Political Sociology (3 Crs)
(PL SC 446)Politics and Institutions of Latin-American Nations (3 Crs)
(PL SC 456)Postcolonial Literature and Culture (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 446)Psychology of Terrorism (3 Crs)
(PL SC 497)Race and Public Policy (3 Crs)
(SOC 419)Science, Technology, and Public Policy (3 Crs)
(PL SC 460)Seminar in Asian Studies (3 Crs)
(ASIA 405)Social Conflict (3 Crs)
(SOC 425)Social Demography (3 Crs)
(SOC 423)Social Movements (3 Crs)
(SOC 432)Social Network Analysis (3 Crs)
(SOC 497)Social-Organization Psychology in Industry (3 Crs)
(PSY 523)Sociology of Migration (3 Crs)
(SOC 523)Politics of the European Union (3 Crs)
(PL SC 461)Spanish Modernity (3 Crs)
(SPAN 488)State Making (3 Crs)
(PL SC 420)Terrorism (3 Crs)
(PL SC 567)The Contemporary Middle East (3 Crs)
(J ST 473 / HIST 473)The Making and Emergence of Modern India (3 Crs)
(ASIA 475Y / HIST 475Y)The Politics of Human Rights (3 Crs)
(PL SC 451)The Politics of Terrorism (3 Crs)
(PL SC 439)The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (3 Crs)
(PL SC 413)Through the Looking-Glass: Race in the United States and Brazil (3 Crs)
(PORT 497C / SPAN 497C)Topics in Comparative Government and Institutions ( 3 Crs)
(PL SC 424)Topics in Political Methodology (3 Crs)
(PL SC 504)Russian Economic History (3 Crs)
(ECON 472)Transnational Corporations and Other Organizations in International Relations (3 Crs)
(PL SC 441)U.S. Immigration (3 Crs)
(SOC 445)U.S. Latina/o Culture in Spanish (3 Crs)
(SPAN 479)Varieties of Latina/o Cultural Expression (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 403)War and Development in Africa (3 Crs)
(PL SC 434 / AFR 434)War in the Modern World (3 Crs)
(HIST 541)War in World Politics (3 Crs)
(PL SC 437)Who are the Brazilians? (3 Crs)
(PORT496A)Workplace Dispute Resolution (3 Crs)
(LER 437)World Population Diversity (3 Crs)
(SOC 422)Women in Developing Countries (3 Crs)
(WMNST 420 / CED 420)Women and World Literature (3 Crs)
(CMLIT 406)Zionism (3 Crs)
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Analysis of Discrete Data (3 Crs)
(STAT 504)Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments (3 Crs)
(STAT 502)Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis (3 Crs)
(STAT 505)Applied Regression Analysis (3 Crs)
(STAT 462)Applied Statistics (3 Crs)
(STAT 500)Experimental Methods (3 Crs)
(STAT 401)Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (3 Crs)
(STAT 415)Introduction to Probability Theory (3 Crs)
(STAT 414)Matrix Algebra (3 Crs)
(MATH 441)Regression Methods (3 Crs)
(STAT 501)Time Series Analysis (3 Crs)
(STAT 510)Time Series Analysis (3 Crs)
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Agricultural Law (3 Crs)
(BUSLW 956)Asylum and Refugee Law (2 Crs)
(INTR 961)Center for Immigrants' Rights: Course Component (3 Crs; INTR 965 or INTR 961 pre-requisite; competitive placement; Faculty approval required)
(IHIMC 900)Comparative Constitutional and Public Law (3 Crs)
(CONLW 958)Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar (3 Crs)
(ULWR 949)Constitutional Law of Religion (3 Crs)
(CONLW 957)Energy Law and Policy (3 Crs)
(ENVR 952)Environmental Law (3 Crs)
(ENVR 960)European Union Law Seminar (3 Crs)
(ULWR 913)Family Law (3 Crs)
(FESTL 962)Immigration Law (2 Crs)
(INTR 965)International Commercial Arbitration (3 Crs)
(INTR 984)International Criminal Law (3 Crs)
(CRMLW 970)International Financial Law Seminar (3 Crs)
(ULWR 948)International Human Rights Seminar (3 Crs)
(ULWR 968)International Litigation and Arbitration (3 Crs)
(INTR 966)International Law (3 Crs)
(INTR 971)International Sustainable Development Projects Law Clinic (4 Crs; competitive placement; priority given to Law Students) and faculty approval required
(IHSDC 900)International Trade Law (3 Crs)
(INTR 973)Law of the Sea (2 Crs)
(INTR 952)Mediation of Environmental and Public Conflicts (3 Crs)
(EXPR 972)Multinational Corporations (3 Crs)
(BUSLW 968)National Security Law I (Foundations) (3 Crs)
(LWPER 947)National Security Law II (Crisis Simulation) (3 Crs)
(EXPR 935)Natural Resources Law (3 Crs)
(ENVR 988)Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Design (3 Crs)
(EXPR 936)The Supreme Court in Comparative Perspective (3 Crs)
(ULWR 907)The United Nations and International Law Seminar (2 Crs)
(ULWR 941)Transnational Law (3 Crs)
(INTR 977)Water Law & Policy (3 Crs)
(ENVR 967)
Special Topics Courses
Many Penn State academic units offer one semester special topics courses that will be relevant to the Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) degree. These course numbers will be 497, 597 or 598. Penn State Law special topics courses will have 997 as the course number. You will find the special topics course offerings on the schedule of courses each semester. If you find a special topics course you would like to complete toward the M.I.A degree requirements, please discuss this with your academic advisor.