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Program of Study |
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Requirements:
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In addition to core courses in policy implementation and
research methods, MIP students will select two specializations
from a set of functional themes, geographic areas, or both. A
minimum of three classes is required to complete a theme/area.
Courses fulfilling a specialization must be approved by the
student’s advisory committee.
Prior to the completion of the degree
program MIP students must demonstrate competency in a foreign
language that is the equivalent to two years of study at the
undergraduate level.
Functional themes: there are three main themes: political
development, foreign policy, and globalization. Within themes,
students can take classes focusing on issues such as: peace and
security, post-industrial societies and the EU, political
development, international policy making, environment and
sustainable development, international law, foreign policy, WMD
proliferation, arms control, intelligence.
Examples: students may select from a menu of classes in order to
specialize in a theme. Examples of courses that can be used to
fulfill a specialization include, but are not limited to the
following:
Theme: Political Development
INTL 8325 Democracy, Democratization and Civil Society
INTL 8340 Developing Political Systems
INTL 8370 Public Opinion and Participation
INTL 8315 Politics of the Middle East
Theme: Foreign Policy
INTL 8250 American Foreign Policy
INTL 8260 Human Rights Policy
INTL 8280 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
INTL 8290 Strategic Intelligence
Theme: Globalization
INTL 8240 International Political Economy
INTL 8355 Labor, Class and Politics
INTL 8360 Government and Business
INTL 8385 Identity Politics
Geographic areas: There are three main geographic areas:
Developed Societies, Developing Societies, and Communist/Post
Communist Societies. Within these areas students may take
classes focusing on particular regions such as: European
politics, Asian politics, African politics, Latin American
politics, Eastern Europe, and Middle Eastern politics.
Theme: Developed Societies
INTL 8310 Politics of Industrialized Democracies
INTL 8320 Politics of the European Union
INTL 8355 Labor, Class, and Politics
INTL 8360 Government and Business
Theme: Developing Societies
INTL 8315 Comparative Politics of the Middle East
INTL 8345 Comparative Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
INTL 8340 Developing Political Systems
INTL 8390 East Asian Political Systems
Theme: Communist/Post-communist:
INTL 8330 Politics of Post Communist Political Systems
INTL 8380 Russian and East European Politics
INTL 8325 Comparative Democracy, Democratization and Civil
Society
INTL 8280 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Graduation requirements:
There are two formats for this requirement, depending upon the
student’s experience and career objectives.
For students with internship or professional experience:
Internship Paper.
To include an analysis of their responsibilities and duties,
projects completed, and tasks performed; the relevance of their
academic work to their experience, and the relationship between
the two; suggestions for improving the MIP program.
For students without such experience: Team Policy Analysis.
Student teams will complete a policy analysis project reflecting
the core insights from the policy analysis class and subsequent
coursework. It will involve a written report as well as an oral
presentation.
The capstone paper should be 15-20 pages in length, and must be
completed by the midpoint of the final semester. The capstone
paper will be evaluated by a faculty committee. In the event
that the capstone paper is not approved, students will have
three weeks after receiving notification to revise the paper
incorporating suggestions from the faculty committee.
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