Courses

• GRS IR 722: U.S. Foreign Policy since the End of the Cold War
  This graduate seminar exmines the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy since 1989. It identifies the objectives and essential elements of American grand strategy and evaluates the extent to which U.S. policy is realistic, effective and democratic.
• GRS IR 723: Seminar: The Political Economy of Advanced Industrialized Societies
  Meets with CAS PO 621. Surveys forces contributing to national differences in social and economic policy; identifies current challenges to state sovereignty, such as globalization and immigration; and examines how nations from different welfare state regimes are coping with these threats to the nation state.
• GRS IR 757: Transnational Shi?ism
  Begins with the original split in Islam that generated Twelver Shi?ism, discusses key features of the religion such as Muharram rituals and the existence of a quasi-clergy, and ends with a discussion of individual Shi?ite countries and relations between them.
• GRS IR 766: Contemporary Issues in Latin America
  Meets with GRS PO 768. Review and analysis of contemporary developments in Latin America from major print and on-line news sources and journals. Focuses on breaking issues and develops capacity for critical analysis. Required for LASMA students.
• GRS IR 767: Latin American Comparative Politics
  Review of comparative politics literature, combined with country case studies, to assess to what degree Latin America is "the graveyard of development theories." Particular attention on recent patterns of redemocratization and economic liberalization and their multiple challenges.
• GRS IR 768: Democratic Reforms in Latin America
  Examines efforts at political and institutional reform in Latin America, their successes, challenges, and failures.
• GRS IR 778: Problems of Strategic Intelligence
  Explores major aspects of strategic intelligence; interrelationship of intelligence and other aspects of foreign policy; performance of U.S. intelligence community; and intelligence as a tool in the formulation of foreign policy.
• GRS IR 780: CIA's National Clandestine Service
  The National Clandestine Service spends 5% of the US Intelligence budget but receives 95% of public and private scrutiny. Examines the unique legal mandate of the clandestine service: espionage, covert operations, counterintelligence, and special operations.
• GRS IR 786: Conflict and State-Building in Africa
  Meets with GRS PO 786. Examines conflict in contemporary Africa at both the international and domestic levels. Addresses the dynamics of insurgency and inter-state war, as well as the ways in which these conflicts have affected African state-building.
• GRS IR 794: Current Issues in International Environmental Affairs
  Seminar explores key concepts related to regimes and environmental diplomacy and focuses on a selected set of contemporary issues in international environmental affairs. Seeks to foster research and writing on the negotiation and implementation of environmental treaties. Meets with EE794
• GRS IR 798: Global Development Capstone
  (Meets with GRS EC 798 and GE798.) Capstone course for MA students in Global Development Policy and Global Development Economics. Students, working in groups, design and carry out an interdisciplinary policy analysis comparable to those performed for a government or nonprofit agency.
• GRS IR 799: MAIA Paper Workshop
  Provides structure and support to MAIA Paper writers. Goals include formulating researchable questions, creating viable research and writing strategies, and critiquing intermediate efforts. Focuses on creating an environment of peer feedback.
• GRS IR 825: Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World
  (Meets with GRS SO 820.) Studies women in nonindustrial countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, stressing empirical research, theory, and methodology. Comparisons between regions and with industrial countries. Focus on sex segregation, female labor force participation, migration, fertility, family roles, and women and political power.
• GRS IR 901: Directed Study I
  Advanced independent study in international relations under the supervision of a faculty member. Course usually requires a formal research paper. Hours arranged.
• GRS LF 621: Reading French for Graduate Students
  Designed for graduate degree candidates preparing for language reading examinations. Develops skills in interpreting written French with minimal phonological or cultural references. Practice in translating passages relating to the sciences and humanities. No previous knowledge of French required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.
• GRS LF 860: Seminar: Topics in French Literature
  Topic for Fall 2011: Mallarmé and His Critics. A reading of the poetry and prose of Mallarmé with additional focus on the intellectual history of France since World War II as refracted through the ways in which his work has figured in the writings of Blanchot, Sartre, Mauron, Richard, Derrida, and Rancière.
• GRS LF 951: Directed Study: French Language and Literature
  Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.
• GRS LF 952: Directed Study: French Language and Literature
  Hours arranged. Consent of instructor and department.
• GRS LG 621: Reading German for Graduate Students
  Designed to prepare graduate students for the German reading exam. Develops a knowledge of the fundamentals of German grammar. Practice in translating passages. No previous knowledge of German required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.
• GRS LI 621: Reading Italian for Graduate Students
  Designed for graduate degree candidates preparing for language reading examinations. Develops skills in interpreting written Italian with minimal phonological or cultural references. Practice in translating passages relating to the sciences and humanities. No previous knowledge of Italian required. Students will not receive graduate credit for this course and there is no tuition charge.

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