Courses

• GRS HI 957: Directed Study: American Economic History
  Directed study on a topic in American economic history.
• GRS HI 959: Directed Research: American History
  Directed research on a topic in American history.
• GRS HI 967: Directed Research: European History
  Directed research on a topic in European history.
• GRS HI 978: Directed Study: South Asian History
  Directed study on a topic in South Asian history.
• GRS ID 716: African Field Methods and Research Design
  A seminar for graduate students in African studies, this class prepares participants for field work in Africa through dual emphases on the preparation of feasible research proposals and the incorporation of interdisciplinary methods in their field research.
• GRS IR 630: Money, Guns, and Power
  (Meets with CAS PO 569.) What is the relationship between money and war? This course explores the relationship between money, guns, and power through the lens of American and European military spending and through larger theoretical conversations on the concept of power.
• GRS IR 701: Fundamentals of International Relations
  Offers a rigorous introduction to the basic concepts of international relations, including analytical approaches, state system and non-state actors, international legal principles, diplomatic practice, and international ethics. Emphasizes history, case study, and practical application.
• GRS IR 702: Research Methods for International Relations Practitioners
  Provides tools for designing and implementing rigorous research and policy papers. Reviews formulation of research questions and choice of research methods. Introduces methodologies including case study, archival research, and basic quantitative analysis.
• GRS IR 703: International Security
  Introduces core concepts of international security, including deterrence, balance of power theory, alliance politics, arms races, asymmetric warfare, and non-traditional security concerns such as terrorism. Topics are considered from both a theoretical basis and in historical and contemporary context.
• GRS IR 704: Global Economic and Development Policy
  Intermediate level survey of the contemporary politics, economics and policy questions in the international economy: theories of international political economy and international economics; politics of international economic institutions; analyses of industrial development, foreign investment, global and regional trade, and poverty alleviation.
• GRS IR 706: The Iranian Revolution and Its Impact on the Middle East
  This course examines the Islamic Revolution in Iran and its impact on the Middle East. The first third of the seminar focuses on Iran and, subsequently, the Iran/Iraq war. Lebanon, the Persian Gulf, and Israel will be studied as they are affected by Iran's upheavals.
• GRS IR 711: Civil Society and The State
  The relationship between civil society and democracy is a subject of major debate however, and many scholars contest the notion that the existence of civil society is a sufficient condition for democracy. At best there seems to be a necessary relationship between civil society and democracy, but even this claim is challenged, especially when it is applied to the developing world.
• GRS IR 713: Latin America Past and Present
  The interdisciplinary study of Latin America through history, from pre-colonial indigenous times to contemporary achievements and challenges, including culture and the arts, archaeology, society, politics, and international affairs.
• GRS IR 718: International Migration and Diaspora in World Politics
  Explores how the movement of people across borders is reshaping world politics. Impacts of migration on the economy, domestic politics, regional integration, national identity, and the institution of the sovereign nation state. Historical perspectives and contemporary case studies.
• GRS IR 723: Seminar: The Political Economy of Advanced Industrialized Societies
  Meets with CAS PO 528. 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 748: Seminar: Global Sociology
  (Meets with GRS SO 847.) Examines different sociological perspectives on global social dynamics and processes.
• GRS IR 758: Comparative Political Economy of China and India
  (Meets with GRS PO 785.) Compares China and India's economic reform, focusing on their reform policies and government-business relationships. Examines their political development (or lack thereof) during their economic reform. Discusses China and India's rise and implications for the global system.
• GRS IR 759: International Institutions for Finance, Development, and Trade
  Intensive examination of the roles the IMF, World Bank, and WTO play in the postwar international economic order-- addressing less the decision-making within these institutions and more the issues in which they are involved, including their policies and programs.
• GRS IR 760: The Political Economy of the European Union
  Meets with GRS PO 756. Investigates major issues of European economic integration, including the Single Market and European Monetary Union. Explores the theoretical and practical problems of integration. Considers the crisis of the Euro and its consequences for European member-state economies and democracies.
• 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.

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