MASTERS PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES SUGGESTED COURSES Note that the below are suggested courses. For other possible courses, please check with the Graduate Assistant and the Chair of the IAS MA Program. List A: Economics course options (all students must take at least 1 course from this list) MICROECONOMIC COURSES Agricultural & Resource Econ C251 Microeconomics of Development Agricultural & Resource Econ C253 International Economic Development Policy Economics 100A Economic Analysis (Micro) Economics 101A Economic Theory (Micro) Economics 104 Advanced Microeconomic Theory Economics 208 Microeconomic Theory Seminar Economics C270A Microeconomics of Development ENVECON 100 Microeconomic Theory with Application to Natural and Policy Resources ENVECON C251 Microeconomics of Development IAS 106/206 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Public Policy 251 Microeconomic Organization and Policy Analysis Undergraduate Business Admin. 101A Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions MACROECONOMIC COURSES Economics 100B Economic Analysis (Macro) Economics 101B Economic Theory (Macro) Economics 202A Macroeconomic Theory Economics 202B Macroeconomic Theory IAS 107/207 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory MBA 201B Macroeconomics in the Global Economy UGBA 101B Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions List B: Social Science Course Options (all students must take at least 2 courses from this list, at least one of which must be at the 200-level) GENERAL INTERNATIONAL STUDIES COURESES COVERING VARIOUS REGIONS & TOPICS AFRICAM 112A Political and Economic Development in the Third World AFRICAM 112B Political and Economic Development in the Third World AFRICAM 254 Globalization and Caribbean Modernity ANTHRO 147C Globalization and Gender in the Asia Pacific ARCH 111 Housing: An International Perspective ARCH 218 Housing & Environmental Design: Developing Countries A,RESEC 251 Agriculture in Economic Development A,RESEC 252 Sectoral and Regional Planning in Economic Development A,RESEC C253 International Economic Development Policy A,RESEC 259 Rural Economic Development Workshop CY PLAN 111 Housing: An International Survey CY PLAN 115 Urbanization in Developing Countries CY PLAN 223 Economic Development Planning CY PLAN 229 Research Seminar in Regional Development
CY PLAN 231 Housing in Developing Countries CY PLAN 260 Theory, History, and Practice of Community Development CY PLAN 270 Regional and Urban Development Strategies in Third World Countries CY PLAN 271 Development Theories and Practices CY PLAN 275 Third World Urban Development Issues and Policy Options CIV ENG 208 Global River Basins in Conflict: Science, Society, Economics, and Policy DEMOG C175 Economic Demography DEMOG C275A Economic Demography DEV STD C100 History of Development and Underdevelopment DEV STD 130 Cross-Listed Topics -- Development Studies DEV STD 150 Advanced Studies in Development Studies ECON C171 Economic Development ECON 181 International Trade ECON 215C Selected Topics in Political Economy ECON 270A Analytics of Economic Development and Planning ECON 270B Analytics of Economic Development and Planning ECON 270C Analytics of Economic Development and Planning ECON 271 Seminar in Economic Development and Planning ECON 281 Seminar in International Trade and Finance ENV. DESIGN 100 The City: International Urban Theory ENVECON 131 Globalization and the Natural Environment ENVECON C151 Economic Development ENVECON 152 Advanced Topics in Development and International Trade ENVECON 153 Population, Environment, and Development ENE,RES 190 Seminar in Energy, Environment, Development and Security Issues ENE,RES 251 The Political Economy of Energy ESPM 163AC Environmental Justice: Race Poverty and the Environment ESPM 165 International Rural Development Policy ESPM 167 Environmental Health and Development ESPM 251 International Conservation and Development Policy GEOG 104 The City in the Third World GEOG 111 Local and Regional Transformation GEOG C112 History of Development and Underdevelopment GEOG 130 Natural Resources and Population GEOG 138 Political Ecology of the Third World GEOG 214 Development Theories and Practices GEOG C214 Development Theories and Practices GEOG 215 Seminar in Comparative and International Development HISTORY 161 Emergence of the Modern Industrial State IAS 120 Selected Topics (Topics vary ) IAS 271 Internship in Agroecology and Sustainable Development IAS 292 Directed Advanced Research (Topic Varies) INFOSYS C227 Studies in Regional Growth and Development MBA 218B Theory and Institutions of International Trade MBA 270 Business and Public Policy MBA 277 Special Topics in Business and Public Policy MBA 278A Comparative and International Business and Public Policy MBA 278B Comparative and International Business and Public Policy MBA 290G International Trade and Competition in High Technology PACS 100 Peace Theory: Approaches and Analyses PACS 119 Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Issues PACS 125AC War, Culture, and Society
PACS 127A Human Rights PACS 127B Human Rights PACS 130 Cross-Listed Topics -- Peace And Conflict Studies PACS 135 Special Topics in Regional Conflict PACS 149 Global Change and World Order PACS 150 Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice PACS 151 International Conflict: Analysis and Resolution PACS 153 Advanced Conflict Resolution PACS 154 Multi-Cultural Conflict Resolution PACS 155 Ethics of Conflict Resolution PACS 157 Practicum in Peace and Conflict Studies PACS 164A Introduction to Nonviolence PACS 164B Nonviolence Today PEIS 100 Classical Theories of Political Economy PEIS 101 Contemporary Theories of Political Economy PEIS 150 Advanced Study in Political Economy of Industrial Societies POL SCI 124A War and Politics in History. POL SCI 126A International Political Economy POL SCI 138B The Politics of Market Economics: The National Roots of the Global Economy POL SCI 139B Development Politics POL SCI 139C Selected Issues of Development Politics POL SCI 182 Public Policy and Administration in Developing Countries POL SCI 201C Globalization and Liberalization: The Politics of Deregulation, Reregulation, and Mesoregulation POL SCI 202A Theories of Development and Political Change POL SCI 209A Comparative Political Economy POL SCI 220A Theories of International Relations POL SCI 222 Nationalism and Imperialism POL SCI 223 Selected Topics in International Relations POL SCI 226A International Political Economy POL SCI 226B International Political Economy POL SCI 287 Development Administration PB HLTH 202D Public Health Implications of Human Violence PB HLTH 202E Violence Prevention: Community-Based Public Health PB HLTH 202F Advanced Social and Cultural Theory PB HLTH C207B International Food and Nutrition Policies PB HLTH 211 Health and Human Rights PB HLTH 212A International Maternal and Child Health PB HLTH 212C Health and Social Policy in Mexico and Latin America PB HLTH 212D International Health Specialty Area Core Course PB HLTH 213A Family Planning, Population Change, and Health PB HLTH 220A Health Politics and Policy PB HLTH 222 Health Planning and Policy: An International Perspective PB HLTH 226C Public Health and the Economy PB HLTH 259B Practical Applications of Epidemiologic Methods in Developing Countries PB HLTH 260F Infectious Disease Research in Developing Countries PB HLTH 271D Global Burden of Disease and Comparative Risk Assessment PUB POL 117AC Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy PUB POL C253 International Economic Development Policy SOCIOL 172 Development and Modernization Course SOCIOL C220 Population and Society SOCIOL 280X Immigration and Incorporation WOMENST 141 Interrogating Global Economic "Development"
WOMENST 241 Women and World Development UGBA 118 International Trade List C: Area Studies (all students must take at least 2 courses from this list) AFRICA Anthropology 183 Topics in the Anthropological Study of Africa Afrikaans 150 Languages and Cultures of South Africa History 112B Modern Africa History 280H Africa History 285H Africa Political Science 146A African Politics Political Science 146B African Politics Political Science 146C Conflict and Change in South Africa Political Science 246 African Politics EAST ASIA Anthropology 170 China Anthropology 171 Japan Anthropology 280E Japan Asian Studies 149 Media and Society in Contemporary China Chinese 188 Popular Culture in 20th-Century China East Asian Languages 200 Proseminar. Approaches to East Asian Studies Economics 162 Economics of Transition and Development: China Geography 153 What Is in a Rim? Geography of Social and Economic Development in East Asia Geography 164 The Geography of Economic Development in China History 113B Modern Korean History History 116 China History 116D Twentieth-Century China History 118 Japan Journalism C183 China in the 1990s: Reporting the Contradictions Journalism 249 Media and Society in China Political Science 143A Northeast Asian Politics Political Science 143B Northeast Asian Politics Political Science 143D Democracy and China Political Science 144B Politics of Divided Korea Political Science 243A International Relations in East Asia Political Science 243B Political Authority and Economic Exchange in East Asia Political Science 243C Japanese Politics Political Science 244A Analysis of Contemporary China Political Science 244B Analysis of Contemporary China Sociology C183 China in the 1990s: Reporting the Contradictions EUROPE /EASTERN EUROPE Anthropology 180 European Society Economics 161 Economics of Transition: Eastern Europe Economics 210B Topics in European Economic History Geography C152 Multicultural Europe Geography 169 The New Europes German 176 German Cultural History in a European Context History 151 Britain, 1848-1997 History 158 Modern Europe History 159A European Economic History History 159B European Economic History History 164 Social History of Western Europe History 165 Topics in Modern European History
History 166 Modern France History 167 Modern Germany History 168 Spain and Portugal History 170C Poles and Others: The Making of Modern Poland History 171 Russia History 171C The Soviet Union, 1917 to the Present History 172 Topics in Russian History History 173C History of Eastern Europe: From 1900 to the Present History 175 Topics in the History of Eastern Europe History C176 Multicultural Europe History 177 Armenia History 190 Society and the Sexes in Europe and the US, 1750 to the Present History 275B Europe History 280B Europe History 285B Europe International and Area Studies C145 Multicultural Europe Interdisciplinary Studies (ISF) C145 Multicultural Europe Political Science 122A Politics of European Integration Political Science 141C Politics and Government in Eastern Europe Political Science 147B Western European Politics Political Science 147H The Domestic Politics of Postwar Western Europe Political Science 241D Politics in the Post-Communist World Political Science 247B Western European Politics Political Science 247C German Politics Slavic Languages 100 Seminar: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Cultures and Literatures (SLAVIC) SLAVIC 158 Topics in East European/Eurasian Cultural History LATIN AMERICA Anthropology 176 Contemporary Latin America Anthropology 177 Mexico and Central America Geography 156 Political Economy and Historical Geography of Latin American Development Geography C157 Central American Peoples and Cultures Geography 158 The Caribbean Region Geography 159AC The Southern Border History 140B Modern Mexico History 141 Social History of Latin America Latin American Studies 140 Special Topics LATAMST 150 Advanced Studies in Latin American Studies LATAMST 200 Latin American Studies Seminar LATAMST 250 Selected Topics in Latin American Studies Political Science 148A Latin American Politics Political Science 148B Latin American Politics Political Science 248A Latin American Politics Public Health 212C Health and Social Policy in Mexico and Latin America Sociology 187 Social Change in Central America Spanish 113 Topics in Latin American Culture MIDDLE EAST Anthropology 181 Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East and Islam Geography 167 The Middle East History 109C The Middle East From the 18th Century to the Present
MES 150 Special Topics in Middle Eastern Studies Political Science 142A Middle East Politics Political Science 242 Topics in Middle East Politics SOUTH ASIA Anthropology C184 South Asia Anthropology 280C South Asia History 114B Modern South Asia Political Science 145A South Asian Politics Political Science 245A South Asian Politics South Asian C145 South Asia South and Southeast 200A Readings in South Asian Islam Asian Studies (S,SEASN) S,SEASN 200B Readings in South Asian Islam Religious Studies C162 Religion in South India Religious Studies C163 Religious Movements in Modern India South Asian 108 Psychology and Traditional India South Asian C128 Religious Movements in Modern India SOUTHEAST ASIA Anthropology 186 Southeast Asia Anthropology C186 Southeast Asia Asian American Studies 124 Filipino American History Geography 163 Southeast Asia History 111B Modern Southeast Asia History C111B Modern Southeast Asia History 111C Political and Cultural History of Vietnam History C111C Political and Cultural History of Vietnam Southeast Asian C141B Modern Southeast Asia Southeast Asian C141C Political and Cultural History of Vietnam S,SEASN 120 Topics in South and Southeast Asian Studies S,SEASN C186 Southeast Asia S,SEASN 190 Seminar in South and Southeast Asian Studies S,SEASN 250 Seminar in South and Southeast Asian Studies S,SEASN 294 Methods in South & Southeast Asian Studies