Core Courses
Students pursuing a masters degree or graduate certificate in International Studies
take the following core courses. The core curriculum is designed to ensure a broad
understanding of international problems and issues.
Master’s degree candidates must complete four of the eight core courses listed
below. Students must also complete three semesters of the one hour course, INTL
5010 Contemporary Issues.
Certificate candidates must complete three core courses. (But are not required
to take INTL 5010.)
INTL 5010: Contemporary Issues: 1 credit (must be taken 3 times)
Study of contemporary international issues including news reports, speeches from
foreign dignitaries, political leaders and/or experts in selected international
fields. The Contemporary Issues course may be offered through on-campus seminars
and off campus viewing through various means of telecommunications. (Fall/Spring)
INTL 5213: International Relations, Affairs and Policy: 3 credits.
Study of the politics of international economic relations, addressing the major
theories of international politics and their interaction with major, market-based
theories of value allocation. Particular attention will be devoted to three primary
areas: assessments of the politics shaping multilateral international economic institutions;
articulation between states and international economic forces; and theoretical evaluations
of cooperative and conflictual behavior in the international arena. (Fall))
INTL 5233: Global Competitive Environment: 3 credits.
Development of a global business strategy for the organization. Issues of highly
diversified markets and business environments, global competition, financial markets
and complex organizational relationships. (Fall)
SOC 5333: Global Populations and Social Problems: 3 credits.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Study in world, regional and national population
characteristics, changes and associated problems and cultural influences. (Fall)
AGEC 5343: International Agricultural Markets and Trade: 3 credits.
Contemporary international agricultural trade theory and applications. Broadens
students’ understanding of contemporary cultural economic issues outside the U.S.
that affect global demand. Gains from trade and the theory of comparative advantage.
(Fall)
SOC 5950: Globalization and Culture: 3 credits.
Critical assessment of 20th century social scientific theories of development
culminating in current theories of globalization. Exploration of capitalism’s antecedents,
origin, and proliferation. Evaluation of global inequity from a cross-cultural perspective.
Utility of anthropological theories of culture, ideology and hegemony in assessing
local responses to globalization.
REMS 5013: Research, Design, and Methodology: 3 credits.
Required of all graduate students in education. An introduction to the concepts
of research design, methodology, sampling techniques, internal and external validity
and the scientific method in educational problem solving. Critical analysis of educational
proposals. No credit for student with credit in 5015.
ECON 5603 Research and Independent Studies: 1-3 credits, maximum 10.
Prerequisites: consent of departmental committee under a workshop arrangement
of supervised independent studies.