Preparation for a Masters degree in International Affairs
Program includes:
- Graduate Seminar in American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
- Graduate Course Elective within the School of International Service (3 credits)
- International Affairs Internship in Washington (three days per week)
- Faculty hold academic appointments in the School of International Service
Housing: Apartment housing is available on Capitol Hill through American University
The Seminar in American Foreign Policy
The three credit graduate seminar provides a conceptual and practical understanding of the foreign policy challenges to U.S. policy makers in the 21st century. Through exposure to decision makers and experts at the State, Defense, and Intelligence establishments, Congress, think tanks, advocacy groups, embassies, and international organizations, students receive an interactive academic class in the world of foreign policy making. Along with the internship, the course helps prepare graduate students for a career in international relations.
Sample Seminar Topics:
- The Rising Power of China: Implications for U.S. Interests and Policy
- South Asia: Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Challenge to U.S. Policy
- Culture, Religion, and Conflict Resolution
- Genocide in Darfur: The Sudanese Conflict and Implications for U.S. – Africa Policy
- The U.S. and the Challenge of Weapons Proliferation in Iran and North Korea
- Putin's Russia and the U.S.
- Energy Dependence and Implications for American Foreign Policy
- The U.S. and India – Parameters and Possibilities
- Transatlantic Alliance – Strategic and Economic Relations
- U.S. – Latin American Policy
- The Future Partnership with Japan
Sample of Graduate Course Electives with the School of International Service:
- Schools of Thought in Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy
- International Security and Arms Control
- National Security Policy
- Fundamentals of U.S. Foreign Economic Relations
- Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy
