2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

International Studies, Governance and Global Justice Concentration, MA


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Major Requirements (34 units)


Program Learning Outcomes


Students will:

  • Develop a critical interdisciplinary understanding of the major historical, structural, and cultural power relations that have shaped global dynamics
  • Articulate and analyze the differences between diverse approaches to address global injustices and inequities
  • Demonstrate an ability to critically engage cultural difference and diversity and evaluate   their significance within contemporary global systems
  • Generate a self-directed, designed and executed interdisciplinary capstone or thesis project
  • Demonstrate practical and professional skills relevant for a global affairs career

International Studies (MAIS) Required Courses


Language Requirement


Complete a 3rd semester college-level language or equivalent language course.

Internship (120 hrs)


Students are required to complete 120 hours of practical training/internship as an integral component of the curriculum. Students are required to submit a proposal for their internship and complete at least 20 hours in their first year. They may complete the remaining hours at any point in the two years. 

Governance and Global Justice Concentration (12 units)


Additional Concentration Elective or Skills Class (4 units)


Complete an additional concentration elective or skills class.

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