This concentration is designed to give students a thorough grounding
in the history of diplomacy and conflict resolution, familiarize
them with the domestic actors and institutions formulating
nations’ foreign
affairs, as well as introduce them to international institutions,
nongovernmental actors, and international law. Students in
the concentration will also gain an understanding of American
participation
in the international and diplomatic arenas.
Graduates of this concentration are good candidates for positions
in US federal agencies such as the State Department, Pentagon,
the intelligence community, Peace Corps, and US aid organizations;
they also will be prepared for work in international organizations
such as the UN, OAS, or American governmental agencies that deal
with the European Union; students should also be directed towards
non-governmental organizations operating worldwide such as Greenpeace
and Amnesty International. Think tanks and private companies (such
as oil companies operating in the New Orleans-Houston corridor)
giving risk assessment for multinational corporations investing
abroad are also likely to employ graduates from this concentration.
Languages
The traditional language of diplomacy is French, but students with an interest
in a specific global region may choose the language appropriate to that interest.
Course Distribution Requirements
The BAIS requires 24 hours of course work in the student’s
chosen concentration. 3 hours of that course work must include
IS 4998 (International Studies Internship).
12 hours must be taken in courses that are 2000-level or above. In addition,
the concentration of 24 hours plus the 7 hours of electives must include
15 hours of course work in the social sciences. No more than
9 hours of the 24
hours can be in a single discipline. Students in the concentration are required
to take at least one of the following: HIST 4381, 4570, 4575, 4580, or 4581
(they may take three); and at least one of the following: POLI 4800, 4820,
4860, 4885, or 4890 (they may take three); and PHIL 2205.
The Diplomacy and International Organizations concentration includes the following
courses:
Anthropology
ANTH 4440 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft
ANTH 4765 Ethnicity in Contemporary Society
ANTH 4767 Race & Racism
ANTH 4770 The Anthropology of Colonialism
ANTH 4777 Transnational Processes: Migrations, Borderlands, Globalization
History
HIST 1001 World History to 1500
HIST 1002 World History since 1500
HIST 4003 Modern Military History
HIST 4340 Nineteenth Century Europe
HIST 4344 Europe: 1871-1918
HIST 4345 20th c. Europe to World War II
HIST 4346 20th c. Europe from WW II to the Present
HIST 4366 The British Empire
HIST 4380 Europe's Quest for Power and Peace
HIST 4381 Europe's Quest for Power and Peace
HIST 4570 World War II
HIST 4575 The Cold War Era
HIST 4580 Diplomatic History of the US I
HIST 4581 Diplomatic History of the US II
Philosophy
PHIL 2205 Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 2207 Philosophy of Law
Political Science
POLI 4705 US and Latin American Relations
POLI 4780 Comparative Democratization
POLI 4800 Concepts & Patterns of Int’l Politics
POLI 4820 International Organization
POLI 4840 International Regionalism
POLI 4850 Politics of Int’l Economic Relations
POLI 4860 Principles of International Law
POLI 4870 American Foreign Policy
POLI 4880 Comparative Foreign Policy
POLI 4885 Issues in Conflict and Diplomacy
POLI 4890 Economic Statecraft
Sociology
SOC 4161 Political Sociology
SOC 4218 Power, Surveillance, Control
