Current Issues in International Affairs

U85 IA 550, Current Issues in International Affairs
Professor Marvin Marcus
Washington University

Course Description

This interdisciplinary seminar is the ‘gateway' course for the M.A. program in International Affairs (IAP). It consists of a series of integrated units and individual presentations by members of International Affairs faculty, together with the course supervisor (M. Marcus).

Aims: The seminar aims to achieve the following:
1) to introduce IAP to the study of international affairs at a basic conceptual and methodological level;
2) to enhance one's understanding of major global trends and their historical and socio-political framework;
3) to refine one's ability to write coherently and critically about diverse topics in international affairs, through the effective use of sources and rigorous argumentation.

Syllabus_Marcus_CurrentIssues.pdf