MIAGE Course Descriptions

You can complete the MIAGE program with a minimum of 12 courses for 36 semester credit hours (six core courses and six elective courses).

Prerequisite Courses

Students must complete university level courses in statistics, macroeconomics, and microeconomics. Second-year language competency of a second international language, beyond English, is required (as a co-requisite). A course in accounting is recommended.

Required Core Courses – Six Courses (18 credits)

MGT 6790 International Management (3 credits) Management of firms having substantial activities in more than one country. A project in international trade is required as well as cases involving strategy and operations for the multinational firm, global-industry analysis, and country analysis. The central intellectual model for the course is the unitary world market.

ECON 6520 Multinational firms: International trade and Investment (3 credits) Meets with 5520. A two part course, in sequence. Part I is a microeconomics focus, emphasizing firm and industrial organization, imperfect competition theory and empirical evidence; Part II is a macroeconomics focus, emphasizing national development interactions with the MNE and international trade and empirical evidence.

POLS 6710 Foundations of the Politics of International Economic Relations (3 credits) Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores the relationship between politics and economics in international relations. Its fundamental objective is to enable the student to understand the ways in which politics and economics interact in the international arena.

SOC 6110 Methods of Social Research (3 credits) Meets with SOC 5110. The logic of social research; methods of data collection; ethics in social research; problem formation, conceptualization, operationalization, reliability and validity, research design, and preparation or research proposals.

LAW One course ( for 3 credits) to be selected from the alternatives listed below under elective course listing.

SBS 6800 Capstone (3 credits) A course designed to be an integrative offering culminating in an independent research and writing project that demonstrates the student’s in-depth knowledge and understanding of a particular internationally-related topic. Ideally this should be a business or management-related topic explored from a socio-cultural or political economy context and drawing from different disciplines. The project provides students with the opportunity to integrate themes developed throughout the program. Attention will be given to ethical quandaries in cross-cultural and international administrative transactions.

Elective Courses – Six courses (minimum 18 credits)

Elective courses are taken from law, anthropology, economics, geography, management, marketing, political science or sociology. Students should take a variety of classes with no more than nine elective credits from any one department. Subject to approval by the program director, one elective (3 credits) may be substituted by another course from elsewhere on campus.

Law (some courses may have prerequisites)

LAW 7010 Mediation/Advanced Negotiation Law (3 credits) The theories and practices of advanced negotiation and mediation will be taught in a variety of settings. There will be a substantial focus on developing these ADR skills through role-play exercises and reflection. PREREQUISITE: Lawyering Skills (which may be waived for MIAGE students).

LAW 7052 International Business Transactions (3 credits) This course provides students with a broad understanding of the fundamental legal problems arising from transnational business activities. Specific topics include: the role and responsibilities of attorneys engaged in international practice; the international trading of goods; export controls; foreign investments; and international dispute resolution.

LAW 7080 International Human Rights Law (3 credits) This course explores the emergence, enforcement and expansion of international human rights law. It provides a survey of the historical and philosophical foundations of modern human rights norms and examines international human rights treaties, institutions and enforcement mechanisms. Topics include the intersection between human rights and globalization, development and transitions to democracy, humanitarian intervention in civil conflicts, accountability for atrocities, women's and children's rights, minority group rights, refugees, migrants and traffic in persons. RECOMMENDED: International Law, Con Law II

LAW 7280 International Environmental Law (3 credits) This course is designed for students interested in the international dimensions of environmental law and policy as well as for students interested in international law and institutions. The objective of the course is to familiarize students with the basic issues and concepts of international environmental law, explore the underlying conflicts and examine the emerging institutional framework.

LAW 7910 International Law (3 credits) Through the study of historical and contemporary issues, this course introduces the basic doctrines and institutions of public international law. Using these issues as a context for understanding how the international legal system operates, the course explores classical, modern, and contemporary doctrines and theories about international law. In addition to studying the substantive legal issues of self-determination, human rights and the law of war, the course will cover treaties and conventions; the development of customary law; and the role/identity of individuals, states and international organizations in the international legal system.

Anthropology

ANTH 6121 Cultures of Africa (3 credits) Cultures and societies of Africa, with emphasis less on national political issues than on immediate, daily concerns of most Africans (e.g., making a living, family life, settling disputes, etc.).

ANTH 6123 Cultural Traditions of Asia (3 credits) Meets with ANTHR 4123 but requires additional graduate level work. An introduction to the peoples and cultures of Asia, with an emphasis on the religious traditions of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan.

ANTH 6131 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (3 credits) Cross listed as MID E 6713. Meets with ANTHR 3131 and MID E 3713. Additional work required of graduate students. The turmoil of Middle Eastern life has its roots in ideas and life styles developed over thousands of years. This course examines the land and people, analyzing the role of ethnicity, religion, politics, economics, and values in every day behavior.

ANTH 6138 Anthropology of Violence and Non-Violence (3 credits) Meets with ANTHR 4138. Murder, war, capital punishment, human sacrifice: why people resort to violence, and how they avoid it, in societies ranging from tribunal New Guinea to the modern United States.

ANTH 6141 Ethnicity and Nationalism (3 credits) Meets with ANTHR 4141. An introduction to theories of social identity, especially in modern nations and other plural societies. Among the questions to be considered are how ethnic and national identities are formed and why they so often provide a basis for violence and war.

ANTH 6182 Anthropology of Power (3 credits) This course is similar to ANTHR 4182 but requires additional graduate level work. Anthropology provides the framework for understanding power - not just the power of the state, but the power in everyday life, in friendships, families, coalitions and communities. Attention to social inequalities based on class, caste, race and gender.

ANTH 6187 Economic Anthropology (3 credits) This course is similar to ANTHR 4187 but requires additional graduate level work. Sharing and saving, balanced reciprocity and market exchange, money and morality, economic redistribution and political power: a look at systems of property and exchange as part of culture, in societies ranging from tribal foragers to post-industrial consumers.

Economics

ECON 6400 Middle East Economic History (3 credits) Cross listed as MID E 6704. Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and 2020 or ECON 5530 or ECON 1010 and instructor's consent. Meets with ECON 5400 and MID E 5704. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Genesis, functioning, and development of Middle Eastern economic systems from earliest times to the 19th century. Contribution of these systems to world economic development; emphasis on critical theoretical approaches to the study of Middle Eastern economic history.

ECON 6410 Survey of European Economic History (3 credits) Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and 2020 and College Algebra (or 1010 and instructor's consent). Meets with ECON 5410. Graduate students should register for ECON 6410 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Major economic institutions in Europe from Middle Ages until end of 19th century; phenomenon of the Industrial Revolution in England and on the continent. Emphasis on the development of the central institutions of contemporary Western economics.

ECON 6430 Asian Economic History and Development (3 credits) Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and 2020 or ECON 5530 or ECON 1010 and instructor's consent. Meets with ECON 5430. Graduate students should register for ECON 6430 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Traditional aspects, impact of external influences and indigenous developments of Asian economics; 19th and 20th century development and current policy. Emphasis frequently on subregional groups of nations.

ECON 6460 Latin American Economic History and Development (3 credits) Prerequisite: ECON 2010 AND 2020. Recommended Prerequisite: ECON 5530. Meets with ECON 5460. Graduate students should register for ECON 6460 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Historic and contemporary economic problems in Latin America from the "conquest" to the present; dependency, independence and integration into world economy. Emphasis on new forms of dependency in the macro economy and on contemporary domestic social problems.

ECON 6510 International Monetary Relations (3 credits) Prerequisite: ECON 4020 and 3200 or 3500 or instructor's consent. Meets with ECON 5510. Graduate students should register for ECON 6510 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. The international monetary system and open economy macroeconomics (history, theory, and practice): alternative standards, exchange rates, interest rates, inflation and unemployment, macroeconomic policies, competitive monies, and the political economy of international monetary arrangements.

ECON 6530 Principles of Economic Development (3 credits) Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and 2020 and College Algebra (or 1010 and instructor's consent). Meets with ECON 5530. Graduate students should register for ECON 6530 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Problems of poor countries, theories of economic development, development policies, and economic relations between rich and poor countries.

ECON 6550 International Trade and Commercial Policy (3 credits) Prerequisite: ECON 4010. Meets with ECON 5550. Graduate students should register for ECON 6550 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Theoretically sophisticated (undergraduate) treatment of issues and theory: determinants of the pattern of trade; tests of trade theory models; growth and international trade; multinational firms; tariffs, quotas, subsidies; common markets and free trade agreements; international movement of technology and labor.

Geography

GEOG 5320 Geography of Terrorism and Homeland Security (3 credits) This course examines the geographical dimensions of terrorism and homeland security. The course includes examination of the geographic factors that contribute to creating active regions of terrorism, insurgent states and terrorist target areas. Within the homeland security context, the course examines U.S. policy on homeland security, especially with regard to the use of geospatial technologies (geographic information systems, satellite imagery, global positioning systems) for event mitigation, responses and recovery. Issues of surveillance and access to public geospatial information relative to individual freedoms are discussed in a cross-national context.

GEOG 5400 Population Geography (3 credits) Spatial distribution of world population. Importance of migration and urbanization and consequences of population growth for economic planning.

GEOG 5440 Global Economic Geography (3 credits) Meets with 3440. Students registered for GEOGR 5440 will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Classic theories of the location of production, distribution, and transportation systems with critical discussion and empirical evidence.

GEOG 6140 Methods in Geographic Information Systems (4) Prerequisite: GEOGR 3140.
Geography graduate students should take GEOGR 6140 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. This course explores the practice of using a geographic information system (GIS) to support geographic inquiry and decision making. Students will strengthen their technical knowledge of the common tasks that a geographic analyst faces in applying a GIS to a variety of spatial problems. The lab sections offer an opportunity to gain hands-on experience using a leading commercial GIS to complete a series of real-world projects.

Management

MGT 6590 Managing the Global Workforce (3 credits) This course focuses on human resource issues facing managers whose activities require them to operate in an international environment in the United States or aboard. In today's global marketplace, the success of an organization depends on how well it manages individuals and groups in its home country, in host countries where its subsidiaries are located and in third countries where it may hire some of its employees. Managing such a global workforce requires a sound understanding of human resource management issues and practices of multinational corporations such as international recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and compensation. This course covers these topics. In addition it explores the impact of cultural differences on management practices in countries other than the US. The course uses a variety of learning approaches including case analyses, lectures, class discussions, videos, experiential exercise, guest speakers and a group project.

MGT 6690 International Operations Management (3 credits) Approaches operations problems for global companies. Includes issues in facility location, productivity management, cultural production considerations, and global operations strategy.

MGT 6791 Global Strategic Management (3 credits) Focuses on unique aspects of strategic management in the global environment. Such issues as worldwide competition, global technology, political risk, global financial strategies, and multinational organizations are addressed. The course is primarily a case-analysis course with limited lectures. Students can expect written case analyses, group projects, and a major paper.

Marketing

MKT 6210 International Marketing (3 credits) Prerequisite: MKTG 6090. Role of international trade in the nation's economy; differences in managing domestic marketing and international marketing; requisite concepts, strategies, function and institutions.

MKT 6220 Culture and International Business (3 credits) Cross listed as MKTG 7220. Many experts consider culture to be the single most important influence in international business. This class is designed to acquaint students with the concept of culture and the way in which it functions in international business. Culture is defined and explored from various perspectives using examples from cross-cultural negotiations, strategy, market research, advertising, etc.

Political Science

POLS 6420 The European Union (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Meets with POL S 5420. Graduate students should register for POL S 6420 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. This course is an analysis of the European Union with emphasis upon the organization's historical development, its acquisition of member states' governmental functions, and the prospects for the organization's future as an economic and political international actor.

POLS 6460 International Relations of Africa (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Graduate students should register for POL S 6460 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines political and economic relations among African states and between African states and the rest of the world. Topics include Africa's colonial history, rise of nationalism, and Africa's position in the world economy. Emphasis is placed on several African countries.

POLS 6470 International Relations of the Middle East (3 credits) Cross listed as MID E 6647. Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800 Meets with POL S 5470 and MID E 5647. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores various international relations theories, such as realism, dependency, identity theory, and alliance formation to the behavior of Middle East states, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the post-cold War Middle East.

POLS 6480 International Relations of East Asia (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Meets with POL S 5480. Graduate students should register for POL S 6480 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines historical and cultural overview of the international relations of East Asia; focuses primarily on the post-Cold War era. Also examines the roles and policies of the major actors (China, Japan, and the U.S., etc.) and the patterns of conflict and cooperation concerning regional economic and security issues.

POLS 6490 International Relations of Latin America (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Meets with POL S 5490. Graduate students should register for POL S 6490 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Relationship between traditional forms of contact between U.S. and Latin America. Recent forms of nationalism in Latin America, their effects on resulting economic development, and economic integration.

POLS 6550 Nonprofit Sectors and Organizations (3 credits) Cross listed as PADMN 6550. Meets with POLS 5550. Graduate students should register for 6550. The scope, history, values, theories, and philosophies of the nonprofit sector; and the implications for governance of nonprofit organizations. Theories of the sector's organizations in the three sectors. The legal and ethical responsibility of trustees to act in the public interest.

POLS 6570 Management of Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits) Cross listed as PADMN 6570. Meets with POLS 5570. Graduate students should register for 6570. Management functions, issues, and skills that are distinctively nonprofit, such as board-staff relations, accountability to internal and external constituencies, managing volunteers, balancing professional and political interests, and ethics. Effects of the legal context and regulatory environment on the managing in nonprofit organizations.

POLS 6610 International Law (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Study of the historical and theoretical foundations of the law of nations. Includes discussion of recognition, treaties, territorial and personal jurisdiction as well as such topics as dispute settlement, human rights, and environmental protection.

POLS 6660 American Foreign Policy (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Graduate students should register for POL S 6660 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. U.S. government machinery for formulation and conduct of foreign policy. Appraisal of U.S. policy in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.

POLS 6710 Foundations of the Politics of International Economic Relations (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POLS 2100 or 3800. Graduate students will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores the relationship between politics and economics in international relations. Its fundamental objective is to enable the student to understand the ways in which politics and economics interact in the international arena.

POLS 6720 The Politics of North-South Economic Relations (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Meets with POLS 5720. Graduate students should register for POL S 6720 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Examines ways in which international economic processes are affected by the politics of developing countries. Focuses on political-economic interactions between developed and developing countries and their participation in international regimes.

POLS 6750 Industries and State Power: The Advanced Industrial Countries (3 credits) Recommended Prerequisite: POL S 2100 or 3800. Meets with POL S 5750. Graduate students should register for POL S 6750 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Explores the factors and conditions that lead countries to decide whether and how to promote the development of their industries and economies. Emphasis is placed on the similar and different ways political forces influence the structure and process of industrial development in the countries studied.

Sociology

SOC 6330 Seminar: Comparative Organizational Analysis (3 credits) Major sociological theories on comparative study of bureaucratic organizations. Works of Weber, Michels, Blau, Scott, Meyer, Perrow, Pugh, and Hickson. Dimensions of bureaucratic structure, effects of size and technology on organizational structure, organization-environment relationship, and cross-cultural analysis of bureaucracy.

SOC 6340 Seminar: Social Stratification (3 credits) Prerequisite: SOC 3334. Structure and changes in socio-economic inequalities. Status attainment in the United States in comparison with other societies. Advantages and burdens of social class, race, gender, and other factors considered from theoretical perspectives and available evidence.

SOC 6436 Global Social Structure (3 credits) Meets with SOC 5436. Structure of the global system historically and in modern times. Relationships between world structure and national institutions and processes.

SOC 6965 Special Topics: Globalization (3 credits)