Courses

If you would like to see our current course schedule, please visit the Course Schedule page, or visit the department’s listing on the Public Course Search website.

Please consult the online academic catalogue for final and official program information.

Courses designated as more than one subject area (e.g., as both INST-CP and INST-IR) cannot be double-counted to fulfill both requirements. Please consult the POS tag on the course description in SIS, as well as the list below, for course designations.

Note: This course list is subject to change without notice.

Spring 2026 International Studies Courses

Gateway Courses (INST-GATEWY)

Gateway courses are not being offered in the spring semester. For graduating seniors in need of this requirement, please contact the International Studies Program Director, Dr. Van Morgan.

Political Science Courses

Six semester courses (18 credits) in political science are required: One Gateway course (INST-GATEWY), one American politics (INST-AP) course, two comparative politics (INST-CP) courses, one international relations (INST-IR) course, and one political theory (INST-PT) course.

American Politics (INST-AP)

AS.100.119 Introduction to U.S. Immigration History and Law
AS.100.274 Conspiracy in American Politics
AS.140.312 The Politics of Science in America
AS.190.331 America and the World
AS.230.320 Education & Inequality: Individual, Contextual, and Policy Perspectives
AS.230.365 Public Opinion and American Politics

Comparative Politics (INST-CP)

AS.190.102 Introduction to Comparative Politics
AS.190.337 Politics of the Korean Diaspora
AS.190.411 The Politics of Political Surveillance
AS.190.440 European Politics in Comparative Perspective
AS.190.444 Comparative Politics
AS.192.404 Autocracy, Democracy and Development: Korea, Indonesia and Myanmar
AS.212.353 La France Contemporaine
AS.215.111 Modern Spanish Culture
AS.215.112 Modern Latin American Culture
AS.215.427 The African Diaspora in Early Modern Iberia
AS.230.175 Chinese Revolutions
AS.230.228 Colonialism in Asia and Its Contested Legacies
AS.230.348 Climate Change and Society
AS.230.395 Theories of Power and Resistance
AS.230.415 Social Problems in Contemporary China
AS.310.208 U.S. National Security Technology Partnerships in Asia
AS.310.326 Labor Politics in China
AS.310.329 Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan
AS.310.331 Islam in Asia
AS.361.100 Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

International Relations (INST-IR)

AS.190.252 Introduction to the Conduct of IR Research
AS.190.305 Human Rights as a Practice, Weapon, and Symbol
AS.190.329 National Security-Nuclear Age
AS.190.331 America and the World
AS.190.346 Foundations of International Relations Theory
AS.190.347 A New Cold War? Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century
AS.190.358 Liberal Education: A Contested Question
AS.190.478 Catastrophic and Existential Risks & World Orders
AS.192.430 Emotional States in International Politics
AS.230.335 Medical Humanitarianism
AS.230.378 Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty
AS.230.413 Energy and Society
AS.271.360 Climate Change: Science & Policy
AS.310.208 U.S. National Security Technology Partnerships in Asia

Political Theory (INST-PT)

AS.100.404 John Locke
AS.150.205 Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy
AS.190.346 Foundations of International Relations Theory
AS.190.420 From Polycrisis to Polytunity
AS.191.329 Spectral Futures: Black Temporality, Power, and the Politics of Liberation
AS.211.438 On Tyranny: Theory, Literature, History
AS.230.395 Theories of Power and Resistance
AS.300.102 Great Minds

Economics Courses (INST-ECON)

Four semester courses (12 credits) in economics are required: two “Elements” courses (180.101 Elements of Macroeconomics & 180.102 Elements of Microeconomics), one course of the student’s choosing taken in the Economics Department at JHU (e.g., AS.180.xxx), and one approved international economics course chosen from the INST-ECON course selection.

AS.180.210 Migrating to Opportunity? Economic Evidence from East Asia, the U.S. and the EU
AS.180.233 Economics of Transition and Institutional Change
AS.180.241 International Trade
AS.180.242 International Monetary Economics
AS.180.246 Environmental Economics
AS.180.303 Topics in International Macroeconomics and Finance
AS.180.349 Economics of Race, Gender and Culture
AS.180.355 Economics of Poverty/Inequality
AS.180.361 Rich Countries, Poor Countries
AS.192.404 Autocracy, Democracy and Development: Korea, Indonesia, and Myanmar
AS.310.326 Labor Politics in China

History Courses (INST-GLOBAL)

Five semester courses (15 credits) in history must be taken from the INST-GLOBAL course selection.

AS.070.318 Black Atlantic Worlds
AS.100.107 History of the Global War on Terror
AS.100.119 Introduction to U.S. Immigration History and Law
AS.100.143 China: Neolithic to Song
AS.100.171 Europe Since 1945
AS.100.209 Slavery in the Caribbean
AS.100.225 Mansa Musa’s Gold: The History of African Muslims
AS.100.250 The American Revolution in Unexpected Places
AS.100.253 Modern Histories of Human Rights: Empire, Justice, and International Law
AS.100.274 Conspiracy in American Politics
AS.100.283 Making and Unmaking Queer Histories: Identity, Self-Representation, Politics, and Contexts, 1800-Present
AS.100.310 The French Revolution
AS.100.322 Asian-Americans and the Law
AS.100.327 The Islamic Age of Empires: The Ottomans, the Mughals, and the Safavids
AS.100.348 20th Century China
AS.100.372 African Cities: Environment, Gender, and Economic Life
AS.100.404 John Locke
AS.100.413 London 1580-1830: The History of Britain’s Capital City
AS.100.450 History Research Lab: The Black Press South Africa
AS.100.453 Global Legal History
AS.100.482 Historiography of Modern China
AS.130.216 History of the Jews in Pre-Modern Times, From the Middle Ages to 1600
AS.194.230 African-Americans and the Development of Islam in America
AS.211.372 German Cinema: The Divided Screen
AS.215.111 Modern Spanish Culture
AS.215.112 Modern Latin American Culture
AS.215.427 The African Diaspora in Early Modern Iberia
AS.230.175 Chinese Revolutions
AS.230.228 Colonialism in Asia and Its Contested Legacies
AS.230.300 War and Antiwar in America
AS.230.348 Climate Change and Society
AS.230.378 Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty
AS.310.326 Labor Politics in China
AS.310.329 Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan
AS.361.100 Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
AS.363.336 Sexual Politics of the Cold War: An Inter-Asia Approach

This spring semester course offers training to undergraduate students in International Studies and related majors on the fundamentals of library research and research or grant proposal writing. The course will introduce students to the major research resources in global studies in the humanities and social sciences, strategies and techniques to conduct effective research, and how to use library research to enhance research and grant proposal writing. This course also aims to help students learn to develop research skills for use in their major coursework and major-related research projects, including field research projects abroad and senior thesis. For questions, please contact Mr. Yunshan Ye at [email protected].

Suggested Methods Training Courses

AS.070.419 Logic of Anthropological Inquiry
AS.180.217 Game Theory in Social Sciences
AS.180.334 Econometrics
AS.190.426 Qualitative Methods
AS.196.306 Democracy by the Numbers
AS.196.600 Data Analysis for Social Science and Public Policy I
AS.196.601 Data Analysis for Social Science and Public Policy II
AS.230.202 Research Methods for the Social Sciences
AS.230.205 Introduction to Social Statistics
AS.360.331 Methods for Policy Research
EN.553.111 Statistical Analysis I
EN.553.112 Statistical Analysis II