Courses | International Studies | Johns Hopkins University

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.

Fall 2025 International Studies Courses

Gateway Courses (INST-GATEWY)

AS.190.108 Contemporary International Politics

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.190.101 Introduction to American Politics
AS.190.228 The American Presidency
AS.190.304 Latinos and the American Political Landscape
AS.190.345 Public Opinion
AS.190.437 Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States
AS.196.201 Introduction to Civic Life
AS.230.244 Race and Ethnicity in American Society

Comparative Politics (INST-CP)

AS.070.336 Ethnographic Perspectives on Brazil
AS.180.214 The Economic Experience of the BRIC Countries
AS.190.370 The Politics of China
AS.190.379 Nationalism and the Politics of Identity
AS.190.392 Introduction to Economic Development
AS.190.468 Federalism, Sovereignty, and The State
AS.190.475 America in Comparative and International Perspective
AS.191.335 Arab-Israeli Conflict
AS.191.345 Russian Foreign Policy
AS.196.201 Introduction to Civic Life
AS.215.111 Modern Spanish Culture
AS.215.112 Modern Latin American Culture
AS.230.147 Introduction to Islam Since 1800
AS.230.175 Chinese Revolutions
AS.230.386 The Making of the Asian Races Across the Pacific in the Long 20th Century
AS.230.419 Global Social Democracy
AS.310.305 China, Southeast Asia, and U.S. National Security
AS.310.332 Ethnicity in China
AS.310.336 Rebellion and Its Enemies in China Today

International Relations (INST-IR)

AS.190.108 Contemporary International Politics
AS.190.246 Climate Solutions: The Global Politics and Technology of Decarbonization
AS.190.327 Politics of Information
AS.190.397 The Politics of International Law
AS.190.438 Violence and Politics
AS.190.443 Politics of Outer Space
AS.190.475 America in Comparative and International Perspective
AS.191.335 Arab-Israeli Conflict
AS.191.345 Russian Foreign Policy
AS.196.201 Introduction to Civic Life
AS.230.378 Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty
AS.310.305 China, Southeast Asia, and U.S. National Security

Political Theory (INST-PT)

AS.150.240 Introduction to Political Philosophy
AS.190.180 Introduction to Political Theory
AS.190.314 What is Money?
AS.190.379 Nationalism and the Politics of Identity
AS.190.467 Theories of Justice
AS.230.213 Social Theory
AS.362.305 Nope. Black Resistance in Theory and Practice

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.180.214 The Economic Experience of the BRIC Countries
AS.180.223 Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
AS.180.229 Economics of Health and Education in South Asia
AS.180.243 Economic Policymaking
AS.180.261 Monetary Analysis
AS.180.266 Financial Markets and Institutions
AS.180.289 Economics of Health
AS.180.351 Labor Economics
AS.180.389 Social Policy Implications of Behavioral Economics
AS.190.231 Politics of Income Inequality
AS.190.246 Climate Solutions: The Global Politics and Technology of Decarbonization
AS.190.314 What is Money?
AS.190.392 Introduction to Economic Development
AS.192.345 Trade Wars: Easy to Win, Good, or Fantastically Disruptive?

History Courses (INST-GLOBAL)

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

AS.100.104 Modern Europe in a Global Context, 1789-Present
AS.100.106 History of the Global Cold War
AS.100.118 Introduction to the Middle East
AS.100.144 Shopaholics: Consumer Revolution and the Material World, 1600-1850
AS.100.226 Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
AS.100.233 History of Modern Germany
AS.100.256 History of Kabbalah
AS.100.282 Race & Power in Modern South Africa
AS.100.329 Animals in Chinese and Japanese History
AS.100.346 Soviet-American Cold War
AS.100.347 Early Modern China
AS.100.373 Crime, Punishment, Felony and Freedom: Law and Society in Premodern England, 1066 to 1688
AS.100.395 History of Global Development
AS.100.422 Society & Social Change in 18th Century China
AS.100.426 Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe
AS.100.444 Historiography of the Maghreb, 1939 to the Present
AS.100.445 Revolution, Anti-Slavery, and Empire 1773-1792: British and American Political Thought from Paine, Smith, and the Declaration of Independence to Cugoano, Wollstonecraft, and the Bill of Rights
AS.140.304 Nuclear Asia: History & Politics in a Multipolar 3rd Nuclear Age
AS.140.308 Race, Racism and Medicine
AS.211.171 Brazilian Culture & Civilization: Colonial Times to the Present
AS.211.333 Representing the Holocaust
AS.211.378 Latin American Ecocriticism
AS.211.424 Climate Change Narratives
AS.211.447 From the Shtetl to the Ghetto: Remembering and Imagining European Jewish Life
AS.214.418 Italian Cinema: the Classics, the Forgotten, and the Emergent
AS.215.111 Modern Spanish Culture
AS.215.112 Modern Latin American Culture
AS.230.147 Introduction to Islam Since 1800
AS.230.175 Chinese Revolutions
AS.230.378 Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty
AS.230.386 The Making of the Asian Races Across the Pacific in the Long 20th Century
AS.230.419 Global Social Democracy
AS.310.332 Ethnicity in China
AS.360.420 Humanities Research Lab: Making Maps of Mexico

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. View the course syllabus. 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