{"id":31,"date":"2013-06-06T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/template-academic-small\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:09:17","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/internationalstudies\/undergraduate\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you would like to see our current course schedule, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/internationalstudies\/undergraduate\/courses\/course-schedule\/\">Course Schedule page<\/a>, or visit the department&#8217;s listing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.jhu.edu\/?terms=Fall+2023\">Public Course Search website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please consult the online&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/e-catalogue.jhu.edu\/arts-sciences\/full-time-residential-programs\/degree-programs\/international-studies\/\">academic catalogue<\/a> for final and official program information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ksas-block-ksas-callouts\"><strong>Note: This course list is subject to change without notice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"spring-2022-international-studies-courses\">Spring 2026 International Studies Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gateway-courses\">Gateway Courses (INST-GATEWY)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"political-science-courses\">Political Science Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"american-politics-inst-ap\">American Politics (INST-AP)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AS.100.119 Introduction to U.S. Immigration History and Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.274 Conspiracy in American Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.140.312 The Politics of Science in America<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.331 America and the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.320 Education &amp; Inequality: Individual, Contextual, and Policy Perspectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.365 Public Opinion and American Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"comparative-politics-inst-cp\">Comparative Politics (INST-CP)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AS.190.102 Introduction to Comparative Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.337 Politics of the Korean Diaspora<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.411 The Politics of Political Surveillance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.440 European Politics in Comparative Perspective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.444 Comparative Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.192.404 Autocracy, Democracy and Development: Korea, Indonesia and Myanmar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.212.353 La France Contemporaine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.215.111 Modern Spanish Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.215.112 Modern Latin American Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.215.427 The African Diaspora in Early Modern Iberia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.175 Chinese Revolutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.228 Colonialism in Asia and Its Contested Legacies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.348 Climate Change and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.395 Theories of Power and Resistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.415 Social Problems in Contemporary China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.208 U.S. National Security Technology Partnerships in Asia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.326 Labor Politics in China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.329 Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.331 Islam in Asia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.361.100 Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"international-relations-inst-ir\">International Relations (INST-IR)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AS.190.252 Introduction to the Conduct of IR Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.305 Human Rights as a Practice, Weapon, and Symbol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.329 National Security-Nuclear Age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.331 America and the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.346 Foundations of International Relations Theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.347 A New Cold War? Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.358 Liberal Education: A Contested Question<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.478 Catastrophic and Existential Risks &amp; World Orders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.192.430 Emotional States in International Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.335 Medical Humanitarianism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.378 Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.413 Energy and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.271.360 Climate Change: Science &amp; Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.208 U.S. National Security Technology Partnerships in Asia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"political-theory-inst-pt\">Political Theory (INST-PT)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AS.100.404 John Locke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.150.205 Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.346 Foundations of International Relations Theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.420 From Polycrisis to Polytunity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.191.329 Spectral Futures: Black Temporality, Power, and the Politics of Liberation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.211.438 On Tyranny: Theory, Literature, History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.395 Theories of Power and Resistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.300.102 Great Minds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"economics-courses-inst-econ\">Economics Courses (INST-ECON)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Four semester courses (12 credits) in economics are required: two \u201cElements\u201d courses (180.101 Elements of Macroeconomics &amp; 180.102 Elements of Microeconomics), one course of the student\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AS.180.210 Migrating to Opportunity? Economic Evidence from East Asia, the U.S. and the EU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.233 Economics of Transition and Institutional Change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.241 International Trade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.242 International Monetary Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.246 Environmental Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.303 Topics in International Macroeconomics and Finance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.349 Economics of Race, Gender and Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.355 Economics of Poverty\/Inequality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.361 Rich Countries, Poor Countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.192.404 Autocracy, Democracy and Development: Korea, Indonesia, and Myanmar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.326 Labor Politics in China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history-courses\">History Courses (INST-GLOBAL)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Five semester courses (15 credits) in history must be taken from the INST-GLOBAL course selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AS.070.318 Black Atlantic Worlds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.107 History of the Global War on Terror<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.119 Introduction to U.S. Immigration History and Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.143 China: Neolithic to Song<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.171 Europe Since 1945<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.209 Slavery in the Caribbean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.225 Mansa Musa&#8217;s Gold: The History of African Muslims<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.250 The American Revolution in Unexpected Places<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.253 Modern Histories of Human Rights: Empire, Justice, and International Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.274 Conspiracy in American Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.283 Making and Unmaking Queer Histories: Identity, Self-Representation, Politics, and Contexts, 1800-Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.310 The French Revolution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.322 Asian-Americans and the Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.327 The Islamic Age of Empires: The Ottomans, the Mughals, and the Safavids<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.348 20th Century China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.372 African Cities: Environment, Gender, and Economic Life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.404 John Locke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.413 London 1580-1830: The History of Britain&#8217;s Capital City<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.450 History Research Lab: The Black Press South Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.453 Global Legal History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.100.482 Historiography of Modern China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.130.216 History of the Jews in Pre-Modern Times, From the Middle Ages to 1600<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.194.230 African-Americans and the Development of Islam in America<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.211.372 German Cinema: The Divided Screen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.215.111 Modern Spanish Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.215.112 Modern Latin American Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.215.427 The African Diaspora in Early Modern Iberia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.175 Chinese Revolutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.228 Colonialism in Asia and Its Contested Legacies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.300 War and Antiwar in America<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.348 Climate Change and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.378 Refugees, Human Rights, and Sovereignty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.326 Labor Politics in China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.310.329 Women, Patriarchy, and Feminism in China, South Korea, and Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.361.100 Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.363.336 Sexual Politics of the Cold War: An Inter-Asia Approach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"library-research-seminar-for-international-studies-and-social-sciences-as-192-210\">Library Research Seminar for International Studies and Social Sciences (AS.192.210)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"mailto:yye@jhu.edu\">yye@jhu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"suggested-methods-training-courses\">Suggested Methods Training Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AS.070.419 Logic of Anthropological Inquiry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.217 Game Theory in Social Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.180.334 Econometrics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.190.426 Qualitative Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.196.306 Democracy by the Numbers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.196.600 Data Analysis for Social Science and Public Policy I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.196.601 Data Analysis for Social Science and Public Policy II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.202 Research Methods for the Social Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.230.205 Introduction to Social Statistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AS.360.331 Methods for Policy Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EN.553.111 Statistical Analysis I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EN.553.112 Statistical Analysis II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.jhu.edu\/international-studies\">International Studies Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jh.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_9t3i3x8NDhadTrn\">SAIS Course Application<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you would like to see our current course schedule, please visit the Course Schedule page, or visit the department&#8217;s listing on the Public Course Search website. 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