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Diggles Content: Comparative analysis of Third World politics. Politics of peasant movements, political role of women, Third World ideologies, cultural and international influences on underdevelopment, patterns of external indebtedness and their political consequences. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits.
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Staff (Model United Nations), Mandel (International Affairs Symposium) Content: This course has two separate sections from which students must choose. (1) Model United Nations: Facilitation of student participation in national and regional Model United Nations conferences. Research to prepare for participation. Credit granted for preparation, participation, and postsession analysis. (2) International Affairs Symposium: Guided readings on the topic of the College's annual International Affairs Symposium. Focus on key issues of controversy within contemporary international relation. Recent topics have included global terrorism, arms transfers, migration, disease, and humanitarian intervention. Discussion of the substantive issues involved, preparation of written materials, and training and guidance to shape sessions and the ways to create an effective symposium. Prerequisites: None for Model United Nations. International Affairs 100 and permission of instructor for International Affairs Symposium. Taught: Annually, 1 semester credit for United Nations, 2 semester credits for International Affairs Symposium. The Model United Nations section may be taken up to four times. The International Affairs Symposium section of this course must be taken in a fall-spring sequence; it may not be started in the spring, and students enrolling in the fall must take it in the spring. The International Affairs Symposium section may be taken up to four times.
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3.00 Credits
Mandel Content: Broad theoretical issues underlying international environmental problems, specifically relating to the global scarcity of nonhuman resources. The "limits to growth" and "lifeboat ethics" controversies; human impact on global resources and resulting environmental conflicts; national, transnational, international solutions to resource problems. Prerequisite: International Affairs 100. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Partovi Content: Analysis and explanation of the historical forces that shaped the complexities of this region, placing the area in its proper setting and perspective. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Smith Content: Examination of the tension surrounding sovereignty, or non-intervention, in the face of increasingly severe human rights abuses. Overview of the philosophical underpinnings of human rights as well as prominent debates in the human rights literature. Critical examination of the doctrine of sovereignty in international relations theory and practice. Analysis of the international community's ways of preventing human rights violations, including political and judicial enforcement of human rights norms. Prerequisite: International Affairs 100. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Opportunities for well-prepared students to design and pursue a substantive course of independent learning. Details determined by the student and the supervising instructor. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 1-4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Cortell, Staff Content: Examines contending theories of international relations, specifically those that explain the evolution and content of world politics by reference to transnational, international, state-specific, and/or individual factors. Emphasis on the conceptual, analytical, and methodological aspects of and debates in international relations theory. Prerequisites: International Affairs 100. Junior standing. Two 200-level international affairs courses. Taught: Each semester, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Content: Theories of international integration. Problems and prospects of regional economic and political integration in Europe and other regions of the world. Prerequisites: International Affairs 100 and 211. Taught: Every fourth year, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Partovi Content: Functions of diplomacy; organization for the conduct of foreign affairs; diplomatic practice; techniques of reporting, analysis, negotiation; embassy and consular organization, function, administration. Prerequisite: International Affairs 100 or junior standing. Taught: Every third year, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Mandel Content: Causes of growth of the multinational corporation, its impact on host states and home states, international responses to its emergence. Prerequisites: International Affairs 100. Economics 100. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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