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INR 310 – Diplomacy and INR 320 – Sectors of Global INR 350 – International INR 410 – Theories of INR 440 Peace and INR 499 – Internship
International Relations Diplomacy Political Economy II International Relations II Conflict Theory and Credit Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Practice Prerequisite: Completion of
Prerequisite: INR290 Prerequisite: INR 310 Prerequisite: INR 290 Prerequisite: INR 400 This course provides a minimum 80CHs
This is the first in a two-course This is the second course in a This is the second course in a This is the second in a two-course comprehensive introduction to the The internship and/or practicum
theories and practices of peace
sequence (please see INR 320) two-course sequence (please see three-course sequence (please sequence (please see INR 400) and conflict studies. Students is the experience a student has in
that introduces students to the INR 310) that engages students see INR 290 and INR 430) that evaluates and reframes will explore foundational conflict an entity outside of their academic
central role that diplomacy plays in with the central role that diplomacy that introduces the essential the multifarious threads of theories (including the works of institution where they bring to
numerous aspects of international plays in numerous aspects of concepts of political economy international relations theories. Galtung and Lederach), examine bear the applicability of several
relations. There are numbers international relations. There are and its inextricable relationship to The course continues the deep the evolution of peacekeeping and aspects of their learning to a
of state and non-state actors numbers of state and non-state international relations theories. dive into theories that inform the conflict resolution mechanisms, work-based environment. This
involved in diplomacy; they can actors involved in diplomacy; in This course familiarizes students interdisciplinary dimension of and analyze major case studies internship is meant to heighten
affect the course of international varying degrees, they can affect the with the complex structures that International Relations. This course such as Rwanda, Bosnia, the competencies of the student-
relations. This course addresses course of international relations. inform International Political will have students engage with the Afghanistan, and Colombia. The learner to demonstrate an aptitude
the traditional notion of diplomacy This course extends further Economy (IPE) and have a idea “how we know what we claim course combines theoretical for autonomous learning, a
in high politics where diplomats the study of several sectors of profound effect on international to know” in international relations. grounding with practical analysis sense of responsibility in a work
are involved in representation and diplomacy. It elaborates on the relations. Students will learn of Students have to analyze and think of United Nations peacekeeping environment, and noticeable
negotiation, roles with which most various categories of diplomacy the intersectional relationships critically about the debates within missions, transitional justice, and growth in their self-development as
are familiar. Extending the meaning that are clear and present in between trade, money, finance, international relations theories; contemporary challenges in global accountable citizens of a globalized
of diplomacy further, this two- international relations, particularly debt, and power. Students will to wit, rationalist and reflectivity peacebuilding. world and as a responsible
course sequence elaborates on the as related to questions of security, analyze and engage critically approaches. member of the socio-cultural
role of diplomacy in international commercial transactions, cultural with IPE structures and their INR 430 – International milieu in which they operate.
relations particularly related to exchanges, and legal ramifications global ramifications. INR 420 – Human Rights Political Economy III
questions of minification rasecurity, and Global Justice INR 301 – Cross Cultural
commercial transactions, cultural INR 330 UAE Foreign INR 400 – Theories of Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Psychology
exchanges, and legal ramification Policy and Regional International Relations I Prerequisite: INR 350 Credit Hours: 3
Diplomacy Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisite: INR 300 This is the third course in a three-
INR 301 Migration and This course provides a Prerequisite: INR 280 This course introduces students course sequence (please see INR Prerequisite: ENG200 & FWS211
Displacement in the comprehensive analysis of the to a sociological perspective 290 and INR 350) that examines This course will enable students
Contemporary Middle United Arab Emirates’ foreign This is the first in a two-course in international relations, the essential concepts of political to develop better understanding
East policy from its formation in 1971 sequence (please see INR 410) demonstrating the integrated economy and its inextricable of cultural effects on human
Credit Hours: 3 to the present. It explores the that evaluates and reframes nature of the discipline. Students relationship to international psychology. The course will
will engage with the idea of
also analyze the similarities and
the multifarious threads of
This course explores the political, key geopolitical, economic, and international relations theories. universal human rights and the relations theories. This course differences in the behavior among
social, and economic implications ideological drivers of the UAE’s The course does a deep dive global dimensions of (in)justice. familiarizes students with the individuals who were raised in
of migration and displacement in diplomacy in the Gulf region and into said theories that inform the The course content asks questions complex transnational dilemmas different backgrounds. This course
the contemporary Middle East. It beyond. Topics include regional interdisciplinary perspective of of all structures that could, at once, that inform International Political will further examine psychological
provides an interdisciplinary lens alliances and rivalries, soft power international relations. The aim undermine human rights and Economy (IPE). Certain political diversity and the links between
on forced migration due to conflict, strategies, humanitarian and is that students gain a nuanced be the avenue to global justice, and economic actors actions cultural norms and behavior. The
environmental degradation, and climate diplomacy, and the UAE’s understanding of the diversity of including political, economic, legal, transcend nation-state borders, course will also examine the ways
economic hardship, with a focus on role in global forums. Through theories that inform the study of and educational structures. It affecting internal and external in which some particular human
key countries such as Syria, Iraq, theoretical grounding, policy international relations. This course offers insights into how individuals realities of state and non-state activities are influenced by social
Lebanon, Palestine, and Yemen. analysis, and real-world case will have students engage with the could take responsibility in actors. Students will learn of and cultural forces.
The course investigates root studies including the Abraham idea “how we know what we claim participating in global activism and the intersectional relationships
causes, regional host dynamics, Accords, Yemen conflict, and to know” in international relations. transformative politics. among and between economy, INR 311 – Technological
state and non-state responses, COP28, the course equips students Students have to analyze and think foreign investment, tourism, Innovation and
gendered experiences, and with a nuanced understanding critically about the debates within hunger, energy, migrations, Diplomacy
international legal frameworks. of applied diplomacy and foreign international relations theories; and climate change, all of which
Students will examine case policy decision-making in a rapidly to wit, rationalist and reflectivity know no borders. Students will Credit Hours: 3
studies and engage with scholarly changing regional context. approaches. Students will learn analyze and engage critically Prerequisite: INR310
literature, refugee narratives, that any study of international with the consequences of these This course familiarizes students
UNHCR reports, and policy relations has to be diverse, IPE structures and their global with the nature of digital diplomacy
debates. inclusive, and equitable. ramifications in international relations. In

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