Programs
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Master of International Affairs
The Master of International Affairs (MIA) degree program is an intensive one-year, 36-credit-hour program. This degree is offered jointly between the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (O’Neill) and the Hamilton-Lugar School of Global and International Studies (HLS) at Indiana University Bloomington. We provide an education that provides students the skills necessary to work effectively in global institutions across the public, private, and non-profit sectors; an overview of contemporary and historical efforts to create effective institutions of governance across borders; and in-depth knowledge of pivotal fields within international affairs. This degree program includes 15 core credit hours, 12 concentration credit hours, and 9 elective credit hours. Students must complete at least 15 credit hours in each O’Neill and HLS, with the remaining 6 credits being from either school or other academic units at IUB in graduate level courses that have either been preapproved or require program director and instructor approval to enroll.
The Core International Context Requirement
The core international context requirement ensures students possess exposure to an international environment. Students can satisfy this component through one of the following ways:
1. The MIA Practicum in International Policy Analysis. In this course, students will work in teams (under the supervision of a faculty member) to analyze complex case studies for purposes of rendering policy recommendations. This course is listed below, under “Core Courses.”
2. Internship Abroad. Students without prior internationally relevant work experience may choose to engage in an optional international internship experience. It should be noted that the optional internship experience will lengthen the time-to-degree by around three months.
Note - The internship credit-hours may be increased to 6 hours for longer, or more intensive internship experiences, with the recommendation of the student’s advisor and approval of the MIA Program Director.
Students may receive one of the following concentrations, depending on choice of electives:- Security, Diplomacy and Governance
- Finance and Trade
- Global Development, Environment, and Sustainability
- With the permission of the MIA Program Director, students may design their own concentration (this option is intended to be rarely exercised)
MIA Program Core Courses (15 credits)
Students must take the following five core courses:
| INTL-I 520 | History of International System | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 577 | International Economic Strategies and Trade Policy | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 521 | Global Governance and International Organizations | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 506 | Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 500 | Practicum in International Policy Analysis | Typically taken in the final semester of study (3 cr.) |
Choose from the following concentrations:
Security, Diplomacy, and Governance Concentration Core Course (3 cr.)
| INTL-I 523 | International Security Regimes | (3 cr.) |
Electives (9 cr.)
Choose three courses from the following list:
| CEUS-R 515 | Politics & Society in Central Asia | (3 cr.) |
| EALC-E 592 | Political Economy of East Asia | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 500 | After Atrocities Reconstructing the Peace | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 500 | Ocean Governance | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 506 | Women and War | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 510 | Violence Against Civilians in War | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 525 | International Climate Governance | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 545 | Practicum in Human Rights Law and International Organizations | (1-6 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 548 | US Foreign Policy & Third World Regimes | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 583 | Conflict and Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-M 547 | Negotiation and Dispute Resolution for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-M 575 | Comparative Public Management & Administration | (3 cr) |
| SPEA-N 524 | Civil Society in Comparative Perspective | (3 cr) |
| SPEA-N 534 | NGO Management for International Development | (3 cr) |
| SPEA-V 502 | Public Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 550 | Latin American Governance | (3 cr) |
| SPEA-V 550 | Global Governance | (3 cr) |
| SPEA-V 550 | Homeland Security | (3 cr.) |
Finance and Trade Concentration Core Course (3 cr.)
| SPEA-D 573 | Development Economics | (3 cr.) |
Electives (9 cr.)
Choose three courses from the following list:
| CEUS-R 527 | Post-Soviet Central Asia Politics, Economy and Foreign Policy | (3 cr.) |
| EALC-E 592 | Political Economy of East Asia | (3 cr.) |
| EALC-E 593 | China’s Political Economy | (3 cr.) |
| EURO-W 501 | The Economics of European Integration | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 503 | Harnessing Foreign Investment for Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 578 | Introduction to Comparative and International Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 669 | Economic Development, Globalization and Entrepreneurship | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 574 | Energy Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-F 584 | Tax Policy in Developing Countries | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 590 | Energy Policy From a Nation State Perspective | (3 cr.) |
Global Development, Environment, and Sustainability Concentration Core Course (3 cr.)
| INTL-I 503 | Seminar in Global Development | (3 cr.) |
| OR | ||
| SPEA-D 573 | Development Economics | (3 cr.) |
Electives (9 cr.)
Choose three courses from the following list:
| INTL-I 502 | Seminar in Global Health and Environment | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 576 | Approaches to Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 669 | Economic Development, Globalization and Entrepreneurship | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 543 | Environmental Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 574 | Energy Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 591 | Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-H 527 | International Healthcare Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-L 563 | Planning and Community Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-L 622 | Local Economic Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 539 | Management Science | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 533 | Public Natural Resources Law | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 564 | Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Design | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 590 | Energy Policy From a Nation State Perspective | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 625 | Environmental Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 626 | Energy Policy Seminar | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 643 | Natural Resource Management and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 645 | Environmental Law | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 674 | Energy Policy and Economics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-S 515 | Sustainable Communities | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-S 596 | Sustainable Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 502 | Public Management | (3 cr.) |