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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.
MIA Requirement I: International Affaris Core (15 credit hours)
The MIA core courses ensure that students acquire essential competence in understanding the global governance system, statistics, economics, policy analysis, and management.
NOTE: Each listed course is worth 3 credit hours unless indicated otherwise.
| INTL-I 520 | History of the International System | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 521 | Global Governance and International Organizations | (3 cr.) |
| INTL-I 524 | Practicum in International Policy Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-D 577 | International Economics Strategies and Trade Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 506 | Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making | (3 cr.) |
MIA Requirement II: Concentration (12 credit hours)
MIA students must complete a concentration. They must select one of the three (3) concentrations described in the pages that follow. Students should confer with the MIA program directors prior to course registration. Some students choose to develop a "Specialized Concentration". In this case, students should work closely with a program director to develop a cohesive design for consideration and final approval.
MIA Requirement III: Electives (9 credit hours)
Students can choose any of the graduate-level courses offered by O'Neill or HLS. Additionally, the following courses are preapproved: POLS-Y 569 International Relations: Approaches and Issues, ECON-E 501 Economic Development, and ECON-E 501 International Trade. Possible options would include language and/or culture courses at HLS, or further studies in O’Neill-related subject areas. Students may take up to six credits in graduate level courses offered by other academic units at IUB. These courses vary from semester to semester. Contact the program director to learn more about which courses are offered that have already been preapproved. Students interested in taking a graduate level course not on this list must get approval from the Faculty Program Director.
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)
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 535 | Managing and Leading in Public Affairs | (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 in Transition | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-F 584 | Tax Policy in Developing Countries | (3 cr.) |
Global Development, Environment, and Sustainability Concentration Core Course (3 cr.)
| INTL-I 522 |
Theoretical and Empirical Overview of 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 in Transition | (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 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 535 | Managing and Leading in Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
MIA Specialized Concentration (12 credit hours)
A student, whose educational and professional goals are not satisfied by existing MIA concentrations, may design a Specialized Concentration that best suits his or her needs in consultation with a faculty advisor with final approval required by the relevant faculty program director(s). The student, the student’s advisor, and the appropriate Faculty Program Director must sign a Specialized Concentration Form that specifies the courses that will comprise the customized concentration. This form is available the Forms section of the Current Student Portal. The completed Specialized Concentration Form must be submitted prior to enrolling in the courses outlined. The concentration must be declared within the first 24 credit hours of the student’s academic program.
MIA specialized concentrations consist of 12 credit hours.
Although no specific guidelines exist for the courses to be included in a Specialized Concentration, students must take O’Neill/HLS courses unless approved by a faculty advisor(s) and the appropriate Faculty Program Director(s). Students must name their Specialized Concentration. However, these names will not appear on their IU transcript. Instead, after “Major” the words “Specialized Study” will appear.