Programs
Comparative and International Affairs
(18 credit hours) The Comparative and International Affairs Concentration has two major functions:
- to provide a comparative basis for considering U.S. public policy and its underlying principles; and
- to examine the international links and institutions through which nations interact.
Required Courses (9 credit hours)
| SPEA-V 575 | Comparative Public Management and Administration | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 578 | Introduction to Comparative and International Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 669 | Economic Development, Globalization, and Entrepreneurship | (3 cr.) |
Electives (9 credit hours)
In consultation with your academic advisor, select one course. A partial list includes:
| SPEA-E 518 | Vector-based Geographic Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 529 | Application of Geographic Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 560 | Environmental Risk Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 507 | Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 516 | Public Management Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 519 | Database Management Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 539 | Management Science for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 541 | Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public and Environmental Policies | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 562 | Public Program Evaluation | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 609 | Seminar in Revenue Theory and Administration | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 610 | Seminar in Government Budget and Program Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 622 | Seminar in Urban Economic Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 625 | Environmental Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 667 | Seminar in Public Capital and Debt Theory | (3 cr.) |
In consultation with your academic advisor, select two courses. A partial list includes:
| SPEA-E 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 518 | Intergovernmental Systems Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 574 | Environmental Management in the Tropics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 576 | Approaches to Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 577 | International Economic Strategies and Trade Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 589 | Democratization and Transition in Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 592 | Global Health Issues and Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 596 | Sustainable Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 524 | Civil Society in Comparative Perspective | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 510 | Government Regulation in Market Economies | (3 cr.) |
In consultation with your academic advisor, select any 3 credit hour (or higher credit) course in area studies and/or language studies. In special circumstances, students are eligible to take up to 6 credit hours of area studies and/or language studies.
Or
In consultation with your academic advisor, select one course from electives list above and one Overseas Experience option below:
- Option 1: Overseas Study Experience—includes 4 credit hours of SPEA-V 580 and/or up to 6 credit hours of area studies and/or language studies.
- Overseas Study Experiences include individualized experiences that students develop independently or any of the numerous overseas programs currently administered by Indiana University area studies programs and the Office of International Programs in cooperation with SPEA, including programs in Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America. Contact the SPEA M.P.A.–M.S.E.S. Program Office for more information.
- Option 2: Graduate Seminar Europe (4 cr.) Students are selected competitively. Contact the M.P.A.–M.S.E.S. Program Office for additional information.
- Option 3: Individualized Internship—up to 6 credits of SPEA-V 590 in consultation with your academic advisor and the Office of Career Services.
With consent of the student’s academic advisor, Individualized Internships include internships performed in academic or governmental or professional organizations overseas. Relevant internships completed at U.S.-based organizations may also qualify, for example, internships in U.S. offices of international organizations or in international affairs offices of state or federal government agencies.
Special arrangements for fulfillment of course requirements will be made for foreign language and area studies (FLAS) fellowship students, in consultation with the student’s academic advisor and the Graduate Programs Office.