Curriculum: Global Governance and Policy

Requirements

Core Coursework (9 credits)

Language Studies and/or Intercultural Competence (4 credits)

Practicum (6 credits)

Electives (23 credits)

Core Coursework (9 credits)

Students take three core courses, one in each of the following skill categories:

Policy

Pick one of these core courses that provide students with the theory, mechanisms, and topical content for developing policies and related programs:

• International Politics and Development (3 credits)
• Global Governance and International Organization (3 credits)
• Intro Trade Policy and Institutions (3 credits)
• Development Theory and Practice (3 credits)

Implementation

Pick one of these core courses that focus on the administration and management of programs implemented by NGOs, governments, and multilateral agencies:

• Organizational Development and Leadership (3 credits)
• Program Management (3 credits)
• Power, Social Change, and Organizations (3 credits)
• Program Evaluation seminar (3 credits)

Methods

Pick one of these courses that give students the tools for evidence-based approaches to improve policies, programs, and governance mechanisms:

• Policy and Data Analytics (3 credits)
• Intro to Network Analysis (3 credits)
• Qualitative Data Analysis (3 credits)
• Taking Measure of the Unmeasurable (3 credits)

Language Studies and Intercultural Competence (4 credits)

You will take content courses in a second language and/or courses in intercultural competence.

Sample language studies courses:

• Arab-African Relations (in Arabic)
• Citizenship, Security, and Development in Latin America (in Spanish)
• Challenges in Peacebuilding—Congo (in French)

Sample intercultural competence courses:

• Intercultural Group Dynamics: explore why global and multicultural teams often struggle and conversely how you can manage diverse teams to outperform homogenous groups.
• Communication in Multicultural Settings: gain the knowledge and tools needed for effective participation in multilingual and multicultural communication as you examine the related social, cultural, and linguistic factors.

You may use electives to take additional language studies and/or intercultural competence courses.

Practicum (6 credits)

Your final semester practicum can be completed in-person or remotely, allowing you to transition to your preferred location before you graduate and gain professional experience in a context that closely aligns with your career goals. Learn more about the practicum.

Electives (23 credits)

You have the flexibility to use electives to focus your coursework, take courses across focus areas (see below), add additional language studies and/or intercultural competence courses, pursue specialization courses, and/or explore courses from other degree programs (assuming prerequisites are met).

Human Security

Address challenges to the survival, livelihood, and dignity of people.

• Climate Migration
• Economics of Inequality (3 credits)
• Indo-Pacific: Security and Development seminar
• International Migration, Security, and Human Rights
• Sustainable Cities International Security Research and Analysis (2 credits)
• Introduction to Terrorism (4 credits)

Sustainability and Climate Resilience

Prevent, mitigate, and recover from climate-related shocks.

• Climate Migration
• Research Strategies for Environmental Policy
• Public Policy and the Environment
• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (4 credits)
• Environmental Leadership
• Sustainable Coastal Management
• Sustainability Management and Strategy
• Conservation Project Design and Evaluation
• Sustainable Cities    

International Trade

Achieve equitable economic outcomes through trade and economic policy.

• Economics of Inequality (3 credits)
• Indo-Pacific: Security and Development
• Intro to Trade Policy and Institutions
• International Finance (3 credits)
• International Economics and Applied Analysis
• Economic Statecraft: Culture and Conflict
• 21st Century Trade Issues
• Economic Development and Global Supply Chains
• International Negotiation Simulation seminar

Policy and Program Analysis 

• International Politics and Development
• Program Management
• Global Governance and International Organization
• Governing the Global Commons
• Development Theory and Practice (3 credits)
• Power, Social Change, and Organizations
• Economic Statecraft: Culture and Conflict
• International Negotiation Simulation seminar
• Global Politics (4 credits)

Public and Nonprofit Management

Address public concerns.

• Program Management (3 credits)
• Advancing the Evidence for Program Development
• Program Evaluation seminar (3 credits)
• Power, Social Change, and Organizations (3 credits)
• Organizational Development and Leadership (3 credits)
• Budget and Finance: Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits)
• Social Innovation
• Environmental Leadership
• Sustainability Management and Strategy

Applied Analysis Methods

Develop skills in the advanced analysis of programs and policies.

• Advancing the Evidence for Program Development (3 credits)
• Taking Measure of the Unmeasurable (3 credits)
• Advanced Data Analysis (3 credits)
• Research Strategies for Environmental Policy
• Policy and Data Analytics (3 credits)
• Intro to Network Analysis (3 credits)
• Qualitative Data Analysis (3 credits)
• International Economics and Applied Analysis
• International Security Research and Analysis (2 credits)