IC Program Concentration Courses AY 16-17
Courses in bold are recommended gateway courses for each IC concentration – students are
recommended to take at least one gateway course, as available. The concentration course lists below
are not meant to serve as exhaustive lists of all the possible courses. Students are encouraged to take
additional courses, including those offered outside of SIS, that fit with their concentration. Students also
have the option to create a self-designed concentration with the support of student’s faculty advisor or
program director. Listed courses are not guaranteed to be offered every semester. Please consult your
program director, faculty advisor, or academic advisor if you have questions about your concentration.
Summer 2016
Transnational/International Education
SIS 633: International Education Program Evaluation (1 credit Skills Institute from 9-5 on June 25 and
26); note—not yet on schedule of classes for technical reasons but is coming!
Public Diplomacy/Intercultural Relations
SIS 645: International Communication and Cultural Policy (online)
Fall 2016
Transnational/International Education
Recommended: SIS-628: Globalization, Migration and Education: Emergence of Transnational Education
Courses of Interest:
EDU 614: Int’l Education Exchange: Policy and Practice
EDU-642: Training Program Design
SIS-619: Peace Education
EDU-611: Social Theory and Education
EDU 649: Nonformal Education and Development
Public Diplomacy
Recommended: SIS-628: Applied Public Diplomacy
Courses of Interest:
COMM 688: Media Writing*(Note: the program director has indicated that IC students are
welcome with permission)
COMM 640: Principles of Strategic Communication* (Note: the program director has indicated
that IC students are welcome with permission)
COMM 643: Foreign Policy and the Press
COMM 648: (Topics in Int’l Media) Media, Persuasion, Democracy
COMM 724: Reporting of Public Affairs*
PUAD-615: Public-Private Partnerships
Intercultural Relations
Recommended: SIS-642: Intercultural Relations
SIS-619: Human Rights, Media, and Political Communication
Courses of Interest:
SIS-633: Designing Intercultural Training Programs (1-credit Skills Institute)
SIS 619: Human and Global Security (note: focuses on how, in part, security is a cultural practice)
ANTH-639: Culture, History, Power, Place: State Formations
Global Health Communication
Recommended: SIS-635: Introduction to Global Health
Courses of Interest:
HPRM-641: Health Communication
HPRM-650: Behavior Change in Health Promotion
HPRM-680: Health Policy & Behavior Change
Global and Social Media, Technology, and Policy
Recommended: SIS-619: Cyber Policy, Conflict & Int'l Affairs
Courses of Interest:
SIS-619: Cyber Policy Analysis and Analytical Methods
SIS-619: Human Rights, Media, and Political Communication
SIS-653: Technology & National Security
COMM-648: Media, Persuasion, Democracy (Class fee $40)
COMM-750: Advanced Media Theory
*Permission of instructor required for non-International Media students
PREVIEW Spring 2017**
**Note: not yet a complete list, and subject to change
Transnational/International Education
Recommended: SIS-628: International Student Advising (Dr. Fanta Aw is back!)
SIS 628: Global Migration
Courses of Interest:
EDU-642: Training Program Design
SIS 628: Organizational Change Management in Intercultural Contexts (tentative title)
SIS 628: Race in International Relations
Public Diplomacy
Recommended: SIS 628: Global Perspectives on Public Diplomacy
SIS 653: Diplomatic Practice
Courses of Interest:
SIS 619: Negotiation Analysis & Skills
Intercultural Relations
Recommended: SIS 628: Intercultural Leadership
SIS 628: Organizational Change Management in Intercultural Contexts (tentative title)
SIS 628: Race in International Relations
Courses of Interest:
SIS 619: Negotiation Analysis & Skills
SIS 628: Communication, Culture, and International Conflict
Global and Social Media, Technology, and Policy
Recommended: SIS 619: Cyber Conflict: Surveillance, Privacy, and Activism
SIS 628: Global Social Media: Identity and Youth
Courses of Interest:
SIS 750: Big Data and Text Mining (also 2nd methods course)