NEXT
STEP
YOUR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COURSEWORK
By participating in American University’s Graduate Professional Studies you can earn credits that may count toward a Masters degree at AU or another institution. If you apply and
are admitted to a graduate program at American University, the credits earned in Graduate
Professional Studies may be eligible to satisfy some of your Master’s Degree requirements.
Through Graduate Professional Studies in International Affairs, you will earn 9-graduate
credits:
Seminar in International Affairs
(3 credits)
Internship or Research Course in International Affairs
(3 credits)
Graduate Elective at American University
(3 credits)
FOUNDATION FOR
A FUTURE DEGREE
On average, graduate
degrees in the School of
International Service
require 39-42 credit hours for
Graduate Professional Studies students have the option of choosing an evening elective
completion. If you apply and
course at American University that is 500-level or above and does not require prerequisites.
are admitted to a graduate
Please note that enrollment in your elective choice depends on space availability and, in
program in SIS, you could
some cases, you may be placed on a course waitlist for your first choice option.
potentially apply 3-6 credits
of your Graduate Professional
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE OPTIONS
Studies classes to your
As you review the Schedule of Classes to select your elective, it will be beneficial to
Masters
degree. It may also
reference the course requirements of degree programs that you may want to apply to in
be possible to count your
the future. If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree with American
internship
course towards the
University’s School of International Service (SIS) upon completion of your Graduate
non-credit
Professional
Professional Studies semester, we recommend that you refer to the requirements of the
Experience requirement
degree program(s) of interest when choosing your GPS elective course. SIS offers over
within SIS*
16 different graduate degree programs. We recommend the following elective courses for
*course
credit is subject to
students who are considering applying to one of the popular SIS degree programs listed
approval
by the SIS advisor
below.
INTL AFFAIRS: COMPARATIVE AND REGIONAL STUDIES
SIS-672 Theories of Comparative and International Studies
SIS-619 Global Political Economy
A regional course in your region of interest
INTL AFFAIRS: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, POLITICS AND SECURITY
SIS-619 Global International Relations Theory
SIS-619 History of Global Politics
SIS-619 Foundations of Global Security or SIS-619 Foundations of Global Governance*
INTL AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS RELATIONS
SIS-616 International Economics or ECON-603 Introduction to Economic Theory*
SIS-600 International Affairs Statistics and Methods
INTL AFFAIRS: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
SIS-682 Foreign Policy: Institutions and Processes
SIS-653 Diplomatic Practice
SIS-653 U.S. National Security Strategy
SIS-653 Continuity & Change
SIS-689 Foreign Policy: Theories of Decision Making
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SIS-606 Culture, Peace & Conflict Resolution SIS-619 Econ. of Violence & Peace
SIS-609 Conflict Analysis & Resolution SIS-607 Peace Paradigms
ONLINE MA IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
SIS-600 Intl Affairs Statistics & Research Methods
SIS-619 IR Theory
SIS-619 Foundations of Global Governance
SIS-642 Intercultural Comm.
*course will depend on student’s concentration of interest or economics background
EXPLORE YOUR
ELECTIVE OPTIONS
You can review the available
course offerings at
www.american.edu/provost/
registrar/schedule/index.cfm
QUESTIONS?
Contact the Graduate
Professional Studies Advisor,
Lana Knox, at 202-895-4859
or knox@american.edu.