Fall 2009
Global Environmental Politics
CORE COURSE:
SIS-388 Int'l Environmental Politics
001
002
003
Nicholson
Wapner
Vogt
*SIS-210 Into to Human Geography
001
Kumarakulasingam
SIS-319 Topics in International Relations
Practical Environmentalism
Political Ecology of Food & Agriculture
002
003
TBA
Nicholson
SIS-338 Environment and Development
001
Broad
SIS-400 Senior Seminar in Int’l Relations
Global Environmental Governance
Literary Geography of Nature
007
002
Vogt
Shapiro
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Climate Change Politics
002
Jinnah
ECON-379 Econ of Environmental Politics
001
Hazilla
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Communication Courses
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
*COMM-280 Contemp Media Global Soc
001
TBA
SIS-220 Diff/Similarities in Conflict Resolution
001
Smith, M
SIS-308 Intro to Peace & Conflict Resolution
001
002
003
Orellana
Neufeldt
TBA
SIS-340 Foundations of International Comm.
001
002
Novotny
Novotny
SIS-341 Intercultural Communication
001
Weaver
001
002
003
004
Malek
Levinson
McCarthy
Baron, Naomi
*SIS-396 Selected Topics: Non- Recurring
Human Rights & the Media
001
TBA
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Global Knowledge Economy
Modern Terrorism & Mass Media
023
024
Venturelli
TBA
SIS-566 Communication for Health & Dev
001
Fox
SIS-349 Sel Topics in Int’l Communication:
News, Media & Foreign Policy
Social Entrepreneuring
Principles & Practices of Peace
Online/ Mobile Comm in Cross-Cult Context
*SPAN-356 Spanish Topics (Taught in Spanish)
Hispanic Culture in the Media
003
Baeza-Mendoza, L
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Communication Courses continued
*HNRS 300 Honors Collqm in Arts & Hum
Language Fights
002H**
Baron
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
The Death of Privacy
Media, Myth & Power
Cultural Citizenship in an Obama Pres.
Public Pol & Politics of Talk
004H**
005H**
011H**
012H**
Addington
Campbell
Pascale
DeGregorio
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Development Courses
CORE COURSE:
SIS-337 International Development
001
002
003
Clark
TBD
TBD
001
Kumarakulasingam
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
SIS-210
Intro to Human Geography
*SIS-215 Competition in Interdependent World 001
002
Jochum
Suarez-Mier
SIS-319 Topics in International Relations
Gender in Int’l Development
008
Samarasinghe
SIS-322 Intro to Human Rights
001
002
Guernsey
Call
SIS-325 International Organizations
001
Bosco
SIS-338 Environment and Development
001
Broad
SIS-349 Sel Topics in Int’l Communication
Social Entrepreneuring
002
Levinson
001
002
003
Nicholson
Wapner
Vogt
008
009
010
012
018
020
024
Appleby
Rosenthal
TBA
Zeilinger
Call
Smith, Dane
TBA
SIS-388 International Environmental Politics
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Rural Development
Re-thinking U.S. Foreign Aid
Third World Cities
Health & Development
Human Rights in Latin America
US Experiments in Peace Building
Terrorism & Media
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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International Development Courses continued
SIS-496 Selected Topic: Non-Recurring
Evolving Triangle: US, India & China
003
Mansingh
SIS-513 Digital Tools for Int’l Relations
001
Lee
SIS-540 Conflict & Development
001
Quast
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
Legal Issues in Globalization
Politics in Cuba
001H**
009H**
The AIDS Crisis:Origins, Impacts & Responses 013H**
*GOVT-235 Dynamics of Political Change
001H
002
Mass
LeoGrande
Robinson
Eisenstadt
TBA
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Economic Relations Courses
CORE COURSE:
SIS-385 Int’l Economic Policy
001
002
Tsereteli
Henning
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
*SIS-215 Competition in Interdependent World 001
002
Jochum
Suarez-Mier
SIS-325 International Organizations
001
Bosco
SIS-331 Overview of European Union
001
Egan
SIS-338 Environment and Development
001
Broad
*SIS-388 Int’l Environmental Politics
001
002
003
Nicholson
TBA
Vogt
SIS-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
Intro to Int’l Political Economy
009
Rudolph
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Int’l Econ Organization
Global Knowledge Economy
014
023
Porzecanski
Venturelli
*SIS-465 Int’l Trade & Investment Relations
001
Matthijis
*SIS-466 Int’l Monetary & Financial Relations 001
Henning
SIS-551 European Politics, Economics & Society 001
Egan
SIS-589 Global Political Economy
Mittelman
002
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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International Economic Relations Courses continued
IBUS-200 The Global Marketplace
001
002
003
004
TBA
Omar
Omar
Chidamber
*IBUS-300 Fundamentals of Int’l Business
001
002
003
004
005H
DuBois
Oetzel
Nakshbendi
Nakshbendi
Oetzel
*ECON-358 Economics of the World Regions
Economics of Africa
001
Ayittey
*ECON-370 International Economics
001
Muller
*ECON-372 International Economics: Finance
001
Issac
ECON-379 Econ of Environmental Politics
001
Hazilla
MGMT-201 Global Corporate Citizenship
001
002
003
004
005
006
Pope
Pope
Pope
Thaler
Thaler
TBA
001H**
002H**
009H**
010H**
Mass
Mass
LeoGrande
Lumsdaine
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sci
Legal Issues in Globalization
Contract Law: The Law of the Deal
Politics in Cuba
Surviving the Int’l Financial Crisis
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Politics Courses
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
SIS-220 Diff/Similarities in Conflict Resolution
001
Smith, M
SIS-308 Intro Peace & Conflict Resolut
001
002
003
Orellana
Neufeldt
TBA
003
005
Nicholson
Weiner
SIS-322 Intro. To Human Rights
001
002
Guernsey
Call
SIS-325 International Organizations
001
Bosco
SIS-338 Environment and Development
001
Broad
SIS-340 Foundations of International Comm.
001
002
Novotny
Novotny
001
Malek
SIS-385 Int’l Economic Policy
001
002
Tsereteli
Henning
*SIS-388 International Environmental Politics
001
002
003
Nicholson
TBA
Vogt
SIS-319 Topics in International Relations
Political Ecology of Food & Agriculture
Intro to Int’l Security
SIS-349 Sel Topics in Int’l Communication
News, Media & Foreign Policy
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Politics Courses continued
SIS-389 Diplomatic Practice
001
Quainton
SIS-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
U.S. National Security Strategy
Intro to Int’l Political Economy
003
009
TBA
Rudolph
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Transnational Crime & Terrorism
Intelligence in Transition
Strategic Intelligence Analysis
Int’l Econ Organization
US Experiments in Peace Building
Terrorism & Media
004
005
013
014
020
024
Schneider
Martin – McCormick
Jensen
Porzecanski
Smith, Dane
TBA
SIS-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
Politics & IR in Central Europe
001
Elections in Asia, Africa, LA and Mid East 005
TBA
Pastor
SIS-542 Human & Global Security
001
Persaud/ Acharya (?)
SIS-589 Global Political Economy
001
TBA
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
Legal Issues in Globalization
Contract Law: The Law of the Deal
Guerillas, Insurgency & Paramilitary
Politics in Cuba
How to Survive the Int’l Financial Crisis
001H**
002H**
003H**
009H**
010H**
Mass
Mass
Gallaher
LeoGrande
Lumsdaine
GOVT-526 U.S. Intelligence Community
*GOVT-529 Homeland Security
001
001
Beyoghlow
Beyoghlow
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Peace & Conflict Resolution Courses
CORE COURSE:
SIS-308 Intro Peace & Conflict Resolution
001
002
003
Orellana
Neufeldt
TBA
SIS-220 Diff/Similarities in Conflict Resolution
001
Smith, M
SIS-322 Intro. To Human Rights
001
002
Guernsey
Call
SIS-341 Intercultural Communication
001
Weaver
SIS-349 Sel Topics in Intl Communication
Social Entrepreneuring
Principles & Practices of Peace
002
003
Levinson
McCarthy
SIS-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
Human Rights & the Media
001
TBA
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Countering Terrorism
Transnational Crime & Terrorism
Human Rights in Latin America
US Experiments in Peace Building
Dialogue: Approaches & Applications
Applied Conflict Resolution
003
004
018
020
021
026
Housenick
Schneider
Call
Smith, Dane
Kyrou
Fisher
SIS-515 Islamic Peace Paradigms
001
Kadayifci
SIS-516 Peace-Building in Divided Societies
001
Abu-Nimer
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSE:
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Peace & Conflict Resolution Courses continued
SIS-540 Conflict & Development
001
Quast
SIS-542 Human & Global Security
001
Acharya
*SPAN-356 Spanish Topics (Taught in Spanish)
Democracy/ Conflict in Latin America
005
Alvarado Vera
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
Guerillas, Insurg & Paramilitary
Gallaher
003H**
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
United States Foreign Policy
CORE COURSE:
SIS-382 Analysis of US Foreign Policy
001
002
003
004
005
006H
Howard
Brenner
Adams
TBA
Murray
Cohn
SIS-319 Topics in International Relations
Intro to Int’l Security
US Policy towards Weak States
005
006
Weiner
Hogendoorn, EJ
SIS-389 Diplomatic Practice
001
Quainton
SIS-396 Selected Topics: Non- Recurring
U.S. National Security Strategy
003
Tama
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Countering Terrorism
Transnational Crime & Terrorism
Intelligence in Transition
US-Latin American Relations
President, Media, Public & USFP
Re-thinking U.S. Foreign Aid
Strategic Intelligence Analysis
US Experiments in Peace Building
New US Disarmament Challenges
003
004
005
006
007
009
013
020
028
TBA
Schneider
Martin – McCormick
Cohn
Murray
Rosenthal
Jensen
Smith, Dane
Cooper
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
United States Foreign Policy continued
SIS-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
Evolving Triangle: US, India & China
003
Mansingh
*HNRS-302 Honors Collqm in Social Science
American Identity: The Challenge of Islam 007H**
Politics in Cuba
009H**
The AIDS Crisis: Origins, Impacts & Responses 013H**
Ahmed
LeoGrande
Robinson
*GOVT-526 US Intelligence Community
001
Beyoghlow
*GOVT-529 Homeland Security
001
Beyoghlow
SPAN-362 U.S. – Latin American Relations
001
Ata
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Comparative & International Race Relations Courses
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
SIS-210 Human Geography
001
Kumarakulasingam
*SIS-245 World of Islam
001
Demiralp
*SIS-250 Civilizations of Africa
001
TBA
SIS-255 China, Japan & the United States
001H**
002H**
003
004
Heng
Zhao
Solis
Heng
SIS-258 Contemporary Russia
001
TBA
SIS-264 Contemporary Middle East
001
TBA
SIS-265 Contemporary Africa
001
TBA
SIS-276 Contemporary Latin America
001
002
Cohn
Suarez-Mier
SIS-331 Overview of European Union
001
Egan
SIS- 319 Topics in Int’l Relations
Gender in Int’l Development
Minorities in Middle East/ N. Africa
008
010
Samarasinghe
TBA
SIS-364 Contemporary Islam & IR
001
TBD
*SIS-396 Selected Topics: Non- Recurring
Mexican Politics
002
Gallaher
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Comparative & International Race Relations continued
*SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Asia in Comp Perspective
Americas in Comp Perspective
015
016
Heng
Suarez-Mier
*SIS-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
Politics & IR in Central Europe
001
Evolving Triangle: US, India & China
003
Elections in Asia, Africa, LA and Mid East 005
TBA
Mansingh
Pastor
SIS-519 Special Studies in Int’l Politics
Ethnicity, Crime & Immigration
Comp Urban Soc Movements in Europe
Russian Society & Politics
US-Iran Relations
Schneider
Schneider
Lubrano
Simone
001
002
003
005
SIS-551 European Politics, Economics & Society 001
Egan
SIS-560 Chinese Foreign Policy
001
Zhao
SIS-589 Global Political Economy
002
Mittelman
*HNRS 300 Honors Collqm in Arts & Hum
Oral Histories of the Civil Rights Movement 001H**
Bond
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
American Identity: The Challenge of Islam 007H**
Cultural Citizenship in an Obama Presidency 011H**
AIDS Crisis in Africa: Origins, Impacts & Responses 013H**
Ahmed
Pascale
Robinson
ANTH-210 Roots of Racism
001
Watkins
ANTH-215 Sex, Gender & Culture
001
002
Leap
TBA
SOCY-210 Inequality: Class, Race, Ethnicity
001
002
Dickerson
TBA
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Business Relations Courses
Concentration Requires 3 credits (1 course) from the following:
*Note: SIS 385 & IBUS 200/300 overlap; students should not take both courses
IBUS-200 The Global Marketplace
001
002
003
004
TBA
Omar
Omar
Chidamber
*IBUS-300 Fundamentals of Int’l Business
001
002
003
004
005
DuBois
Oetzel
Nakshbendi
Nakshbendi
Oetzel
*IBUS-301 International Marketing
001
Robe
*IBUS-302 International Finance
001
002
Schrenk
Robe
6 ADDITIONAL CREDITS (2 COURSES) FROM THE FOLLOWING 4 SETS OF COURSES:
No more than 3 credits (1 course) from the following:
SIS-331 Overview of the European Union
001
Egan
001
001
Matthijis
Henning
SIS-210 Intro to Human Geography
001
Kumarakulasingam
SIS-349 Sel Topics in Int’l Communication
Social Entrepreneuring
002
Levinson
No more than 3 credits (1 course) from the following:
*SIS-465 Int’l Trade & Investment Relations
*SIS-466 Int'l Monetary & Financial Rel
Other courses (no credit limit):
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
International Business Relations Courses continued
SIS-385 Int’l Economic Policy
001
002
Tsereteli
Henning
SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Int’l Econ Organization
014
Porzecanski
SIS-504 Multinational Corporations
001
TBA
MGMT-201 Global Corporate Citizenship
001
002
003
004
005
006
Pope
Pope
Pope
Thaler
Thaler
TBA
001H**
002H**
010H**
Mass
Mass
Lumsdaine
*HNRS-302 Honors Collqm in Social Science
Legal Issues in Globalization
Contract Law: The Law of the Deal
Surviving the Int’l Financial Crisis
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Islamic Studies Courses
FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES:
*SIS-245 World of Islam
001
Demiralp
SIS-264 Contemporary Middle East
001
TBA
SIS-364 Contemporary Islam & IR
001
TBA
SIS-515 Islamic Peace Paradigms
001
Kadayifci
*SOCY-225 Contemporary Arab World
001
002
003
Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Ibrahim
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
American Identity: The Challenge of Islam 007H**
Ahmed
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Africa Area Courses
*SIS-250 Civilizations of Africa
001
TBA
SIS-265 Contemporary Africa
001
TBA
SIS-319 Topics in International Relations
Minorities in M. East/ N. Africa
010
TBA
LIT-150 Third World Literature
001
Sulak
LIT-225 The African Writer
001
Larson
PERF-504 African Dance
001
Howard, M
*ECON-358 Economics of the World Regions
Economics of Africa
001
Ayittey
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
Guerillas, Insurgency & Paramilitary
Aids Crisis in Africa
003H**
013H**
Gallaher
Robinson
GOVT- 532 Pol Inst & Proc in Selected Regions
Contemporary African Politics
001
Lebas
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Americas Area Courses
SIS-276 Contemporary Latin America
001
002
Cohn
Suarez-Mier
SIS-318 Topics in North American Studies
N Amer: Union, Community or Just Three Nations? 001
Pastor
SIS-396 Selected Topics: Non- Recurring
Mexican Politics
002
Gallaher
*SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
US-Latin American Relations
Americas in Comp Perspective
Human Rights in Latin America
006
016
018
Cohn
Suarez-Mier
Call
001
002
003
TBA
TBA
TBA
001H**
002
003
TBA
TBA
TBA
*SIS-583 United States in World Affairs
*LFS-210 Latin America: Hist, Art, Lit
*Taught in English
*Taught in Spanish
*Taught in English
*SPAN-356 Spanish Topics (Taught in Spanish)
Spanish in the World
002
Hispanic Culture in the Media
003
Democracy/ Conflict in Latin America
005
Andean Colonial Chronicles
006
Rivera
Baeza-Mendoza, L
Alvarado Vera
Marin-Dale
*SPAN-357 Intro to Latin American Lit
001
Hernandez
*SPAN-362 U.S. – Latin American Relations
001
Ata
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Americas Area Courses continued
*SPAN-559 Colloquium on Latin America
Afro-Latin Culture & Music
Cuba Today: Culture & Music
001
002
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
Guerillas, Insurgency & Paramilitary
003H**
American Identity: The Challenge of Islam 007H**
Politics in Cuba
009H**
Hernandez
Serra
Gallaher
Ahmed
LeoGrande
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Asia/Australia Area Courses
*SIS-255 China, Japan & the United States
001H**
002H**
003
004
Heng
Zhao
Solis
Heng
SIS-319 Topics in Int’l Relations
Asia: State & Globalization
007
Jandl
*SIS-419 Advanced Topics in Int’l Relations
Asia in Comp Perspective
015
Heng
*SIS-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
US, China and Japan in SE Asia
002
Heng
SIS-560 Chinese Foreign Policy
001
Zhao
SIS-561 Modern China
001
TBA
SIS-563 Japanese Foreign Policy
001
TBA
HIST-120 Imperialism & Revolution
001
TBA
HIST-347 Asian Studies
Asian Crisis & the West
001
TBA
001
003
Greenberg
Reddy
RELG-185 Forms of the Sacred
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Europe Area Courses
SIS-331 Overview of European Union
001
Egan
SIS-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
Politics & IR in Central Europe
001
TBA
SIS-551 European Politics, Economics & Society 001
Egan
SIS-553 Central/Eastern Europe in Transition
001
TBA
HIST-221 History of Britain I
001
Giandrea
HIST-319 Holocaust
001
Nadell
HIST-327 British Studies
Labor & Politics in Britain
001
Aksakal
*SPAN-450 Spanish Civilizations I: Spain
001
Holtermann
*HNRS 302 Honors Collqm in Social Sc
Guerillas, Insurgency & Paramilitary
003H**
Gallaher
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Fall 2009
Middle East Area Courses
SIS-245 The World of Islam
001
Demiralp
SIS-264 Contemporary Middle East
001
TBA
SIS-319 Topics in International Relations
Israeli Society
Minorities in M. East/ N. Africa
009
010
TBA
TBA
SIS-364 Contemporary Islam & IR
001
TBD
SIS-596 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring
Post-Saddam Iraq
US-Iran Relations
001
003
O’Leary
Simone
HIST-343 History of Israel
001
Lichtenstein
SOCY-225 Contemporary Arab World
001
002
003
Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Ibrahim
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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Russia & Central Eurasia Area Courses
SIS-258 Contemporary Russia
001
TBA
SIS-359 Russia/Cent. Eurasia in World Affairs
001
TBA
HIST-232 Twentieth Century Russia
001
Fedyashin
LFS-200 Russia & the United States
001
Comins-Richmond
______________________________________________________________________________
*Course has prerequisite - please check schedule of classes
Senior Seminar is open to advanced juniors as well. Please see your advisor if you are not able
to register.
** Honors classes are for Honors students ONLY.
This information subject to change without notice. For all listed courses, please be sure to
check the Registrar’s Online Schedule of Classes at
http://www.american.edu/american/registrar/schedule.cfm As always, if you have questions
please check with your advisor.
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