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International Relations (IR)
- http://dornsife.usc.edu/sir/
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in VKC-301; Phone: (213) 740-6278.
- D class assignments for undergraduates please email poir@usc.edu
Basic concepts of world affairs for non-majors. Development ofcompetency to understand and critically evaluate global relationsand international events, stressing empirical approaches. Not available for major credit.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37710R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 25 of 25 | Douglas Becker | MHP101 | ![]() | |
37711R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Wednesday | 9 of 25 | THH121 | ![]() | ||
37712R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 4 of 25 | DMC206 | ![]() | ||
37713R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 4 of 25 | WPHB26 | ![]() | ||
37714R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 2 of 25 | DMC206 | ![]() | ||
37715R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 5 of 25 | THH214 | ![]() | ||
37716R | 001 | Discussion | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 1 of 25 | DMC206 | ![]() |
Exploration of the major social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical disagreements that exist between scholars, leaders, and citizens concerning today's most serious environmental issues and problems. Not available for credit to environmental studies majors and minors.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the ENST department but may qualify for major credit in IR. To register, enroll in ENST 150.
- Note: Register for lecture and one discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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33005R | 001 | Lecture-Discussion | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 47 of 48 | Shannon Gibson | GFS116 | ![]() ![]() |
Comprehensive introduction to contending theoretical and analytical approaches; development of critical, evaluative, cognitive, and analytical competencies regarding historical and contemporary issues.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37731R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 2 of 25 | THHB9 | ![]() | ||
37720D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:20pm | Wed, Fri | 21 of 150 | Steven Lamy | SAL101 | ![]() ![]() | |
37721R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 2 of 25 | DMC155 | ![]() | ||
37723R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Wednesday | 7 of 25 | DMC257 | ![]() | ||
37725R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Wednesday | 0 of 25 | DMC257 | ![]() | ||
37726R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 1 of 25 | DMC155 | ![]() | ||
37728R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 9 of 25 | DMC155 | ![]() |
Introduction to theoretically oriented research approaches and designs; emphasis on the logic of argumentation.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for lecture and discussion
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37733R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 11 of 50 | Megan Becker | DMC102 | ![]() ![]() | |
37734R | 001 | Discussion | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 1 of 25 | GFS228 | ![]() | ||
37737R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 10 of 25 | GFS228 | ![]() |
Introduction to historical research methods with an emphasis on historical texts and modes of discourse.
- Note: Register for lecture and one disc.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37740R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 11 of 50 | Jacques Hymans | ![]() ![]() | ||
37743R | 001 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Friday | 5 of 25 | DMC207 | ![]() | ||
37744R | 001 | Discussion | 11:00-11:50am | Friday | 6 of 25 | DMC207 | ![]() |
Economic and political concepts necessary to the understanding of the modern global economy. Topics include international trade, foreign investment and migration.
- Note: register for Lecture and one disc
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37747R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 10 of 50 | Alix Ziff | SOSB44 | ![]() ![]() | |
37750R | 001 | Discussion | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 3 of 25 | DMC200 | ![]() | ||
37751R | 001 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 7 of 25 | DMC201 | ![]() |
The focus is intelligence to improve the making of policy, with attention to collection; overt and covert, operations; domestic intelligence; and oversight in democracies.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37765D | 001 | Lecture | 10:30-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 22 of 48 | Derek Grossman | DMC156 | ![]() |
Examines the strategies for managing global issues in the post Cold War period. Explores ways that international institutions, national governments and non-state actors work separately and together to provide order and control over complex international issues areas. Issues that will receive attention could include financial and monetary relations, trade and foreign investment, preservation of the environment, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, population and migration, terrori
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37770R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 48 of 48 | Alix Ziff | DMC150 | ![]() |
Impact of technological advances to global security and development. Focus on surveillance and cyber conflict; nuclear weaponry, aviation and UAVs missiles and BMD; submarines and ASW.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37810D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 48 | Robert English | DMC100 | ![]() |
Political implications of interactions between different types of multinational enterprises and all levels of U.S. government, other industrial nations, and less-developed countries.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37816R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 13 of 48 | Douglas Becker | DMC152 | ![]() |
Exploration of questions and concepts in international economics and politics, especially as they relate to flows of trade, capital, people, and problems across borders.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37827R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 36 of 48 | Iva Bozovic | LVL16 | ![]() |
Basic concepts and analytical approaches in the study of decision-making at the international level. This is a case-based class, requiring participation of students in interactive discussions of decision forcing and retrospective foreign policy cases.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37840R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 35 | Jeffrey Fields | THH212 | ![]() |
Causes and effects of use and spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; responses to WMD, including deterrence, preventive war, and non-proliferation policies and negotiations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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The Politics and Strategy of Weapons of Mass Destruction | |||||||||
37843R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 22 of 35 | Jonathan Markowitz | DMC102 | ![]() |
The main economic development themes and strategies in Latin America over the past century. The interplay between domestic and international variables, and the resulting dynamic changes.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37875R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 7 of 48 | Monica Unda Gutierrez | DMC100 | ![]() |
Examines Latin America's experience with democracy emphasizing events since the 1980s. Analyzes the roles of interest groups, ideology, domestic politics, bureaucratic processes, perceptions and analogical reasoning.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37877D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 1 of 48 | Gerardo Munck | ![]() |
Introduction to key security trends in the Asia-Pacific region, emphasizing strategic competition between U.S., Russia, and China; regional military capabilities; rise of neutrality politics.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37905R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:20pm | Mon, Wed | 48 of 48 | Derek Grossman | DMC156 | ![]() |
Intensive internship experience in international relations professional areas with academic research component (may be repeated for credit different semesters)
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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38098D | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 48 | Iva Bozovic | OFFICE | ![]() |
The contribution of the United Nations to world order,focusing on its history, principal organs, relationships with global actors, andprospects for reform.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37913D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 19 | Douglas Becker | DMC111 | ![]() |
Introduction to statistical computing and data visualization in R. Focus on visualization of descriptive statistics; create publication-ready figures for actual faculty research projects.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37926R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Monday | 19 of 19 | Benjamin A.T. Graham | DMC259 | ![]() |
Factors determining the feasibility, desirability and limits of economic globalization; the dynamics triggered by the Global Financial Crisis and the backlash against Globalization.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37936D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 5 of 19 | Joshua Aizenman | DMC206 | ![]() |
Critical discussion of alternative approaches explaining the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy: domestic politics, organizational processes, group dynamics, individual personality and perception.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37944D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 2 of 19 | Jeffrey Fields | THH207 | ![]() |
An examination of the economic, political and cultural forces operating in a number of Middle Eastern cities.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the MDES department but may qualify for major credit in IR. To register, enroll in MDES 441.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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41501R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 6 of 19 | Bandar Alsaeed | VPD107 | ![]() |
Provides a critical introduction to scholarship on international political economy (IPR), the interaction of states and markets in a global context.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37948D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 19 of 19 | Carol Wise | DMC254 | ![]() |
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37962D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE | ![]() |
Preparation and oral defense of senior honors thesis before supervising faculty and fellow honors students. Senior status and acceptance to program required. Recommended preparation: IR 311.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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37969D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 12 | DMC153 | ![]() |
Selected topics in various special areas within international relations, which may vary from semester to semester or within semesters.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Democracy, Economic Growth and Human Security in Contemporary Africa | ||||||||||
37922D | 001 | 4.0 | Lecture | 5:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | 2 of 19 | Brett Carter | DMC259 | ![]() |