University of San Diego

Master of Arts in International Relations

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San Diego, CA 92110

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Summer and Fall 2013 Current Courses*

SUMMER 2013

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Week of June 3 (Mon)	Human Rights in Central America			Human Rights in Central America
June 10	Human Rights in Central America			Human Rights in Central America
June 17	Human Rights in Central America		NATO Parliamentary Assembly	Human Rights in Central America
June 24	US National Security			US National Security
July 1	US National Security	Us National Security		INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 8	US National Security	US National Security		Human Rights in CA (Final Exam)		China Departure 3.0 Units	China En Route
July 15	Chinese Criminal Law (Xiamen)	Chinese Criminal Law (Xiamen China)	Chinese Criminal Law (Xiamen China)	Chinese Criminal Law (Xiamen China)	Chinese Criminal Law (Xiamen China)	Chinese Criminal Law	Chinese Criminal Law
July 22	Chinese Criminal Law	Chinese Criminal Law	Chinese Criminal Law	Chinese Criminal Law (Xiamen/Shanghai)	Chinese Criminal Law (Shanghai)	Chinese Criminal Law (Shanghai)	China Return
July 29		US National Security		US National Security
August 5	US National Security			US National Security
August 12	US National Security			US National Security
August 19	Research Design	Research Design	Research Design
August 26	Research Design	Research Design	Research Design	US National Security (Final Exam)
September 2	LABOR DAY	Research Design (Final Exam)	FALL SEMESTER BEGINS

FALL 2013	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week of Sept 2 (Mon)	LABOR DAY		Politics in China 3.0 units	Latin American Politics 3.0 units
Sept 9	American Foreign Policy 3.0 units	International Relations 3.0 units	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Sept 16	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Sept 23	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Sept 30	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Oct 7	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics		Morocco 1.5 units	Morocco
Oct 14	Morocco	Morocco	Morocco	Morocco	Morocco	Morocco	Morocco
Oct 21	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics	Europe and Global Economy 2.0 units	Europe and Global Economy
Oct 28	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics	Europe and Global Economy	Europe and Global Economy
Nov 4	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Nov 11	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics	Europe and Global Economy	Europe and Global Economy
Nov 18	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Nov 25	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Guadalajara 1.5 units	Guadalajara (Thanksgiving)	Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Guadalajara
Dec 2	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Dec 9	American Foreign Policy	International Relations Theory	Politics in China	Latin American Politics
Dec 16	Finals	Finals	Finals	Finals
Dec 23			CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 30			NEW YEARS DAY	Paris to Istanbul 3.0 Units			Continues through January 19

Summer 2013 Classes (revised May 23, 2013)

1. Summer courses are run through the special sessions office and are contingent on sufficient enrollment (normally 6 students.)

2. Remember that financial aid eligibility can be different (typically less generous) for the summer session and intersession than for academic year.

3. Final Exam dates are tentative; some instructors might drop the final exam class session and substitute a paper.

4. Pols 594 Human rights in central america will be taught by Ev Meade, Professor of History at UCSD.

5. Pols 576 US security will have a long midcourse break to accommodate students going to Xiamen. It will be led by Michael Dobbs (Cdr, USN, ret.)

6. Pols 594 Comparative Criminal Law (US and China) will be taught by a team of instructors including Professor Del Dickson from USD and John Cleary, who established the nationally renowned Federal Defender Program in San Diego.

7. Pols 596 Research Design will be taught by Professor Casey Dominguez and is highly recommended for all students. It is required of all students who begin the program following spring 2013, and it is required for any students who begin the program before spring 2013 and want to conclude the course with the 1.5 capstone. Students must complete the course before beginning the capstone. For the August session, students must at a minimum read Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, before the first meeting and have King Keohane and Verba, Designing Social Inquiry before the first meeting. Ideally they will have read both books before the first meeting. Research Design might also be offered in January or the Spring Semester.

8. Other Classes are available at the undergraduate level in the political science department and at the graduate level in other graduate programs, conditioned on advisor approval.

Fall 2013 Courses (updated May 23, 2013)

Mondays 530 to 820: Pols 571 American Foreign Policy (3 units), Professor Michael Turner (retired CIA.)

Tuesdays 530 to 820: Pols 570 International Relations Theory (3 units), Professor Vidya Nadkarni (USD); IR Theory is offered every fall and is a core requirement of the program.

Wednesdays 530 to 820: Pols 568 Politics in China (3 units), Professor Lee Ann Otto (USD)

Thursdays 530 to 820: Pols in Latin America (3 units), Professor David Shirk (TBI/USD); this course will satisfy the Comparative Politics core requirement.

Thursdays 400 to 520: Pols 596 Capstone (1.5 units) Professor Randy Willoughby (USD)

October 12 to 20, Pols 596: Arab Spring: Year Three (1.5 units), Aboubakr Jamai (Journalist, Le Journal and LACOME), and Avi Spiegel (USD), in Rabat and Marrakesh.

November 27 to December 1: Pols 596: Politics in Mexico: EPM Year One (1.5 units), Dr. David Shirk (TBI/USD), in Guadalajara.

January 2 to January 19 (intersession course): Pols 494/594 Eurotour (3.0 units), Dr. Randy Willoughby (USD), (Paris, Brussels, Vienna, and Istanbul)

1. Please note that MAIR seminars never conflict; sometimes the registration system will block registration in classes that appear to overlap until we override the system. Contact Dr. Willoughby for assistance.

2. Deadlines for minimum student participation in travel courses might be in the summer 2013 but no later than the first week of September. Registration is completed through the international center by way of Dr. Willoughby, not through one stop, and involves a 600 dollar nonrefundable deposit.

3. Electives are offered in History, Business, Law, and Peace and Justice, and at the undergraduate level in Political Science. Taking these courses typically requires program approvals from both programs. Normally MAIR students are limited to 6 units of outside program electives.

MAIR ELECTIVES (FALL 2013)

POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
DAY	COURSE #	TITLE	INSTRUCTOR	TIME
TR	POLS 364	Politics in Germany	Pfau	2:30-3:50pm
MW	POLS 377	Regional Security	Willoughby	2:30-3:50pm
TR	POLS 377	Regional Security	Willoughby	2:30-3:50pm
TR	POLS 378	Transnational Crime & Terror	Shirk	9:15-10:35am
HISTORY
DAY	COURSE #	TITLE	INSTRUCTOR	TIME
W	HIST 343	Germany Since 1945	Oberle	6:00-8:50pm
T	HIST 366	Modern Japan	Sun	4:00-6:50pm
R	HIST 559	Modern Middle East	Gheissari	6:00-8:50pm
T	HIST 559	State & Revolution: Russia	Gheissari	6:00-8:50pm
W	HIST 575	Cold War	Gonzalez	2:30-5:20pm

INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
DAY	COURSE #	TITLE	INSTRUCTOR	TIME
TR	LWIC 521	European Union Law	Folsom	4:00-5:15pm
TR	LWIC 568	NAFTA	Folsom	10:30-11:45am
TR	LWIC 575	Public International Law	Schwarzschild	7:30-8:45pm

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DAY	COURSE #	TITLE	INSTRUCTOR	TIME
3 X FS (OCT-NOV)	GSBA 586	Europe in the Global Economy	Guerrieri	5:30-8:30pm 9:00- 3:30 pm

PEACE AND JUSTICE STUDIES
DAY	COURSE #	TITLE	INSTRUCTOR	TIME
R	PJS 550	Conflict Analysis	Carpenter	2:30-5:20pm
R	PJS 551	Conflict Analysis	Carpenter	9:15-12:05pm
W	PJS 570	Development and Conflict	McDougal	9:05-11:55am
W	PJS 571	Development and Conflict	McDougal	1:00-3:50pm
M	PJS 580	Intl Justice & Human Rights	Sharp	9:05-11:55am
M	PJS 580	Intl Justice & Human Rights	Sharp	1:00-3:50pm
T	PJS 594	Understanding the Intl System	Tschirgi	2:30-5:20pm