Required Courses: 18 credits
Along with the Required MPIA courses, all students must complete a 300-hour internship with approval from GSPIA career services.
Human Security Concentration: 12 credits
Because the globalization process has made the world seem exponentially smaller, threats from tsunamis, earthquakes, disease and starvation are arriving faster and in more dramatic fashion than ever before. One of the most innovative, forward-thinking disciplines in international affairs today, the human security major covers a wide swath of issues critical to the safety of people worldwide.
GSPIA’s program, one of the first of its kind in the United States, emphasizes the development of peacekeeping and peace-building skills. Students study threats to individuals from nongovernmental, nonmilitary sources. Examples of threats include civil wars, international migration and crime, global climate changes and natural disasters. We teach students to focus on the human condition as a planet, resulting in a new generation of leaders able to guide our global community through some of the most perilous times is has ever experienced.
PIA 2xxx Approved HS Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved HS Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved HS Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved HS Concentration Course
International Political Economy Concentration: 12 credits
From the Euro to the yen, today’s global economy operates in a climate of change. The international global political economy (IPE) major teaches students to understand globalization and the role the state plays, as well as market strategies for corporations and their corporate identities. Courses target competencies in finance, economics, international trade and development. Specific topics range from the work of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to political climates in post-Communist states and the role of women in developing countries.
GSPIA IPE students are idealistic, curious about the world and eager to put their vision into practice. Recent IPE graduates include a treasury expert with the Republic of Turkey, a project manager specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Mission in Moscow, a presidential management fellow with the U.S. Department of Commerce, and a United Nations Fulbright Fellow with the Department of Social and Economic Affairs.
PIA 2xxx Approved IPE Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved IPE Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved IPE Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved IPE Concentration Course
Security and Intelligence Studies Concentration: 12 credits
The post-9/11 world has brought remarkable change to national and international security. Issues of strategy, weapons systems, national defense and the role of government are being redefined every day. GSPIA’s major in security & intelligence studies (SIS) approaches issues within an international context and covers a variety of topics including transnational organized crime, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and competition for natural resources.
SIS students are interested in the use of technology, investigation and discovery and often have a desire to travel internationally. Our program prepares students for careers in the security or intelligence fields with various think tanks or intelligence agencies, such as the FBI or CIA.
PIA 2xxx Approved SIS Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved SIS Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved SIS Concentration Course
PIA 2xxx Approved SIS Concentration Course
Elective/Minor Courses: 18 credits
